If you are new in practice in general, you may wonder where to start. One of the first things you should do before starting any ritual is to mount an altar.

From the beginning of time, man has created altars to celebrate divinity and make his own rituals. For archaic civilizations, they were mere lots of stone. For the Egyptians, huge blocks of cooked clay. The Romans had altars at home to celebrate the Lares and Penates, the protective spirits of the house and the family.

For Christians, the altar assumes a preponderant role in celebrations and usually decorates majestically.

Even today, Greenlands shamanic communities create great altars in spring to celebrate the return of fire and light.

In several books it is said that an altar is a sacred place where rites of thanks are made to the gods. They also place the different symbols and tools necessary to practice magic, including the cup, the athame … the bolina, the crowler the censer and the pentacle.

The altar is, therefore, a place of connection with the divine and, consequently, a deeply sacred space. During the rituals, the altar catalyzes the energies that we put into circulation and, through the symbols it houses, plays an active role in promoting the connection with the whole.

Reflections on the altars

While I celebrate, my altar of the elements supports me and gives me strength.

The altar is not an extravagant ornament.

It is a place of power that, as you practice and connect to it, will become an entity in your own right, with its own spirit.

My altar is a safe shelter for me, before which I meet at night to celebrate beauty and give thanks for the gifts that have been offered during the day.

Purposit of rituals rituals A altar serves as a sacred space to perform spiritual rituals, it provides a focal point for meditation and contemplative practices. ancestral reverence.Table 1: Altar Objectives

It is not the representation of a distant god. It is a cozy home to return. My altar makes me feel supported, guided, inspired.

Do I need an altar to be a witch?

I would like to clarify that an altar is not necessary to «do» magic. The magic is lived every day, walking down the street, admiring the colors that surround us, the smile of a child or the wise look of an ancient soul.

Working with magic means connecting with the divine and acting accordingly, directing our energies in a certain direction. Of course, the altar is a place of power and, therefore, facilitates concentration and connection, but it is not a necessary and sufficient condition. The magic is around us. We are magic.

Each of us has an altar

An altar can be seen as a station that can be fixed or mobile, where you can place all useful tools for your practice and your personal trip. Each altar is different, they can be simple or elaborate, it depends totally on the witch create an adequate altar depending on itself and the type of magic you want to invoke.

The witch altars are sacred and special spaces that symbolize the deepest self and spirituality. It is a representation of hopes and desires, it is a place to fix your intentions, celebrate and practice.

The altars are also focal points for practice: they are a space to send energy and intentions to any divinity, being or energy with which they are working and channeling. Some witches choose to have a whole room dedicated to their altar, others have a smaller and more modest space. The choice depends entirely on the witch that creates the altar.

Wiccans and pagans are not certainly the only religions or spiritual beings that use altars in their faith. There are altars in all religions, in churches, temples and homes around the world.

How to mount the right altar for your consultation: some bases?

An altar has the purpose, thanks to the tools it contains, to help the witch while channeling power and energy to make everything you want manifest in physical reality.

To start riding an altar it is necessary to determine what type of surface (center table, closet, night table, etc.) you would like to use it or where you would like it to be.

Recall that the four north, south, east and west directions each represent a different element:

• North: Earth
• South fire
• This: air
• West: Water

Once you have decided where to place the altar, the funny part arrives: you have to choose what talismans, sails and other magical objects place on the altar.

Since many branches of witchcraft have a belief based on the elements of nature, many witches incorporate natural elements into their altar.

• Earth: herbs, plantsotierra, sand, shells and seeds
• Fire: candles
• Air: incense
• Water: Water, like moon water

Other useful objects can be tarot letters, books, runesstatuas or totems. Many witches choose to have crystals on their altars.

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Related:
A list of 5 deities associated with Tarot letters [Con Historias]
List of the three deities associated with the sun [con historias].
List of the 5 divinities associated with the moon [con relatos].

The crystals, loaded by the sun and the moon, attract and contain different energies that can manifest and provide healing properties.

Be sure to put things on your altar that attract and manifest the things you want in your life. This will help strengthen any magic you do with your altar and can simply help you feel better and closer to your goals.

I have my altar prepared for my purposes, and now what?

Once the altar is ready, it will be necessary to clean the space that surrounds it. It is also important to clean the altar itself, because when we carry objects and crystals that have previously been in another place, they can bring other energies to our sacred space.

For purifying with sage and performing a small purification ritual, we will make sure that your instruments and the altar are free of external energy and ready for your practice.