Chakra Stones Leather Journal with Latch, 10" x 13"

The chakras are the energy centers of the subtle body, and this is the journal made to keep company with that work. A 10 by 13 inch book in genuine goat leather, embossed and set with seven small stones across the cover, one for each center from root to crown, it closes with a latch over 400 pages of handmade linen-parchment paper.

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 stones suit the long, attentive work of tracking your inner weather over time.

Key Features

• Seven chakra stones on the cover. Seven small stones set into the embossed goat leather, one for each center from root to crown. The art is the heart of the book, for practitioners who keep an energy practice.
• Large 10 by 13 inch format. A substantial volume that sits open on a desk or altar, the biggest of the leather ritual books in the shop.
• 400 handmade linen-parchment pages. Unlined sheets with the texture of linen rag, room for years of entries, sigils, diagrams, and pressed herbs.
• Genuine goat leather with latch. A durable cover closed by a latch. A compact 6 by 8 inch chakra edition is also offered for those who want something more portable.

Product Details

• Dimensions: 10" x 13"
• 400 unlined pages of handmade linen-parchment paper
• Genuine goat leather cover, embossed and set with seven chakra stones
• Latch closure
• 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 center 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 are set into this cover, one for each center. 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 latch 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

What's the difference between this and the 6 by 8 inch Chakra Journal?

This is the large 10 by 13 inch edition, with seven chakra stones and 400 handmade linen-parchment pages. The 6 by 8 inch 7 Chakra Journal is more portable, on tree-free paper. Both carry the seven stones, so choose by size and page count.

Are the pages lined or blank?

The 400 pages are unlined handmade linen-parchment, 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?

It measures 10 by 13 inches, a large, substantial volume meant to sit open on a desk or altar rather than travel in a bag. The page count suits it to long-term, in-depth record keeping.

What do the seven stones mean?

They stand for the seven chakras of the modern rainbow model, from the root at the base to the crown at the top. On the cover they mark the book as a companion to chakra and energy work, a place to record meditation and inner practice 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 and page count also suit a long-form journal, a dream record, or a sketchbook for someone drawn to the symbol.