Grimoire Organization 📖
A list of how my own personal Book of Shadows is organized ! 🌙
Section One {Introduction}
Index
A blessing
The Wiccan Rede
13 Goals of a Witch
History of Magic
Personal Correspondences
Section Two {Time & Space}
Lunar Calendar [removeable]
Moon Phases
Full Moons
Moon Glyphs
Zodiac Symbols & Correspondences
Zodiac Map 》inc. Celestial Bodies
Elements
Magical Times of the Day / Day of the Week
Witches Compass
Sabbats
Transitions between Sabbats
Section Three {Tools of the Craft}
A to Z of Crystals
Planetary / Zodiac Crystals
How to Charge & Cleanse Crystals
Spreads & Grids
Chakras & Auras
Sacred Geometry
Oils 》essential oils & their properties
Candle Magick 》colours, scents etc.
Himalayan Salt in Magic
Metals & their properties
Amulets & Protection Items
Section Four {Nature Magick}
Flower & Plant properties
Herbs 》dangerous herbs, herbal amulets, edible flowers, cooking brewing & drying, healing herbs, flower associations
Gardening 》herbal, flowers, moonlight, to attract bees, faeries etc.
Fruit & Vegetable Correspondences
Spirit Animals / Familiars
Animals & what they symbolize
Wolf Magick
Bird Associations 》feather magick, owl magick
Water in Magick
Section Five {Divination}
A to Z Types of Divination
Tarot 》summary of the deck, how to charge etc.
Runes
Tea Leaves
Palmistry
Pendulum
Spirit Guides
Symbols 》witches alphabet, sigils.
Numerology
Graphology
Superstitions
Ghost / Spirit Work
Section Six {Basics}
Basic Altar set up
Cleansing & Charging
Grounding & Centering 》circle casting.
Invocation & Evocation
Actions in Witchcraft
Recipes 》tea / coffee / hot chocolate magick, witches brew, healing salves, face / hair masks, body scrubs.
Protection associations 》herbs, stones, candles / incense, metals, symbols.
Relevant Spells
Section Seven {Myth}
Gods & Goddess
Faeries
Myths & Legends
Entities
Please note that this is a very basic overview of the index in my Book of Shadows. For each bullet point is at least one page of information in my BoS.
I am only about halfway through recording information into my BoS; so as time goes on and as I learn more about the craft / my path this order may change. Also, if you feel I have missed anything please let me know !
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Correspondences of: Carrier & Essential Oils
This is a long post, the correspondences are under the cut.
Carrier Oils: Carrier oils, known also as base oils, are used to dilute essential oils before they are applied topically. They serve as the base for oil blends.
Essential Oils: Essential oils are concentrated liquids that contain the volatile (”the tendency of a substance to vaporize") aromatic compounds of plants. They are obtained via distillation and the oil alone should never be applied to the skin directly as some a reactive to heat, and light, and some will give you chemical burns. You are likely to have a reaction to essential oils.
Carrier Oils:
ALMOND OIL, SWEET (Prunus Dulcis)
Ruled by Mercury and the Element of Air. Sweet Almond Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with prosperity, money and wisdom.
APRICOT KERNEL OIL (Prunus Armeniaca)
Ruled by Venus and the Element of Water. This makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with love or emotions.
AVOCADO OIL (Persea Americana)
Ruled by Venus and the Element of Water. This makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with love, lust or beauty.
CASTOR OIL (Ricinus communis)
Ruled by Mars and the Element of Fire. Castor oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with protection and absorbing negativity.
COCONUT OIL (Cocos Nucifera)
Ruled by the Moon and the Element of Water. Fractionated Coconut Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with purification and protection.
GRAPESEED OIL (Vinis Vinifera)
Ruled by the Moon and the Element of Water. Grapeseed Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with fertility money and strengthening mental abilities.
HEMP SEED OIL (Cannabis Sativa)
Ruled by the Moon and Saturn and the Element of Water. Hemp Seed Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing, love, psychic ability and meditation.
