since i’m starting to work on getting my own Grimoire better organized and figuring out what i think fits best in it for me, i feel like i should log some ideas that have helped me in my journey in hopes that it could help someone else just starting out. but just remember that your Grimoire is your own and personal to you and you alone so you don’t need to put everything in if it doesn’t vibe well with you or doesn’t fit into your craft. your book should hold things that are personal to you and your craft and what you believe and you don’t need to have every bit of knowledge in your book.
✏️ an index/table of contents
✏️ a blessing
✏️ a protection sigil and/or spell to keep from wondering eyes
✏️ your personal creed or rede/the wiccan rede(if you’re wiccan)
✏️ personal goals/13 goals of a witch
✏️ personal correspondences/things personal to you
✏️ your beliefs
✏️ your daily rituals✏️ the different types of magic
✏️ the different types of divination
✏️ any gods, goddesses, deities, or spirits you worship/follow
✏️ information on any gods, goddesses, deities, or spirits
✏️ crystals 》
meanings 》uses 》correspondences
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plants/tress/flowers 》
meanings 》uses 》correspondences
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herbs 》
meanings 》uses 》correspondences
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essential oils 》
meanings 》uses 》correspondences
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incense 》
meanings 》uses 》correspondences
✏️ candles 》
meanings 》uses 》correspondences
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chakras 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences
✏️ auras 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences
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elements(earth, fire, air, water) 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences
✏️ runes 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences
✏️ magical symbols 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences
✏️ feathers 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences
✏️ crystal grid
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pendulum
board✏️ sigils
》how to make them
》how they work
》how to charge
✏️ moon phases》correspondences 》what they’re good
》what the mean
✏️ moon phase calendar(preferable something that can be removed or changed easily)
✏️ magical times 》hour 》day 》week 》month
✏️ moon water
✏️ sun water
✏️ zodiac》correspondences 》dates 》characteristics
✏️ mythology of your heritage/culture and/or area
✏️ mythologies of interest
✏️ mythological creatures
✏️ star chart
✏️ constellations✏️ celestial events
✏️ planets/celestial bodies 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences 》mythology 》relation to magic
✏️ cheat sheets
✏️ tips/reminders
✏️ spirit works
✏️ basic concepts》banishing 》binding
》cleansing
》grounding
》ect.
✏️ altars
》what they are
》what they’re used for
》what you need
》basic set up
》plans
✏️ familiars
✏️ tools in your practice
✏️ spirit work✏️ spirits
✏️ personal/family traditions✏️ animals 》which animals you connect with 》spiritual powers of animals
✏️ spirits guides
✏️ sabbats》solstice
》equinox
✏️ recipes 》spells 》potions 》teas 》cleaning products 》natural remedies 》powders 》oils 》beauty 》 body scrubs 》ect.
✏️ spells 》self love 》curses 》hexes 》protection 》banishing 》ect.
✏️ tea 》meanings 》uses 》correspondences 》spells 》recipes
✏️ rituals
✏️ visuals 》drawings 》pressed flowers/herbs/plants 》photos
✏️ meditation
✏️ a secret code or alphabet✏️ gardening
✏️ list of words and phrases
✏️ books 》ones you reference & find helpful
✏️ experiences 》spell work 》divination 》spirit work 》banishing 》tarot readings 》ect.
✏️ spiritual diary✏️ magical diary
✏️ dream log
✏️ spell log
✏️ anything else you want! literally! it’s your book and its always good to customize it to you! if you feel like it should be in your book, then go ahead and put it in your book because that’s what makes it special!***correspondences =things such as 》elements, colors, symbolism, planets, astrology, anatomy, ect. really anything else important tied to something.
obviously you can pick and choose whatever works best for yourself and your craft, and i don’t even have some of these in my own book but still thought they would be helpful to include for witches like me who are just starting out who need ideas of what their books can hold! i’ll probably start posting more about my grimorire and how i keep it organized as well!
if you think i’ve missed anything feel free to add on more ideas to pass on to your fellow baby witches!
Tag: prompts
Book of Shadows Ideas that Aren’t Basic
A local specific myth, cryptid, or legend
An obscure historical witch or an old historical spell
A map of your neighborhood with locations that appear ghostly or have interesting energy
Your personal associations to colors, plants to supplement traditional correspondence charts
A chart detailing information of spirits you have communed with
A guide to sailor knots for knot magick
Sustainable and eco friendly lifestyle tips
Magickal practices around the world
Obscure magickal tools or tools you invented
Varying viewpoints in magickal philosophy and technique
31 Days of Spiritual Journaling
Prompts for spiritual journals, grimoires, books of shadows… I hope this can provide inspiration! Please tag me or, tag the post “31 days of spiritual journaling”. I would love to see them!
- What do you believe?
- How did you come to your path? (your spiritual journey)
- Teach/Describe one of your key spiritual practices. (mindfulness, meditation, grounding, prayer, ritual…….)
- Discuss a plant or place that is important to you spiritually. Why is it meaningful to you?
- Record a recipe relating to a holiday you celebrate. How do you use this food/drink/mixture?
- Delve into your relationship with a deity, or why you don’t honor deities.
- Teach/Describe a craft or skill that‘s tied to your spirituality.
