A
grimoire is a book describing magical beliefs and practices, written
between the late-medieval period and the 18th century. Such books
contain astrological correspondences, lists of angels and demons,
directions on casting charms and spells, on mixing medicines, summoning
unearthly entities, and making talismans. "Magical" books in almost any
context, especially books of magical spells, are also called grimoires.
The
word grimoire is from the Old French gramaire, and is from the same
root as the words grammar and glamour. This is partly because, in the
mid-late Middle Ages, Latin "grammars" (books on Latin syntax and
diction) were foundational to school and university education, as
controlled by the Church - while to the illiterate majority,
non-ecclesiastical books were suspect as magic. But "grammar" also
denoted, to literate and illiterate alike, a book of basic instruction. A
grammar is a description of a set of symbols and how to combine them to
create well-formed sentences. A Grimoire is, appropriately enough, a
description of a set of magickal symbols and how to combine them
properly.
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