The first time I printed out the Hávamál, I hadn’t thought things through. It’s a 164-verse Norse poem, and it’s part of the Poetic Edda. I didn’t scale the font or anything. Twenty-five pages churned out of the printer. Um, yeah. This wasn’t going to work.

See, had given me a blank, lineless, hardcover bound notebook with “Book of Shadows” emblazoned in gold on the cover. She’d had it for a few years, and had never used it. A little bit cheesy for my spiritual tastes, but… it was perfect. I still can’t resist saving a notebook from the dump, it seems. Anyway, the thought was to affix these pages inside the notebook, and write my thoughts on the document on the facing page.

Did I mention twenty-five pages of large text?

So, I got a bug up my butt about it today. I went to the original site, I copied the document (including attributions), and I reformatted it. Ten point font, two columns. Almost biblical, when I look at it now. It’s now eleven pages, and re-printed on the backs of the original printout. It’s also been affixed to the inside of the notebook. I’m turning the Book of Shadows into an eclectic Pagan workbook of sorts.

Luckily, I like scotch tape.