The Ultimate Grimoire Guide

So! I have been seeing a ton of grimoire ideas and thought I’d stuff them all together. A lot of ideas are from @manifestationsofasort, @banebite, and @pigeonflavouredcake. Check them out! They have a ton of cool stuff there.

What Do I Use For My Grimoire?

You can use anything for a grimoire! For a physical one, journals, binders, and notebooks are good. For digital ones, Notion, Tumblr, Docs, and even just your file folder are great.

Introduction

• A Book Blessing
• Table of Contents

About Me

• Your Current Path
• Your Personal Beliefs
• Your Spiritual Journey
• Superstitions
• Past lives
• Favorite Herbs/Crystals/Animals/Etc.
• Natal Chart
• Craft Name
• How You Entered The Craft
• Astrology Signs
• Birthday Correspondences (birth tarot card, birth stone, etc.)
• Goals

Safety

• Fire Safety
• What Not to Burn
• Toxic Plants & Oils (to humans, plants, animals)
• Crystals That Shouldn’t Be Put… (in sun, in water, etc.)
• Things That Shouldn’t Be In Nature (glass, salt, etc.)
• Potion Safety
• How to Incorporate Blood in Spells
• Smoke Safety
• Wound Care
• Biohazards

Core Concepts

• Intention & How It Works
• Directing Energy
• Protection
• Banishing
• Cleansing
• Binding
• Charging
• Shielding
• Grounding
• Centering
• Visualization
• Consecration/Blessing
• Warding
• Enchanting
• Manifestation
• Meditation
• What Makes A Spell Work
• Basic Spell Structure
• What Not To Do In Spells
• Disposing Spell Ingredients
• Revitalizing Long Term Spells
• How To Cast Spells
• What To Put In Spells
• Spell Mediums (jars, spoken, candle, sigils)
• Spell Timing
• Potion Bases
• Differentiating Between Magick and Mundane
• Common Terms
• Common Symbols
• Intuition
• Elements
• Basic Alchemy and Symbols
• Ways To Break Spells
• Laws and Philosophies

Correspondences

• Herbs & Spices
• Crystals & Rocks
• Colors
• Liquids & Drinks
• Metals
• Numbers
• Tarot Cards
• Elements
• Trees & Woods
• Flowers
• Days
• Months
• Seasons
• Moon Phases
• Zodiacs
• Planets
• Incense
• Teas
• Essential Oils
• Directions
• Animals
• Symbology
• Bone Correspondences
• Different Types of Water
• Common Plants

Entities

• Deities You Worship
• Pantheons
• Pantheons & Deities Closed to You
• Common Offerings
• Epithets
• Mythos
• Family
• Worship vs Work
• Prayers & Prayer Template
• Altars
• Deity Comms
• Devotional Acts
• Angels
• Demons
• Ancestors
• Spirit Guides
• Fae
• Familiars
• House, Animal, Plant, Etc. Spirits
• Folklore Entities
• Spirit Etiquette
• Graveyard Etiquette
• Boundaries
• Communication Guide & Etiquette
• Spirit Work Safety Guide
• How Entities Appear To You
• Circle Casting
• Common Offerings
• Altars
• Servitors
• Mythological Creatures (dragons, gorgons, etc.)

Utility Pages

• Gazing Pages
• Sigil Charging Station
• Altar Pages
• Intent Pages
• Getaway Pages
• Vision Boards
• Dream Pages
• Binding Page
• Pendulum Board
• Crystal Grid
• Throwing Bones Page
• Divination Pages
• Mirror Gazing Page
• Invocation Pages
• Affirmation/Manifestation Pages
• Spirit Board Page

Other Practices

• Practices That Are Closed to You (Voodoo, Hoodoo, Santeria, Brujeria, Shamanism, Native Practices)
• Wicca and Wiccan Paths
• Satanism, Both Theistic and Non-Theistic
• Deity Work
• Religious Paths (Hellenism, Christianity, Kemeticism, etc.)
• Animism

Types of Magic/Spells

• Pop Culture Paganism/Magic
• Tech Magic
• Chaos Magic
• Green Magic
• Lunar Magic
• Solar Magic
• Sea Magic
• Kitchen Magic
• Ceremonial Magic
• Hedge Magic
• Death Magic
• Gray Magic
• Eclectic Magic
• Elemental Magic
• Fae Magic
• Spirit Magic
• Candle Magic
• Crystal Magic
• Herbalism
• Glamours
• Hexes
• Jinxes
• Curses
• Weather Magic
• Astral Magic
• Shadow Work
• Energy Work
• Sigils
• Art Magic
• Knot Magic
• Music Magic
• Blood Magic
• Bath Magic
• Affirmations

Divination

• Tarot Cards
• Oracle Cards
• Playing Cards
• Card Spreads
• Pendulum
• Numerology
• Scrying
• Palmistry
• Tasseography
• Runes
• Shufflemancy
• Dice
• Bibliomancy
• Carromancy
• Pyromancy
• Psychic Abilities
• Astrology
• Auras
• Lenormand
• Sacred Geometry
• Angel Numbers
• Ornithomancy
• Aeromancy
• Aleuromancy
• Axinomancy
• Belomancy
• Hydromancy
• Lecanomancy
• Necromancy
• Oneiromancy
• Onomancy
• Oomancy
• Phyllomancy
• Psephomancy
• Rhabdomancy
• Xylomancy

Tools

• Crystal grid
• Candle grid
• Charms
• Talismans
• Amulets
• Taglocks
• Wand
• Broom
• Athame
• Boline
• Cingulum
• Stang
• Bells
• Drums
• Staffs
• Chalices
• Cauldrons
• Witches Ladder
• Poppets

Holidays

• Yule
• Imbolc
• Ostara
• Beltane
• Litha
• Lammas
• Mabon
• Samhain
• Esbats
• Deity Specific Holidays
• Religious Holidays (Christmas, Easter, Dionysia, etc.)
• Celestial Events

Altars

• Basics of Altars
• Travel Altars
• Deity Altars
• Spirit Altars
• Familiar Altars
• Ancestor Altars
• Self Altars
• Working Altars

Self-Care

• Burnout Prevention
• Aromatherapy
• Stress Management
• Coping Mechanisms

Theories & History

• Witchcraft history
• Paganism
• New Age Spirituality
• Cultural Appropriation
• Thelema
• Conspiracy Theories
• Cults
• Satanic Panic
• KJV
• Witches in History
• Cats in History
• Transphobia in Witchcraft Circles
• Queerness in Witchcraft Circles

Other

• Recipes
• How to Get Herbs
• Foraging
• Drying Herbs and Flowers
• Chakras
• Reiki
• Witches Alphabet
• Runic Alphabet
• Guide to Gardening
• Your Witch Tips
• Resources
• Other Tips
• List of Spells
• Cryptids and Their Lore
• What is a Liminal Space?