HANDMADE LEATHER PENTAGRAM BOOK OF SHADOWS, JOURNAL

Bound in a single thick piece of vegetable tanned leather this journal has a hand tooled Pentagram / Pentacle design on the cover. Traditional hand tooling gives a much deeper and longer lasting impression, with more texture and detail, than the machine pressed images that you find on most mass produced leather journals. Once we are happy with the design and the way the journal looks we give it a beautiful antiqued finish that picks out the design and the natural markings in the leather.

The Pentagram is a powerful magical symbol often used for protection in ceremonial magic. It represents mans place in the Universe, the five points corresponding to the four elements, air, earth, fire and water plus spirit. Five traditionally represents psychic and lunar qualities. Medieval Christians also used this image to symbolise the five wounds of Christ. Pentagonal geometry is often found in nature as the logarithmic spiral, this spiral is found in the growth patterns of many plants.

It is 16.5cm x 11.5cm x 4cm (6.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 inches) and contains approximately 300 pages (600 sides) of A6 sized, unlined, recycled, paper. We permanently bind the handcut pages into this book in a traditional binding style using waxed cord. No glue is used, so the spine of the book cannot be broken. The covers are fastened with cords finished with leather beads.

The paper that we use is a natural, off-white, oatmeal colour with faint flecks. It has a matt appearance and is slightly textured. It takes a fountain pen without 'bleeding' and is a good mid-tone for sketching.
We're proud to say that our paper is 100% recycled from unbleached post-consumer waste, which saves water, energy and trees. It has won awards for it's high environmental standards and is endorsed by Greenpeace. Best of all it's a great paper of archival quality which means that it will last for hundreds of years. This is great if you're planning on leaving your words for future generations!

It makes a wonderful journal; diary; grimoire; sketchbook; etc.

This is the earthy alternative to the mass produced books generally available. This makes a unique gift and is the perfect size to take on your travels.

As leather is a natural material the tone and grain of each journal may vary from the image shown, but not too much!

This style of journal is available in other sizes. Please visit our ebay shop for our full range of journals. Earthworks eBay Shop