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HELLO OLD FRIEND - A DEITY SPREAD
For understanding new or existing deities that have presented themselves in your life. It invokes an understanding that the relationship flows both ways, hence the focus not only on them but you. This can equally be used for spirit communication/angel communication/etc.
Crystals to use:
Amethyst
Clear Quartz
Black Tourmaline
Lapis Lazuli
**When contacting spirits/deities, please take the necessary precautions (cleanse the room, salt circles, ground yourself.) At ANY time where you feel like the reading is out of your control or that you are in danger, politely end the reading and cleanse your space once again. Be safe, know your limits, and don’t feel bad for politely declining a deity/spirit in which you feel like you can’t serve with where you are at this point in your life.
Past Life Tarot Spread
Just in case you have a few hours free, here's a spread that will take all of them up. Have fun with your afternoon.
1: Birth
2: Parents
3: Life
4: Childhood
5: Passion
6: Friends
7: Responsibility
8: Partner
9: Work
10: Success
11: Shortcoming/Failure
12: Death
13: Children
14: Legacy
15: What I Brought To This Life
Simple Binding Spell (knot magic)
Posting this separately from my tutorial on knot magic for easier access <3
Purpose: The function of this spell is to take someone who is generally a shitty person and bind their negative energy and actions to themselves. It will encourage them to learn from their poor behavior by getting a little taste of their own medicine.
Materials: black twine
Process:
Step 1: Cleanse your space, cast a circle, whatever you normally do at the beginning of a spell to get all situated and protect yourself
Step 2: Take your twine and cut about a 6 inch length.
Step 3: Put knots of your choosing into the twine and repeat the following as you do (feel free to add more knots and rules or whatever as you see fit):
Knot One: “If X is as wicked as I have seen, then let this spell bind them to these rules three”
Knot Two:“May your wicked words burn only your own tongue”
Knot Three: “May your hateful works find no traction”
Knot Four: “May you feel the pain of your own misdeeds in proportion to the degree that you aimed to harm others”
Knot Five: “On the day, if such a day comes, that X finds themselves looking toward the light I release this spell and these rules three so that they may continue to learn to do right”
Step 4: Bury the twine far from your home and forget about it. The spell should take care of itself.
Happy binding!
Z.M. Wilmot’s Personality Tarot Spread
1. Central Characteristic: This card represents the most important part of someone’s personality; it is the card that best describes and sums up the the personality of the entire person. It is both the primary factor and the summary of the rest of the spread.
2. Influencing Characterstic: This card is the second most important aspect of someone’s personality, and influences, mitigates, or complements the Central Characteristic; in many ways it also the secondary characteristic of a person, and provides a second dimension to one’s personality, adding depth to it.
3. Influence of Past: This card sums up the influences that past events have had on one’s personality; memory is an important part of our personality, our desires, and our own identity. This card represents and shows the influence that this memory has had on a personality.
4. Goals of the Future: This card represents what one are striving to accomplish; another aspect of one’s personality is their drive, and what makes them motivated: that motivation and drive is represented by this card, which shows the thing that the person is striving to achieve, and their most important desire for the future.
5. Unconscious Thoughts and Motives: This card represents the unconscious thoughts and concerns of a person, and also represents this person’s motives. It answers the questions of “why do they do this?” as well as those of “what are they really thinking?” This is their unconscious drive (rather than the conscious drive of Card 4), and represents the deepest aspects of their personality, hidden from themselves. This card also serves as the synthesis of cards 8 and 10.
6. Conscious Thoughts and Concerns: This card represents the person’s conscious thought. It helps one examine what the most important things are to this person, and represents their most pressing concerns, and what is most important to them at this time. This card also serves as the synthesis of cards 7 and 9.
7. Public Face: This card is the public aspect of one’s identity; this is how others perceive this person, and how their environment (including other people) affects them and notices them. This card is similar to Card 8 (second from the bottom of the Staff) on the Celtic Cross. This card represents how they want others to see them as well.
8. Private Face: This card represents the concept of self-identity and self-image, and shows how a person really thinks of themselves. This might line up with one’s public face, but often is at least slightly different. This card is similar to Card 7 (bottom of the Staff) of the Celtic Cross spread. This card shows how this person really feels about himself, and what they think their own identity is.
9. Public Desire: This card represents what one says they want; it is the stated hopes and fears of a person. This is what the person wants others to think they want and what they want others to think they are afraid of; this card represents those desires made public.
