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what to put in a grimoire

Stuff that is relevant to you. Don’t waste time and effort filling out pages of astrology if you aren’t interested in astrology. If you are never going to use the page for that information, don’t waste the page on it. Don’t be worried about what other witches have in their book. This is your book, not everyone’s. And if you are planning on creating some fantastic book that you’ll pass down to your future witch children, know that the your first one probably isn’t going to be the one you’ll want to pass down anyway. Likely information you once thought was important you’ll later find doesn’t matter to you at all. Let your first book be the one you can mess up and explore in. You need room to learn and grow, not worry about every little detail of what you might be missing.

With that said, here is a list of ideas for what you might want to put in your grimoire. This is a collection of ideas taken from all over. Remember to fearlessly scratch things that you aren’t honestly interested in:

-A book blessing/protection to protect it from wandering eyes

-Your personal pages: a page about you and your goals for the craft, the day you decided to be a witch, your natal chart/zodiac info for you and/or your so/birth tarot cards or birth playing card, your craft name or personal sigil if you have one, any psychic abilities you have

-A page for your personal correspondences: your signature herbs/rocks/scent/sound/animal, your craft name/sigil

-A page for your familiar/s if you have any: their given/secret name, their sigil, info about when you met them and when they left/died, what they helped you with, what they like, how they can be contacted

-A portrait of your shadow self

-A list of your current witch tools, where you got them, whats special about them, how they were consecrated (if they were), etc

-An ancestor page: this could be your family tree, pictures of your deceased, locations of graves, etc

-Info about the plants/animals/rocks in your area

-The wheel of the year, if that’s applicable to you

-Esbat/Sabbat information if that’s applicable (personally I only observe the full moon)

-The monthly moon names if you observe the changing of the moon: you can google and see which ones speak to you, or since they’re outdated you can make up your own (for instance I have a Coyote moon because the coyotes howl outside my house, rather than a Wolf moon)

-Any rites/rituals/songs/poems/pictures/quotes/spells/recipes/etc that are important to you and/or your practice.

-A page to keep a list of all your active spells/wards/enchanted items

-Deity: history/picture/correspondence of any deity you are interested in, for secret witches you can have an altar for them inside your book, entries of your relationship/experience with them, family tree of the pantheon if applicable. Even if you worship an entire pantheon, you don’t need to have a page for everyone in the pantheon. And even if you are a secular witch, you can still make a deity page if you so decide.

-Divination info for the practices you’re interested in: history, correspondence cheat sheet, any spreads you think are important, record your readings, a pendulum board in your book if you’ll use it

-Sigils: how to create/charge, sigils you’ve found helpful

-Astrology: natal chart, zodiac info, calendar for planetary retrograde/moon phases/celestial events (meteor showers, etc)

-Cleansing, Protection, and Banishing methods

-Meditation, Centering, Grounding and Shielding methods/techniques/symbols/pictures

-Dreamwork: a dictionary of your personal recurring dream symbols, a collection of your dreams written/drawn

-Spiritwork: any spirits you are or have been in contact with and basic information

-Correspondences (remember to think about what your correspondence is and not what some list on tumblr tells you): herbs, rocks and crystals, animals,metals, moon phases, planets, planetary retrograde, colors, directions, your witch tools (this is mostly kitchen tools for me)

An index in the back for organization

me on the first day of september

Across the land a faint blue veil of mist Seems hung; the woods wear yet arrayment sober, Till frost shall make them flame; silent and whist The dropping cherry orchards of October Like mournful pennons hang their shriveling leaves Russet and orange: all things now decay; Long since ye garnered in your Autumn sheaves, And sad the robins pipe at set of day. — October, by Siegfried Sassoon. Artwork: October, by Kelsey Garrity Riley.

[19/31]

amortentia archive

Hiya lovelies; below is a list I’ve fashioned of various amortentia scents that may be used for your hp character in fanfics, roleplay or aesthetics, etc. Feel free to like/reblog to index or use.

n a t u r e:

pine / pine cones

crisp (autumn, winter) air / cool air

wet grass / grass / freshly mowed grass

tree bark

lavender [or other flower] meadow

cool spring rain on pavement

hot summer rain on grass

air after a rain storm

forest

garden soil

dirt / mud

autumn leaves

campfire

split / axed / cut wood

morning dew on clovers

ocean / lake / sea water

seashells

beach after a thunderstorm

beach sand

seaweed

lilac scented summer breeze

tropical summer night

northern summer night

roses / lily of the valley / gardenia / other 

sanded wood

wet wood

a garden after rain

sap from plant stems

aloe vera flesh

sage leaf

burning cedar

snow

frost / icicles

f o o d:

chocolate

maple syrup

freshly baked vanilla/chocolate cake

cupcakes

buttercream frosting

brownies

eggnog

peanut butter

nuts [cashews, almond, walnut, etc.]

pastry dough / dough

berries [strawberry, blueberry, lingonberry, etc.]

citruses [orange, lemon, etc.]

pineapple / banana / apple / various fruit

oatmeal

baked bread

spaghetti

sauteed garlic in butter

bacon

milk

nut brittle

hot chestnuts

coffee

toast

chai / peppermint / floral tea

cinnamon

caramelized onions

vanilla

herbs [mint, basil, thyme, etc.]

coconut custard / custard

cheddar / gruyere / swiss cheese

vanilla / chocolate pudding

trifle

cookie dough

cake batter

popcorn

waffles / waffle cone

cotton candy

simple syrup

honey

cucumbers

white rice

caramel

pretzels

hot cocoa

fresh baked cookies

marshmallows

cinnamon on whipped cream

h p   r e l a t e d   f o o d s:

butterbeer

firewhisky [think fireball whisky / big red gum]

treacle tart

pumpkin pasties

pumpkin juice

treacle fudge

gillywater

mulled mead

red currant rum

chocolate frogs

cauldron cake

drooble’s gum

licorice wand

elderflower wine

nettle wine / tea

h o u s e h o l d:

old furniture

freshly washed linen

dial  / irish spring soap

cigar / cigarette smoke

bleach

cast iron pan

fresh laundry

the inside of a helmet

pillows

perfume

napkins

baby powder

new shoes

boots

soy / beeswax / wax candles

the smell of ironed clothes

broomstick

dishwasher steam

wreath / christmas garland

metal

shea / cocoa butter

toothpicks

leather

new car

cat / dog / pet

carpet

clay / play-dough

paint

s t a t i o n a r y  /  l i b r a r y:

pen / quill ink

parchment

brand new notebook paper

old / new books

paper

work desk [oak, mahogany, etc.]

sharpened pencil / pencil shavings

plastic [ruler, journal binding, clips, etc.]

crayons

marker

cardboard

manila folders

glue

binders

textbooks

tape

styrofoam

There is a method of growing rhubarb known as “forcing” where the plant grows in complete darkness and is tended to in candlelight. It grows so quickly during this process that you can hear it grow. [1, 2]

Ahhh… so that’s how that incredibly fantastic zigzag stitch is crocheted. 💡 Love it! Just imagine the possibilities! ❤

Imbue thyself with the power of imagination. Have courage for the truth. Sharpen thy feeling for responsibility of soul.

A verse for teachers, Rudolf Steiner, Study of Man (via waldorphile)