Book of Shadows

**The Book of Shadows**, also known as the **Book of Sins**, Maddie's Book of Shadows the **Book of Spells**, or the **Book of the Damned**, is an ancient book of spells and unspeakable power.The book is made of dark matter from the Hell Dimension.

It is the most powerful and coveted Book of Shadows in existence and is over 300 years old. *The Book* hasn't been passed down every generation since created by Florence Mikaelson in the 17th century. Christopher and Ariana never wanted their oldest son Prince Cassian to have the book of Shadows, that's why they trusted Serafina to passed it down to Maddie.

After Florence Mikaelson passed away in her will, it said that her Grimoire would be passed down to Maddie.

Besides information about the craft, the Book contains many entries on several beings from the magical community, including demons, warlocks, and other evil beings. It also contains many spells and potion recipes, most of which were written by Rose.

## Capabilities

The Book of Shadows contains infinite knowledge; not only does it have a full chapter on the Scarlet Witch myth, but it also contains spells, formulas, information on how to create machines to harness energy from other dimensions, and even coding. While most of the time, its pages are blank, there have been certain occasions when the reader had immediate access to its content, for example, when Robert Minoru opened the book to find the spell to access to the Dark Dimension. When the pages are blank they can be read when they enter in contact with the reader, the dark book reads the readers and adapts to them showing them the information they look for, featuring instructions to make their desires come true, written in the language the reader would fully understand.

## Appearance

The Book of Shadows had a dark green leather-bound cover with gold gilded edges and a gold clasp. The cover had lines that intersected each other with strange unknown symbols in them. The center had a silver triquetra in a silver circle. The pages were yellowed and looked aged.

Maddie created new of the Book of Shadows looked similar to the original, but the cover was now green, and the pages were still white and flat due to the book being brand new. The triquetra in the center of the cover was also closer to gold in color. A thin, golden ribbon attached to the book's cover acted as a bookmark for the book.

## List of the Entries

* Florence Mikaelson
* The Apocalypse
* Spirit Boards
* Glamours
* Truth Serum
* Calling of Lost Souls
* Exorcism Ritual
* Invoking the Moirai
* Cowrie Shell
* Repose of the Tumuli
* Lure of Agamemnon
* Call to a Restless Spirit
* Shadow Demons
* Candlelight Enchantment
* Cicada Demons
* Amulet of Archangels
* The Hurt Blocker
* The Full Disclosure
* The Heart of Meridian
* Dragon's Flame
* Pitch Pipes
* Sirens
* Wish Fulfillment for Those of Non magical Origins
* Escape Oil
* Viralis
* Balance Restoration
* The Sacred Flame Extraction Spell
* Absum Veri Spell
* Medusa
* Empathic Surges
* Sumerian Shroud
* Mesmerism
* Original Immortal Tribrid

## Notable Entries

* ***Dominus Trinus:*** the first entry in the Book of Shadows. This spell, unknowingly cast by Serafina.

* ***Barbas, the Demon of Fear:*** written by Patty Halliwell to guide her daughters through the day on which Barbas would return to Earth (a Friday the 13th in February 2020). She also magically added extra lines to the entry whilst Prue was reading it, encouraging her to trust in her love for other people.
* ***The entry on Nell:*** notable for being written entirely in Latin, the entry talks about a witch named Nell who trapped the warlock Malcolm inside a painting in the 1920s.
* ***To Banish a Suxen:*** an entry written by The Elders long ago in case the Warren-Halliwell line would lose control over the Nexus

Since it was inherited by Maddie Mikaelson the book has grown three times its original size. This means that the Maddie herself have added a great amount of spells, potions, and notes to the book, possibly more than any other generation as a result of the sisters possessing the Dragon's Flame and Heart of Meridian. They also occasionally wrote down their experiences after vanquishing a demon, which Sam mentions this when she studied the Book of Shadows. Some notable entries include:

***The Woogyman Spell:*** created by Florence Mikaelson, the spell was added by Maddie Mikaelson in 2026. It was the first spell that any of the Charmed Ones had added to the book, as they did not want to run the risk of being unable to seal away the Woogyman in the future if he was to get loose again.

## Powers and Abilities

The Book of Shadows it is known for the fact that it cannot be touched by evil, this is thanks to shielding and sensing powers with which it was blessed. As a result of this blessing, the book cannot it be taken out of the Halliwell Manor, nless it is in the possession of the Maddie Mikaelson, good magical beings, or non-magical mortals. This is particularly important to note, as many evil beings covet the book, both because of the power it holds and because taking it would make the Maddie Mikaelson much weaker and more vulnerable. However, despite the fact that it is protected by good magic, evil has still managed to find ways around this and have captured the book several times.
It can be presumed that the book's magic varies as it is passed on from one generation to the next, depending on its new master's magical state.

Also, if one of the Charmed Ones turns evil through a dark wedding to a warlock, the other two will become evil as well, and the evil will flow through the book. Dantalian, a high-level demon priestess, realized this loophole and tricked Prue into marrying a warlock, Zile, to try to hijack their power for her own gain. This successfully turned the three sisters evil as expected, which enabled Dantalian to briefly steal the book. In addition, the book's original pages also transformed to those for evildoings. The plan backfired when evil Piper and Phoebe vanquished Zile, breaking the evil bond and restoring the Book to normal. ("Bride and Gloom")'

Paige tried to copy the book on a photocopier, but because of its protective magic, every page came out blank.

The book has a different protection mechanism against evil. In several episodes, various effects resulted from an evil magical being tried to take the book for themselves.
An evil shapeshifter was able to touch the book and take it as far as the front door before it repels itself from his grasp, preventing him from walking out the front door with it in his grasp. In future episodes, it is established that it is impossible for evil to even touch the book; however, since the Charmed Ones had just recently received their powers at this time, their magic wasn't strong enough to allow the book access to the full extent of its protective magic.

For a demon or half-demon to be able to touch it without triggering its defensive properties, the being must have purely good intentions in his heart. According to one of the videos below, the magic the book possesses came from the deceased family ancestors who then become part of the book, which is presumably how it became so powerful throughout the centuries.