Magickal Journal Ideas Options

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I have been thinking about how I could get my odd scraps of paper and notes and pics from my computer into a more private offline Journal/Grimoire since anyone can get into our private affairs on here.

In some of the major book stores last year, there was a little black book with a large golden pentacle on the front which I presume was to use as a Book of Shadows. I found it rather obvious unless you happen to live alone and disliked it.

Today, I went into Chelsea to have a look round for possible solutions, in particular for someone like me who is unable to handwrite more than a short shopping list or even draw more than a basic symbol. This is what I have come up with:

A scrapbook in which word processed notes and pictures can be stuck onto a page with photo mounts or eased into photo corners.

Photo albums that have slots that you push the selected notes or images into, protected by clear plastic covers, some have a little space for a title or brief note beside them.

Photo albums that have self adhesive sheets and a layer of clear plastic that goes on top of your entries and self seals round the edges you leave.

A large index card box with different coloured cards placed under the letter of the alphabet relevant to ritual type or entity summoned etc. Again, you can stick word-processed inserts onto the cards.

Make your own hand stitched book and use different page colours as mounts for the inserts. Many art and craft shops and even the larger stationers sell different paper or card weights and sizes as do online stores in many rich or softer colours as preferred.

Two seems to be a good idea, one day-to-day log where all details of rituals etc are entered and one for special happenings where words, photos, artwork and inserts of say pressed flowers or even tiny little herb packets can be entered.

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I agree Angalor, that is why I have decided to make mine with things and record sheets that I can insert and move around if necessary. I just simply would not be able to risk ruining such beautiful journals.

I am thinking of making little envelopes that fold over to put little cards in with sigils on them and that kind of thing too. I have already bought a medium sized book with black card pages and some gold photocorners ready to use. I have some pressed leaves too which I kept in a witchcraft book that I was learning about the wheel of the year from.

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