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Merrily met everyone!
First and foremost so glad I found this group! This might be rather long but it's only because i feel like specifics are just as important as the obvious. I am making my first Book of Shadows ever, I have had a few mock ones but they never really were practical to me. Could have been because they were disorganized, cluttered, and a lot of chicken scratch in them just because I always have last minute thoughts about things.
I will be going out on Friday to purchase a few materials but would like some more pointers, perhaps things you wish you would have been told when you made your first one? Heheh. I will be buying on Friday: A black three ringed binder, a new set of pens, some dividers, some paper [white and colored], and some page protectors.
I'm not sure how much of what I will be needing but I am big on practicality and organization, otherwise i feel insecure about my work. I suppose my questions are these:
1. What kind of pen do you use for yours?
2. Should I get a thick binder, or maybe get 2 or 3 thin ones?
3. Should I buy white out?
4. What ways could I "do it wrong" so to speak?
5. ANY other tips on the subject are more than appreciated!
I also enrolled in the Your Book of Shadows course, which is where I got some pointers as well.
I'd really appreciate and try any tips and I hope I wasn't too needy!
Thank you and brightest blessings group!
Star.
P.S. i know i can keep B.O.S. on my pc but i'd rather have one less obnoxious during ritual and i don't have a printer.
Permalink Reply by Amethyst on Star,
I will answer your questions, and then I woud like to offer my opinion to you.
I suppose my questions are these:
1. What kind of pen do you use for yours?
A pen that writes smoth, but also dried quickly
2. Should I get a thick binder, or maybe get 2 or 3 thin ones?
I bought binders for my print outs. 1 inch binders devoted to each subject.
3. Should I buy white out?
Your choice!!
4. What ways could I "do it wrong" so to speak?
This is your BOS, you can not "Do it wrong"!!
5. ANY other tips on the subject are more than appreciated!
I'd really appreciate and try any tips and I hope I wasn't too needy
I keep several forms of BOS. The binders that I spoke of for materials gathered on the net. Hardcover journals for my personal stuff. Then there is my one particular yahoo account. It's folders are diverse and all my witchcraft info, newsletters and such go there. How you choose to BOS is completely a persoanl choice, there are no right or wrong answers. I think the best advice I gave you here is to, when writing, use a pen that dries quickly, so your pages do not have smudges on them!!
Permalink Reply by SugarSaltWine on Thank you so much for responding! I will definitely look for a pen like you said hehe and its relieving to know you can't do it wrong. I just don't want to be running around all over the place cuz i forgot something! BB
Permalink Reply by leaann hays on hi
i pretty much agree with amethyst on your 5 points
i teach classes in witchcraft and have probly to much info
to post here if you would like i will send it to you
i have tried many different types and have found that
for organisational reasons that a large 3 ring binder ( or2 or 3)
work best for me
it makes it easier to add pages when you find or think of things
to add
blessings
Permalink Reply by SugarSaltWine on Yes please! You can send it to my email if you want star.rager@yahoo.com or here in a message heeh.
Thank you for responding, BB!
Permalink Reply by Ma'iingan on 1) Whatever pen you like. Some people like to dedicate a pen to use only in their BOS...but I have a tendency of losing pens, so i use whatever's handy. You don't need fancy fountain pens to write in your book...you can use any sort of pen you're comfortable with, from a Bic ballpoint pen...to even just a pencil. It's based on your preferences.
2) Starting out...if you want to use a binder, I'd get just a small 1 inch binder...as you probably won't have much to put in it yet. Later on you can expand your book by getting a bigger one. I like binders because you can rearrange your pages or take out pages you've messed up
3) This might be a good investment, because if you're handwriting everything out, it'd be a waste of paper to throw the whole sheet out and start over if you've made a mistake (not to mention a waste of precious time). I would buy the whiteout tape though, as you don't have to wait for it to dry.
4) You can't do anything wrong. This is your book. Anything "wrong" would be by your own standards alone, not anyone elses. There is no generalized rule on making a book of shadows. It's YOUR book.
5) You can look at my blog to get some more tips and ideas on making a book of shadows:
http://theunbeathenpathsbookofshadows.blogspot.com/p/book-of-shadow...
Hope it helps.
Permalink Reply by SugarSaltWine on Oh cool! I was really skepitcal about using a pencil but i might for drafts and the like! It's hard to see pencil in candle light sometimes hehe and i'll probably end up buying just a big binder and small one too just in case i have info that doesn't really fit in my B.O.S. but it's still info I'd like to refer to!
Thanks for responding, BB!
Permalink Reply by SugarSaltWine on Thanks for responses everyone, I hopefully will have something of a B.O.S. put together over the weekend and I'll post a pic or something, see what everyone thinks! I'm so excited!
1. What kind of pen do you use for yours?
I use different colored scrapbook pens - I like color.
2. Should I get a thick binder, or maybe get 2 or 3 thin ones?
I myself use a 12x12 spiral bound scrapbook - covered it looks like a real book, but i can still unspiral it and rearrange/replace pages if I need to - It's not as easy, but it's not hard. I've seen some notebooks look really good with nice covers as well. As for how many - that depends on your personality. I like to be super organized, but I'm also a less-is-more kinda person. I have one book, and I keep a table of contents in the back and update it when I add content. I'm not one of those people that prints out everything and puts it in. And I don't write down each and every ritual. I write down magical techniques and rituals I think I'll use repeatedly. If it's a one time thing, it doesn't go in. But some people like to record everything, and I think those usually try to have multiple books so it doesn't get out of hand.
3. Should I buy white out?
Goddess yes. If you're going to hand write it, yes. I wasn't going to use white out, being the perfectionist I am, but after copying the same page about three times and making a tiny mistake each time, you'll think white out is great.
4. What ways could I "do it wrong" so to speak?
You could do what everyone else says or how you think it should be instead of listening to your intuition. It has to work for YOU.
5. ANY other tips on the subject are more than appreciated!
Don't be afraid of artwork - even if you can't draw. I can't draw, and I decorate my BOS by hand beautifully. I print titles from my computer in a pretty font for every page backwards, then I put them on the page and rub the back of them, so that it rubs onto the page (forwards now). Then I trace and color it with my scrapbook pens. Then I decorate with really simple but colorful designs - leaves, swirls, stars, moons, suns, flowers, outlines, etc... As long as it's colorful/detailed, it looks great, even if you don't think you're artistic. I've got pictures of mine on my profile page (outside only) - I should really upload some pics of the inside.
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