#Prompt asked to do a visual poem and make the words a circle

[her-apostrophe]

*Circular 

Text [Shadows obey no corners, They follow the numbers on the clock, Weaved together by the light fading away.]

[honeyalchemist]

A Whopping List of 160 Grimoire Prompts and Ideas

Alrighty, everybody, I’ve been working all day trying to compile this list together and it came out to be a staggering 160 prompts and ideas for your grimoire! Some of these are pretty vague and others are quite specific, but this is only to help you guys more with filling up your grimoires! So buckle up and get ready to go! 

(Btw since this post is SOOOO long it’ll be hidden :’) )

Basics

What is the Wheel of the Year and the Eight Sabbats? Do these play a role in your craft? What is the history behind them?

How can you celebrate the 8 Sabbats?

What is meditation? What are some different types of meditation? How can meditation affect your practice?

What are the tools of your craft? Name and explain. 

Create a witchy book library. Which of these do you own? Which of these have you read?

What are Familiars? Do you have one? How do they help with your craft?

How do you cast a circle? Close one? What does the energy look like? Draw what’s seen and unseen. 

Create a glossary of witchcraft terminology.

Write down the correspondences of time. → Hours of the day → Days of the Week → Months of the Year

What is intent and how do you work with it?

What is visualization? How can it be used? What are the alternatives if you cannot visualize?

Answer these for the following ideas: What is it? How can you do it? → Charging → Enchanting → Cleansing → Grounding → Blessing → Consecrating → Binding → Banishing → Warding → Centering

What are some substitutes in main tools of witchcraft? (like crystals and herbs)

How do you set up an altar or magical workplace? BONUS: What themes can you incorporate into these spaces?

What goes on an altar?

Research the history of witchcraft.

Research the history of Paganism and Wicca.

Research the varieties of magic. Some ideas: → Energy Work → Fae Magic → Draconic Magic → Death Magic → Sex Magic → Knot Magic → Satchet and Jar Magic → Spirit Work → Crystal Magic

What is a ritual and what does it mean?

Research the Different Types of Witches and their historical background → Kitchen → Green → Hedge → Eclectic → Solitary → Tech → Earth → Spirit Worker → Chaos → Art → Secular → Theistic → Hereditary → Traditional → Garden → Fire → Draconic → Animal → Lunar → Christian → Hellenic → Celtic → Kemetic → Science → Elemental → Urban → Seasonal → Sanguine → Cosmic → Dream → Sea → Storm/Weather → Hearth → Tea → Water → Fae → Music → Sigil → Crystal

What are the corners and how to call them?

What is the sacred geometry?

Personal

Write down your Witchy To-Do lists (like these prompts or things to research or things to cleanse.)

Devote some pages to your deities if you worship any.

What are some offerings ideas for these deities?

Print out your natal chart and its report and stick it in your grimoire. BONUS: Write a reflection after reading your report.

Do you collect anything? Why?

Dedicate pages to learning about your past lives. 

How can you be contacted in the afterlife? What would be needed to summon you to learn your epic wisdom?

Create vision boards for your craft in your grimoire. 

Write about yourself as a witch. What do you want out of witchcraft?

Write down information on religions you’re interested in or that you work with if any.

What do you believe?

How did you come upon your path?

Do you believe in the afterlife? If so, what do you think it’s like?

Create a beginner’s guide or field guide to something you’re experienced with.

What are your core values? Name and explain.

How would you describe yourself? Include a picture or even draw yourself.

If someone down the line wanted to honor you as their ancestor, how would they do so?

Do you have a craft name? Why did you choose it?

Write down your magical goals. Be sure to revisit these and reflect upon your progress.

Why did you become a witch?

What is your birth tarot card?

Write down your daily rituals.

Do you have any rules for your path? What are they?

Spellbook

Come up with a collection of spell themes.  → This can be stuff like love, luck, healing, curses, etc.

Based on your collection of spell themes, what items would be best used for each theme?

Create a collection of spell ideas you will make spells for later. 

Gardening

Create a list of gardening tips. 

How do you harvest certain plants?

What is your garden plan for the year?

How can you dry herbs and other plants?

How can you garden by the moon?

Herbs and Plants/Herbalism and Aromatherapy

Create a list of 5-10 local plants you can incorporate into your craft. What are their correspondences? How can you use these plants?