10. Private Desire: This card represents one’s true hopes and fears; their heart’s desire or their deepest, secret fear. These are the desires that people keep repressed and hidden – sometimes even from themselves – for various reasons. These are the inner passions and repressed terrors that often motivate people’s actions unconsciously.
Historically Sacred Items/Offerings to each of the Ouranic Theoi! I made this for my Hellenic polytheism group on discord, so I thought I’d share this information with all of you as well.
All information has been taken from theoi.com as well as various historical books on the gods, and I have decided to make this powerpoint so that other people don’t have to sift through all the pdfs and books themselves.
Make sure to click each image to get a fullview! Ευχαριστώ!
The new Portland Button Works site is up! I now have a dedicated "Witch Shop" for all the witchcraft related books, zines, pinback buttons, tarot decks, and room for more things. I plan on adding seeds from my garden and witchy hand mirrors and large magnets soon.
Check out the new PBW Witch Shop!
*Not a pendulum question* but how do you figure out what deity you’re connected to?
I personally like to flip through a big book of deities, and I land on a random name and choose that way. I made a bunch of cards with names of deities on them, and I will pull random ones from that as well. It is kind of like tarot where you need to focus and really choose carefully so your result makes more sense. Also, sometimes deities from around the world are called different names but are the same, like how Venus and Aphrodite are virtually the same aside from cultural differences changing the story a bit. That is controversial and not all believe in that, but it applies to hundreds of other deities and anthropologists who have studied ancient world religion think that a lot of the deities are the same with different names. That is really magickal if you think about it that way though, because it means that their divine nature impacted the entire world. Other people just had different names for them. I hope this helps!
Floriography
Victorian-origin flower meanings were conceived as a code, but can also be used for correspondences.
This table from a Smithsonian PDF has several common breeds and sentiments as a shorthand, but here are some lengthier resources:
Language of Flowers website (includes seasonal information)
List with a couple household herbs
Book scan from the early 1900s
Long archived list with sexy obscure flowers
Floriography’s most intuitive use is for love spells. Put yarrow in a stave-off-heartbreak talisman, leave a couple violets in a vase on your altar, whatever. However, by the time you get to something like white chrysanthemums (truth), there’s all kinds of divining and revelatory “show yourself” work you can do.
BEST WITCHY BOOKS FOR THE BEGINNER WITCH
Buckland’s Complete Book Of Witchcraft - This book is a most have in every Wiccan’s (If you are) collection because of how informative it is. I highly recommend this book to really every witch who hasn’t read it yet.
The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens, and Spells - This book is a nice add to a baby witches collection, for how simple of a read it is. Not to mention how aesthetically pleasing it is.
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner - This book is also a very nice read, it has a perfect amount of information where you wont get information overload too quickly. Its unbiased and offers a great first start to starting the craft.
Wicca: by Harmony Nice - If you are a complete newbie to Wicca or the craft, then this is the book for you. This book is easy to swallow, and offers easy to understand information for newbies without being too difficult to process.
Of Witchcraft and whimsy - I think this is the book for newbies who want to seek the more modern practices of witchcraft. This is a book that focuses more on the craft than Wicca itself. It is also complete with plenty of unique and fun spells perfect for beginner level.
Pastel Spells - A perfect book for newbies looking to try out spells of all types at a beginner level.
The Green Witch - Perfect for a beginning green witch, this book is complete with all the basics of Green magick complete with the correspondences of herbs and food, recipes, and basic practices and morals of a green witch.
Spellcrafting: Strengthen the Power of Your Craft by Creating and Casting Your Own Unique Spells - Perfect for a new witch looking to formulate their own unique spells.
The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide - Perfect for new witches looking to expand their knowledge on herbalism.
The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs: Your Complete Guide to the Hidden Powers of Herbs - Beautifully illustrated guide to herbs and their magickal properties.
The Witch’s Herbal Apothecary:Rituals & Recipes for a Year of Earth Magick and Sacred Medicine Making - Perfect for the beginning witch interested in herbalism, ands its all around a pretty little book.
I love you all! My DMs, mail, and comments are always open!
xoxo, Angel
I n t r o d u c i n g
Witches Against White Supremacy
As the current political climate worsens and the #BLM protests continue, I wanted to become more politically active and help support protestors as best I can from where I live. In an effort to do this, I started the sideblog, Witches Against White Supremacy.
