beauty behind the madness

One day I decided to lift the weight of the world rather than let it continue to crush me.

[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

hey, I was just at "things got better" island and everyone there is talking about how excited they are to meet you

[porcelain-garden-gnomes]

hey, im omw 2 "things got better" island and everyone on the boat is talking about how excited they r for me 2 meet u

[dreamgirlvibes]

2026. I’m ready for you.

[8nin]

“you’re so polite” thank you i have anxiety

[scorpionlafemme]

[witchofthewildwood]

low effort witchy things ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 .ᐟ

first thing in the morning—take three slow deep breaths (air/sky) more grounding than immediately checking a phone

notice your feet on the ground taking root when you stand up for the first time of the day, take a little stretch (earth/land)

wash or splash your face to get alll the way awake. then chug a big glass. (water/sea)

appreciate any trees, plants, dirt, or clouds you see

place both hands on your heart to feel your own heat and warmth. feel your heart beating. “i am alive” (fire)

wear or carry a rock, hagstone, crystal, talisman, or amulet

in times of stress or dissociation, rub your thumb in small circles on the back of your other hand to ground and soothe. (clockwise for attracting an intention, counterclockwise for banishing)

color magic with clothing

add cinnamon, lavender, or peppermint to coffee according to intention if you don’t want to drink tea

stirring tea/coffee according to intention

sometimes i pick a little affirmation for the day— “may i forgive myself” “the universe is within me/the wild is within me”

visualization—inhale a bright light and let it fill your lungs, exhaling clouds of negativity

or create a shield with breathing. with each breath, imagine a bubble forming around your body, then your aura, growing with strength.

cleansing shower at the end of the day (intending it to cleanse my aura makes me more motivated to take one, idkw)

if taking a bath, add a dash of moon water

sniff lavender essential oil before bed

look at the moon, talk to it. remind yourself that it’s the same one your ancestors knew.

[dumbbbunnnyy-deactivated2021021]

Grimoire Organization Ideas

What is a grimoire?

A grimoire can be defined as a book of magickal spells and invocations. (click here to read more)

What should I write my grimoire in/on?

A grimoire can be handwritten or typed, there is no wrong way to construct your grimoire. (i.e. my grimoire is typed in a OneNote document)

What can I put in my grimoire?

About the Author

favorites: 

color, magickal tools, herbs, crystals

tarot birth card, astrology birth chart, personal beliefs, relationship with deities or other spiritual beings

Basics 

intent

visualization

meditation

terminology

protection

shields & wards

circle casting and removing 

cleansing & banishing 

using various energies 

enchanting items 

clockwise vs. counterclockwise 

other how-to’s 

anointing items

dressing a candle

General Correspondences

days of the week, lunar phases, colors, incense, essential oils, elements

Correspondences Based On Intent 

protection, healing, cleansing, banishing, luck, wealth, love, emotions, mental clarity, psychic awareness, cursing, etc.

Altar Ideas

Crystals

crystal grid designs, crystal correspondences & folklore, gem water/crystal elixir recipes, crystal care 

Herbs, Spices, Plants, Flowers, & Trees

correspondences, edible vs. non-edible, botanicals with medicinal value, folklore, gardening 

Divination

tarot, runes, pendulum, scrying, etc.

spreads

interpretations 

Astrology

birth chart + traits, planetary correspondences, planetary hours, zodiac correspondences, moon/star/sun water

Sigils & Symbols

how to create, personal sigils, other symbols & talismans 

Psychic Abilities 

identification of personal abilities (clairvoyance, claircognizance, clairaudience, clairsentience, clairambience, etc.)

meditation techniques to strengthen abilities 

personal experiences

Important Dates

sabbats, magickal anniversaries, astronomical & astrological phenomena (meteor showers, planetary alignments, etc.)

Recipes

food

potions (potions are edible liquids!!!)

beauty products

salt scrubs, sugar scrubs, lotions, lip balm

natural remedies

salves, ointments, balms, poultices 

cleaning products

floor washes, window cleaner, wood cleaner, etc.

powders

Witchy Arts & Crafts

glitter jars, witch ladders, wand-making, crystal jewelry, etc. 

Spells & Enchantments

sachets, spell jars/bottles, knot magick, candle spells, powder spells, curses (if you’re into that sorta thing)

Magickal Goals

Other ideas

Decorate your grimoire with pressed flowers, illustrations, cut-out photos, or collages

If you like the idea of handwriting in a book but cannot, check out this website: it allows you to download and print a template so you can write the alphabet in your own handwriting and upload it as a font

Stain your pages for a vintage look 

Make flower ink to write with 

Enchant your pen or keyboard before you begin constructing your grimoire for extra inspiration 

Spray your grimoire with perfume 

Add a sigil or symbol of protection to the inside cover of your grimoire 

[herecomesthewitch]

Laurel’s Guide to Grimoires

A while back I made a post about how I organize my Grimoire/Book of Shadows and for a long time since then I’ve wanted to a sort of 101 for creating a Grimoire/Book of Shadows. Be warned, this will be a long post! As always, this is merely my opinion, my word is not law.

(UPDATED 3/22/18; All updates are marked)

-The Grimoire Basics-

What is a Grimoire?

As my own personal definition, a Grimoire is simply any book used by a witch in his/her/their own personal practice. There is no limit as to what a Grimoire can or cannot be, as each one is as unique as the witch who wrote it.

How do I use a Grimoire?

A grimoire is used to document, or keep track of, any magickal information that is relevant to the practitioner.It serves to log everything you need to know in your own personal craft. 

-Types of Grimoires-

These are my own personal “styles” of grimoires that I have made over the years. These are not the only “kinds” of grimoires, merely suggestions.

