Objects that can be found on shrines are a little different. You may notice that some practitioners include shrine items on altars. Sometimes a space can pull double duty. On Mabon, my everyday altar becomes a large temporary shrine to Persephone because that is the center of the work I do on that holiday. It largely depends on two factors: personal practice and space restrictions. Reblogged this on hocuspocus Reblogged this on Tales of Love and Light and commented:. You have me thinking.
I have the Angels at Mamre, Tara, and Durga together: what might I do with them, and what are they doing with me. Nice article. It IS usually a very busy place as I do a lot of my prayers and meditations there too. The presence of a statuary as well as other deity-themed placements should be a good indicator of this. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content The difference between altars and shrines is they serve different purposes. Objects that can reside on altars include: Ritual objects, such as athames, chalices, wands, cauldrons, etc. Divination tools Herbs, gemstones, or other magical tools A Pagan altar source: thelivingwiccan. My tradition places items relating to Goddess and the elements of earth and water on the left of the altar as you stand at it, and items relating to God, air, and fire, to the right.
This is set up on a fairly narrow bookshelf about 1 foot by 3 feet. You can read a complete description on a page elsewhere on the site that has more about these specific tools. In contrast, a shrine is often a lot more free-form. It includes whatever you want it to include. However, many of these things may not look obviously Pagan.
This is the main ritual center in my home, and you can see items mostly focused on ongoing or daily practice work here. More information about the items available elsewhere on the site.
Some people change their shrines or home altars for every season. What you do need to do, however, is dust. Make sure you use things. A simple altar or shrine is fine.
No altar or shrine is fine. A neglected one, however, is not so good. Remember that both altars and shrines are tools. There are days I spend a bunch of time there, and days when mostly what I do is go past, smile at it, and maybe touch one of the statues to focus a particular energy.
Finally, when considering location — if you have it in a public space, people may put things on it. Soda cans, keys, whatever. Could you put your can over on that shelf? You can find pages that are no longer current in the archive. I post links to my Patreon as well. Need a little research help? I offer research services for a reasonable fee. Home » Doing » Altars and shrines.
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