Merry Meet to All! 
Lots of love to all those who joined in on last weekās Weekly Witchy Challenge- Giving Gratitude. Thank you for being thankful! 
We all have many blessings in our lives- reading your gratitude lists and hearing your stories was inspirational for me! Your tales and messages have a lot of power- it made me think that there is truly so much magick captured within words! 
This weekās challenge was sparked by an idea from @Francisco, and is for all those who are drawn to the power of written words and the magick and knowledge they hold within. The theme for this weekās challenge isā¦
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Books, Tomes, and Tales 
Throughout the forums one can find shared pages, sites, and recommendations for books on every possible aspect of witchy craft and knowledge!
While we may have all started on journeys in different ways, all witches go through periods of learning and growth. And one of the best ways to do so is through reading
Whether you are a fan of traditional paper books, use modern accessible methods to download your tomes, or find knowledge in articles online- there is so much to learn in the black and white text!
Are you ready!? Itās CHALLENGE TIME! 
STEP 1: The Magick of Reading
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Is there a spellbook sitting on your shelf you havenāt opened yet?
A book on your wish-list youāve been waiting for an excuse to buy?
A tome half-read that you havenāt had the chance to finish?
Perhaps you have an audiobook waiting for you to listen to?
This challenge is all about strengthening your magickal practice through reading and books
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To help get you started, here are a few suggestions of what you could do for this challenge:
Read a new witchy book!
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Whether it is a spellbook, cookbook, biography, history novel, fantasy, article, or other- so long as it somewhere relates to or inspires your craft, it is fair game!
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You can find a list of FREE books about Tarot that can be downloaded as ebooks on the Tarot Grimoires and Books Page on Spells8.
- There is also a list of books in Recommended Books for Wiccans.
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@christina4 kindly shared a Free Ebook on Crystals
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Resources to find free ebooks were graciously shared by @roxanne in Awesome Sites to Download Free PDF Books
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You can find a bunch of recomendations throughout the forums. Check the Recommendations Category and see what treasures you can find!
Continue a book-in-progress
For all those already invested in a book, no worries! You can continue with a book you are currently reading.
Recommend your all-time favorite witchy book.
If you have a treasured tome that helped get you to where you are today, share the love!
Be creative with reading
Like all challenges, this one is very open! For anyone that doesnāt have time to start a new book this week- you are welcome to read an online article or smaller piece as well.
You might also consider doing spell or ritualwork involving a book. Feel free to put your creativity to the test and see what exciting things evolve 
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STEP 2: Share Your Experience 
To participate in this challenge, you must share your experience!
Whether you are starting a new book, continuing a book-in-progress, or sharing a recommendation: please share the title, author, and a bit about the book/story/article.
What drew you to this piece? What aspects of magick does it cover or inspire? Do you like it enough to recommend it?
For your entry to be counted, please write about your experience below and/or create a new post in the forums (in the Recommendations category!). If you create a new post, please tag the challenge by adding a hyperlink or link back to this post- thank you! 
While the gift of knowledge is self-giving, all participants will also recieve a special shout-out and a small prize given for their efforts!
This challenge will be open for 6 days!
To join in, please post about your reading endevors by 7:00 AM CET (Central European Time) on Tuesday, September 29th!
A Props and Presents Post will appear in the forums on Tuesday after the deadline. After the challenge closes, you are still very welcome to post but please be aware that no additional prizes will be given.
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A warm reminder that this challenge is very open- all are encouraged to participate in a way that reflects their unique practice.
There are no right or wrong answers so long as you practice respectfully, and there is no way to āloseā the challenge if you participate!
By exploring new aspects of magick and trying new practices, the hope with challenges is to help you further diversify and strengthen your abilities and to bring together the Spells8 forum family to inspire and support one another in fun ways!
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May each new page spark inspiration and fill you with knowledge that will bring your magick to ever greater heights
Blessed Be and Happy Reading!
) and have 4 books in my library. The first one Iām digging into is the one that stood out to me the mostā¦The Modern Guide to Witchcraft.
Feel free to share some of your favorites too- you clearly know a lot of great stories! 
And yes, wow- thereās already so many great recomendations for books! I think the hardest part of this challenge will be choosing which to dive into 
but I also use my kindle alot and listen to audio books when Iām busy cleaning or dog walking.
