All About Grimoires, Book of Shadows & Other Magical Texts
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9 min readApr 11, 2022
“There are books about magic and there are books of magic, and the price of the latter is far above rubies.” ― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Just as Susanna Clarke made the distinction in her novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, there are primarily two kinds of books when it comes to magic: Books about magic, and books of magic.