The Testament of Shadows: Coming Forth by Night and Descent from the Stars, is the Holy Book or "Bible" for those that self-identify as Upyreshi or Vampyri, in three parts. Book 1 introduces the paradigm, while Books 2 and 3 are transmitted or "channeled" documents received from the external forces behind the paradigm. It is because The Testament of Shadows is a result of ceremonial magick that it is not a book of morality or symbolic history. As a whole, The Testament is a work of practical knowledge and holds the keys to personal insight, that shows what could have been, may yet be, or can be applied in the here and now. The Testament of Shadows, in each portion and taken as a whole, points the reader, be he Upyre or not, toward the power he has as an individual. This book, like all books, is what the reader makes it, because its results for the individual depend upon the degree to which the reader accesses his own power and invests in himself.