Book Of Shadows (BOS)

This bit is for those just starting a pathway, or those wanting to start there own book of shadows after maybe having shared ones within a coven. Just some basic info and advice :) 

The Book of Shadows is a book that contains a witch's rituals, spells, runes, dreams, recipes, etc. Within covens, the original Book is copied by hand by the initiates. A solitary may also keep a Book, recording within spells, etc. The Book is normally a secret book.

What is found with in the Book is often spells and such copied from other sources and, of course, those that are uniquely your own. The Book is a record of a witch's magickal work. What is wonderful about it is that every Book of Shadows should be a little different. Maybe you've found clove oil works best for a prosperity spell while the original spell called for patchouli oil. Because of the multitude of personality and available resources, not every Book of Shadows should be the same and therefore not only ONE Book is the right Book.

To make a Book of Shadows, any blank book will do. Most are hard bound, but that's not mandatory. I prefer a non-ruled book because of my penchant for drawing as i write, but this is completely optional. The color of the book is optional, but black does seem to be traditional, mine is brown with golden emboss. Today, in this wonderful world of computers and the Internet, many witches are keeping their Books on their computers. Just keep in mind that if you keep your Book on computer to back up the data! you do not want to lose years of practice, when i was starting my path my friend was doing it at the same time, we felt more comfortable sharing a book of shadows together, but now we are more comfortable in our craft we have are own, and copies of our shared one. Each path is different, cannot stress that enough. When i started my own book i blessed it first, i will put up a bos blessing in the spells page. The first page in mine is the wiccan rede. for me it seemed a good place to start. Enjoy your journey and blessed be. )o(