What are you using to write BOS in?

[[Kris]]

Okay so I have read alot about the BOS but my question is what do you use are your own BOS? Just wondering. Is there some special book that you use?

[[Kate]]

I'm not really sure what you are asking. So I'll just talk about my bos and hope to hit your question. I bought a scrapbook and if I come across a spell I like I put it in there, I also put things to fit my personality like pictures, dried flowers, stuff like that. I think the more personal the better, traditional is not my style. I use mine to look back at some of the rituals Ive done in the past, it's more of a reference to me, and I like working on it. I hope I answered you...if not I'll try again.

[Sobek]

i have an A4 art book to use for mine.

[Baratoz]

Okay so I have read alot about the BOS but my question is what do you use are your own BOS? Just wondering. Is there some special book that you use?

There is no special book that you need to use. It is up to you. Some people keep it on a computer, others in a loose-leaf binder or a regular notebook, others in blank hardcover books. A lot of people, myself included, bless their BOS regardless of its form.

I like to use blank books that I buy. In fact, I am planning on getting a very nice handmade leather bound book as a Yule present to myself. I do have one suggestion though. If you plan on going the route I have, I suggest that you begin your BOS as a loose-leaf binder before committing it to a regular book. It’s much easier to change your mind on the structure of the book. Once you're satisfied with the basic outline/layout of your BOS, you can commit it to a book. Make sure to leave room for expansion of certain sections.

[Addalaide]

I have 3 one is a binder with printed off sheets, another is a little pocket sized book that i wright down all my spells in, and the 3rd is a leather bond book my aunt gave me and i keep my dreams and just strange things that happen in my life in it.

Of course you dont need 3 i just started out with one and got carryed away.

[Suki1016]

I have a Art book. Its hard back and its rather large. It has a ribbon to keep your place and I fill it with spells, rituals, drawings (love to draw lol) diagrams, and everything else. I even have a dried flower from my grandfather in there. I think anything with space to write in can be a BoS. It's a very personal choice.

[[Kate]]

I think anything with space to write in can be a BoS. It's a very personal choice.

Thats what I think too..

[WolfWitch]

I chose mine because it looked like it was covered in rough bark. I thought it appropriate.

WW.

[[Kris]]

Thank you all very much. All of your suggestions have helped alot. I would keep it on the computer but there are a few other people that use this computer so yeah. I plan on starting on my BOS very soon and once again thanks.

[Wolf*]

heh, mine is a regular folder with printed computor papers in it. Hel, my copy of the key of solomon was printed from the computer.

[[Haley]]

Mine is the same as Wolf's BOS. Really it's useless to me.....I never actually use it for anything.

[Storm]

I don't call mine a 'Book of Shadows', mine is just a journal about my path. I'll write anything in it - dreams, drawings of the Goddess, animals or even the lovely tree outside of my window, chants, a decription of a thunderstorm that rattled my window and filled me with electrifying energy. Pretty much whatever pops into my mind.

[[Kris]]

Thank you all for the advice. I have started my own BOS since I last posted and so far I don't have very much in it but it is and shall always be a work in progress. I have a few spell in it, descriptions of one or two of my premonitions, I read that it was good to write them down, and our experiences with a few other spiritiual things. I am really enjoying building my BOS and I look forward to what it may become and when I do fill this one up then I can start a new one and look back at that one. I am really gald that I have become part of this entire experience and once again thank you all for making this experience a wonderful one.