Thank you so much!!
You can visit the major spirits youve created in Sitria’s Crypt, when you go in there should be symbols on the ground on either side of the path that’ll take you to them
The Journal does have additional abilities, but theyre granted by items you may have picked up. A few of them can be found in Esmeralda’s shop and another can be found out in the wild
If you’re worried about your levels, you can retrieve most of them from whichever monstrae had vored you, and a gallery of sorts will be available in the next free update that’ll let you enjoy the scenes without the risk of losing levels :)