book of shadows
Noun
Meaning
Book of Shadows (plural Books of Shadows)
A book containing religious text and instructions for Wiccan magical rituals.
book of shadows (plural books of shadows)
(uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of Book of Shadows
Examples
The second was a prose version which is contained within the traditional Gardnerian Book of Shadows and more closely resembles Gardner's "Leviter Veslis" version of 1949.
Gerald Gardner used a book containing many different texts in his covens, known as the Book of Shadows (among other names), which he would frequently add to and adapt.
In other traditions however, practices are never written down, meaning that there is no need for a Book of Shadows.
The Book of Shadows is not a Bible or Quran.