Rethinking the Book of Shadows

If you are new to  Paganism  and you have watched "Charmed" you  want to have the book of shadows. I have done some research on the Book of  Shadows and it is a new age creation.  I  was reminded of the dark  ages and all  the danger involved for that  time period.  Most people couldn't read or write, so  having great great great grandma's book of shadows is practically impossible.  People had to  hide anything that could be used as evidence if they  were ever accused of being a witch.

Book of Shadows is a different way  to  say  book of magic. I  do like the concept, and so I  created a book of shadows for myself.  But it didn't take too long for a guy like me to  fill up  the binder with  information that I  was collecting. I  am a self appointed druid. I like to  learn and I like to  store my  information. I  am getting ready  to  buy  a house, and there is going to  be a library if I can work it out.

I need something more,  So I  threw away the concept of a single book  to  hold my  information. I spent the money and I  have built a set of binder with  themes to  store the information I gather and feel is valuable. I  would like to  suggest that  to  everyone.  We should never stop learning and so  we should never stop  collecting information.

Here is my  list of Binders:

• Combat Binder. Talks about the whats, why, and hows to  fight in personal combat.  plus discussion about wars and warfare.
• Pagan Learning Open Circle Binder:  This is my log  for my  video series that I  am working on.
• Politics Binder
• Magic Binder, Holds information on magic  rituals, attributes, set-up, and results log.
• Language Binder,  Used to  refresh my English  skills,  and hold poems, short stories, and notes on the Gaelic Language.
• Celtic Religion Binder.  All  Celtic religious material  goes in here like my listing of Celtic gods and goddesses.
• Math  Binder.  I use math more than I  thought I  would, and I  want to expand my knowledge of math so  that I  can understand Quantum sciences better.
• History Binder:  that is Obvious
• Philosophy Binder
• Science Binder, holding science information on biology, Earth science, and Physics.
• Code of Ethics:  A collection of Personal laws
• Art Binder.  Store information on important artists and a collection of my  artwork.

I  feel  handling information this way would create a collection of information that I  can pass on to other and assist them in understanding Paganism  and life in general. Why limit yourself to a single book, be creative and build something grand.  I  am building a personal collection of Information that I  can easily reference whenever I  want.