graycloak:

Ah, magickal inks. Yes.  Okay, well, you do have the main three already: Dragon’s Blood, Bat’s Blood, and Dove’s Blood inks are all used for various types of magickal writing.  Some lesser known inks, but still in this same generic category, are:Butterfly’s Blood, Black Nightshade, and Lampblack inks.

Butterfly’s Blood Ink is made from saffron, alcohol, gum arabic, and dragon’s blood ink. The final ink will be a deep golden yellow. This ink is usually used for holy writing, inspiration, change, and healing magick. As it dries to a nearly imperceptible yellow, Butterfly’s Blood is also good for sigils where you want to capitalize on low attention processing.

Black Nightshade Ink is typically used for works involving the dead, cursing, and binding. For those who dabble in Planetary Magick, Black Nightshade Ink is useful in most works involving Saturn. The ingredients for this ink are almost all poisonous on some level, and some versions even call for ashes of the dead; out of all the generic inks, this is one I feel safe advising most people to avoid.

Lampblack Ink is made from lampblack, alcohol, and gum arabic. For this type of ink, the lampblack is collected by holding a silver spoon over the flame of a candle. It is time-consuming to collect enough lampblack for this ink, but none of the other generic inks give you as much flexibility in aligning the ink: by collecting lampblack from specifically dressed candles of various colors you can very easily align the ink to specific magickal uses. In general, however, lampblack ink is great for magick involving wisdom and knowledge.