Black Books and Legacy

ofwoodandbone:

I will always be someone who advocates for people to sink massive amounts of time into their grimoires. It’s very time consuming, but in the end, it’s worth it. 

I don’t think that writing in a grimoire is the same thing as arm-chairing. It’s not a passive activity. This something that extraordinarily active in more ways than one. It’s the act of creation. 

When someone creates a grimoire, they’re putting themselves into it. Their spirit lives within it. Their magic does the same. This is a spirit house as much as any other. 
Not only do they do this, but they record their knowledge of the Arte. In it, they place their spells, their discoveries, their studies, etc. This is a mark of who they are and who they will be in the future. 

Look back at the pages in the beginning and then flip forward. There’s a passage of time. It’s a recording of who the magician is. 
Look back and you’ll see why sinking in a massive amount of time is important. 
No matter how ugly or beautiful, this is you. 
This is your legacy.

Shout out to all the witches who have been witching for years and still have to do a ton of research on subjects and look things up

darkbookworm13:

thehollowsalem:

It’s all about the process as there’s no race to becoming a “master” of witchcraft

^^this!

If I am not spending time studying, researching, crafting, and experimenting, then I don’t know what to do with myself.

trollhuldren:

Sorcerous potency, the cunning fire, arises by way of the sensuous. It is expressed through the body and sensational phenomenon, the senses; touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight—and that elusive, hidden sixth sense, the sensing of the Unseen which mirrors and is reflexive of the first five.

Power does not arise through the intellect, though that may be a path through the thicket, the route to its door; yet to pass through it and into the depths, you must engage the senses, the body in its holy glory. In other words, the mind can locate power in the form of fascination by it, but not coax it forth without the help of the body, the “intensified” Fetch; the body is the Hedge.

We are the divine human animal, and when we entreat with the sacred, we must not forget this and get lost in the breezes of the mind—detached from the body, the world, and actual phenomena.

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