| “ | She kept journals. (...) Yeah. Her spellwork. All of it. Right up until the end. | ” |
Rowena's journals are a series of journals created by witch Rowena MacLeod chronicling her spellwork and everything she learned about magic over the course of her life.
History
Background
The journals were written by Rowena MacLeod over the course of her centuries-long life. They chronicled her spellwork and everything she learned about magic over the course of her life, including the various spells she created and used. One spell was the Spirit Resurrection Spell Rowena had been creating to resurrect Mary Winchester. She also used them to write down her various translations of the Book of the Damned.
Season 11
In O Brother, Where Art Thou?, while translating the Book of the Damned to find a way to speak to Lucifer, Rowena wrote her translations down in one of her journals which she later carried with her into Hell to perform the spell.
Season 14
In Absence, Rowena wrote her latest translations of the Book of the Damned in one of her journals as she prepared for the Necromantiorum to resurrect Mary Winchester before Jack arrived for her help.
Season 15
In The Rupture, while casting the Sanetur Acre Vulnus, Rowena had Sam use one of her journals as a reference for his part in the spell as her assistant.
In Golden Time, following Rowena's death, Sam traveled to her apartment in search of Rowena's magical stash, her journals in particular, to find out how to create a Soul Catcher. The ghost of Eileen Leahy helped Sam find a hidden room where the stash was hidden, saddening Sam with the reminder of his friend. While Sam leafed through one of the journals, a loose page fell out containing the spell Rowena had been creating to resurrect Mary. Sam realized he could use it to bring back Eileen, but came into conflict with the Witch Mother and Emily who sought to use the spell to resurrect Jacinda instead. After the witches were dealt with, Sam brought the journals and the rest of Rowena's stash back to the Men of Letters bunker.
In Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven, Sam casts a spell from one of the journals to transport himself, Dean and Castiel to Hell.
Appearances
Trivia
- Though not specifically called spellbooks, the journals are in effect spellbooks.