Quick Specs
- Author: Ann Moura (craft name Aoumiel)
- Type: Paperback, working grimoire / complete Book of Shadows, 360 pages
- Topics: Sabbat and esbat rituals, circle casting, spellcraft, correspondences, sigils, divination, teas, oils, baths
- Best for: Practicing witches who want a comprehensive, ready-to-use reference at the altar
Ann Moura’s Personal Book of Shadows as a Working Reference
Ann Moura, who has practiced Green Witchcraft for more than forty years under her craft name Aoumiel, designed Grimoire for the Green Witch not as an explanatory text about witchcraft but as a working grimoire, a practitioner’s Book of Shadows formatted for use at the altar. The distinction matters: most witchcraft books explain what to do and why, while this one provides the actual content of a complete magical practice, ready to consult during ritual, spell work, and divination. The 360-page volume covers every major domain of Green Craft practice from sabbat and esbat rituals to tea and oil recipes, with enough depth in each section to serve as a real reference rather than a sampler.
Moura’s family tradition has Brazilian Celtic-Iberian roots, and this lineage distinguishes the grimoire from the British Wicca-derived framework that dominates most published witchcraft books. Her mother and grandmother practiced what she describes as a folk craft carried through generations before she formalized it within a broader Wiccan-compatible structure. The result is a Book of Shadows that feels genuinely lived in, with the kind of accumulated practical detail that usually only appears in handwritten family grimoires passed between practitioners.
Rituals, Correspondences, Spellcraft, and the Full Scope of Green Practice
The grimoire covers the eight sabbats and the esbat cycle with complete ritual formats, recitations, and circle-casting procedures that can be used as written or adapted to the reader’s own tradition. A dedicated section on spellcraft includes working spells rather than just theory, accompanied by a substantial correspondences chapter covering herbs, colors, crystals, planetary hours, and runes in the format a working practitioner needs to plan and execute ritual work. There are also complete protocols for tool consecration, drawing down the moon, wiccanings, and handfastings, giving the book a scope that genuinely earns the title “complete Book of Shadows.”
The teas, oils, and bath preparations chapter reflects the green witchcraft emphasis on plant-based working materials and brings the herbalist and kitchen witch dimensions of the tradition into the reference alongside the ceremonial content. Divination coverage includes tarot basics, rune meanings, and palmistry overviews, positioned as tools within a broader practice rather than standalone subjects. Readers who want to build their own grimoire over time will find the layout of Moura’s book a useful model for how to organize a working Book of Shadows, even when they eventually develop their own materials.
How to Use the Grimoire for the Green Witch
Three ways to work with Moura's grimoire as a practicing reference rather than a reading book.
- Use It at the Altar, Not Just on the Shelf
This book is a working reference, not a cover-to-cover read. Keep it accessible during ritual and spell work. Each chapter includes a sub-contents list so you can locate specific rituals, correspondences, or recitations during a session quickly.
- Adapt the Sabbat and Esbat Rituals to Your Practice
Moura's sabbat and esbat ritual formats are complete but designed to be adapted. Read through the ritual before the session, note where you want to add personal elements, and keep the book open to the recitations section during your working.
- Build Your Own Book of Shadows Using This as a Template
The organization of this grimoire reflects how practitioners structure a Book of Shadows. Use Moura's layout as a model as you begin recording your own variations and notes in a personal journal to keep alongside this working altar reference.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
Most published grimoires are either too thin to be genuinely useful at the altar or too tradition-specific to be broadly applicable. Moura’s book earns its place on my shelf because it threads that needle: comprehensive enough to serve as a primary reference across sabbat work, spellcraft, and divination, and rooted enough in an actual family practice to feel authoritative rather than assembled. The fact that it reached its twenty-first printing since its 2003 publication is the clearest evidence that working practitioners return to it regularly. It also won the 2004 COVR Award First Runner-Up, which reflects recognition within the broader metaphysical publishing community. For the altar supplies and tools that accompany active ritual work, browse my altar supplies collection. For the broader Green Witchcraft and spellcraft book tradition this grimoire belongs to, my spellcraft and witchcraft book collection has additional titles worth exploring alongside Moura’s work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Traditionally a grimoire is a reference text of magical knowledge; a Book of Shadows is a personal journal. Moura designed this book to serve as both, with complete ritual formats intended for direct altar use rather than background reading.
The 360-page volume covers sabbat and esbat rituals, circle casting, spellcraft, herbal and crystal correspondences, sigils, teas, oils, baths, and divination basics. Every major domain of Green Craft practice is addressed with working content.
It works best for practitioners with some witchcraft familiarity, as the format is a reference rather than an instructional guide. Many use it alongside a foundational text at first, then rely on it as their primary working altar reference.
Green Witchcraft emphasizes nature-based practice, plant work, and seasonal cycles rooted in folk tradition. Moura blends her Brazilian Celtic-Iberian family tradition with a Wicca-compatible ritual structure, making it adaptable across traditions.
Love it! Can’t put it down.