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My altar with a brand new gourd rattle.

Made of gourd, birch stick, bee wax and filled with gourd seeds.

The statue is my patron goddess Inanna.

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Temporary Shrine to my Goddesses

I am still in hospital, but I have used my creations to create a small place to dedicate to Aphrodite, Hekate, and Epona.

I hope to go home soon so I can meet them at their proper shrines and burn offerings.

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Statue of Heracles, Archaeological Park Cambodunum by Kempten Leon Reed

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Midsummer Alter

Happy midsummer everyone! I hope you all have a good day!

May the gods bless you ✨🌻

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GAU WITH TSATSA BY PADMASAMBHAVA

MONGOLIA, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205463

Gaus are sacred receptacles serving many purposes in Tibetan daily life, including as a sign of social status and rank. They are most commonly constructed from metal repoussé and made according to three different sizes. The smallest typically contain precious materials and consecrated objects and are worn around the neck. Medium-sized gaus also act as portable containers, large enough to carry cloth, string, medicine, miniature sculptures, small tsatsas, or anything else deemed sacred and auspicious. Oftentimes a viewing window is inserted into a hinged frame, while the frame itself is decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and other auspicious motifs. They are frequently carried by travelling merchants, lay people, Buddhist pilgrims, and their pack animals. