FROM THE AUTHOR OF "NOCTURNAL WITCHCRAFT”‘Tntrosuetion How to Use this Tome Te got a feeling chat if youre reading this book, it found you. Not the other way around. Some of us belong in the shadows, and are drawn by the nocturnal mysteries This isthe first advanced book of Witchcraft that is dedicated toa dark, yet positive, current. A Book of Shadows from the shadows, in- deed. And like a Book of Shadows or traditional grimoire, it assumes certain knowledge on the part of the reades. As promised in Nocturnal Witchcraft: Magick After Dark (Llewellyn, 2002), this grimoire takes what was taught in the other book much farthes. In the other, I cover how to tap into the energies of night— how to call the Dark Gods and Goddesses and assume their godforms, cast circles attuned to darkness, skry dark surfaces for visions, work with psychic energy, and even read minds, However, if youre not new to the Craft, you should be able to apply most of your own ritualistic techniques to make the rites in this grimoine work, possibly with the ex- ception of the advanced mind-reading techniques (to work with those,2 atrolaction T strongly recommend you check out the unique basics covered in Noc- turnal Witchcraft, even if you only borrow a copy to read the chapters on mind reading So, when you encounter a line such as “cast a magick circle,” i will be your call as to whae to do, The same goes for lines such as “achieve some inner quiet” “raise emotional energy.” “skry,” and “invoke the God/ess.” Either apply the basics of the Craft of Night as I taught them, or rely on the techniques that have worked for you before. That's the key to the occule, really—apply what works for you! [And now; on to what awaits you within these pages. Everything in- cluded works, you'll find, because night is tangible—it is an ether of sorts. This ether does more than just embrace us when we step out into it, Te carries magickal energy, and the voices of the Dark Gods and Goddesses. The night is a quieter psychic time, free of the hectic ener- gies of the day. As those in your area begin to settle down for sleep, banishing all analytical though, the psychic ether becomes quieter—an interference-free realm in which you can create dark miracles. How can I sound so sure that you'll be creating changes in the uni- verse worthy of the miracle moniker? Because that’s how I perceived these mystical wonders, and I figure if they work for me, there's no rea~ son they shouldn't work for you just as wel, if not better: I wasn’t born, with any special abilities—just a love of things dark, and a curiosity to ake the energies of the unseen work for me. [A great deal of the tites and techniques found in these pages have never seen publication in any form, and will be, I hope, perfect com- pinions to your own Book of Shadows. You will find here nocturnal ways of celebrating the Sabbats. Pre- pare co explore the dark ether firsthand by leaving your body with a foolproof method. Expand your intuition and even learn a way to read tarot that will change forever the way you look at the eards—literally ‘Along with these and dozens of other dark delights, you will learn hhow to break down the gates to the Underworld, either coming face to face with the dead, of with your own dark half. Welcome to a treatise on night’ own special kind of magick ... for those night claims as its own,