The card of the day is V Book of Shadows from the Book of Shadows Tarot Vol. 1. It hasn’t escaped my attention that we are in a 5 Book of Shadows/Hierophant year (2012 = 2+1+2 = 5). This card holds the key to global transformation themes that greatly affect humanity during 2012.
On a more personal note… I adore this take on the Hierophant card and it has inspired me to get creative with a Book of Shadows of my own. I always used to keep my stuff on my computer but I have a real craving to use my hands and spend time making stuff in real life at the minute.
The other day, I ordered a green BoS with gold Celtic knotwork design. I’ll upload a picture of it on the blog as soon as it arrives. I feel brave enough, I might share an entry or two on the blog as well 
Do you have a Book of Shadows? What do you use it for and how often do you add to it? Perhaps you have more than one? I would love to see pictures and get tips on creative uses!
Love & Blessings,
Lisa
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I have a couple actually. When I first started out on this wonderful journey, I just wanted to put so many spells into my BOS. I started with a black journal, no lined, book that I got from Barnes and K. I blued cloth over the binding, cut out pictures and put items and such onto the pages. Then I decided to take an old astrology book I found in a thrift store and pasted blank pages onto it. Over time I have added so many spells into it, that I do not us now, since I have learned about energy work and such. So I moved forward to a leather bound notebook, that I love. This is where I keep most of my prayers and tarot notes. At one time I also bought an italian leather bound BOS that has a limited amount of pages but contains the three Graces picture on the front in leather. So you could say I became very OCD with the BoS. haha. But one thing is for sure I have simply switched to a Binder that I can fill with tabs and lined paper. I can add papers and take away. That is my wonderful long journey on the good old BOS.
That’s cool Aaron. Binders are probably the smartest way to go, as you can rearrange things… but I’m in love with the idea of a ‘proper’ old-fashioned BoS right now
Hi Lisa, nice post. I really like that card too, The Hierophant is my soulcard and often so maligned, here we see that tradition doesn’t have to be dogma
I made a Book of Shadows some years ago when I first started exploring my spirituality. I made it pretty with glitter and wrote in it the Wiccan rede and devotions to the Godess (all in swedish actually) and then just journaled my rituals. After a while I just did all that in my regular journal though. As my path changed so did my BoS. It is fun and interesting to thumb through the pages and see where I was 10-8 years ago.
Thanks for sharing, Jeanette. I love that you used glitter. That’s the sort of thing I’m looking at doing, as well as illumination. Oh, I need to get some metallic pens!
It should be done so nicely that it’s a pleasure to revisit…