Just wanted to share with you guys a wonderful book I picked up, and I would Highly recommend it to all witches beginner to expert, Its the Encyclopedia of 5000 spells by Judika Illes! Its a wonderful book that covers so many different types of spells, traditions, and cultures, and its a great tool as well as an excellent learning resource, and this book is HUGE! Check it out guys!
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Thank you for sharing! I will definitely put this on my list of books to get for my collection!
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That looks very handy to have, thanks for sharing 
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I have the digital version of the book and I use it as a reference or starting point for inspiration. There are lots of Low Magic (or sympathetic Magic) rituals. It’s a compilation of folk magic spells from different cultures.
My advice with everything spells-related is always be willing to change any ritual or tool as needed be!
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I have this on my wish list. I’m so far behind in reading it’s not even funny.
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Im glad you made that point Francisco! adding your own personal flair makes your magick more powerful and meaningful I believe
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It looks awesome! I love the sheer diversity of everything inside, and I’m always very interested in learning more about different traditions and cultures! 
Thanks so much for this recommendation, @trey! 
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I’m always looking for book recommendations! Thank you, I check this one out.
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Hey just got the digital edition!
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@Amethyst I am 2 books behind right now. I am almost done with a book Scott Cunningham. Then I have 1 more and another called Tending Brigid’s Flame. I will add this to my BOS collection!
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I’m about ten books behind. But that’s reading for fun books too. Amazon keeps on sending me good deals and I can’t say no. LOL. I’m thankful @Trey recommended this book, I pushed it up on my list.
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I just added it to my amazon list too!
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If anything it should give us some ideas of what to do for spells. Then we can write our own. 
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I’m looking forward to writing my own spells or rituals. I really like a bath ritual before doing any spellwork that day or even a crystal meditation.
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@Susurrus Due to physical reasons I don’t dare get in the tub, but I did find some nice sage soap so I can shower with it before doing any rituals. That should count, right?
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I have the same kind of limitations, so all I have is a walk in shower with a built in seat. I improvise all of the baths. I use a pot and a scoop to pour the water over me after I have shampooed and washed.
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That absolutely counts, @Amethyst! Using sage soap is a great and creative way to get the magickal and cleansing properties of the herb 
Ritual baths and showers have the same purpose, and can be equally cleansing! There was a topic a while back about how to adjust the elements of a bath ritual into a shower ritual, with some very creative ideas! If you’re interested it is: Bath Improvisation 
Best of luck to everyone with their baths, spells, rituals, and witchy reading! 
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That might work. Thanks for the idea. Now to get the potion into the bathroom without swamping myself. LOL.
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Thanks, @BryWisteria! I’m glad it counts. LOL. I don’t know if I can do that bath improvisation without spilling everything. I’m not all that graceful on my feet. And the sage soap smells so nice. But I may try the improvisation one day, just to see if I can do it. We’ll see. Thank you so much for the link to it.
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@Amethyst I hope it works out for you, the bath improvisation has been wonderful for me. I am still looking for some eucalyptus to hang from my shower head. I think that would be wonderful when I’m feeling under the weather.
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@Susurrus I hope it does too. We’ll see like I said I have problems with balance so I’m not sure about carrying a tub of water into the bathroom.
I think Wal-mart sells eucalyptus back in its floral department. I’m not sure, it’s been a while since I’ve been in that part of Wally World.
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