The premise of this sideblog is to help aid the bail out funds across the United States and help anti-racism and anti-fascist efforts.
How does this work?
Easy: donate a minimum of $5.00 USD to any of the fundraisers listed in our Navigation, submit a photo (blurring out any sensitive information minus your name OR receipt number) to our blog confirming the amount donated, and you’ll receive a divination reading by one of our moderators. Once you’ve submitted this, send us an ask stating that you donated, the amount you donated, along with your blog URL so we can verify your donation. Once you’ve done so, one of our moderators will claim your reading and we will queue the reading. Readings will be published 4 times a day. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an ask but PLEASE do not submit Anonymous questions for the donation verification.
Can I state a preference for a reader?
You can! If you’d like to state a preference for the deck used as well, check out our Moderators page for a list of decks each moderator will be using.
If you have any questions about this project, please send an ask either to my personal blog (pastellewitchcraft), OR to witches-against-white-supremacy. If you’d like to volunteer your time for this, please send an ask to my personal blog and we can coordinate!
Can I commission one of the mods to do a divination reading?
Short answer, yes. Long answer, no-yes? It’s up to the moderator to accept a commission or not and their prices can be regulated on their own terms. If you want to commission a mod, send the blog an ask and they’ll reply to you when they have the chance!
Moderator Position Regulations:
1. Must have a tumblr blog 2. Must have a Discord (for coordination purposes, I’ll be hosting a Discord server to coordinate reading claims) 3. Must be above the age of 21. 4. Must be Intermediate to Advanced experience with divination and witchcraft.
Note: Readings conducted are for entertainment purposes only! We will not conduct readings about legal matters, health, or third party members.
New altar layout! I feel like I change it so much haha. This one is for Imbolc. I made sure to put lots of moss and clear Quartz to symbolize ice and the coming spring. Blessed Imbolc to everyone! 🌙🌿❄️
Hello fellow Tarot readers! Here are my three favorite two card spreads that I use most often in my day to day practice. If I had to choose, I’d say that I like the Release/Receive spread the most; I often use this as an alternative to energy of the day draws. Of course, there are hundreds of two-card spreads out there if none of these resonate with you!
What are some of your favorite two-card spreads?
Witch’s Ladder Iron Key Curse
“Take a length of waxed cotton twine to bind the spirits tight, as long as your forearm, soaked in red wine for a fortnight.
Tie three sprigs of mugwort, culled under the summer moon, dried through the winter, burned as spectre’s commune.
With cunning words we bind together in aged knotted script, three iron nails dug from the earth of a rotted crypt.
Take an old penny with a hole driven into the Queen’s eye, and through it slip the wine soak cotton so that it may lie.
Bind a rabbit bone to give agency to that earthbound wight, that from the grave they may ride out in harrowed flight.
With an iron key to anchor our spell and lock away secrets true, or open forgotten doors through which our dreams are born anew.”
As a Tarot reader….
1. What expectations do I hold for my self?
2. What special qualities do I possess that are unique to me?
3. Where do my strengths lie?
4. What holds me back from reaching my true potential?
5. What aspect of myself do I need to develop more fully?
6. How I can best connect to others through Tarot
7. How I can strengthen the bond I have with my Tarot cards.
8. A message from my Tarot cards/ A word of advice
Hey witchy friends and divination enthusiasts! Since I recently made a post on some tips for choosing a Tarot deck, I thought I’d include a post about deck interviews too. If you’re unfamiliar with deck interviews or maybe you’ve just never done one yourself, these are some tips that explain a little bit about the process. You can find plenty of deck interview spreads online or on Instagram, but please feel free to make up your own!
For me, my set up is usually as follows:
Card 1: Who are you? or What is your personality?
Card 2: What do I need to know about you?
Card 3: What are your strengths? (You can draw multiple cards for this).
Card 4: What are your weaknesses? (You can also do multiples for this one).
Card 5: Who am I to you? or What is my personality to you?
Card 6: What are you here to teach me/help me with/etc.?
Card 7: How can I best work with you?
You’re welcome to use this if you’d like but it’s only one example! As always, do whatever feels best to you. You can make your deck interview as long or as short as you like or ask whatever questions you feel necessary.
I’m always available to chat if you have questions and you can find me here or on Instagram @readingsbylily. ✨
new witchy crafting 🌿
a wooden stick to symbolise the elements, to decorate my altar at the medival event this summer 🌞🌿 i love to collect and work with symbols.
