The Shadowhunter's Codex by Cassandra Clare, Joshua Lewis Read Free Book Online

Shadowhunter, too, should seek to travel during her training, if at all possible. There is no obvious occasion to mark as there is with born Shadowhunters becoming adults, so talk with your Institute head or local Enclave about scheduling.
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A PHILOSOPHY OF WAR
The first Shadowhunters, including Jonathan himself, dreamed of a world where someday their people would not need to be warriors. David the Silent, especially, loathed fighting and violence, and he wrote eloquently of the Nephilim’s main mission to “discover Peace upon all the World.” It’s believed that the Silent Brothers were, in fact, founded with the primary mission of reversing the great evil acts of Sammael and Lilith, and closing our dimension again to demons. This philosophy continued to guide the Silent Brothers for hundreds of years. Brother Christopher de Sevilla could still write, in 1504, that the Nephilim’s job was to “obsolete ourselves” by “driving the horde back and sealing the doors behind them.”
The fact, however, is that a thousand years of work and research has brought us no closer to understanding how Sammael and Lilith accomplished their great Incursion, much less to discovering how it can be reversed. The thread of hope that the endless demonic horde could be turned back has frayed and is now so thin in Shadowhunter culture as to have nearly disappeared. Most believe today that if the demonic tide is to be turned, it will be Heaven’s doing, not ours. Our role is to stand behind the open gates and turn them back one by one. And so we fight.

RECOMMENDED WEEKEND TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR: CLARY FAIRCHILD
Just a proposed regimen for your weekend to keep you in good shape for next week. (Get ready for stick fighting!!!)
8–9 a.m.: Wake up. Eat breakfast (lean protein, light carb, NO CAFFEINE).
9–9:30 a.m.: Calisthenics @ home
9:30–10 a.m.: Yoga @ home
10 a.m.–12 p.m.: Language study (Greek, Latin)
12 p.m.–1 p.m.: Lunch
1 p.m.–3 p.m.: Intense cardio (running, probably)
3 p.m.–4 p.m.: Study demon weaknesses and appearances in textbook Demons, Demons, Demons .
4 p.m.–6 p.m.: Practice kata (your choice of martial arts school)
6 p.m.–7 p.m.: Dinner
7 p.m.–11 p.m.: Study (suggestions: history of faerie abductions, poisons and their antidotes, werewolf clan markings)
11 p.m.–12 a.m.: Free time!
12 a.m.: Sleep

WEEKEND TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR: ME
8 a.m.: Woke up.
9 a.m.: Woke up again; got up this time. Breakfast (bagel, scallion cream cheese, tomato, coffee w/milk). Calisthenics (walked briskly to deli and back).
10 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Yoga. Very centering.
10:15 a.m.–11 a.m.: Language study (Looked through Latin textbook, watched last forty-five minutes of Gladiator . Fight scenes very inspiring. Took some notes.)
11 a.m.–12 p.m.: Took sketchbook to Prospect Park lawn. Simon brought lunch (noodles I like from place right by his house). Drew kids playing cricket on lawn. Studied cricket technique for potential application in combat. Drew gladiators playing cricket. Synthesis.
12 p.m.–1 p.m.: Lab: Interviewed vampire re: vampire history and culture, vampire combat techniques, etc. Very edifying.
1 p.m.–2 p.m.: Urban exploration (Took subway into Manhattan.)
2 p.m.–4 p.m.: Literary research (Visited comic book store, bought several volumes of long illustrated study of medieval combat in Japan.)
4 p.m.: Healthy midafternoon snack (smoothie)
4 p.m.–7 p.m.: Watched research film in multiplex.
7 p.m.–9 p.m.: Dinner, tiny Korean place on Thirteenth, soup. (Soup is healthy!) Critiqued fight techniques seen in movie—very unrealistic.
9 p.m.–10 p.m.: Orienteering (subway home)
10 p.m.–12 a.m.: Talked on phone with primary Shadowhunter trainer, updated him on status. Planned training regimen for following day. Exchanged positive affirmations.
12 a.m.–2 a.m.: Read illustrated study of medieval Japanese combat. Cultural exchange with vampire re: illustrated study, vampire’s current boredom. Fell asleep,