- “Textbook” Grimoire: This is a grimoire that is set up to serve as a reference book, a book strictly for spiritual or magickal information. 

- “Practical” Grimoire: This is a grimoire that can serve a practical purpose, such as a recipe or spell book. Often more portable than a standard grimoire.

- “Inspirational” Grimoire: These are often called inspiration journals. They are filled with spiritual images, quotes and writings to serve as a sort of “bible.”

- “Memory Keeping” or “Journal” Grimoire: This is a grimoire that serves to be a personal record of thoughts and feelings pertaining to spiritual activity in your life. 

-Grimoire Keeping Methods-

- Blank bound or spiral bound Notebooks     - I’ve actually seen someone tape composition notebooks together to get             a “thick” book. (UPDATE: The video can be found HERE) - Recycled or used hard/soft cover books - Binders - OneNote/Tumblr/Internet - Computer Folder/Flash Drive/Memory Card

-How to make a Grimoire-

I recommend that if you are starting a grimoire or are a relatively new witch, don’t even bother buying a nice, expensive, fancy journal. Most of the time (unless you’ve already done one or two grimoires before and you know exactly what you’ll be putting in this grimoire), that book will sit on a shelf and collect dust. Many new witches get excited to have a “fancy” grimoire and then become terrified of “messing up” in it which results in that book never being used. We’ve all been there, done that.

That being said, here are the basic steps I followed when making my “permanent” grimoire.

- Decide on your Grimoire Keeping Method  - Gather the information that you would like to put into your grimoire (this can sometimes take a very long time, it took me years), although if the “write as you go” method is more comfortable for you, then go ahead. - Organize your information. If you’re a perfectionist like me, this might take a bit. It’s also completely natural to change up your organization style later on. - Protect/Consecrate your Grimoire. This is completely optional, but it can also be a fun “witchy” way to bond with your grimoire. - Put all your information in your book in anyway that you desire. I found it useful to “plan” out the book before I started writing in all the information. This way I knew exactly what pages were going where. - Decorate your Grimoire. Also, completely optional. Some people like decorating with flowers and ribbons and pictures and stickers. Other people prefer straight to the point text. Either way works perfectly fine.

A quick note for those who suffer from the perfectionist complex: don’t sweat it. We all want our books to be “perfect” but after writing about six grimoires I’ve learned that grimoires really don’t ever become “permanent” because our preferences change as we grow. If you’re worried about it being perfect, starting “planning” pages in a cheap journal. Take note of any mistakes or things you want to change. You can always create another grimoire later. Don’t let that pesky perfectionism hold you back. And if you make mistakes, try to work with them and turn them into something else instead of scrapping your book to start over.

I used to dream of having a huge, Charmed-like Grimoire, and now I prefer the small, sloppy, scrap book, messy-writing kind of grimoire. Don’t sweat it.

Things to put in your Grimoire

- Correspondences - Sabbats, Esbats and any Holidays you celebrate - How to cast spells - Spells and Rituals - Divination - Astrology - Herbs and Recipes - Crystals - Topics you’d like to learn about later.

@cosmic-witch has a HUGE list of topics here

How to organize your Grimoire

This post details my own personal Grimoire Index. However the best way to organize your grimoire would be whatever works best for you. I personally like having everything divided into matching sections. However, if you write spells a lot, you may want spell writing notes in the front, while correspondences would be better in the back. It’s all up to personal preference. 

⛤ Witchy-Woman’s Grimoire Organization

⛤ TripleVirgo’s Grimoire Index

⛤ My Tips on Grimoire Organization

Other Grimoire Tips

- Intention Cheat Sheets. When you want to write a spell, nothing sucks more than having to flip back and forth all over your grimoire to find the information you need. My advice is to make “cheat sheets” for each of your intentions. Pick an intention, such as Money, and write down anything that corresponds to that (colors, herbs, moon phases or zodiac signs, crystals, incense, etc) this way the next time you want to do a spell for Money, you can just flip to your cheat sheet and be done. 

- Incognito Grimoire: Find a generic book that you like at a Goodwill or second hand shop. Write your witchcraft notes/correspondences in the margins and spacing. Use markers or crayons to draw pictures and symbols. You can also glue blank pages into the book so you have more space to write anything you want. This way your Grimoire can sit in plain sight on your bookshelf when you have company over and no one will be the wiser.

- So You Don’t Think You Can Grimoire: Tips and ideas for witches who struggle with the “My handwriting is terrible and I can’t draw” complex.

- Scrapbook Altars

- Create a Magickal Memories Folder

This post will probably be a “masterpost” of sorts that I’ll continue to add to as the inspiration strikes. If anyone has any ideas or grimoire-related topics they’d like to see, feel free to share!

~L

[86jodeci]

[futureless]

i be in my own head fighting for my life

[dormouseking]

pretty sexy of me to keep going despite each day being more unbearable than the last

[one-and-only-beauty]

[elirluna]

tshirt that says "IF U ASK ME ABOUT MY CAREER I WILL KILL MYSELF IN FRONT OF U"

[6balls]

whenever I talk to my cat about some human related business and he just walks away I think of this image

[mrspider-deactivated20221213]

might be an outlier here but when i smell my neighbors smoking weed i just smile and nod its like adjacent to hearing christmas carolers for me… good tidings and joy unto you brother

[windewehn]

i hate when other people are funnier than me.

[godstiel]

(flight intercom) this is the pilot speaking. yeah we expect todays flight to be normal. um if you look out your window you shouldnt see the skull

[winemummy]

I hope the next thing I get addicted to is taking care of my self and loving my body