Witchcraft for when depression hits 🥀
Sometimes, we may think that our magick is invalid, or that our deities don’t want to work with us anymore when we have depression. Altars get dusty, the air gets stale, and maybe you have quit working with magick all together, but still identify as a practicing witch.
Depression is an illness. If a professional runner fractured a leg, how could they continue to run while going through recovery? Can a witch continue to do mental work if their mental health is suffering? Think about it: witches are constantly using their brain to get themselves in a highly spiritual and magickal state. You cannot expect yourself to want to work with magick if getting out of bed is difficult on its own.
Understand that your deities are forgiving and understanding beings. Your magick will not dwindle. In fact, when you are sick, your deities and spirit guides will protect you and make sure nothing bad happens to you while you are sick. Don’t feel guilty for your depression. Depression is an illness, not a lack of dedication or general carelessness. I am going to give you advice on what kinds of spiritual work you can do while in a depressive episode.
Candle magick 🕯
🔮 Light a candle of your choice that symbolizes whatever you want to manifest (i.e yellow = confidence)
Aromatherapy 🧼
🔮 Different essential oils promote all different kinds of things. Lemon is uplifting and happy, while lavender is calming and promotes sleep.
Healing crystals 💎
🔮 All you need to do is set the intention. You can keep crystals by your bed, or you can set them up in a specific way for a spell or intention.
Chanting 🗣
🔮 You don’t need to get up for this one! You can even chant in your head.
Sleep meditation 💤
🔮 Sleep meditations are wonderful because of all of the insight you can get from intense dreaming. YouTube has great sleep meditation music.
Guided meditation 🧘🏻♂️ 🌀 🧘🏼♀️
🔮 This can be done in the bed as well. There are meditations on akashic records, spirit guides, past lives, you name it.
Be safe and know that it is okay to feel depressed sometimes. Make sure to get professional help if possible to help if these depressive episodes are chronic or prolonged. Know that the world loves you. Your deities love you. I love you. We love you.
I hate to be a bother, but would you know where I can find free ebooks or something on witchcraft? I have looked and scoured site after site and I've read posts where people say you can, but I sure haven't found a single one. I'm new and not open, so I'm so lost.
Why yes! I actually have several Free PDFs I can give you that I’ve collected over the while!
Herbal Enchantments
The Complete Book of Incense, Oils, and Brews
The Ultimate Book of Spells
The Gardnerian Book of Shadows
Every Witch Way
Witch Crafting
Wicca In The Kitchen
The Magical Household
Circle, Coven, and Grove
Magick When You Need It
The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft
Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
Spells For The Solitary Witch
A Grimoire for Modern Cunningfolk
The Great Book of Spells
Spell Crafts
Scottish Fairy and FolkTales
The Call of the Horned Piper
Book of Protective Charms
A Whole Folder of Nature/Herb Books
Cornells Digital Witchcraft Collection
All of these are, to my knowledge, still up and running! Enjoy these, I’ll add more if/when I find them!
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hello! i've been trying to research magic, but unfortunately most books i find are specific wicca, which i'm not interested in. do you have any book reccomendations that arent wicca centric? thank you! i love your blog :^)
Oh heckin yes I do My amazon wishlist is literally like six pages long… ALL BOOKS
WARNING: This Is Going To Be Extremely Long!
First though I want to note that while I 100% understand your feelings about the Wicca stuff (being a very NOT Wiccan Witch), not all books that are Wicca leaning are bad! I’ve gotten loads of useful information from books that tended to be a little new agey. That’s where being objective comes in! With ANY book, you should take it with a grain of salt, and some with a whole shaker. But it’s up to you to pay attention to misinformation and conflation, and to know how to do research to prove or disprove that something in a book you read is true or not. Does that make sense??
Anywho, a couple of books that are still kind of “Wicca-y” but great:
Grimoire of the Green Witch
The Goodly Spellbook (This one is an INCREDIBLY AWESOME REFERENCE)
The Modern Guide To Witchcraft (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)
The Modern Witchcraft SpellBook (Written By Skye Alexander who seems to mass produce books, so need some good fact checking here)
The Witches Broom (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
The Witches Athame (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
The Witches Mirror (LOTS OF SALT but good basic history)
Cottage Witchery (This author is pretty good about keeping away but there’s still some slips)
Practical Protection Magick (This author is pretty good about keeping away but there’s still some slips)
The Big Book of Practical Spells (Written by Judika Illes, who did the Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells; it’s a good book, but there’s too much Cultural appropriation for my taste. Tread Lightly, and bring that shaker I was talking about)
Those are all books from my personal collection that I would recommend! Now as for the Non-Wicca Books, Let’s dive in! Not all of these have I read or owned, and they are in no particular order. You’ll notice most of them relate to “Traditional Witchcraft” or West Country, because that is where my practice is focused.
