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 Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:07 am
What Is A BOS [ Book of shadows ]
First of all, there is no 'right' way to keep a BoS. There are as many variations as there are Wiccans. Some people don't even keep one. If you belong to a coven, there may be a Book of Shadows belonging to the group that you will be expected to copy from. If you are solitary, you'll have to start from scratch.
any movies and television shows portray it as an ancient and mystical book filled with spells and incantations. Those new to the Craft soon realize that is not the case. Every Wiccan writes and keeps their own personal Book of Shadows. New Wiccans are often confused or overwhelmed with the prospect of creating such a book.
It is basically where you keep spells, rituals, recipies, notes, and any other thing that you would like to keep in mind about Wicca.
What To use?
The term Book of Shadows tends to conjure up large, leather-bound tomes with metal latches and buckles.
Books like that are available but they are not cheap and can be cumbersome to use. Any blank book will do, even an artist's sketchbook. Binders can be a practical choice, because you can move the pages around as your collection of information grows. Some very modern Wiccans use a DoS (Disk of Shadows) and keep their material on computer.
Another frequent question about making a BoS is what to write with. Some want to keep a beautiful and traditional book, and think the best writing utensil is a quill and ink. While this may be a good idea, you don't want it to be too time consuming to take notes or record information. Your book just won't get used. A fountain pen is a good compromise, but any pen or pencil is fine.
What Goes in It?
Quite frankly, anything you want. Your BoS is a very personal book, and it is completely up to you what goes in. The kind of material tends to fall into 2 categories: reference or personal. Reference material may include useful correspondences, moon phase dates, sabbat information, spells you might like to try, etc. You can find good reference material from books or on the Internet. Personal material might be a dream journal, poetry or artwork, results of spells you've done, recordings of astral work, etc.
Personally, I have one books. Just a standard 70 page spiral notebook. It is useful, I actually use to have a comprehension notebook then I transfered the info. from it to my spiral notebook. You may have more than one, Like say one for info you find on interenet and book, and another for you personal experiences, own spells, etc.
Don't let yourself get caught up in putting together the perfect Book of Shadows. If you start it and don't like how it's turning out, start another one. As time passes, you'll find it was worth making one.
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:51 am
Just to point out that keeping a Book of Shadows is not purely a Wiccan tradition, and is certainly older than the religion.. Hence the Classical Grimoires.
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:05 am
Credit the author of that artical while your at it.
Otherwise its concidered plagiarism, and I do remember a copyright notice on the artical.
If your not sure where it came from, I can get the information for you.
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 12:05 am
I actually keep two. One is black with the symbol of the goddess which I use just for spells and rituals which I use a blue peacock feather and blood red ink. The other is more a journal which has a large pentackle on it.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:57 pm
i have one I'm sorry to say i don't use it as much of a journal but i keep information in it and Ive started to make one on my lap top which is the same purely informational i do not have the discipline to actually keep it up to date like that but i need to work on it
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