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well i dont want that for my children, if they are to follow my path, they will have to do it of their own accord, as it is a journey of learning. One cannot just have it passed down all teh knowledge and understand what it all means, they have to earn it through toil and trailblazing.

The closest thing I have to a book of shadows is my tarot journal. In it I write my reflections on the cards, things we talk about during the discussion group meetings, and my readings. I also have a few sheets with correspondences between Tarot, astrology, alchemy, and hebrew letters.

Right now, I'm in the middle of a huge project. I'm making an "Angelic Book". Some of you may know what I'm talking about.

The book is based around the idea that angels are not summoned from "somewhere out there", they actually live IN their seals. A properly made and consecrated book actually becomes a living entity, unique completely to itself. These are the kind of books that you hear about from the Burning Times, the books that they claim let out infernal shrieks as they were burned. It's also where common Hollywood references to magician's spellbooks having a mind of their own (think of Fantasia!).

So yes... it is an enormous project. But of course it doesn't need to be reserved only for angels! You could make a book for demons, elementals... oh the many vast wonders of magick!

Who, me?? *looks around* Well, I read a lot of books. I love books in fact. The Angelic Book is something I first learned about in one of my other books "The Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires". Great book by the way! The basic procedure of making one is detailed. The rest has all come from my imagination, as far as the exact design goes that is. I had to order an entire cowhide! *slaps knee*

Haha... no no. Angels are never bound, they come willingly. Someone could get themselves into quite a predicament if they tried to force an angel into a book. smile It's a diplomatic thing. The angels are asked to appear, but it is never that simple. It's not just calling the being up to do your work and then sending them away, the lines are opened both ways. The angels can also intervene and talk to you when they please as well.

As far as the Wiccan Rede goes, I'm not really Wiccan, sooo... But, I can tell you that one is told never to disrespect any spirit, whether it is an angel or a demon or anything else. It's best never to try forcing a spirit to do something it doesn't want to do.

Also, just because an angel's seal is in the book doesn't mean it has to cooperate. If it truly doesn't like the person or what they are doing, it doesn't have to show up, and if it does show up, it doesn't have to make its presence known OR grant the person's requests. But many times, the spirit agrees to help, for one reason or another.

Ahhhh, oh man. An angel is such a hard thing to define. I would have to say that some more common angels may bear the same resemblances to ones in other books just because they are a well known being, and yet others some may never have heard of. The angel I talk to has a name which is strikingly similar to the name of an enochian angel, and yet they are not the same creature. It's crazy how many spirits' names differ in just one letter. Some would say that they are the same angel if their names are so similar, and that is sometimes true. But, sometimes it apparantly isn't. That's a hard call! But if the question is whether an angel can exist in two books at once... oh yes. Others could have different opinions on that one, but to me they definately could be. Some people think of the seals as the angel's home, I think of it as their gateway. If that is so, I suppose they could have many gateways.

And I warn you Mitsh, if you marry this idea, it will still be having many secret affairs with me! *shakes fist*