The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices
The High Magic of Talismans and Amulets: Tradition and Craft
Cornish Charms and Cures
To Fly by Night: An anthology of Hedgewitchery
Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft
Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History
The Black Arts: A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages
Grimorium Verum
The Devil’s Dozen: Thirteen Craft Rites of the Old One
The Witching Herbs: 13 Essential Plants and Herbs for Your Magical Garden
Defences Against the Witches’ Craft - Anti-cursing Charms from English Folk Magick, Traditional Witchcraft and the Grimoire Traditions
Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-lore
Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions
The Art of Black Mirror Scrying
Enchantment: The Witches’ Art of Manipulation by Gesture, Gaze and Glamour
CHILDREN OF CAIN: A Study of Modern Traditional Witchcraft.
The Pillars of Tubal Cain
Witch’s Workbook
The Left Hand: The Cabal Grimoire of Walking in Darkness
Profane Seals: A Compendium of Vile Sigil Magick - Volume I
Eye of the Oracle: The Cabal Grimoire of Psychic Magick
The Book of Smokeless Fire
Azoetia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft
Between the Living & the Dead: A Perspective on Witches & Seers in the Early Modern Age
The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The Horn of Evenwood: A Grimoire of Sorcerous Operations, Charms, and Devices of Witchery
The Cunning Man’s Handbook: The Practice of English Folk Magic, 1550-1900
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath
The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic
The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet (PB)
Witchcraft: A Handbook of Magic Spells and Potions
Cecil Williamsons Book of Witchcraft: A Grimoire of the Museum of Witchcraft
Under the Witching Tree: A Folk Grimoire of Tree Lore and Practicum
Veneficium: Magic, Witchcraft and the Poison Path
Witchcraft For Tomorrow
Pharmako Gnosis: Plant Teachers and the Poison Path
The Witches’ Ointment: The Secret History of Psychedelic Magic
The Visions of Isobel Gowdie
The Taper That Lights The Way: Robert Cochrane’s Letters Revealed)
The Call of The Horned Piper
A Deed Without a Name
Heritage Witchcraft (This one is kind of useless unless you’re taking his Classes)
Letters from the Devil’s Forest: An Anthology of Writings on Traditional Witchcraft, Spiritual Ecology and Provenance Traditionalism
The Devil’s Plantation: East Anglian Lore, Witchcraft & Folk-Magic
Liber Nox: A Traditional Witch’s Gramarye
Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism
Traditional Witches’ Formulary and Potion-making Guide: Recipes for Magical Oils, Powders and Other Potions
The Black Toad
Traditional Witchcraft: A Cornish Book of Ways
PHEW!
That was a lot! Okay anon I hope this gives you a good starting place!
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Altar for the Summer Solstice.
Historical Witchcraft 101: The Compilation
My historical witchcraft series is (for now) finally over! Thanks everyone to all the support I got, I’m really glad you seemed to enjoy those posts as much as I enjoyed making them. Feel free to message me about things you’d like to see from me in the future!
For ease of reference, I thought I’d compile all the posts here:
Witch Bottles
Witch Ladders
The Toad Bone
Poppets
Hag Riding
Familiar Spirits
The Witches’ Sabbat
Flying Ointment
Shapeshifting
Southern Cunning is now available for pre-order! I’m so excited to have this going out into the world and sharing something that has been such a labor of love. Pre-orders are immensely helpful for authors so give it a gander! Here are some of the early reviews for Southern Cunning
“Born of experience and lived practice, Aaron Oberon’s honest, warm and insightful exploration of Southern Cunning illumines an immersive journey from the crossroads through the stories, rites, tools and substances of an operative witchcraft rooted firmly in folkloric potency, the ways of spirits and the power of place.” - Gemma Gary, author of Traditional Witchcraft - A Cornish Book of Ways
“A straight-talking, easy to follow take on folkloric witchcraft from the South, rich in personal anecdotes and practical tips.” -Lee Morgan, author of A Deed Without a Name
“This is the sort of book I wish there were more of, because it connects the living magic of the past with the living magic of the present without getting stuck on problems of lineage, authentication, or secrecy. Southern Cunning will be a valuable addition to the library of anyone with an interest in folklore, magic, and witches with a Southern flavor.” -Cory Thomas Hutcheson, host of the podcast New World Witchery
Grimoire/BOS Ideas
I see so many posts asking about tips and tricks or just what you put in a BOS/Grimoire so I decided that it was time to give some ideas as to what you may include in your own.
