Upon and with what should I write my spells & rituals?

[James122]

This might sound silly but I'm confused as on what I must write my spells or rituals on.
Usually I just write them on paper and with a pencil (never a pen).
Is that sufficient or do I need to write on or with something different?

[Shireside]

There are no rules. Anything that serves your wants and needs is sufficient.

[Firebird]

Depends on how fancy you wish to be.
For me a loose leaf notebook works well and a pencil is a must...with an erasure! LoL
After you have the nuts and bolts sorted out then you can transcribe into a nicer book with a pen.
Bb, Firebird

[SpiritTalker]

There might be times when a special type of paper will add zip to a spell but certainly isn't required. For example using rice paper, which completely dissolves in water, can add a visual effect to a banishing spell and can serve when you can't burn paper to make it go away. Some hoodoo root workers may use recycled brown paper bags - tearing away any machine cut edges. And the ceremonialist might prefer "virgin parchment" which is animal skin (like a drum head). A simple equivalent is a clean, uncreased sheet of plain paper so it's uncontaminated by prior thoughts. Most people use whatever paper is handy (& in many useful colors not available to our ancestors) when color adds meaning to the spell. Using red ink or red pencil also adds some zip as red is a power-color. But these are just artsy options for style and definitely not a requirement.

[Kassandra]

This might sound silly but I'm confused as on what I must write my spells or rituals on.
Usually I just write them on paper and with a pencil (never a pen).
Is that sufficient or do I need to write on or with something different?

And you could make an ebook, of sorts, as a backup to your physical spell book, by starting your own thread here: http://everythingunderthemoon.net/forum ... adows.html, and adding to it occasionally as it suits you. You could consider this your "cloud," lol.


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