Recommendations: old school pencil and compass.

Gentle Reader,

If you're of the persuasion to draw out your ritual plans, I highly recommend the old school pencil and compass tools. They allow you precision in drawing out circular shapes but as they are written in pencil, they can be erased and adapted. I would have posted a picture of mine with its nifty red box but I misplaced it, again. The dangers of putting things in a safe place that you theoretically will remember later strike again.

Hand drawn techniques for embellishing one's book of shadows or magical journal are fantastic ways to personalize your work. They are best done in pencil first so that you can make them as perfect as you want. Using the right tools are vital to success here. A compass ensures that circular and ovular shapes are the correct shape and is incredibly easy to use. If you're using a digital device for keeping your magical notes, don't go with a compass and pencil unless you plan on scanning something drawn on paper later. Sharp pointy things don't go together well with computers 958% of the time, trust me.

♥