Spell Recording
What is Spell Recording or a Spell Log? These are ways of recording your progress or logging your spellwork to track how a spell is performing. They are typically kept in a notebook of some kind, they can also be kept digitally on any note-taking service such as Notion, OneNote, Obsidian, Google Docs/Sheets, Word/Excel, etc.
A basic rundown of how yours may look would include
Time and Date
Name of the Spell or Ritual
Reason for performing this spell or ritual
Expectations
When do you expect the spell to take effect? Projected time frame?
Target(s) and associations (can be self or others, taglocks are examples of associations)
Correspondances
Spirit interactions (if any)
Divine Interactions (if any)
Divination done (if divination is performed prior)
Astro correspondences (if Astro correspondences are used)
Sigils used (if sigils included)
Incantations (if incatations are used)
Tools (if any)
Oils and powders (if used)
Recipes (if a recipe is crafted for this spell purpose, remember to record the recipe separately if wanting to reuse it and can't remember where you placed it)
Observations (observations of how the spell performed during spellwork)
Results (recorded results over time)
Now this may look overwhelming but these are all suggestions of what you can use. Take and leave what you need. After the spell has been cast remember to keep track of the results, it helps you grow and tailor the spell to be more precise if you want to reuse it.
Why should I be recording my spells or keeping a spell log?
If you struggle with memory or brain fog or just want to become more efficient in your practice, this tool will be invaluable, especially at the beginning of your journey. Some points would be:
How did my spell perform? Was it efficient? What should I change?
If this spell backfires somehow you can easily reverse it because you have a log of that spell.
Sometimes it's nice to just keep track of what you cast and look back at your results.
If efficiency is what you are after, this will aid you in growth. I could plug more reasons but it would be redundant at this point.
How to create your own personal log
Here are some other ideas of what you can do for a spell log:
Doing weather magic? You may want to record the type of weather, temperature and location.
Planetary hours or days
Any divining done before or after spellwork
How the spell played out and what you do to break it down so you can perform it the exact same way
How did this affect you mentally?
Feelings felt during casting, any thoughts or feelings that came up
Any inspirations for the spell? Record that too as more ideas may come up.
These are only ideas, you can add as many or as few of any of the suggestions to your log. It will help you reflect on your working, tailoring it for efficiency. That way you can see if anything is hindering your working or maybe it worked extremely well and you want to perform it again.
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