JOJOBA OIL (Simmondsia Chinensis)
Ruled by the Moon and the element of Water. Jojoba Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing and love.
OLIVE OIL (Olea Europaea)
Ruled by the Sun and the Element of Fire. Olive Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with healing, peace, fertility and protection. In many traditions Olive Oil is an all purpose oil.
SUNFLOWER OIL (Helianthus Annus)
Ruled by the Sun and the Element of Fire. Sunflower Oil makes a great carrier oil for blends that deal with protection, fertility, health and wisdom.
Essential Oils:
AMYRIS (Amyris balsamifera)
Anointing, astral projection, attraction, blessing, consecration, exorcism, healing, love, meditation, protection, purification, sacral chakra, spirituality.
ANGELICA ROOT (Angelica archangelica)
Exorcism, protection, healing, visions.
BASIL (Ocimum basilicum)
Business success, conscious mind (stimulates), happiness, lust, money, peace, prosperity, protection.
BAY LAUREL (Laurus nobilis)
Banishing, exorcism, luck, psychic ability.
BENZOIN (Styrax benzoin)
Purification, prosperity, attracts customers.
BERGAMONT (Citrus bergamia)
Business success, happiness, money, peace, physical energy, prosperity, protection, sleep.
BIRCH SWEET (Betula lenta)
Protection, purification, exorcism.
BLACK PEPPER (Piper nigrum)
Courage, physical energy, and protection.
BLUE TANSY (Tanacetum annuum)
Water, Venus, immortality, youth, longevity.
CAJEPUT (Melaleuca cajeputi)
Purification, protection, dispel negative thoughts and energies, break habits.
CAMPHOR (Cinnamomum camphora)
Celibacy, crown chakra, physical energy, psychic energy, purification.
CARDAMOM (Elettaria cardamomum)
Love, lust.
CARROT SEED (Daucus carota)
Grounding, fertility.
CATNIP (Nepeta cataria)
Cat magic, love, beauty, happiness.
CEDARWOOD (Cedrus atlantica)
Blessing, health (maintain), heart chakra, meditation, money, protection, psychic energy, purification, self-control, spirituality, unhexing.
CHAMOMILE (Matricaria recutita & Anthemis nobilis)
Meditation, peace, sleep.
CHILLI SEED (Capsicum annum)
Protection, exorcism, fidelity, hex-breaking, love.
CINNAMON (Cinnamomum burmanii /cassia /zeylancium)
Astral projection, base chakra, business success, health (maintain), luck, lust, magical energy, meditation, money, physical energy, prosperity, protection, psychic awareness, purification, spirituality.
CITRONELLA (Cymbopogon nardus / winterianus)
Exorcism (exterior use), health (maintain), purification, unhexing.
CLARY SAGE (Salvia sclarea)
Vivid dreams.
CLOVE BUD (Eugenia or syzgium aromaticum)
Balances chakras, business success, courage, divination, exorcism, healing, heart chakra, love, money, prosperity, protection, psychic awareness.
COFFEE BEAN (Coffea arabica)
Grounding, Earth magic, Mars, ritual stimulant.
CYPRESS (Cupressus sempervirens)
Longevity, healing, comfort, protection.
ELEMI (Canarium luzonicum)
Mental and psychic ability, spiritual balance, solar plexus chakra.
EUCALYPTUS (Eucalyptus globulus)
Healing, health (maintain), protection, psychic energy, purification.
FIR NEEDLE (Abies sibirica)
Mind clearing, memory, communication, purification before ritual, , protection, hex removal.
FRANKINCENSE (Boswellia serrata / carterii)
Blessing, consecration, courage, exorcism, meditation, protection, purification, solar plexus chakra, spirituality.
GERANIUN (Pelargonium graveolens /x asperum)
Happiness, protection.
GINGER ROOT (Zingiber officinale)
Attraction, business success, courage, love, lust, magical energy, money, peace, physical energy, prosperity, purification, sex.
GRAPEFRUIT (Citrus paradisi)
Purification.
