Did you know their original meanings are unknown? Assign your own meanings to each one. Draw out the symbols in a standard set of runes. Draw your own version of it in your Book of Shadows. Design a tarot spread to solve a unique problem in your life at this time. Make a collage of flowers and herbs you want to try growing from clippings out of an old gardening magazine. Learn a new recipe for a homemade herbal bath product and write it down in your Book of Shadows with notations and tips you discovered during the process of making it. Pick your favorite herbal home remedy and customize it for your needs and region.

List the Sabbats and name one herb that’s in season for each one. Draw them, then write down where you are likely to find them (in the shade, on the north side of the hill, ect) and what they can be used for. Learn 5 herbs you can find in your region. Pretend that money and time are no object. If you had to survive for an entire year in the wilderness, what 10 herbs would your bring with you? Think of an emotional imbalance in your life and come up with a healing spell to help. Design a protection spell for your animal familiar. What would it look like? Indoors/outdoors? What statuary, wall colors and fabric would you use? Take a moment to hold each one, then record your thoughts and impressions. Go through your collection of gemstones. Design a kitchen witch recipe spell using only ingredients you already have. Then come up with creative ways to use them in a spell. Pick 5 components for a love spell (roses, strawberries, pink ribbons). List the moon phases and come up with your own correspondences and associations. Write your own spell for the coming full moon. Listed below are some creative prompts below to either get you started on your Book of Shadows, or to get you past a block in your already established one.

Taking the time to record your rituals, recipes, and knowledge along the way helps you to reflect on lessons learned, build on what you know, and even pass on your tradition to someone else.ĭigital spell books are all the rage right now.īut a paper spell book offers some unique benefits, including screen-free creative time, the freedom to easily customize fonts and drawings, and more secure privacy.

Whether you call it your personal spell book, grimoire, or Book of Shadows, your witchy journal is unique to you and your practice.

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