Kate Freuler - Of Blood and Bones: Working with Shadow Magick & the Dark Moon

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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Of Blood and Bones: Working with Shadow Magick & the Dark Moon 2020 by Kate Freuler.

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First e-book edition 2020

E-book ISBN: 9780738763729

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Freuler, Kate, author.

Title: Of blood and bones : working with shadow magick & the dark moon /

Kate Freuler.

Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Publications,

2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: With

a strong focus on ethics, this book explores misunderstood topics in

magickal practice, such as ethically collecting and using animal parts

and bones, blood magick, dark moon energy, hexing, scrying, dark

deities, graveyard dirt, and spells to assist the crossing of a dying

loved one Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020010129 (print) | LCCN 2020010130 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738763637 (paperback) | ISBN 9780738763729 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Witchcraft. | Magic. | New moonMythology.

Classification: LCC BF1566 .F747 2020 (print) | LCC BF1566 (ebook) | DDC

133.4/3dc23

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Contents

by Mat Auryn

: Its Not All Love and Light

: Shadow Work and the Dark Moon Current

: The Dark Moon Current and Liminal Spaces

: Deities and the Dark Moon

: Dark Moon Crafts and Basics

: Dark Moon Divination

: Blood and Bones

: Blood and Other Fluids

: Animals and Their Parts

: Bones and Skulls

: The Forbidden Craft

: A Witchs Curios

: The Poppet

: Cursing and Other Magickal Manipulations

: Sacrifice

: Looking Death and Rebirth in the Face

: Death and Death Rites

: Working with the Dead

: Rebirth

Disclaimer

This book does not support hurting or killing animals or people for any reason. Please use common sense concerning the subjects of blood and earthly remains. Be ethical and humane when it comes to collecting bones and animal parts.

This book references the use of bodily fluids in ritual. Should you decide to incorporate these into your magickal work, be sure to pay attention to the safety precautions provided. There are several spells in this book that address healing illness and tackling addiction problems. Please note that none of the spells or rituals in this book are a replacement for medical attention, professional care, or legal advice. If you are in any form of danger, please be sure to take practical measures alongside working magick and reach out to the appropriate authorities.

The contents of this book are not meant to replace legal protection or law enforcement. Readers are advised to contact the proper authorities if they experience harassment, extortion, mental health issues, abuse, or immediate danger. The publisher and the author assume no liability for any injuries caused to the reader that may result from the readers use of content contained in this publication and recommend common sense when contemplating the practices described in the work. Consult your health care provider before undertaking a water fast.

Foreword

A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.

~terry pratchett, wintersmith

One of my earliest teachers once taught me that magick is like a knife. You can use it to carve wood, to harvest plants, and to cut and prepare your food. Like a knife, however, magick can be used in cases of self-defense, and in the wrong hands, it can become an instrument of harm to others and oneself. The way this has been addressed in the past has tended to be either avoiding anything thats seen as dark or harmful or the exact opposite, encouraging the use of the knife to harm oneself and others without much consideration of that responsibility.

Early books on witchcraft often divided magick into two categories, white and black magick. The implication was that light or white magick was good, and dark or black magick was bad. Not only is this a complete oversimplification of magick, but it also reflects an unrealistic view of nature, life, and the human psyche. Nothing can exist within nature without harming something else, but we can be aware of the harm we do cause and choose to be responsible about the degree of harm we inflict upon others.

A more realistic view of the nature of magick appears in a very unlikely place: a scene from the 1996 cult classic film The Craft . In the movie, the protagonist, Sarah, enters an occult shop with her friends. She asks somewhat suspiciously and mockingly if the store owner is hiding black magick behind the curtain leading to a private room. The shop owner, Lirio, responds, True magick is neither black nor white. Its both because nature is both. Loving and cruel, all at the same time. The only good or bad lies within the heart of the witch. Life keeps a balance all on its own.

In books addressing and exploring the taboo, forbidden, challenging, and darker aspects of witchcraft and magick, theres so much that can be taught incorrectly and irresponsibly and that can cause real danger and harm. Any witch worth her black salt isnt one to shy away from the darker aspects of magick, whether she chooses to incorporate those aspects into her magickal arsenal or nota choice that only she can make herself.