#bookofshadowsprompts

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Some topics + prompts for your grimoire or book of shadows

books you want to read

local folklore / mythology / legends

the wheel of the year

plants you have in your house or garden (their care, properties, uses, draw them etc)

theban alphabet

days of the week and their correspondences

write about a deity you worship / are drawn to

draw art for / of a deity you worship or are drawn to

colour magic

the elements

write about the crystals you own (draw them, write their properties, correspondences, uses, how it makes you feel etc)

how to make your own crystals

your birth chart

your sun, moon and rising sign

natural medicine (as a chronically ill witch I love natural medicine NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PRESCRIPTIONS! for example I take all my prescription meds and then if I'm having period pain I might drink some raspberry leaf tea)

positive affirmations / mantras that you connect with

how to manifest

history of witches

deities in a certain pantheon you're interested in or drawn to

write about a spell you've done (how you did it, why you did it, how you felt, the results of it, what you would change if you did the spell again etc)

chakras

write about a dream you've had

tarot reading tricks and tips

moon phases

sabbats

zodiac signs

family tree

poetry / songs / quotes you connect to (i like to find ones that make me feel powerful or witchy, or remind me of certain aspects of my practice. a song i like for this is rhiannon by fleetwood mac and i'm going to post more things like this regularly on my page)

feathers and their meanings

simple everyday magic

recipes

some ideas for the next sabbat you plan to celebrate

tarot spreads you like

write about a tarot reading you've done (any prep you did, the deck you used, the cards you pulled, your personal interpretation of the cards based on the art and how you feel, the meaning of the cards, how the cards relate to the questions you asked, final reflection on how you feel the reading went)

interesting mythology

tree of life

glamour magic

money bowls

crystal shapes and their meanings

grounding techniques

cleansing

protection

banishing

cord cutting spells

essential oils

types of divination

planets and their correspondences

angel numbers

witchy wishlist

go to supplies and ingredients (herbs and things that you use regularly)

favourite crystals

working with your inner child

if you've had a really good or particularly insightful meditation session it can be nice to either draw or write what happened and how you felt during it

witchy arts and crafts and diys you want to do

altar ideas

read a witchy book / watch a witchy video and take notes

write about your ancestors

witchy things to incorporate into your daily routine

what is a tower moment

witchy reset / self care days

the history of the area you live in

veiling

how to make your own incense sticks

shadow work

shadow work prompts

ok, that's all the ideas I have for now and I hope that helps someone! I'll be posting some pages from my grimoire and some more prompt / topic ideas in the near future which I'm really excited for.

P.S. please remember that everyone's practice is their own and you should do what feels right to you while respecting that other people have their own beliefs (as long as they're not hateful).

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Some journal prompts I like (writing and creative) :

I’m going to do a separate list for some chronic illness journal ideas bc I’ve found it’s so helpful!

Write out the lyrics to your favourite song and/or do a drawing / painting / collage of your interpretation of the song

Books you want to read

Films you want to watch

Diary entry about your day

Bujo style - plan out your week or month

Pressed flowers

Scripting (manifestation)

Vision board (manifestation)

Notes on a topic you’re learning about (for example I like to watch lots of nature or history documentaries and sometimes I make notes on them in my journal or if it’s witchy stuff I write it in my grimoire)

Letter to past you / future you / someone in your life (remember they don’t have to read it, this has helped me so much in certain situations so I can get out whatever I want to say without upsetting people) / someone you love who has passed on / the god or deity you worship if you worship one / to your future children / future partner

Wishlist

Ideas for things (like stories you want to write, photo shoots, fashion, films, art etc)

Poetry (either that you’ve written or that someone else has written that you like)

Get to know me page so if you want to look back on your journal in the future you can see what you were like then

Films you’ve watched / books you’ve read / favourite songs from the past month

Positive affirmations

Shadow work

Sticker / photo dump

Recipes

Go sit in nature and draw or write about what you see or feel when you’re there

Draw out your alter ego

Stick in scraps from throughout your day (such as receipts, labels from things, stickers, pictures etc)

Book reviews

To do lists

Design your dream room

Your childhood (draw or write about childhood memories, hobbies, things you used to collect, stick in childhood photos, the toys you used to play with etc)

Travel bucket list

Life bucket list

Family tree

Write a list of things that make you happy

Stream of consciousness

Write about your dreams and what you think they might mean

Brain dump (I sometimes do this before I go to sleep if somethings going on)

Doodle page

Stick in notes your loved ones have written to you

List of favourite quotes

Self care ideas

List of songs / playlist

Goals in life / 5 year plan

Plan a day out or a holiday

Plan content you want to make for social media

Tattoos you want to get

Things that make you happy

Outfit ideas

Hobbies you currently have

Hobbies you want to try

List of things you collect

Yoga / exercise routine

Seasonal bucket lists

Things you want to learn or research

Mood tracker

Stick in any colouring pages you’ve done

Daily skincare routine

List of Studio Ghibli films and tick off the ones you’ve watched

List of your favourite things

List of things to do when you’re bored

If you normally write about your day, draw pictures of all the things you did instead of writing (a bit like in a comic book)

Advice people have given you that has been really helpful

Ideal morning / night routine

Notes from therapy / hospital appointments

Page of all your cinema tickets

List of people that inspire you

Angel numbers

Crystals and their meanings

Your favourite artists

Worry tree

Favourite memories

Write your dream wardrobe

Reasons to stay alive

Stick in photos and write a bit about them

Names you like

Favourite words

Write about an event (a description of what happened, how it left you feeling, who was there and what they said and did, what you wish had happened instead, the reasons why you find it hard to let go, steps you could take to start to move on)

Notes on a language you’re learning

Collage about a film you’ve recently watched

Glow up check list

Write about a tarot reading you did

What does heaven and hell mean to you

Flip through a magazine and do a collage of pictures from it

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Some pages from my new grimoire! (My grimoire is more like a book of shadows but I call it a grimoire)

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I forgot to post it when I made it, but I brought lots of crystals recently (mainly labradorite) so I decided to do a few grimoire pages on them! If I’m able to, I really like to research crystals I’m adding to my collection. I’ll also be posting the video I filmed of the haul! I love to do little drawings / use stickers / ephemera etc in my grimoire that relates to what I’m writing about and please let me know of any other people on here / youtube / tiktok / instagram / snapchat etc that post things like this as I’m always looking for inspiration!

These pages were really fun to do, I drew 2 of the crystals I got and used a variety of glitter gel pens and dabbed my finger on it so there would be shine all over the drawing and some more intense patches of the glitter and shine to be the flashes in the crystals.

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My new grimoire arrived! It’s so beautiful and I’m excited for all the things I’m going to learn and experience with this!

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Some Youtuber recommendations

Not sure if anyone's interested but I always love to find new favourite Youtubers and I'm constantly watching Youtube so here's some of my favourites (and if I remember I'll write a brief description of the content they post). Please let me know if you have any other recommendations!

Spill sesh (I love when I actually know about things happening so I can contribute to conversations and these are short videos about current celebrity drama and things like that)

Wood Dweller

Grav3yardgirl - She posts loads of fun content about crazy purchases

Izzzyzzz

Mother the mountain farm - Vlogs of 2 sisters living together in the Australian countryside and running a homestead farm, they do lots of DIY's and it's so inspiring seeing them run the farm, building things such as shelters for the animals, spending lots of time adventuring and spending time with their animals (my favourites are the goats), sewing clothes and lots more

TED-ED - Short informative videos posted regularly posting about loads of different topics

Lady of Faewood - Witchy and fantasy themed DIYs and makeup

Ilymation - Animated story time videos

Zoe sugg - Vlogs about her life, motherhood and family, makeup and beauty, running a successful business and spending time with her friends

Hannah lee dugan - Living in the woods, DIY's, home improvement, teaching herself new skills and her adventures travelling and living in the middle of nowhere

Alyssa Nicole - Vlogs about her pets, witchcraft, reading etc

Hello kitty and friends - Short episodes of the Hello Kitty and friends youtube show, they're so cute and they make my day, they also post cute DIY's

Samantha Jo - Fun vlogs and she has such a funny sense of humour, lots of relatable content and she has the cutest doggo called Dunken

Darling desi - Cosy wholesome videos, major autumn cottagecore vibes

Paperworms cat - Journal flip throughs

Lindsey Kaba - Journalling videos and flip throughs, she has such a fun and creative journalling style and it matches my style so well, so motivating and inspiring and always helps me when I'm in a journalling slump or just need some cheering up

Mindful witch - Spooky / halloween / witchcraft hauls, alt fashion and living a mindful and magical lifestyle

Sierra ann - Vlogs, self improvement, her videos are so fun and I love how open and real she is in her videos

James welsh - Skincare advice

Chloe bunny - Another favourite, her videos are so comforting and relaxing and she does vlogs, book hauls, reading vlogs and more

ANJA - vlogs of her trying new things and living an amazing exciting life and experiencing cool things such as her videos 'I flew to NYC for the love of my life', 'living alone with a nudist in the woods', 'i moved to berlin baby' and 'no phone, 7 countries, 1 month'. I'm chronically ill and on bed rest and I lowkey live vicariously through her videos hehe

Hitomi Mochizuki - Sisterhood, yoga, spirituality, wellness, self love, self improvement

Jaiden animations - Animated videos telling fun stories and vlog style videos such as 'the time when psychics read my future' and 'my childhood stories' and 'my dog stories'

Sophia K - Book videos such as reading vlogs and book hauls

Coco day - Reading / university / lifestyle / art vlogs

Cecilia Blomdahl - Interesting videos about her life on Svalbaard which is an island close to the north pole and she has an adorable dog called Grimm. It's so interesting and fun to watch someone living such a totally different life to me and learning about things such as life in the artic, the midnight sun, polar night etc and there's some beautiful content such as when she's watching the northern lights!

