Day: July 30, 2019

A Book of Shadows or a grimoire should never be static and just look nice. It is a personal tool meant for use.

Building it up can take some time, but then one day everything is in the right order, and even the decorative part is done.

What next ?

To work with it every day. But how ?

I am a witch with nearly 3 years of experience. I have a Book of Shadows in 3 ring binders, but nevertheless I´ll never finish it. It is an ongoing process and it is a daily joy to work with it.

Because even with everything on the right spot, I´ll always be curious to see what´s next to learn. Because there is magick everywhere in it, no matter what page I look at. And because now the true fun part has just begun.

Then to work with a Book of Shadows on a daily basis becomes as natural as getting out of bed in the morning.

The fun part of working with a Book of Shadows every day is that it is possible to use correspondences crisscrossing it, it is easy to plan a spell/a ritual, and it is a personal journal to care for.

I am inspired by the way The Witch of Lupine Hollow lists 100 prompts for working with your grimoire on a daily basis.

So at current moment, when I´m not writing on this blog, planning a ritual or living my mundane life as well, I work with the following 7 great ideas from the Witch of Lupine Hollow :

1. Zodiac signs during the year (Spring/Aries, Taurus and Gemini, Summer/Cancer, Leo and Virgo, Fall/Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius, and Winter/Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. I write down signs of energy from them in my Book of Shadows.
2. Researching the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone aspect of the Triple Goddess and associated goddesses and see, if and where they are represented in my Book of Shadows.
3. Plans for the new year concerning new ideas and new techniques to study.
4. How the Crone Goddess manifests in my life. I´m becoming a Crone, so this aspect has my keen interest at the moment.
5. Drawing my natal chart with planets, signs and houses.
6. List of music with magickal or spiritual atmosphere.
7. Exploring manifestation of the four elements in my life.

If not researching new ideas and collecting correspondences for my next ritual, then I occasionally decorate my Book of Shadows with drawings, envelopes with herbs, charm bags and amulets.

To me it is as essential a tool as can be. Here I keep my whole world of belief, my everyday joy about magick.

But it would not be so, were if not that I practice twice as much as I work with my Book of Shadows. And it is the mix between chosen guidelines and free practice that I love so much about magick and about witchcraft.

And last, but not least ; What to Expect in August 2019 will tomorrow be combined with my review of the first month with a blog. It has been a long journey, but I got there. And I plan to stay.