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Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and the Grey Council NEW PAGE BOOKS A division of The Career Press, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ
IV Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard Foreword: The Grimoire and the Grey Council By Raymond Buckland A great number of us have been wanting—longing—to board the Hogwarts Express and to travel to an academy that teaches the really exciting things in life. Things such as magick, herbal lore, divination, conjuring, and so on. In a word, we have been wanting to learn WIZARDRY. It’s one thing to read about the experiences of someone else—even such a fascinating person as Harry Potter—but it’s quite another thing to be able to go through the whole magickal educational process yourself. To enter such a school and know that your teachers are the very finest Wizards and Witches in the world would be awe-inspiring. So, how to do this? How to find and attend such a Wizard’s academy? You’ll be happy to know that you don’t have to wait for a special invitation to be delivered, be it by owl mail or otherwise. You don’t even have to be the child of a Wizard or Witch. In fact you can even be a regular Muggle child and still get into this school. (It has been rumored that even some grown-up Muggles have been so attracted to it that they, too, have slipped in!) Where is this school? It’s right here in your hands. The Course in Wizardry—at least the Apprentice Level of the course—is contained in this book. That’s like suddenly discovering that there’s a home study branch of Hogwarts Academy! Here may be found seven major courses, plus an appendix and bibliography, put together by the Grey Council of Wizards for you to study and learn. Members of the Grey Council are living, breathing, famous Wizards and Witches of the present day. They are not “made up” or in any way invented by an author. They are alive and real and have been practicing their various crafts for up to forty or fifty years. When Harry Potter was first taking the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts Academy, he was shown the trading cards of Witches and Wizards that came in the Chocolate Frogs packs. Ron Weasley introduced him to these, showing such famous personalities as Merlin, Paracelsus, Morgana, Circe, Cliodna, Ptolemy, Dumbledore, and Hengist. These were actually a mixture of real Witches and Wizards and those of fiction and legend. But in this book there are only real ones. I have known Oberon Ravenheart for over 30 years. He is one of the pioneers of Paganism in the United States. I can’t think of a better, more qualified person to write a handbook for apprentice Wizards. Oberon is a Wizard (he always has been!). With his many decades of experience he, more than anyone, is uniquely qualified to write this book, having been teaching for the majority of his life. His name is greatly respected in all of the varying fields of Paganism and Witchcraft. He is truly an Elder…of Paganism, Witchcraft, and Magic. As a member of the Grey Council, I am perhaps typical of your teachers, so let me tell you a little about my background. I was first attracted to these subjects more than fifty years ago. (Half a century! How time flies!) What I wouldn’t have given to have had access to just such a book as you are now holding in your hands, back in those early days. But such knowledge was hard to come by then. I had to dig and search; follow up ancient clues and long-lost trails. I had to beg and borrow, and to apprentice myself to the few knowledgeable mages I was able to find. Over the years I learned to use a crystal ball, to read tarot cards, to heal with my hands, to make use of herbs and potions, and to do many other things not normally taught or made available. Over forty years ago I was initiated into a Witches coven. I learned spells and charms and I learned to do magick. It was a long, sometimes hard road I traveled. But it was very satisfying and, in practicing what I was taught, I was able to bring aid, happiness, and comfort to many others. Along the way I became a teacher myself and was thus able to pass on what knowledge I had so painstakingly acquired. The other members of the Grey Council—those who are now, through this book, your teachers—have similar backgrounds to mine. We have all dedicated our lives to the magickal arts and to making our knowledge available to those ready and willing to accept it . . .those such as you. This is a grimoire. The word comes from the old French word meaning “grammar.” It is, indeed, a grammar of magick. In other words, it explains exactly how magick is performed: how it is planned, prepared for, put together, and very carefully worked. You wouldn’t expect to be able to learn a foreign language without doing some study. You would need to learn new words and how to put them together so that they made sense. You would need to know occasional alternate words that could be used, and the correct way to pronounce them. If you didn’t do this study, no one would understand you. In other words, it wouldn’t be working. Well, so it is with magick. By learning the grammar—the grimoire—you will be able to not only make yourself understood (to the elements, the spirits, the animals, trees, plants, and all other aspects of nature—plus, of course, to other Wizards), but you will be able to show that you are fluent in the language—that you are a master of it. This translates into becoming a master Wizard, a magician recognized by his peers (those of equal standing) as competent and knowledgeable. In so many subjects in everyday school, you sometimes find yourself wondering “Why do I have to learn this?” “What use is this to anyone?” You re-
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