Many people, at least my fellow witches, have asked me what my Galdrabók (Book of Shadows) looks like. So I thought I’d show it off. I designed everything (frame, leather pattern and graphics) and built the frame myself. A friend in Denmark did the leather and I bound it all by hand, sewing each stack of 4 folded papers to the next. It was printed on a colour laser printer.
Bound book pages
Wood pieces for the cover after staining
Front wood piece with the leather attached
Back and spine wood pieces with the leather attached
It isn’t light reading. There are about 1400 A4 pages, and the thing weighs in at about 12 lbs/6kg.
I haven’t done much work on the physical book in the last couple of years since I’ve saved almost everything on my server. What’s here is what’s in it now. But I plan to do something about that. I’ve got lots of room for additions.
The setup in the pictures isn’t my altar or anything. It was just a mockup arrangement I did when I took the pictures. You’ll get to see my altar when it’s finished. So now you know what my Galdrabók looks like and how it was created 🙂
