Hey Todd-- reading this post and learning that there is a grimoire I've never heard about (The Lacunga!!! What a wonderful word to speak out loud), this reminds me to remind you (just incase):
For the love of God, don't be lazy with the bibliography, works cited, sources, and/or recommended reading, okay? You source quotes in your substack, which is perfect, but I hope you're also citing what books you got information from. I feel like a lot of occult authors these days never went to college, and if they did, they assume that no one will care if they don't adequately source the information they've scalped from books and just try to act like they were delivered this information by divine inspiration or something, but it isn't the 90s anymore. We do care. One of the first things I do when I pick up a book, before I Even look at the table of contents, is flip to the back to check the bibliography or works cited. I also personally love an author who can offer notes on their bibligraphy, plus recommending reading sorted by subject.
You seem like the type that would do this already but I Just wanted to throw that out there because it's something I've been resolved to do myself when my time comes to publish something. (I've got a couple things in the works!)
Thanks for the comment. My book will have a lengthy bibliography and endnotes, which I am in the process of correcting and collating now. Actually, I spent all day yesterday working on it. It is very time consuming. My Substack posts most often do have a bibliography, I must have forgotten to list the Lacnunga material in there. Apologies. Unfortunately, due to a busy schedule, the bibliography is sometimes not exhaustive in my Substack posts, like this one, and sometimes it’s more complete. It just depends on how busy I am at the time.
With the keyword “Lacnunga” or “Bald’s Leechbook”, you should be able to find lots of material online to keep you busy. Look on archive.org for Anglo-Saxon Charms by Felix Grendon. Another good book is Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Magic by Bill Griffith, you’ll have to buy that one though. Grendon should be available in PDF format for free.
Got it! Thank you! I don't know what I meant by "off hours, " but I think I meant to say I had always found an edition of the book you mentioned that I had downloaded hours ago from Internet Archive.
Hey Todd-- reading this post and learning that there is a grimoire I've never heard about (The Lacunga!!! What a wonderful word to speak out loud), this reminds me to remind you (just incase):
For the love of God, don't be lazy with the bibliography, works cited, sources, and/or recommended reading, okay? You source quotes in your substack, which is perfect, but I hope you're also citing what books you got information from. I feel like a lot of occult authors these days never went to college, and if they did, they assume that no one will care if they don't adequately source the information they've scalped from books and just try to act like they were delivered this information by divine inspiration or something, but it isn't the 90s anymore. We do care. One of the first things I do when I pick up a book, before I Even look at the table of contents, is flip to the back to check the bibliography or works cited. I also personally love an author who can offer notes on their bibligraphy, plus recommending reading sorted by subject.
You seem like the type that would do this already but I Just wanted to throw that out there because it's something I've been resolved to do myself when my time comes to publish something. (I've got a couple things in the works!)
Chris,
Thanks for the comment. My book will have a lengthy bibliography and endnotes, which I am in the process of correcting and collating now. Actually, I spent all day yesterday working on it. It is very time consuming. My Substack posts most often do have a bibliography, I must have forgotten to list the Lacnunga material in there. Apologies. Unfortunately, due to a busy schedule, the bibliography is sometimes not exhaustive in my Substack posts, like this one, and sometimes it’s more complete. It just depends on how busy I am at the time.
With the keyword “Lacnunga” or “Bald’s Leechbook”, you should be able to find lots of material online to keep you busy. Look on archive.org for Anglo-Saxon Charms by Felix Grendon. Another good book is Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Magic by Bill Griffith, you’ll have to buy that one though. Grendon should be available in PDF format for free.
Here’s a link to the Grendon book: https://archive.org/details/anglosaxoncharms00gren
Got it! Thank you! I don't know what I meant by "off hours, " but I think I meant to say I had always found an edition of the book you mentioned that I had downloaded hours ago from Internet Archive.
Oh, say no more sir, the internet archive PDF has been on my downloads off hours. 😂🤙