Hello my darlings and welcome.
In this video I discuss the magical properties, correspondences and representations of the
Scallop Shell.
Let’s do some magical crafting
I am using my Crystal Grimoire Journal.
I designed this book to serve as a blank Grimoire to fill in information as I research the crystals,
stones, and minerals in my collection.
I will leave a link to this Grimoire below.
Each page has a space to add a picture of the item the page is focused on.
I considered painting a representation of the shell, but I was concerned that the paper
would not be thick enough to support watercolor paint.
So I recommend using colored pencils if you decide to draw in this grimoire.
But then I remembered watching a video from another witchy YouTuber who suggested using
a Kodak zip to print out photos from your phone onto sticker paper.
I will link to their video below.
So I took a picture of my shells and printed it out on my Mobile mini photo printer.
The zink photo paper has an adhesive back so it becomes a sticker you can pop into your
grimoire.
I decided to add some watercolor painted paper as a background.
The page starts with the Name and correspondences for the scallop shell
The planetary correspondence for most shells is the moon and the elemental correspondence
is water.
Scallop shells represent both beauty and travel and therefore they correspond to the goddesses
Aphrodite, Venus, Bridgette and Lakshmi, The gods Poseidon or Neptune, and Saint James.
The energy of the scallop shell is receptive, as it is shaped like a dish.
It it also said to correspond both to the heart chakra and third eye chakra
Visiting the ocean is one of the most restorative things I can do to recharge my energy and
focus my mind, to meditate, to raise power, and to dream about the future.
So each summer I create an ocean-themed altar, decorated with shells and driftwood, seaweed
and other flotsam and jetsam from the ocean.
I like to use scallop shells as offering dishes on my altar as well as decorating them with
paint, glitter and pearls.
I have a diy craft video on decorating scallop shells and I will link to it below.
The Scallop Shell has a long history as a magical symbol and it represents many things.
First is Birth and Fertility
Birth and Fertility is associated with the scallop shell, and it is shown in ancient
art and renaissance paintings of Venus, the Roman goddess of fertility and love.
Rebirth.
This familiar seashell has sacred meaning in Christian Europe, many baptismal fonts
are created in the shape of a scallop shell, associating it with rebirth
Travel and Pilgrimage The scallop shell can be viewed as a metaphor, showing us that we
can take many routes to get to one destination.
This ancient motif can be seen as representing a journey through life itself.
It represents the different routes pilgrims travelled from all over the world, all walking
trails leading to one point in pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint James in Spain
The Scallop Shell represents healing and cleansing
It represents beauty and love
And it represents abundance, growth and strength
The Scallop Shell also represents a comfortable home and contentment, as well as a shield,
protection and self reliance.
It's my opinion that In their most basic forms, shells represent home and protection.
They originally were the protective outer layer of sea creatures and often they were
the very homes that those creatures lived inside of.
And here is the completed Grimoire journal page.