Create a list of 5-10 go-to plants (herbs especially) you can grow and use in your craft. What are their correspondences and how can you use them?

Create a guide to essential oils and safe use. 

Incense correspondences and uses. 

How to make Herbal Infusions

How to make Herbal Decoctions

How to make Tinctures

How to make Medicinal Wines

How to make Gargles and Mouthwashes

How to make Eyewashes

How to make Herbal Baths

How to make Inhalations

How to make Infused Oils and Ointments

How to make Herbal Creams

How to make Syrups

How to make Herbal Vinegars

How to make Poultices and Compresses

Crystal Magic

How do crystals work?

Create a list of 5-15 go-to crystals you can use in your craft. What are their correspondences?

Crystal Grids. What are they? What are their uses? Do you have any grid layouts?

How do you cleanse crystals?

How do you charge crystals?

How do you program crystals?

Elemental Magic 

What are the five elements? How do they affect your craft?

What are the correspondences for different types of water? (i.e. river water, ocean, rain, moon, sun, etc.)

Cosmic Magic/Astrology

What are the 12 Zodiacs? How do they affect your craft?

Research some constellations and how you can incorporate them into your craft. 

What are the planetary correspondences? How can you use the planets in your craft?

Recipe Book

Meals

Snacks

Desserts

Herbal Medicines

Potions

Essential Oils

Lunar Magic

What are the phases of the moon and their correspondences?

What are the special full moons and their correspondences?

Sigil Work

What are the many ways you can create sigils?

What are the many ways you can activate sigils?

Create a sigil logbook.

Mythology

What mythology are you interested in?

Include some stories in your grimoire → Written stories → Storyboards/comics → Drawings of scenes

What are the folktales from where you live?

Divination

Gather a list of traditional divination methods you’re interested in.

Gather a list of obscure divination methods you’re interested in. 

Create a tarot cheatsheet.

Create a rune cheatsheet.

Create a numerology cheatsheet.

What is numerology? How can you use it in your craft?

Create a collection of tarot spreads. Include: → 2 card spreads → 3 card → 4 card → 5 card → more complex spreads.

How can you read Runes? (i.e. drawing them out of a container, using spreads, or throwing them)

Create a collection of rune spreads. 

Compile a list of good questions to ask for divination.

Create a pendulum board.

Spirit Work

Draw or write about the spirits you work with. 

What are some offerings ideas?

Dreamwork

Keep a dream diary.

From your dreams and some research, make your own dream dictionary.

Candle Magic

How and why is it used?

What are the benefits of candle magic?

Candle shape correspondences

Color and smell correspondences.

Flame meanings.

Color Magic

Research Color Magic and how you can incorporate it into your craft.

Research the correspondences of different colors. 

Research color theory and how you may incorporate it into your craft. 

Shadow Work

Make a portrait of your shadow self.

What is shadow work? How can you incorporate it into your craft?

Magical Housekeeping

Recipes for Beauty Products

Recipes for Cleansing Products

Bath Magic

Sleep Rituals and Sleep Magic

Glamour Magic

Recipes to Pamper yourself

Stress Management Methods

Mental Health Hoping Methods

Cleansing Your Spaces

Journaling and Creative

What are the Seven Planes of Existence? Do they mean anything to you?

Create an entry that must be read in a mirror.

Create an entry that can be viewed right-side up and upside down. 

Stick coloring book pages into your grimoire.  BONUS: Only tape 1 side down so you can use the back to write a spell, tell a story, create a ritual, etc. 

Create a list of words you can seriously reflect upon and do so. Some ideas: → Love → Strength → Courage → Intelligence

Write down quotes/poems/etc. that have meaning to you and reflect upon those meanings. 

Write down letters to your past and future selves. 

Write love letters to your grimoire.

Write letters to your ancestors, spirits, or deities. 

What are the _____ of witchcraft you love?  → Sights → Smells → Taste → Sounds → Feelings

What is Magic? How is it used?

What are the consequences of using magic?

Miscellaneous 

What are Chakras and what do they mean to you?

Leave some pages to write down things to research.

Write down tea/coffee correspondences. 

Leave a space to put all those witchy life hacks/tips you find. 

What are auras? How can you use them in your craft?

Research the Fae

♥ Tip Your Witch ♥