Making your Book of Shadows

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 Materials you need:

  • 3” 3- ring binder
  • Notebook paper (30 to 40 sheets, or more if needed)
  • Dividers
  • A special pen, just for writing in your book. (Make sure you have more than one.)


Okay, so now you have your binder, you need to separate it into sections:

  • Dedication- The first page should be a book blessing. The second page can be a short story about how you found the craft.
  • Section One: Journal- Here you write down your thoughts, poetry, and spell experiences. Write in your book at least once a week. 
  • Section Two: The Basics - Place all the information you have gathered on Wicca, witchcraft and all other traditions.
  • Section Three: Deity Work- The Goddess and God- Compile a list of Gods and Goddesses, their attributes, myths and stories. Here’s were you keep your favorite invocations, poems, and images of deities.
  • Section Four: Magick Basics and Correspondences- Rules and guidelines of Magick. Write a paragraph about Magick and what it means to you. In this section, include correspondences and magickal properties of candles, herbs incenses, and oils.
  • Section Five: The Magickal Circle, Elements and Tools- Record and create your method of circle casting. Include diagrams and checklists of the tools you’ll be using. 
  • Section Six: Rituals and Spells- This is where you’ll be actually write and create spells. This is where you’ll keep your spell outline, ritual, and spell worksheet.
  • Section Seven: Formulary- This is where you’ll keep all your recipes for oils, incenses, etc.
  • Section Eight: Glossary- This is where you keep the definitions of the words and terms you will learn.


Things to include in your BOS are listed below:

Table of Contents - Usually found just after the Dedication at the begging of your book of shadows

Glossary of terms - Usually found in Section Eight of your book of shadows 

Traditions in Wicca/Witchcraft

Magickal Ethics - Wiccan Rede, Laws of Return, etc.

Beliefs & Doctrine

Paranormal studies

Herbalism

Recipes for:

  • Ritual and holiday foods
  • Bath Salts
  • Oils
  • Incense
  • Meade and other drink

Correspondences for:

Amulets
Planetary hours
Color Magick
 Candle Magick
Crystal, gemstones and minerals
Elements
Herbs, Plants and Trees
Wheel of the Year
Moon Phases
Chakras
Animal Totems
Oils
Incenses
Days of the week
Planets
Months of the Year
Dream interpretation
Magickal Symbolism and Alphabets
Crafts
Listing of Books and Sacred Texts
Divination studies-

  • Smoke/Flame/Fire
  • Astrology
  • Runes
  • Scrying
  • Pendulum
  • Palmistry
  • Tarot
  • Tealeaves
  • Numerology
  • I-Ching
  • Playing Cards
  • Medicine Cards

Wheel of the Year traditions

Rituals & Spells-actual rituals and spells along with outcomes for those performed

Circle Casting

Cleansing and Consecration

Blessings

Quarter calls

Meditations

Prayers

Ritual Construction

Rites of Passage

Invocations

Music/Chants

Crystal Healing

Reiki

Aura Studies

Tools

Web-weaving-a list of contacts and web addresses

Dragon Lore

Fairy Lore

Humor

Index

 

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