#booksofshadows

books you want to read

local folklore / mythology / legends

the wheel of the year

plants you have in your house or garden (their care, properties, uses, draw them etc)

theban alphabet

days of the week and their correspondences

write about a deity you worship / are drawn to

draw art for / of a deity you worship or are drawn to

colour magic

the elements

write about the crystals you own (draw them, write their properties, correspondences, uses, how it makes you feel etc)

how to make your own crystals

your birth chart

your sun, moon and rising sign

natural medicine (as a chronically ill witch I love natural medicine NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PRESCRIPTIONS! for example I take all my prescription meds and then if I'm having period pain I might drink some raspberry leaf tea)

positive affirmations / mantras that you connect with

how to manifest

history of witches

deities in a certain pantheon you're interested in or drawn to

write about a spell you've done (how you did it, why you did it, how you felt, the results of it, what you would change if you did the spell again etc)

chakras

write about a dream you've had

tarot reading tricks and tips

moon phases

sabbats

zodiac signs

family tree

poetry / songs / quotes you connect to (i like to find ones that make me feel powerful or witchy, or remind me of certain aspects of my practice. a song i like for this is rhiannon by fleetwood mac and i'm going to post more things like this regularly on my page)

feathers and their meanings

simple everyday magic

recipes

some ideas for the next sabbat you plan to celebrate

tarot spreads you like

write about a tarot reading you've done (any prep you did, the deck you used, the cards you pulled, your personal interpretation of the cards based on the art and how you feel, the meaning of the cards, how the cards relate to the questions you asked, final reflection on how you feel the reading went)

interesting mythology

tree of life

glamour magic

money bowls

crystal shapes and their meanings

grounding techniques

cleansing

protection

banishing

cord cutting spells

essential oils

types of divination

planets and their correspondences

angel numbers

witchy wishlist

go to supplies and ingredients (herbs and things that you use regularly)

favourite crystals

working with your inner child

if you've had a really good or particularly insightful meditation session it can be nice to either draw or write what happened and how you felt during it

witchy arts and crafts and diys you want to do

altar ideas

read a witchy book / watch a witchy video and take notes

write about your ancestors

witchy things to incorporate into your daily routine

what is a tower moment

witchy reset / self care days

the history of the area you live in

veiling

how to make your own incense sticks

shadow work

shadow work prompts

ok, that's all the ideas I have for now and I hope that helps someone! I'll be posting some pages from my grimoire and some more prompt / topic ideas in the near future which I'm really excited for.

So for those who may not know, I am a pagan (not Wicca, there is a difference). I am still new and learning a lot everyday but, have gotten to the point were I know a lot of things on my own and I know who I am. I am currently apart of a teaching circle provided by a coven known as The Gathering Wind. They welcomed me when I was alone and had no friends in the area I moved into, I have been to rituals and they have even helped guide me in the creation of my own things. They never hold your hand other then the intro of the basics and, I appreciate that a lot.

You have the background now on to the main part of the story. I have been learning for well over a 'year and a day'. If fact I have been learning on and off for over a decade now but, haven really dedicated myself to learning until I graduated college. I was way in the 'broomcloset' btw. However, there was a lot I didn't understand, learn, or know . Even where to go for that information. Then I was kicked out by my abusive mother, when she originally invited me to live with her because I had nowhere else to go and she didn't "want to see her baby living in a corolla" (still did it to me, and threatened me and my cat, who I was forced to rehome). Different story for a different time. I left New England and moved to Reno, NV of all places, chasing a chance at a job in Conservation Ecology.

Long-story short, met the High Priestess and Priest and felt like I had a good support network in a very long time (I had been there for over a month). With there help I have become a more confident and accomplished witch, and am learning where I stand in my own practice. I will be leaving the area very soon but, I have worked to keep in touch with them. I am returning to the East to New England to get a contract with the Feds in Conservation Ecology. It is more akin to a fledgling flight on my own and to stand in my own power with the skills they have taught me. With that first step I am building my first Book of Shadows, BoS.

This is just the outside. As I work on it I will create more and more and it will be posted as regularly as I can. As a warning a BoS is very personal and some of the pages may never see the light of day because of the nature and context of page. However, if I can sensor without detracting from the art then I will do that. Otherwise, as pieces are done I will post them. Currently, I am working on a digital edition of the BoS in the program, Scrivener (great writing program I recommend it greatly). As that pieces are secured digitally and I have a greater sense of how I want my own BoS to be arranged and designed I will then post the art pieces to it. It will probably take me upwards of a year for this but, I am delighted to share.

These pages were really fun to do, I drew 2 of the crystals I got and used a variety of glitter gel pens and dabbed my finger on it so there would be shine all over the drawing and some more intense patches of the glitter and shine to be the flashes in the crystals.