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 also have a binder with dividers but I stuffed it full of magickal notes instead of my own things so that was all pointless, but I have started my Journal with pressed flowers arranged on the front covered in clear sticky film and a little note inside the front cover explaining their significance, so I am on my way lol

The rest of it is in bits everywhere else

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This post has been edited by Radiant Star: Nov 11 2006, 03:54 AM

I also have a binder with dividers but I stuffed it full of magickal notes instead of my own things so that was all pointless, but I have started my Journal with pressed flowers arranged on the front covered in clear sticky film and a little note inside the front cover explaining their significance, so I am on my way lol

The rest of it is in bits everywhere else

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I just buy a blank book occassionally and fill it with whatever. Every two or three years, I buy two of them and collect anything worthwhile into that, throw out all the old blank books and start over. I've taken to buying these large black cloth ones with no design and the effect is quite elegant, if I do say so myself. Still it's largely a diary full of worries and rants no matter what I buy.

I enjoy the writing process, and if it comes from a stick it note I copy it in the journal and throw the stick it note out. I do a lot of recopying, but it feels more natural that way. Still, no need for everyone to do it my way, that's just the system I've worked out.