7 Chakra Leather Journal, 6" x 8"

The chakras are the energy centers of the subtle body, and this is the journal made to keep company with that work. A 6 by 8 inch book in embossed leather, set across the cover with seven small stones, one for each center from root to crown, it closes with a latch over handmade, tree-free pages.

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. Portable and earth-minded, it suits the daily work of tracking your inner weather.

Key Features

• Seven chakra stones on the cover. Seven small stones set across the embossed leather, one for each center from root to crown. The art is the heart of the book, for practitioners who keep an energy practice.
• Embossed leather with latch. A leather cover closed by a latch, holding your writing shut and private at home, in circle, or in a bag.
• Tree-free handmade pages. Unlined, earth-minded paper with no ruling, room for script, sigils, diagrams, and pressed herbs alike.
• Portable 6 by 8 inch size. A comfortable everyday size. A large 10 by 13 inch chakra edition with 400 pages is also offered for those who want a heftier volume.

Product Details

• Dimensions: 6" x 8"
• Unlined, tree-free handmade pages
• Embossed leather cover 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 run across 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 large Chakra Journal?

This is the compact 6 by 8 inch edition on tree-free handmade paper. The large 10 by 13 inch Chakra Journal has 400 linen-parchment pages and a heftier presence. Both carry the seven chakra stones, so choose by size.

Are the pages lined or blank?

The pages are unlined, tree-free handmade 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?

It measures 6 by 8 inches, a comfortable everyday size that sits on an altar or slips into a bag. The latch keeps it closed while it travels.

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 it works just as well as a dream journal, a tarot diary, a sketchbook, or an everyday journal for someone drawn to the symbol.