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The Spellbook

Wisdom & study spells

18 traditional workings for wisdom & study, from many traditions — each with what you need, how to do it, when, and where it comes from.

18 spells

High MagickAngel of the Day Talisman from the HeptameronHeptameron seu Elementa magica, attributed to Peter of Abano; printed 1559 with Agrippa's spurious Fourth Book; English translation by Robert Turner (1655)BlessingsProtectionWisdom & studyModerate

Chaos MagickCreating a Benign Servitor in Chaos Magick PracticeBritish and American chaos magic, 1980s–1990s; earlier Theosophical and occult ideas of thought-formsSuccessWisdom & studyHome & hearthModerate

DivinationCrystal Scrying with a Shewstone in the Manner of John DeeElizabethan England; the 'actions' of John Dee and Edward Kelley, 1582–1589DivinationWisdom & studyModerate

Witchcraft & WiccaFull Moon Esbat Rite and Making Moon WaterModern Wicca and contemporary witchcraft, mid-20th century to the presentBlessingsCleansingWisdom & studySimple

Solomonic Magic · historyGoetic Evocation in the Lesser Key of Solomon: A HistoryArs Goetia, first book of the Lemegeton, English manuscripts of the mid-17th century; after Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia daemonum (1577)Wisdom & studyAdvanced

Thelema · historyLiber Samekh and the Bornless Ritual: A HistoryAleister Crowley, Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, 1921; after a Graeco-Egyptian invocation in the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM V.96–172)Wisdom & studyAdvanced

Witchcraft & WiccaNew Moon Intention Spell for Fresh BeginningsContemporary witchcraft and New Age practice, late 20th–21st centurySuccessWisdom & studySimple

DivinationOgham Divination with Staves: The Irish Tree AlphabetEarly Irish ogham script (4th–6th century inscriptions), medieval Irish learned tradition; staves divination largely a modern revivalDivinationWisdom & studyModerate

HinduismReciting the Gayatri Mantra at Dawn: A Respectful GuideVedic Hinduism; Rig Veda 3.62.10 (late 2nd millennium BCE), recited in the daily sandhyā riteWisdom & studyBlessingsModerate

DivinationScrying with a Black Mirror or a Bowl of WaterAncient Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman water and mirror divination; medieval specularii; Victorian crystal-gazing revivalDivinationWisdom & studySimple

Chaos MagickSigil Magic: The Methods of Austin Spare and Peter CarrollAustin Osman Spare, The Book of Pleasure (London, 1913); Peter J. Carroll, Liber Null (1978) and British chaos magicSuccessCourageWisdom & studySimple

HinduismSri Yantra Meditation: Contemplating the Sacred DiagramŚrīvidyā Śākta Tantra, South Asia, c. 9th–12th century onward; open contemplative use in modern HinduismWisdom & studyPeaceModerate Solomonic Magic · historyThe Almadel of Solomon: The Wax Tablet of the AngelsLatin Almandal tradition of the 13th–15th centuries, of Arabic inspiration; the English Ars Almadel, fourth book of the Lemegeton, mid-17th centuryWisdom & studyAdvanced Solomonic Magic · historyThe Grimorium Verum Conjuration: A Historical AccountGrimorium Verum, French grimoire falsely dated 'Memphis, 1517'; probably c. 1750–1820; Italian editions 1868 and 1880Wisdom & studyAdvanced

High Magick · historyThe Heptameron's Conjurations: A Historical AccountHeptameron seu Elementa magica, attributed to Peter of Abano; printed mid-16th century; English translation by Robert Turner, 1655Wisdom & studyAdvanced

DivinationThe Homeric Oracle: Dice Divination with Lines of HomerGreco-Roman Egypt, Homeromanteion of the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM VII.1–148, 3rd–4th century CE)DivinationWisdom & studySimple

High MagickThe Middle Pillar Exercise of Israel RegardieIsrael Regardie, after Golden Dawn teaching; Chicago, 1938HealingPeaceWisdom & studyModerate

High Magick · historyThe Olympic Spirits of the Arbatel: A Historical AccountArbatel de magia veterum, anonymous, Basel, 1575; English translation by Robert Turner, 1655Wisdom & studyAdvanced