HELICHRYSUM (Helichrysum italicum)
Creativity, intuition, invoke spirits, scrying, channeling, awareness, calm, patience.
HO WOOD (Cinnamomum camphora)
Cleaning, banishing, subdue sexual desire, celibacy, chastity, psychic power, dream work.
HYSSOP (Hyssopus officinalis)
Purification, protection.
JUNIPER BERRY (Juniperus communis)
Protection, anti-theft, love, exorcism, health.
LAVENDER (Lavandula stoechas/angustifolia/latifolia /hybrida)
Balances chakras, business success, celibacy, conscious mind (stimulates), happiness, health (maintain), love, peace, protection, purification, sleep, third-eye chakra.
LEMON (Citrus limonum / limon)
Balances chakras, health (maintain), love, physical energy, purification.
LEMONGRASS (Cymbopogon citratus /flexuosus /schoenanthus)
Psychic awareness, psychic energy, purification, spirituality.
LIME (Citrus aurantifolia)
Physical energy, protection, purification.
LITSEA (Litsea cubeba)
Energy, rejuvenation, letting go.
MARJORAM (Origanum majorana)
Celibacy, happiness, peace, sleep.
MUGWORT (Artemesia vulgaris)
Moon, divination, lucid dreaming, prophetic dreams, protection.
MYRRH (Commiphora myrrha)
Astral projection, attraction, balances chakras, blessing, consecration, crown chakra, exorcism, healing, meditation, protection, psychic energy, spirituality, unhexing.
MYRTLE (Myrtus communis)
Love, good luck, fertility, and Venus, feminine and water aspects.
NIAOULI (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
Purification, healing, protection, clearing negative energies, aura cleansing.
NUTMEG (Myristica fragrans)
Luck, magical energy, meditation, money, physical energy, psychic awareness.
OPOPANAX (Commiphora guidotti)
Death/resurrection, divination, Pluto, Scorpio, change.
OREGANO (Origanum vulgare)
Happiness, tranquility.
PALMAROSA (Cymbopogon martini)
Healing, love.
PALO SANTO (Bursera graveolens)
Luck, cleansing, air element.
PATCHOULI (Pogostemon cablin)
Attraction, banishes negativity, growth, love, luck, mastery, money, peace, physical energy, prosperity, sex.
PEPPERMINT (Mentha arvensis / piperita)
Conscious mind (stimulates), exorcism, health (maintain), protection, purification.
PETITGRAIN (Citrus aurantium)
Conscious mind (stimulates), protection.
PINE (Pinus sylvestris)
Exorcism, grounding, healing, health (maintain), magical energy, money, physical energy, protection, purification.
ROSEMARY (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Conscious mind (stimulates), exorcism, health (maintain), heart chakra, longevity, love, protective, remembrance, third-eye chakra, vitality.
ROSEWOOD (Aniba rosaeodora)
Mars, Moon, Venus, spirit element, fire element, intuitive health, beauty, divination, scrying, healing rituals, maturity, wisdom, femininity.
SAGE, DALMATION (Salvia officinalis)
Conscious mind (stimulates), exorcism, money, purification, wisdom.
SAGE, WHITE (Salvia apiana)
Cleansing spaces and magical objects, banish negative energy.
SANDALWOOD (Santalum album)
Anointing, astral projection, attraction, blessing, consecration, exorcism, healing, love, meditation, protection, purification, sacral chakra, spirituality.
SPEARMINT (Mentha spicata)
Comfort, healing, sleep (for protection).
SPIKENARD “JATAMANSI” (Nardostachys jatamansi)
Good luck, fidelity, and health.
STAR ANISE (Illicium verum)
Psychic power, luck.
SWEET ORANGE (Citrus sinensis)
Balances chakras, divination, happiness, joy, love, luck, magical energy, money, physical energy, psychic energy, purification, sacral chakra.
TANGERINE (Citrus reticulata)
Magical energy, purification.
TEA TREE (Melaleuca alternifolia)
Purification.
