Thursday, May 24, 2012

How To Make a Book Of Twilights

A Book of Twilights is a book containing religious texts and instructions for Spiritual rituals found within the Islamicraft (Islamick Spiritualism).

Your Book of Twilights is your most important form of record keeping. Your Book of Twilights is a reflection of your spiritual journey. It can be a reflection of any rituals you do, any prayers, any incantations, any spells you cast or verses your recite, and thoughts and feelings that you have. A Book of Twilights (BOT) is a record of all spiritual workings, favorite spells, amulets, verses, chants, rituals, chilla (retreats) and results. Try thinking of your Book of Twilights as a study of your life and the Spirituality that you create and witness.

You can do almost anything with your Book of Twilights. There is no mandatory formula for how you keep or decorate your Book of Twilights. You can decorate it any way that you may want, or you can write your Book of Twilights entirely in the secret alphabet if you wish.



Putting all of this information down in your Book of Twilights requires a bit of organizing and planing. Here are some tips.

File by topic (i.e., ritual work, spell work, etc...)
Alphabetize by subject
Chronological
Chapters

As your Book of Twilights is your journal or guide, there are many types of things that can go into it. Here's an example.

An opening dedication to your Allah
Table of Contents
Islamicraft Studies
A page of ethics or beliefs
Why you came to Islamicraft
Incantations
Quranic Remedies
Herbs
Spirituality (Sufism)
Hadiths
Rituals
Spells
Logs of spiritual workings you do
Recipes
Poems
Meditations  (Muraqaba)
Artwork
Impressions
Dreams
Divinations
Anything you feel contributes to your growth.


* One useful thing to consider when keeping a Book of Twilights is to keep a record of the spells etc that you use and create. You can note the type of spell, how it was conducted, the purpose of the spell, and the outcome. Such a record might look something like this:



[1] Purpose of Spell:

[2] Type of Spell Cast:

[3] Any Special Tools Used for the Spell:

[4] Astrological Correspondences Existing at Time of Spell:

[5] Weather:

[6] Your Health and Emotional State:

[7] Outcome of the Spell:

[8] Did the Spell Work the Way You Wanted It To?

[9] Other Notes:

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