Remi clog - Cleaning motivation, relatable videos about motherhood, living with ADHD and maintaining a clean home

Sky life - Learning about different spiritual practices, wellness, alternative lifestyles etc, such as her video 'learning ancient magic with the modern day cleopatra' and 'I tried ketamine meditation therapy'. She gives me lots of ideas for things to add to my life bucket list and it's so interesting to learn about so many things

Cate van luven - Journal flip throughs, journal with me, journaling supplies haul and they have a really similar journaling style to me so I love watching their video for inspo for my journalling, art and grimoire

Werallgonnadie - Vlogs about starting to learn ballet in your 20's which I love (I'm not particularly interested atm in learning ballet but I love that she posts vlogs about learning ballet for the first time as an adult, shopping, clips from her ballet lessons, coquette hauls, advice, grwm etc)

Karissa love - Witchy videos and vlogs, poetry, self love, makeup

Haley pham - Reading vlogs and other book related content, daily life vlogs, book hauls etc

Dakota Warren - Dark acadamia vibes, book content, vlogs, fashion, hauls etc

Alwyn Oak - Such cosy videos about her witchcraft and these videos always make me feel better, motivate me and help me to connect with my inner child. I look up to her so much and I aim to make my everyday life more like hers. Her videos include her altar, vlogs, exploring the forest near her home which she calls the enchanted woods (she's made a map of it and has named different part of the woods that she connects to and this kind of thing brings me so much happiness, my inner child loved doing these kind of things and her content reminds me to take time to connect with my inner child and enjoy every little part of everyday), DIYs and arts and crafts, books, home makeovers, nature, going on adventures, celebrating the sabbats, recipes and so much more

Lilymaexo - Relatable teen girl content, mainly vlogs

Skalababy - Productive and motivational vlogs of her daily life

Leena norms - Being more eco friendly, making her own clothing, trying new hobbies, books and advice

Brittany Broski - Funny, stupid videos that never fail to make me feel better

Mint Faery - One of my all- time favourites, witchy vlogs, witchy advice and informative videos, showing their beautiful altar, spells and rituals, everyday magic, storytimes, hauls and unboxings, chronic illness witch content

Madi's nursing journey - Nursing vlogs (I'm not even interested in becoming a nurse but I love her vlogs so much)

Fawn child - Vlogs and book videos such as reading vlogs and book hauls

Keelin Moncrieff - Vlogs of being a young mum, self improvement and self care, books, realistic and relatable videos, advice etc

Rachel Maksy - DIY's, cosy cottagecore / wholesome vibes fashion, trying new hobbies such as her video 'I found an old knitting machine in my basement', historical videos (I'm not quite sure how to call them but I love them) such as her video 'I found an 1800's book of etiquette' or 'I tried some old Hollywood eyebrows'. She posts really cosy autumnal videos and she has a really fun sense of humour.

Rattus rattus - One of my top favourite youtubers, alt fashion, DIYs (including ones you can do on a budget), vlogs, thrift hauls and lots more, such a perfect youtuber to subscribe to especially if you're a halloween lover!

Luna Seranova - Witchy videos (vlogs, informational videos, books, divine feminity and seggs magic, hauls and unboxings, makeup and grwms)

Danelle Hallan - True crime videos handled in a polite and respectful manner

Zhirelle - Motivational yet realistic vlogs of a college art student navigating life

Emmie - I love her videos so much, she posts lots of book videos, weekly vlogs which include reading, studying, her adorable kitten Calcifer and general lifestyle things

Drama Kween - Short videos discussing current topics such as celebrities, social media people, bad tiktok trends, tv shows and films etc

Stephanie Harlowe - True crime videos, she handles the topics in such a respectful way and in my opinion she gives non-biased information

Throneofpages - Reading vlogs and other book related videos

Perfectpaperbacks - Reading vlogs and other book related videos

Didn't realise how long this would be... oops!

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A haul I filmed for my tiktok of the crystals I got the other day. If you’re from the UK, they were ordered from dharauk on tiktok and they were such a good price, such high quality and I talked to the woman who runs this small business and she’s so lovely, highly recommend you check out her account and she does lives every week day where she shows her stunning crystals.

Also I found out the heart shell thing I didn’t recognise was a Shiva shell (also known as Pacific Cats Eye). It comes from the Operculum snail which can be found on the coasts of India, Thailand and Australia and it got it’s name from the Hindu God Shiva. I’ll probably do a grimoire page on this soon so stay tuned for more information about it and some fun drawings with it! 🐌

If anyone’s interested my tiktok account is gh0stbby333 and I do daily vlogs, witchy vids, chronic illness vids, crafts and diys, makeup, goth fit checks and makeup, journalling and lots more!