Book Of Spells
written by Tahlia Bennett
Written by Miranda Goshawk. The Book of Spells, now a widely popular school textbook was the first spell book to be written by Goshawk and to this day remains the most popular book written by the famous witch. The Book of Spells will teach you a variety of spells, some being simple, others being quite complex.
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Chapter 2: The Revealing Charm
Chapter 10
REVEALING CHARM
The Revealing Charm will reveal invisible ink and messages hidden by magical means. This spell is able to overcome most basic concealment charms, so be warned... any plans for mischief hidden with invisible ink can easily be uncovered by wizarding parents and teachers alike.
BRIDGET WENLOCK AND THE REVEALING CHARM
Many magical researchers use invisible ink to hide their work from rivals, so the Revealing Charm is essential for serious scholars. Famous arithmancer Bridget Wenlock was so protective of her discoveries that she wrote exclusively in invisible ink, not to mention writing upside down, back-to-front and in atrocious handwriting. Wenlock was famous for her absent-mindedness as well as her paranoia, and would often jot notes in invisible ink on scraps of paper, before promptly losing them. She could frequently be seen retracing her steps through her hometown of Tinworth attempting to use the Revealing Charm on every scrap of paper she came across in search of a lost arithmancy calculation. Wenlock first scribbles down her ground-breaking theorem on the magical properties of the number seven at breakfast one day apparently on the back of the envelope, using her usual invisible ink. She then proceeded to send her cousin a letter using what she later believed to be the very envelope concealing the theorem. Soon realising her mistake, Wenlock seized her broom and managed to overtake the owl carrying the letter in mid-flight. The pair engaged in a fierce mid-air tussle as Wenlock tried to recover the envelope. (Post office owls take mail-tampering very seriously and will refuse to give up their deliveries to anyone but the addressee). After suffering several nips and scratches, Wenlock resorted to following the owl to her cousin's house in John O'Groats. But after finally retrieving the envelope from her bemused cousin, her Revealing Charm revealed nothing but a cake recipe which she had jotted down that morning. She later found the real calculation, scrawled on a sugar packet still sitting on her kitchen table.
INCANTATION: APARECIUM
The incantation to magically reveal hidden writing or markings is 'Aparecium' (Pronunciation: AH-par-EH-see-um)
GESTURE
The wand gesture for the Revealing Charm is a loop and cross. Loop your wand from right to left and back again.
Side note from the author: Beware the sphinx; it guards its secrets jealously.
The Revealing Charm will reveal invisible ink and messages hidden by magical means. This spell is able to overcome most basic concealment charms, so be warned... any plans for mischief hidden with invisible ink can easily be uncovered by wizarding parents and teachers alike.
BRIDGET WENLOCK AND THE REVEALING CHARM
Many magical researchers use invisible ink to hide their work from rivals, so the Revealing Charm is essential for serious scholars. Famous arithmancer Bridget Wenlock was so protective of her discoveries that she wrote exclusively in invisible ink, not to mention writing upside down, back-to-front and in atrocious handwriting. Wenlock was famous for her absent-mindedness as well as her paranoia, and would often jot notes in invisible ink on scraps of paper, before promptly losing them. She could frequently be seen retracing her steps through her hometown of Tinworth attempting to use the Revealing Charm on every scrap of paper she came across in search of a lost arithmancy calculation. Wenlock first scribbles down her ground-breaking theorem on the magical properties of the number seven at breakfast one day apparently on the back of the envelope, using her usual invisible ink. She then proceeded to send her cousin a letter using what she later believed to be the very envelope concealing the theorem. Soon realising her mistake, Wenlock seized her broom and managed to overtake the owl carrying the letter in mid-flight. The pair engaged in a fierce mid-air tussle as Wenlock tried to recover the envelope. (Post office owls take mail-tampering very seriously and will refuse to give up their deliveries to anyone but the addressee). After suffering several nips and scratches, Wenlock resorted to following the owl to her cousin's house in John O'Groats. But after finally retrieving the envelope from her bemused cousin, her Revealing Charm revealed nothing but a cake recipe which she had jotted down that morning. She later found the real calculation, scrawled on a sugar packet still sitting on her kitchen table.
INCANTATION: APARECIUM
The incantation to magically reveal hidden writing or markings is 'Aparecium' (Pronunciation: AH-par-EH-see-um)
GESTURE
The wand gesture for the Revealing Charm is a loop and cross. Loop your wand from right to left and back again.
Side note from the author: Beware the sphinx; it guards its secrets jealously.
