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Book One of Five- eBook Series
The Working Grimoire
You Can Actually Trust
A complete foundation in dedication, ethics, elemental theory, planetary timing, sigils, protective folklore, and correspondence, with every entry honestly labelled as medieval, folk, or modern reconstruction.
£6.99
Less than a tarot deck
Instant PDF download · 28 pages · Print-ready correspondence card included
Pick up most popular grimoires and you get the same undifferentiated mix: a genuine medieval charm sitting next to a Victorian invention sitting next to something a Wiccan high priestess wrote in 1964, all presented as equally ancient.
Foundations and Magical Theory does not do this.
Why This Grimoire Is Different
Built for Your Altar,
Not Your Bookshelf
Honest Labeling
Every entry carries one of three labels: a specific charm from a named manuscript, a long-attested folk practice, or a modern reconstruction built on stated historical parallel.
Medieval Pedigree
Planetary hours and days with a continuous, unbroken medieval pedigree. The toothache charm is adapted directly from British Library Sloane MS 2457, folio 19v.
Physically Sourced
Witch marks and protective signs drawn from the physical record catalogued by Historic England: daisy wheels, hexafoils, taper burns and witch bottles.
Complete Foundation
Not a taster. This stands alone as a complete working reference. The worldview, correspondences, and ten foundational spells you will use for every volume that follows.
Print-Ready Tools
Includes a quick-reference correspondence card built to print separately and keep at your working space. Full glossary and complete bibliography included.
Verified Claims
Every claim traces back to a source you can check: Kieckhefer, Davies, Hutton, Historic England. Nothing presented as older than it is.
What This Volume Covers
Everything You Need
to Begin
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Dedication & Working Credo
What medieval charm workers actually invoked before the Wiccan Rede existed.
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The Magical Worldview
Hermeticism, animism and folk Christianity, with the Welsh magical landscape and Y Tylwyth Teg.
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The Five Elements
With an honest note on which parts are genuinely ancient and which are twentieth-century systemisation.
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Planetary Hours & Days
The one system with a continuous, unbroken medieval pedigree, with a full worked example.
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Colours, Herbs & Crystals
For protection, healing, love, prosperity, divination and banishing, rooted in Culpeper's 1653 Complete Herbal.
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Ten Foundational Workings
Full recipe-form spells and charms with purpose, timing, tools and words, plus space to record results.
"If you would rather know where a practice comes from before you use it than find out later, this book is built for you."
Histories and Castles
Start the Series Right
A Foundation You Will
Not Need to Unlearn
At £6.99, less than a single tarot deck, you get a complete, sourced working reference delivered instantly to your email. No subscription. No expiry. Yours to keep.
£6.99
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The Details
What You Receive
Format
A fully formatted 28-page PDF booklet with clearly labelled sourcing throughout, a glossary, and a complete list of sources and further reading.
Delivery
Delivered instantly to your email on purchase. Compatible with all devices and PDF readers. Print-ready if you prefer to work from paper.
Licence
Single-user licence for personal and educational use. Not for redistribution or commercial reproduction.
The Series
Book Two: Rituals and Practices continues where this volume leaves off, with grounding, circle casting, invocation, evocation, and the eight sabbats.
Sources
Draws on Kieckhefer, Davies, Hutton, Sikes, Rhys, and Historic England's published guidance on ritual protection marks.
Support
Questions? Contact us at historiesandcastles.com. We stand behind every volume in this series.