Hey all, So back in march I got my book of shadows my newest one anyway. I thought I would do a update on how its going and also a contents that may help fellow witches having trouble finding ideas to put into their book of shadows. I have spoken to many fellow witches on the path and we all go through the stage of writers block as such were you don't know what to put into your book of shadows if anything. I know people have even left it for months without writing into it. I for one make it a point to write into my book of shadows at least once a week. On a good week its may be twice but that doesn't mean I don't have problems finding what to put inside. Now in no means do you have to follow what I have done. Its your own book of shadows and its your own journey. For me I try to focus on one aspect each week. It keeps me learning new information and also helps me work within my book of shadows. First I will go into a little detail on why I picked my book of shadows as many of you might of missed my first post about it. For me I have worked in many book of shadows from note books to even doing a sketch book style one. Nothing really clicked for me. I wanted my book of shadows to be special to me and to mean something more than just a cheap note book. I saved up my money that I had left from a couple of months of pay and brought myself the A5 size (slightly bigger than A5) leather bound book. It has a pentagram on the front as for me thats protection against negative energy and focus. The pages inside is handmade so its like the book was made for a book of shadows. Its special to me and no one else touches it apart form me. Now I will do a list of contents that I have done myself inside my book of shadows. I will say you don't have to follow my contents or even use it at all but I thought it might give you some ideas on how to sort your book of shadows out and also inspire you in some way to put contents inside, you should try and connect with your book of shadows at lest once a week even if its just spending 10 minutes reading what you have put inside. Contents: - I first did a front page thats just to have my own name on it so the book knows who the owner is. I also wrote a little something about my path and how it means to me. - I have left a page empty for contents but I have now found out that I haven't got enough room for a contents as I have so much inside my book of shadows. In future I will leave a couple of pages haha. - I have a page about me, my past and my introduction to the craft. I have done this in all my books of shadows its basically to make it more personal to yourself. - I have my oath to the craft on another page. This oath I like to read to myself once in a while to reclaim the oath and make it more powerful. - I then have a page with the witches year on. Theres space along the bottom where I can write more information about the witches year if I wish to but apart form that its like a date page showing which dates the holidays come on. - I then have a page for each sabbat. Thats to write down all information needed that I myself find useful. When I finish this book of shadows I think I may buy the bigger book of this and have more pages per sabbat as I have learned so much on them now that I dont have room for. -I then have a chart about the power of colour, and the colour meanings. This I use all the time when planning my altar and craft work. - I have a page about empaths and what it means for me to be an empath. - Then theres a page about moon faces. - I have a page about days and times which also comes in handy for craft work. - I have a page for meditating and cantering yourself. -I then have a page for each of the elements. - I have two pages about the dice of fate which came in one of my pagan parcels. Really handy. - I have a page about black salt uses and how to create it. - I have just added the witches alphabet chart into my book which I will be planning on uses later this week. - I then have a chunk of my book saved for herbs and teas. What I learn about the herbs I use most and what tea recipes that I want to use a lot and create. - I also have a page about smudging and cleansing which is always helpful. - I then have another chunk of my book saved for crystals and the chakras. I write all the uses I find and my fave crystals uses within my book here. Its really handy to have a little bit of information about each of the crystal you have in your kit, or its handy for me anyway. -Divination. I have a chunk of my book saved for divination and I have written about many aspects that I have learned about different tools. I have two pages for runes, two pages for scrying, A page for dowsing, and a three pages about dreams. I also plan on doing a big chunk about tarot reading as thats the main divination tool I use personally at this time. I love learning different ways to use these tools and will build upon what I have done in the future. I have more in my book of shadows such as spells for each sabbat, blessings for tools ect. I personally wont list them on here as they are special for me. Its like I wont take pictures of whats inside my book of shadows. I dont mind doing a contents like above as its all basic tools and information many of us should know or have in their book of shadows. I also have plans on other chapters for my book of shadows but that will most likely be added to book of shadows v3 when I do get to that stage. I hope you find this post helpful and many be even inspire you to work within your book of shadows more. I will see you in the next post. Blessed be x MissDoomie x Comments are closed.
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