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Sorry for the randomness, but I found this rather amusing.  I was searching on Google Images for ... well, images, of a Book of Shadows (the proper name for the Wiccan spellbook).  The first page was much as expected; arcane-looking books adorned with pentacles.  On the second page, I found a photo of a compendium.

On CD-ROM.  :hehe:

(We need a smiley on a broomstick.)
Actually, I was just about to go on a Photoshopping spree...  :devil:

:miffed: Methinks your sense of humour is a little over-sensitive; that's not really very funny.

The word 'pentacles' makes me think of tentacles. Hmm.


And, of course there are books of shadows on CD ROMs. What are you, a Giles-type person?  :ph34r:  

thats slightly funny, but not worth a topic!  :P  

I think it's sort of funny :unsure:  

i didnt understand all the words  :(  

It's not over-sensitive; it was just utterly unexpected.  One minute I was looking at elaborate books; the next, a CD.  

*bombs topic with pictures* (these are from the search in question)


Loads of said books...

(http://www.candlelitgifts.com/Images/websiteimages/images/Wican-Book-Of-Shadows2.jpg)

(http://www.renaissancefashions.com/armor/armor_images/book-of-shadows-1a-thumb.jpg)

(http://www.candlelitgifts.com/Images/websiteimages/images/Wican-Book-Of-Shadows.jpg)

(http://www.newagejournal.com/images/witch_grimoire.jpg)

(https://www.paganshopping.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/1873_42190809.gif)

(https://www.paganshopping.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/1873_62772347.gif)

(http://wicca.arwen.no/bilder/book%20of%20shadows.jpg)

(http://theunicornshoppe.com/store/images/1556.jpg)

(http://www.astralaspects.biz/ishop/images/730/bos_ad.jpg)

(http://www.lightworkersupplies.com/bmbos2.jpg)

...

...

(http://goldentreewands.com/Pictures/BookofShadows/BOSS.JPG)

(http://www.paperminis.com/images-1-in-dollhouse/b1is014-book-of-shadows-lg.jpg)

(http://www.occultopedia.com/images_/book_shadows.jpg)

(http://tallpoppystudio.com.au/Photos/Ruby_book_top_half.jpg)

(http://www.abaxion.com/course/book.gif)

(http://www.renaissancefashions.com/armor/armor_images/book-of-shadows-1a-thumb.jpg)

(http://www.positronicdesign.com/portfolio/print/books/images/shadows_book_front_lg.jpg)

(http://www.magicalomaha.com/wmbrowntriquetra.jpg)

(http://www.magicalomaha.com/wmtreeoflife.jpg)

(http://www.auctionwitch.com/shoppes/pagandreams/Fairy-Sco.jpg)

...

...


And then this one:

(http://www.a2zcds.net/images/cds/book_of_shadows_cd.jpg)


Spot the odd one out. ^_^


There's a picture somewhere that'd be most apt, but I can't find it online anywhere. I'll upload it when I'm at my laptop.  :(

mumbo jumbo

that is a 'guess you had to be there' thing, and now i was. XD that is good

that stuff is creepy though LOL

Actually, it's missing one of the main points of the books - they're supposed to be written by the Wiccan / witch / warlock / magical practitioner in question.  It's sort of a spell diary, keeping track of which spells did what, and the various factors that could have influenced it, so that the practitioner can learn what works for them and what doesn't.  (According to them, anyway.)  So obviously, a CD isn't a true Book.

And Mole:  it's a good deal more interesting (and a lot friendlier) than most of the religions out there.  Not that it's eschatologically correct, mind you.  For example, their 'commandment' (called the Rede) reads "An it harm none, do what thou wilt." ['An' is an archaic word for 'if'] - so essentially, it means 'live and do as you like, but only if that won't harm anyone'.

It is if you add a new file to it, titled with the date and the spell casted, each time you do a new spell until the CD is full. Or if it contains some sort of log program that contains such a first-user-written diary.  

It'd have to be a CD-RW, and it'd be a bit cumbersome to lug a laptop around with you every full moon (never mind the transport issues - there are few places to perch a laptop on a broomstick).  Also you'd look a bit out of place at the coven. (Which is slightly ironic, really - most people get odd looks for using books when everyone else is on their respective computers.)

can you really compare it to a religion? i wouldnt think people would follow it that closely

It's the same as any religion.  Wicca's far more than just dancing about drawing down the moon; there's a whole theology involved too.

Not really - you could just type your notes out when you got home; no need to actually take a laptop with you.

And you wouldn't necesarrily look out of place at the coven - aside from the fact that there are online covens, there are probably also those who take their computers to meetings.

As for transport issues on a broomstick - saddlebags.  :P  

none the less my statement stands

Not really, as you get apathy and half-heartedness in any religion.

You do, however, get a lot of people (wanna-blessed-be's) taking it up almost as a hobby, or more of a fashion statement, who are just after the magic and glamour.  They'd obviously be less zealous then others, if indeed they cared about that side of things at all.