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To begin we will start with what will be used as your bos/Grimoire.
My Grimoire is actually made from an old chapter book. I like to think I am clever so I took my old book “War of the Witches” and turned that into my grimoire. I just paint, paste, color or draw over top of the pages I have even added in extra pages, envelopes and other secret tricks into it and it adds an aesthetically pleasing touch to my book.
You can also use a notebook, sketchbook, scrapbook or create your own. The best part about this whole project is it’s completely up to you how you approach it. There are lots of BOS/Grimoire walkthroughs on YouTube that can be beneficial to you.
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Now onto the ideas. There are lots of things you can include but these are some that I personally have in mine. Everybody’s walk, and path is different, so keep that in mind as you design your special book.
📚Your rules as a witch. This can be something as simple as a sentence to a whole set of rules that you can set for yourself.
📚Your Natal chart and the moon phase you were born on. Researching my day of birth has helped me gain understanding of myself a little better.
📚The pentacle and directional/ element points.
📚A book blessing. I didn’t do an entire ritual or anything but I did put a dedication and blessing into my book
📚Spirit companion dedication pages. I have a few pages dedicated to my spirit companion. It includes a tarot interview from when we first met, a picture I drew of her, some basic info on her appearance and what she likes.
📚Correspondences. I have a bunch of pages that include incense, crystal, animal, etc.. correspondences that I can refer back to where needed. I kept all of mine together with room to grow but it can be spread out.
📚Deity dedications. I personally don’t work with any deities but if I did I would use a dedication page to not only bond with them but have information for your own use about them as well.
📚A dream recorder. This may take up a lot of space if you’re regularly logging your dreams but I put an envelope in mine for certain dreams that I want to decipher more. Along with a small dream interpretation page that I created with my own interpretations.
📚astral travel info and what helps you cross into the astral. I drew a door that I envision and can open to cross over into the astral.
📚A travel altar. I drew one into my Grimoire that matches my set up at home. That way I can use it on the go.
📚The Moon Phases
📚The wheel of the year (if you celebrate the holidays)
📚Your favorite Tumblr blogs or YouTube channels to get witchy info from
📚Rituals that you created
📚Spells that you created
📚The theban alphabet. Or any other alphabet that you choose to.
📚 A section for divination. (Tarot, Scrying, tunes etc…)
📚A removable page that has the moon phases and events for the year
📚Flora that grows on your area that you work with or just want to know more about
📚Quotes that keep you witching. Sometimes motivation can be less than abundant. It’s always nice to have some extra laying around
📚 A map of all the witchy getaways near you
📚How to make a witches bottle
📚Talking board. I have one that I made but don’t actually use. It’s more of an art piece really.
📚Create a witchy playlist and write it down
📚Detailed pages in the sabbats
📚A page dedicated to your lineage and ancestors.
Those are just a few. I will add to the list as I go. Remember that this is your craft and your journey. I suggest having a draft BOS if you are a beginner. I didn’t like the first way I had mine. It’s up to you how you design, how you learn and what information you choose to learn.
I will end this by saying don’t just put info in there to fill up your book that you won’t use. It’s no sense creating a guidebook that you can’t or won’t use. Only put the info in that you know or plan to use in the future.
Basic Homesteading Skills
Crafts
quilting
embroidery
cross-stitch
knitting
crochet
sewing
Cooking and Baking
homemade bread
homemade butter
homemade extracts
dandelion jelly
Canning
26 canning recipes
canning jars 101
60 canning recipes
Gardening
edible trees to plant
what to plant to save the bees
cure and braid garlic
save seeds for next year
braid onions for long term storage
build a greenhouse
Animals
homemade chicken feed
raising mealworms for chickens
why to raise nigerian dwarf goats
Outdoors
starting a fire with sticks
trail signs
knotting
find true north without a compass
Medicine
homemade neosporin
all purpose healing salve