From the article: Book of Shadows
A Book of Shadows, or BOS, is a very personal item, and something most people like to make themselves. How to Make a Book of Shadows
If you've got a helpful hint to share with other readers making a BOS, this is your chance to tell us. What's special about your personal Book of Shadows! Tell Us About Your BOS
If you've got a helpful hint to share with other readers making a BOS, this is your chance to tell us. What's special about your personal Book of Shadows! Tell Us About Your BOS
New
- I just started my new BOS. I've been Wiccan for about 7 months and now feel ready to start an official BOS.
- —Guest Ray
My BOS
- My BOS isn't so much a book as it is a binder--it's bigger than most 3-rings, it zips up and has a pocket both on the front of it and a larger pocket inside that has five separate folder sections. I find it much more useful than having an action *book*, because I have a lot more space and I can add and remove pages much more easily. My actual pages are separated into several categories--Basic Information, Tarot, Herbalism, Stones, Spells, Tales and Lore, and Personal Notes.
- —Guest Ari
My Book of Shadows
- A lot of people have been saying that the book should immediately "speak to you", and while I'm sure this has been the experience of many, for me I bought me book (dark brown leather cover, A4 with unlined ivory pages) feeling slightly unsure whether it would be the one; however, after owning it only a few days I feel certain I made a good choice, and can't wait to start writing in it!! I suppose it's like love, sometimes it's at first sight and sometimes it develops over time ;) I've never written a BOS before, and building up my nerve to start is a bit of a challenge. I'm just wary of messing up and ruining how beautiful the book already looks! Some of the ideas on here have given me a bit of a boost though, and I think I should be ready to start soon!! Blessed be x
- —Guest Ronaele
my bos
- i just started on my bos and im really liking it.
- —Guest wicked
Organization
- I just started my bos. One thing I've found useful for organization of a bound book was to start the table of contents at the back. I've done it with mundane notebooks before and it has worked very well. This way you don't have to guess how many pages you'll need at the front for your toc.
- —Guest silent rain
Great BOS tool
- I recently started a new BOS and I bought from staples it's an arc notebook. You can move around and replace pages throughout the book, add new pages, notes, without tearing, opening rings and the like. It's very clever and I love it! Very easy to keep organized. The larger leather bound book was only $20 :) It's like a 3 ring binder and a spiral notebook all in one. Love it I highly recommend it to everyone! staples.com/arc
- —Guest Dayfire
For Starters
- im only 16 my Bos has grown so fast i started it when i was 13 and three years later my first book is almost done. its leather with a silk page keeper. mostly blessings and drawings(spell section is hidden n the back pocket)
- —Guest Jaydee
My new BOS
- I just got myself a new BOS since the other one wasn't very organised. I was very young when I started so I decided to get myself a new one. It's red leather with the Green Man on the cover with a strip of leather to go around it to keep it closed. I've started with 'Book of shadows of Kim' and turned to a new page for the Wiccan Rede. :) The rest is still to do on my free time. Maybe some prayers to the Lady :) And of course some images of the plants I need (or just glue the plant to the page with it's name under it). Blessed be!
- —Guest Kim
Rags
- I, like many others on here, am new to paganism. i have just bought a beautiful hard back book with a Celtic design on the front. I am learning Calligraphy for the cover and titles. I will be putting all kinds in it. Thanks for the advice from you all.
- —Guest Rags
My BoS
- I've been Wiccan since the beginning of high school. So about 6-8 years or so. I had a very nice green one I really liked that I picked up at Target but unfortunately I lost it at my sister's house and she later found it covered in sewage grime from when her basement flooded. She threw it out for me. I've decided to use a 3 ring binder now. Which is just sky blue in color. I know how my BoS is going to be put together when I get time to sit down and write them out again. I have decided to type out my rituals and my correspondences so they are easier for me to read. My handwriting is awful. I've also backed up most of my files on my computer. Will be backing them up on an external here soon. I look forward to creating my BoS even more. I might even give it it's own name.
- —Guest Buwie
eclectic bos
- I started my bos ( an organized one nameing bos) a few monthes ago. I am a huge stone collector so my bos contains info on how the stones work for me and different " laying of the stones" i practic and have interest in gardnerian wicca toaism and buddhism so my bos contain rituals and meditations herbs i use poems incantations from all three intermingled and seperated in a tabbed 3 ring binder hand written pages with platic covering i do sometimes print of info on the internets but if i find i have a ritual,idea or something that works for me i hand write it putting my energy into it. I do like the idea of backing up my work so i may do that in the near future
- —Guest erika
Tanith
- My BOS I have just officially started- it is in a small black three-ring (half the size of a standard binder) and so far has tabs to separate my charts, charms, rituals, divination and readings, and a Book of Days in the back. In the front I have my personal information and my lineage :) What I love about the binder part is that I am going to make several insert sheets for the front to change once in a while, perhaps with different rituals or sabbats or when I just feel like a change!
- —Guest Tanith
bos poetry
- I have been praticing since I was in my early teens.I'm a water sign so,let your spells flow like poetry on a moonbeam.
- —Guest bonbon
My begining of Wicca
- I just started a book of shadows. I'm kinda on my own, so I'm doing my best. I like the ideals of Wicca and most of my BOS is about herbs. I would like to start growing some soon, hopefully. All of your comments were really helpful.
- —Guest LZ
My Book of Shadows
- I'm fairly new to this whole thing, but my BOS is quite large. I have it split into 4 mini-volumes. I use a computer to write up my work, and have it saved on a memory stick as well. I didn't want to write it up, as I wanted it to look clean and tidy, which wouldn't happen if it was me writing the whole thing up by hand.
- —Guest Nia
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