From ReligionForBreakfast.

Register for our online class "What Does It Mean To Be a Witch?" https://religionforbreakfast.eventbrite.com/

In this video, we explore the history of grimoires, manuals of magic, that shaped magical practices from ancient Egypt to modern witchcraft. Discover how these spellbooks and magical textbooks held esoteric knowledge and influenced occult traditions for centuries.

Join our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters

00:00 Intro and Basics
1:56 Grimoires as Elite Texts
6:31 The Magic of Writing
11:12 The Democratization of Grimoires and Contemporary Witchcraft
16:25 The Dematerialization of the Grimoire