Merry Meet!
Today I want to share with you how to create content areas within your common place grimoire and give you some ideas for areas you might want within your book. Remember, this process is completely personal to your craft and if I have an area that doesn't speak to you, you don't have to use it. This is a guide, not a grade.
If you remember from my writing supplies post, I'm working with the Mildliners in my color palette to designate different areas of content within my books and I have selected twelve Mildliners to work with so in theory I could have twelve content areas.
In my workings on this project, the list I have come up with for areas are:
I. Basics
A. Circles
B. Alters
C. Correspondences
1. Colors
2. Crystals
3. Water
4. Dirt
5. Salt
6. Metals
D. Types of Magic/Witchcraft
1. Nature & Earth Based
a. Green
b. Hedge
c. Sea
d. Elemental
2. Home & Practice Based
a. Kitchen
b. Eclectic
c. Solitary
d. Secular
3. Spiritual & Ceremonial
a. Cosmic/Astrological
b. Ceremonial
c. Shamanic
d. Hereditary
4. Religious Based
a. Wiccan
b. Dianic
c. Celtic/Norse/Kemetism
II. Tools & Divination
A. Cartomancy
1. Tarot
2. Oracle
3. Playing Cards
B. Runes
1. Nordic
2. Witches' Runes
C. Pendulum
D. Numerology
E. Sigils
F. Aura Readings
III. Calendar & Celebrations
A. Wheel of the Year (Northern Hemisphere)
1. Imbolc - Candlemas
2. Ostara - Vernal Equinox
3. Beltane
4. Litha - Summer Solstice
5. Lughnasadh - Lammas - Summer Harvest
6. Mabon - Witch's Thanksgiving - Autumnal Equinox
7. Samhain - Witch's New Year - Halloween
8. Yule - Winter Solstice
B. Festivals
C. Full Moons
1. Traditional Names
2. Native American 13 Moons
D. Days of the Week
IV. Cosmic
A. Astrology
B. Cultural Zodiac
1. Chinese
2. Vedic
3. Celtic
4. Egyptian
5. Mayan
C. Cosmic Events
D. Moon Phases
E. Planetary Correspondences and Paths
V. Home & Hearth
A. Kitchen - Recipes
B. Home Rituals
C. Herbs & Uses
D. The Witch's Garden
E. Foraging
VI. Folk Magic
VII. Spells & Rituals
A. Intent
1. Banishing & Binding
2. Cleansing & Clearing
3. Prosperity & Money
4. Protection & Healing
5. Hexes, Curses, & Rooks
B. Practice
1. Spell Jars
2. Knot Magic
3. Herbs & Kitchen
4. Sigils and Signs
5. Candles & Crystals
6. Moon Spells
VIII. Crafts for the Craft
A. Poppets
B. Incense & Smoke Sticks
IX. Personal
A. Journal Entries
B. Shadow Work
C. Family Tree
D. Personal Craft History
E. Dream Work
X. Media
A. Song Lyrics
B. Podcasts
C. Book Notes
E. Book Shelf (documenting my personal library of related media)
XI. Online Community
A. Live Sessions
B. Exchanges
Now part of the beauty of a commonplace book set up is that all of this is flexible. I won't have a set table of contents laid out like the outline, above, just designating a color for each category so that when I'm flipping through looking for ideas for spells for example, I know I'm looking for pages edged in weathered bone or if I want to find a recipe I'm looking for pages edged in green meadow.
To designate a topic, each page will be edged in the appropriate color and the title will be accented with the same color. As we move forward and you see the process in action, I think it will make much more sense. For now, the goal for you is to build an outline similar to the above and if you have not already, consider how you will designate the different pages. This doesn't have to be set in stone just yet, but it is nice to have an idea of how you want do it.
Blessed Be,
Jen Marie
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