Notes and Index
 
As with many of us, Gerald Gardner continually revised the contents of what would now be commonly known as his "Book of Shadows". This means that there is no real "substantive version" and presenting several copies in a coherent form can be difficult. I have chosen to represent the various revisions as a grid, using the order of the sections in the 1949 material. This means that in the grid, some sections of the later versions appear out of their original order.
 
At the bottom of each individual page are a set of links. The centre of each set ("notes") takes you back to this index. If there's an earlier version of the same text, that link will be above "notes"; any later version will be below it.
 
Below the grid are four lists with the sections of each version in their original order. This is also the order of the left-to-right links at the bottom of the individual pages. The link to the left of "notes" takes you to the previous section, the one on the right to the next section.

Sections in the Original Order

• 1949
1. Casting the Circle
2. Drawing Down the Moon
3. "Lift Up the Veil"
4. The Initiation
• [First Degree]
• [Second Degree]
• [Third Degree]
5. Cakes and Wine
6. The Sabbat Rituals
• 1953
1. On Chants
2. To Help the Sick
3. The Scourge and the Kiss
4. The Priestess and the Sword
5. The Warning
6. Of the Ordeal of the Art Magical
7. The Eightfold Way
8. To Gain the Sight
9. Power
10. Properly Prepared
11. The Meeting Dance
12. To Leave the Body
13. The Working Tools
14. Skyclad
• 1957
1. A Revision of the Casting Procedure
2. The Prose Charge
3. Cakes and Wine
4. The Sabbat Rituals
5. The Eightfold Path or Ways
6. The First-Degree Initiation
7. The Second-Degree Initiation
8. The Third-Degree Initiation
9. The Witches' Chant or Rune
10. Consecrating Tools
• 1961
1. The Old Laws
2. The Verse Charge
3. Casting and Charging
4. Forming the Circle