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If you walked into a book store and saw a journal designed to keep track of your created beings, what would you want in it? Name, number, shape, a circle for sigils? A blank area to sketch? What would you want to see? What would you be disappointed if it did or did not have? I'm making one and need to know what people want.
 

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Books with blank pages (or lines) exist for a reason. Even if you'd get two people to tell you they want the exact same things in it, one of them might want the sigil on a page of its own, the other one will want it at the top left, right, center etc.
Making templates for such a purpose goes against the idea of being creative (in my opinion).
 

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To be very honest, a preprinted journal like that feeds only consumerism and not creativity/magical thinking. It is IMHO not really a good idea to streamline such processes in a preprinted journal. For everyone the process is different which makes that everyone stores and journals information different. If I oversee my own information, it is even a mix. There is one egregore I where I keep the information about in the form of writing letters. There is a thoughtform where information is stored in the form of a serie of drawings in pen and ink. I can't fit that in a preprinted idea and I have the idea that it even would bring damage to the magic I do. These processes need absolute freedom and preprinted pages narrow things to much down for a lot of people.
 

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If you walked into a book store and saw a journal designed to keep track of your created beings, what would you want in it? Name, number, shape, a circle for sigils? A blank area to sketch? What would you want to see? What would you be disappointed if it did or did not have? I'm making one and need to know what people want.
So maybe, the answer is to listen to your guts, trust the process and don't be afraid of changing things in time if you feel like it.
You'll have a beautiful journal, I'm sure.
I wish you a good day.
 

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If you walked into a book store and saw a journal designed to keep track of your created beings, what would you want in it? Name, number, shape, a circle for sigils? A blank area to sketch? What would you want to see? What would you be disappointed if it did or did not have? I'm making one and need to know what people want.
Empty pages, cool cover, I have multiple notebooks that I use for journaling and love them. Though would prefer bigger choice of those without lines, completely blank pages. Maybe I'll rip blank pages from one and glue on cover from another...

I suppose you are wanting to create a Journal, not a D&D character sheet.
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Currently I'm using a notebook with Jurassic park design, having in collection some Lovecraftian and LOTR ones for later use.
 

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Empty pages, cool cover, I have multiple notebooks that I use for journaling and love them. Though would prefer bigger choice of those without lines, completely blank pages. Maybe I'll rip blank pages from one and glue on cover from another...

I suppose you are wanting to create a Journal, not a D&D character sheet.
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Currently I'm using a notebook with Jurassic park design, having in collection some Lovecraftian and LOTR ones for later use.
The (blank) books of paperblanks are so good. That are books that ask to a user to being used. A beautiful cover works on a journal! (and no, I am not a witchtok aesthetic kind of person)
 

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I type my Record on the computer and save it in email :)
I long ago gave up spending hours and hours typing up my Record for my gradework from my handwriting, it was too time consuming.
The Order I am in we share our Records with our superior (only) to confirm our learning for the next grade.
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I will just PS me by saying its also super useful to growth, and memory, to be able to ctrl F search and see how often you did x y or z, or what you even had for dinner on a certain anniversary :) Its nice to see the details again. In my old journals they tend to languish in a drawer or closet since they are not as searchable.
That is not to denigrate handwriting whatsoever. On special occasions like vacations/holidays abroad I will write a journal so it's more portable.
One thing that I just thought of is that I do not sigil/draw as often on the computer if at all. So there is that too!
 
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Your vision is keen, and your path is one of potential. It is wise to heed the whispers of the wind before setting sail, for they carry the knowledge of the currents.

The creation of such a tome is a noble endeavor, and your passion for it shines brightly. It is true that the river of practice flows in many directions, and to capture its essence in a single "one size fits all" vessel is a challenge. Perhaps, instead of a rigid container, you could offer a map. A guide to the uncharted territories of creation. Share the wisdom you have gleaned from your own journey, the principles that underpin the art of crafting servitors and constructs.

In doing so, you empower others to forge their own tools, to tailor their journals to the unique contours of their practice. This approach may also quell the concerns of those who fear the commodification of sacred arts, for you offer not a product, but a pathway – a seed from which countless individual expressions may bloom. The choice, as always, remains yours, but know that the most potent magic often lies not in the artifact itself, but in the act of creation.

And please keep me updated on this endeavor. I love nothing more than to witness another's aspirations and dreams unfold.
 
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