7 Chakra Stone Leather Journal with 3 Latches, 13"

The seven chakra stones run across the cover of this large grimoire, one for each center from root to crown, set into genuine goat leather around a simple mandala. A 13 inch book closed by three latches, with 180 blank pages of handmade linen-parchment paper inside.

It is made to become a Book of Shadows: the working book where a practitioner keeps spells, rituals, correspondences, dreams, and the turning of a practice over the years. Its size and its seven stones suit the long, attentive work of tracking your energy and inner weather over time.

Key Features

• Seven chakra stones and a mandala. Seven small stones set into the goat-leather cover around a simple mandala, one stone for each center from root to crown. The art is the heart of the book, for practitioners who keep an energy practice.
• Genuine goat leather with three latches. A sturdy goat-leather cover closed by three latches, a substantial binding for a substantial book.
• 180 handmade linen-parchment pages. Blank and unlined, with the texture of linen rag, room for spells, intentions, and reflections.
• Large 13 inch size. A big book that sits open on a desk or altar. Compact 10 by 13 inch and 6 by 8 inch chakra editions are also offered for those who want something more portable.

Product Details

• Size: 13 inches
• 180 blank, unlined pages of handmade linen-parchment paper
• Genuine goat leather cover set with seven chakra stones around a mandala
• Three latch closures
• Sold as a blank book for writing, drawing, and ritual record-keeping

The Spiritual Significance

A Book of Shadows is a witch's working book, and despite the old-world weight of the name it is a fairly modern tradition. Gerald Gardner's mid-twentieth-century Wicca formalized the practice, with each initiate copying rituals and lore by hand into a book of their own. Its ancestors are the older grimoires such as the Key of Solomon, but the idea of a personal, hand-kept book of one's craft belongs to living modern witchcraft.

The chakras come from the yogic and tantric traditions of India, where the subtle body was mapped as a series of energy centers running along the spine. The familiar seven-center model, each given a color of the rainbow from root to crown, is a more modern Western arrangement of those older ideas, and it is the one most witches and energy workers use today. Seven stones run across this cover, one for each center, set around a mandala, the concentric circle-figure that Hindu and Buddhist traditions use as a focus for meditation. A book marked this way suits practice that tracks the inner weather: meditation notes, energy work, and the slow rebalancing such work attends to.

How To Use

1. Cleanse it first. Pass the cover through cleansing smoke or leave it in moonlight overnight to clear the handling it has been through before it becomes yours.
2. Dedicate the first page. Write an opening dedication, naming what this book is for and the work you mean to keep in it.
3. Keep your craft in it. Record meditations, energy work, correspondences, dreams, and the questions you are working through. A Book of Shadows is most useful when it is honest.
4. Tend the book. Close the three latches to keep it shut, store it away from damp, and condition the leather occasionally so it lasts as long as the practice it holds.

Pairs Well With

• Steampunk Pen and Calligraphy Set: a dip pen for writing entries with more ceremony than a ballpoint allows.
• Dragon's Blood Ink by Espiritu, 1 oz: the traditional red ink for consecrated writing, sigils, and petitions in the book.
• Parchment Paper by Espiritu, 3" x 4": loose petition and spell papers to write and tuck between the pages.
• Sage and Frankincense Smudge Stick: cleansing smoke to consecrate the book before its first use.
• Chakras for Beginners by David Pond: a working guide to the chakra system to read alongside the book you write.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from the other chakra journals?

This is the 13 inch grimoire with three latches and a mandala, on 180 linen-parchment pages. The 10 by 13 inch Chakra Journal has 400 pages, and the 6 by 8 inch edition is the portable one. All three carry the seven chakra stones, so choose by size and binding.

Are the pages lined or blank?

The 180 pages are blank and unlined, handmade linen-parchment paper with no ruling. That leaves you free to write in any hand, draw sigils and diagrams, or press herbs and petals flat between the leaves without lines getting in the way.

What size is it, and why three latches?

It measures 13 inches, a large book meant to sit open on a desk or altar. The three latches suit its size, holding the cover closed evenly along its length.

What do the seven stones and the mandala mean?

The seven stones stand for the chakras of the modern rainbow model, from root to crown, and the mandala is a concentric circle-figure used in Hindu and Buddhist tradition as a focus for meditation. Together they mark the book as a companion to chakra and energy work rather than a health tool.

Do I have to use it as a Book of Shadows?

Not at all. It is simply a beautiful blank book. Many keep it as a Book of Shadows or grimoire, but its size also suits a long-form journal, a dream record, or a sketchbook for someone drawn to the symbol.