- Recommend 3 books!
- What do you do when it is hard to continue your spiritual practice or feel connected spiritually?
- Discuss offerings. What does that look like for you?
- Engage with the theme of “sacrifice” What does that mean to you?
- Delve into “Afterlife” or “Ancestors”. How do those ideas play out in your worldview? In your spiritual practice?
- Have you had experiences meeting or working with other pagans/witches? Elaborate!
- Discuss imagery or symbols that are important to you. What are they? Why are they important? How do you use them?
- Make a ‘beginners guide’ or ‘field guide’ for an important element of your practice (stones, weather, herbs, gardening, tarot, camping…)
- Engage with the theme of “love” What does that mean to you?
- Take notes on a book, article, video, or guide about something you’d like to do soon.
- Did you have experience being pagan/witchy in school? Advice for kids who grow up in a pagan/witchy home?
- What are your core values? Challenge yourself to list them and explain your choices. (Need help? get started by looking at formalized lists like Catholicism’s 7 Heavenly Virtues, the Wiccan Rede, The Nine Noble Virtues, the 7 Principles of Unitarian Universalism…)
- Create a page just for Gratitude Journaling. Does “gratitude” have a role in your practice?
- Record quotes that are deeply meaningful for you.
- Has there been a time your beliefs (pagan, pre-pagan, other…) have been deeply challenged? What was that like? What did you learn?
- Are there any songs you find spiritually meaningful currently?
- How would you describe yourself? Perhaps attempt a self-portrait. How have your self-views impacted or been changed by your spirituality?
- Describe an intensely spiritual experience you’ve had.
- Advice to New Pagans/Witches: What is a mistake you made, or a unnecessary challenge you faced, which you wish you’d been able to avoid?
- What does the theme of “courage” mean in your path?
- What is your dream home, future-self, or vacation? Can you identify aspects of your spirituality that impact that dream of yours?
- Record a dream. Do you find any meaning or significance in it?
- Do you have any experiences with tarot/runes/divination? What are your beliefs around that? If you enjoy divinatory work, do you have a theory regarding how/why it works?
- If someone was to honor you as their ancestor, what would be a meaningful and loving way for them to do that?
I admit I haven’t complete all of these myself. Let’s use this as an ask meme!
Send an ask and I will make and share the new page in my spiritual journal!
31 Days of Spiritual Journaling
Prompts for spiritual journals, grimoires, books of shadows… I hope this can provide inspiration! Please tag me or, tag the post “31 days of spiritual journaling”. I would love to see them!
- What do you believe?
- How did you come to your path? (your spiritual journey)
- Teach/Describe one of your key spiritual practices. (mindfulness, meditation, grounding, prayer, ritual…….)
- Discuss a plant or place that is important to you spiritually. Why is it meaningful to you?
- Record a recipe relating to a holiday you celebrate. How do you use this food/drink/mixture?
- Delve into your relationship with a deity, or why you don’t honor deities.
- Teach/Describe a craft or skill that‘s tied to your spirituality.
- Recommend 3 books!
- What do you do when it is hard to continue your spiritual practice or feel connected spiritually?
- Discuss offerings. What does that look like for you?
- Engage with the theme of “sacrifice” What does that mean to you?
- Delve into “Afterlife” or “Ancestors”. How do those ideas play out in your worldview? In your spiritual practice?
- Have you had experiences meeting or working with other pagans/witches? Elaborate!
- Discuss imagery or symbols that are important to you. What are they? Why are they important? How do you use them?
- Make a ‘beginners guide’ or ‘field guide’ for an important element of your practice (stones, weather, herbs, gardening, tarot, camping…)
- Engage with the theme of “love” What does that mean to you?
- Take notes on a book, article, video, or guide about something you’d like to do soon.
- Did you have experience being pagan/witchy in school? Advice for kids who grow up in a pagan/witchy home?
- What are your core values? Challenge yourself to list them and explain your choices. (Need help? get started by looking at formalized lists like Catholicism’s 7 Heavenly Virtues, the Wiccan Rede, The Nine Noble Virtues, the 7 Principles of Unitarian Universalism…)
- Create a page just for Gratitude Journaling. Does “gratitude” have a role in your practice?
- Record quotes that are deeply meaningful for you.
- Has there been a time your beliefs (pagan, pre-pagan, other…) have been deeply challenged? What was that like? What did you learn?
- Are there any songs you find spiritually meaningful currently?
- How would you describe yourself? Perhaps attempt a self-portrait. How have your self-views impacted or been changed by your spirituality?
- Describe an intensely spiritual experience you’ve had.
- Advice to New Pagans/Witches: What is a mistake you made, or a unnecessary challenge you faced, which you wish you’d been able to avoid?
- What does the theme of “courage” mean in your path?
- What is your dream home, future-self, or vacation? Can you identify aspects of your spirituality that impact that dream of yours?
- Record a dream. Do you find any meaning or significance in it?
- Do you have any experiences with tarot/runes/divination? What are your beliefs around that? If you enjoy divinatory work, do you have a theory regarding how/why it works?
- If someone was to honor you as their ancestor, what would be a meaningful and loving way for them to do that?
Oooh, I really love this. I may not do it on here, but I may do it in a journal on my own time.
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