grimoire/book of shadows ideas

mybookofbitchcraft:

i need inspiration more often than not when it comes to my book to make sure my book is unique and tailored to me and my craft but also to keep me working in it, so i’m making a post devoted to fun and creative book additions! feel free to add on!

• make an entry that has to be read in a mirror. 
• devote a page to your sun and moon sign, or maybe you and your partners signs and how they interact.
• make a page about your totem animal/spirit animal/daemon/patronus/eomkin/your personal corresponding animal. 
• you could make a page for each holiday, its history, and add a paper pocket into the page filled with recipes.
• you could collage things that make you think of a deity. paste in flowers they like.
• practice spirit work? draw the spirit! collage the spirit. find art that makes you think of the spirit and pop it in there.
• don’t know plant names? name them yourself.
• draw your dreams out, decorate in a way that feels right, use colors according to how it made you feel.
• draw out the ingredients you want to use in a spell/potion/oil. dab a bit of the creation on the page.
• make a page for your familiars. list any spells for them, where you found/adopted them, their breed and things about them, what’s their favorite snack, and if your familiar is cooperative, maybe try to get a paw/nose print!
• make a pendulum chart.
• find one of those adult coloring books. tear a few pages and stick them in either randomly or maybe in a page about meditation. when stressed, use it as a meditative practice.
• chakras, what they mean to you, correspondences, and which you may need to work on. here is a fun test you can take that tells you if your chakras are under-active, over-active, or open.
• any fictional/real witches or wizards that stood out to you? why?
• write about magickal experiences you had as a child you can’t explain today. what about imaginary friends and were they imaginary?
• got some pokemon cards? look at abilities for spell inspiration! paste it on the page with the spell.
• make a page about past lives if you know of any.
• devote a page to the elements. figure out a way to incorporate them into the page itself. 
• stick envelopes in there and put recipes, spreads, all sorts of things in there to save some pages! 
• utilize fold out pages for long chunks of information.
• do you cast circles? what do you use? what do you think the energy looks like? the color? the shape if you don’t see it as a circle? draw the seen and unseen.
• make a page about how to contact you from the afterlife. 
• make a page about your spiritual or psychic gifts and how you discovered them.
• print out aesthetically pleasing pictures you find portray you and your craft. collage your personal aesthetic/witchy moodboard
• speckle/splatter some paint. connect the dots to make constellations. name them.
• use something to make your paper shiny. scry with it.

remember you’re book doesn’t always have to be stiff and full of only information. get creative and make your book a fun part of your craft!