THYME (Thymus vulgaris)
Conscious mind (stimulates), courage, health (maintain), purification.
TURMERIC (Curcuma longa)
Purification, protection.
VALERIAN ROOT (Valeriana officinalis)
Love, sleep, purification, protection.
VANILLA (Vanilla planifolia)
Love, lust, mental power.
VETIVER (Vetiveria zizanoides)
Divination, exorcism, love, money, peace, protection, unhexing.
WINTERGREEN (Gaultheria procumbens)
Protection, healing, hex-breaking.
YLANG YLANG (Cananga odorata)
Love, lust, peace, sex, throat chakra.
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The problem with correspondences
Beginner witches, listen up.
When I started practising, one of the first things I did was put correspondence lists into my grimoire. Or, I tried to. You see, correspondences are individual. To some extent, they’re based on history, folklore, mythology and medicine - but they’re also highly personal. You can look at ten different correspondence tables for the same herb, and depending on the herb, you’ll get similar answers - but you can also get highly divergent ones. The result? I ended up writing 5-20 different correspondences for a bunch of herbs and crystals that I had never even heard of. Do I remember them now, 7 years on? Hell no.
There’s a few problems with this:
You don’t know which source to trust.
Sources may totally conflict.
You don’t know why those correspondences are listed.
You won’t know what you can and can’t swap out of a spell.
Correspondence tables often don’t provide sources or reasoning.
You may not have those associations, so they may not actually help you.
Correspondences are tools. They help you to focus your intent in your craft. What’s the point in getting the “right” colour, herb, crystal, element, and moon phase for every spell when you don’t understand why you’re using them, or they don’t help you focus your intent?
So, what’s the solution? Figure out your own correspondences.
This doesn’t have to be difficult! Let’s say I’m doing a spell because I have a cold. For me, being sick is associated with soup, lemon, orange, honey and ginger - because my Nan used to make me a hot drink with the last few ingredients in it. So maybe I’ll make that drink, or maybe I’ll make soup with fresh ginger in it. I’ll stir the pot widdershins first, to “banish” the sickness (because I associate counter clockwise with banishment or getting rid of something), then deosil to “bring” or “grow” my health (because those are my associations for clockwise). See? Easy!
Okay, so how exactly do you come up with correspondences?
Well, some of them are pretty immediate. Think associating mistletoe with Christmas, or plants in your area that only bloom at certain points of the year. You can also consider:
history, mythology and folklore: throughout history, there have been associations with certain plants, colours etc. that you can read up on. Some examples include associating purple with wealth or success because the dye for purple clothing was highly expensive (Roman emperors wore it) and associating rosemary with remembrance, as mentioned in Hamlet.
medicinal properties: even if you aren’t interested in herbalism, you could include plants with medicinal properties in healing spells.
local associations: this is pretty likely to cross over with history and folklore, but considering local associations is important, too - especially since associations in world history and mythology may not apply to you and your path. You might also have certain associations with “local” in a general sense (see my post about food correspondences below).
cultural associations: think “pumpkin” for October, even in countries where aren’t particularly common. Are there any cultural associations that you have with particular things? (These may be some of your “stronger” associations.)
personal associations: what’s your personal experience? Did you fall into a rosebush as a kid, so you’d rather associate roses with pain than with love? Did your first crush give you a green handbag, so green is a colour of love for you? What do you find comforting?
These aren’t the only aspects to consider, but it’s a starting point. Depending on the type of correspondence you’re looking for, you could consider other aspects, too (like farming calendars for month associations and seasonal foods).
This isn’t to say there’s anything wrong with using or posting correspondence lists - I’ve posted some myself. They can be really useful - but be aware that those are someone else’s correspondences, not yours, and they may not work the same way for you as they do for someone else - and that’s okay! You have your own resources and your own experiences, and it’s your craft.
I hope this helps! Check out my other posts about coming up with your own correspondences:
How to correspondence: food & herbs
How to correspondence: when to spell
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