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{ W722B946DRV4 }Since keeping a book of shadows has change from being a book of recipes created by families, which contained fokelaw and superstition to at it most extreme version , a digital diary containing spells and rituals.

During the Burning Times these books would be used as evidence of witchcraft so other forms of passing information on where developed. Information was passed on via oral stories and rhythms and pictures.

Codes where created to unlock these secrete and sadly many have been lost but that being said it as allowed neo pagan to find and develop new skills and rituals.

As part of the reclaiming of the old tradition some Neo Pagan paths will use a “Magickal Alphabet” these are ancient or made up alphabets which are used to hide information contained with in.

The Most common being Theban or “the Witches alphabet” was created by Honorius in the 12th century as a way to encode other writing (likely Latin at the time).

The other alphabet that are common are Enochian is also referred to as Angelic Script and is used in ceremonial magick Legend has it that the magicians Edward Kelly and Dr. John Dee were given this language by an angel and Ogham which is an alphabet used by the Druids, and each letter corresponds to a sacred tree. And finally the best known of all ancient alphabets, runes which are also associated with divination. The alphabet is called the Futhark, Runic writings have been found throughout northern Europe and date mostly around the 11th century AD.

If your going to use a magickal alphabet then you need to be able to read and write in that alphabet it will take much practice to be able to form the letters accurately and does take a long time to master for that reason I have provided some free pagan fonts. What I personally do these days is type up my rituals on PC and once it has been spell checked Change the font to lets say Theban print and add to my book of shadows. Since these alphabets are available now at the click of mouse books of shadows can be translated with ease so there is no real good reason to use any alphabet other than the alphabet you us. The only reason to use magickal alphabets is to make your Book of shadows look more magickal, which in it own way is the best reason to use such alphabets if you feel that your book of shadow has magicks then it will have.

There is no reason why you can not create your own magickal alphabet I personally have one that me and my partner share which we use to send personal message to each other when we are apart, these alphabets can be used on the back of post cards so your message is only understood by sender and the intended recipient but also can be used to hide spells for magickal purposed such as talismans and amulets.

Whether you use a magickal alphabet or not it is always a good idea to be familiar with them knowing what they look like is a good idea.

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