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Movies I saw in 2018:

I have posts for this~!

[Book of Shadows]

[Grimoire/Book of Shadows Ideas] (tw: gif)

[Grimoire Organization]

[Grimoire Organization Ideas]

[Grimoire Prompts] (tw: gif)

[How to Make a Witchy Planner]

[Ideas for Your Grimoire]

[Ideas for Your Grimoire or Book of Shadows]

[Journaling Styles as Books of Shadows]

[Organizing Your Grimoire (Tips from a Neat Freak Virgo)]

Richtor’s Grimoire Tips: 

[Part 01 - Introduction]

[Part 02 - Styles of Grimoires]

[Part 03 - What Should I Write?]

[Part 04 - Organization]

[Part 05 - Decoration]

[Thoughts on Keeping a Magical Book or ‘Book of Shadows’]

[What to Put in Your Book of Shadows?]

Witch Tip - Book of Shadows / Grimoire:

[Part 01]

[Part 02]

The World of Grimoires:

[Part 01 - Why Keep a Grimoire?]

[Part 02 - Choose Your Weapons]

[Part 03 - Grimoire Styles]

Long story short: what do you want to put into it? 

It is your book, to do with as you will. Put in whatever you think you will want / need to know, that reflects your style of practicing, etc. 

In a tl;dr version of all those links, and a modified version of [this post], here’s some ideas on things you can put into a grimoire (based mostly around informational purposes). 

This list is not complete / extensive / ; moreso, it has a lot of different suggestions to give you some ideas of things you can put in. 

about you as a witch

these could be in the format of journal pages

what you want out of witchcraft, information about your natal / birth chart if you like astrology, any notes of things you do day to day, etc.

terminology of terms within witchcraft and magic

spell timing, such as Sabbats and esbats, moon phases, days of the week, time of the day, etc.

correspondences for herbs, essential oils, crystals / minerals, colors, the four elements, planetary associations, etc.

substitutions for particular items like herbs, crystals, etc.

any safety precautions for working with certain herbs, crystals, etc.

information on how to determine personal correspondences and associations

magical / non-magical materials that can be used in spells

information on the “basics” of witchcraft

what intent means, and how to work with it

what it means to visualize, and alternatives if you can’t

what meditation can do for magic, and how to do it

what channeling energy means, and how to do it

what it means to charge / enchant objects, and methods to do it

setting up an altar / magical work space, and how to do it

information on any religions you work within

example: for Wicca, you may wish to write out the Wiccan Rede, how to cast a circle, how to call the four corners / elements / guardians of the watchtowers, how to set up an altar, etc.

information on any deities you work with / wish to work with

offering ideas for any deities you work with

invocations for any deities you work with

rituals / dedications / prayers to any deities you work with

information on any spirits you work with / wish to work with

offering ideas for any spirits you work with (i.e. the fae, elemental spirits like sylphs and salamanders, etc.)

information on the history of witchcraft

information on familiars and working with animals in magic

information on varieties of magic

examples: energy work, candle magic, crystal magic / crystal grids, sachet magic, knot magic, kitchen magic / tea magic, bath magic, traditional magic, urban / modern magic, chaos magic, pop culture magic, green magic, hedgework, spirit work, shadow work, blood magic, sex magic, necromancy / death magic, etc.

MAGIC NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE A WORD TO ME

any safety precautions for working with certain varieties of magic

any divination methods you wish to try

examples: definitions of the tarot cards, tarot spreads, cartomancy interpretations, definitions of runes, reading tea leaves (tasseomancy) / coffee grounds, tips on pendulum reading, etc.

spells that you write yourself, or sigils you create yourself

any notes and observations you made when testing that spell / using it

spells or sigils from external sources that you may want to use and/or reference

specific categories of spells

examples: protection, cleansing / purification, banishing, binding, healing, new beginnings / moving on, happiness, self love, relationships, friendships, glamours, confidence, strength, energy, luck, money / wealth, school, employment, sleep, dreams / nightmares, divination, magic amplification, etc.

recipes for potions, powders, oils, tinctures, etc.

chants and incantations

blessings

curses

information on any magical groups or covens you participate in

coven rules and guidelines, members lists and contact information, etc.

Thank you so much for all the support everyone!! I am so excited to open up my own photography print shop; I hope the prices are reasonable ;w;

~HERE IS MY SHOP~

I honestly wouldn’t have opened a shop for my photography without all of you being wonderful and kind regarding my work. I never thought anyone would be excited to see my photos, let alone so many nice and talented people. I’m humbled!!

I will be continuously uploading new photographs throughout the evening, this is just a small sample of my absolute favorites. If anyone has a print request for any of my photos, please send me a message and I’ll do my best to accommodate you!

I appreciate any and all support, even if you just view my page or share it with a friend because you like to look at the pictures (that would make me super happy, actually!), it means the world to me.

Hogwarts girls all sharing pinterest boards of the ideal yule ball #aesthetic

Fred and george’s twitters being #1 in the school because they post stuff like: ‘Filch’s office has a nice carpet it would be a shame if someone… replaced it with ants… hmm… imagine… swarms of ants… in Flich’s office… right at this moment…’

Inquisitorial Squad has a facebook page which it’s compulsory to like but no matter how hard they try they can’t get anyone to like their new profile pic of all of them posing like absolute white boys outside the greenhouses

Dumbledore is the Cher of Hogwarts Twitter

Colin Creevy’s snapchat story basically just being videos of Harry sleeping with captions like ‘the boy who sleeps!!!!!!’

Moaning Mertle having 38 minute long youtube videos that have 2 views

A reddit thread of ‘Where is Sirius Black???’ and someone keeps posting dog puns on it but no one knows who it is

Dumbledore has to ask everyone at the start of term feast to stop creating fake McGonagall Instagram’s that are just full of cat pictures with captions like ‘my damn hair was a CAT-astrophe today’  

YAHOO ANSWERS: ‘if I was trying to sneak a bunch of cloaked figures into school without anyone noticing in order to redeem my father in the eyes of Death Eater Jesus how would I do that I am asking for a friend’

MORE YAHOO ANSWERS: ‘how to tell entire class of students that teacher is a werewolf without arousing suspicion’

FUCKING YAHOO ANSWERS MAN: ‘is it bad to keep dragon inside wooden house’ and then ‘spell to rebuild wall of wooden house after enormous fire’

Slughorn would be one of those instagramers who tag everything with about 3939 tags like #followforafollow #likeforalike #f4f #funny #hilarious #lol #popular #fitness #instalike #inspiration #love #hate even when the photo is literally just a shot of his thumb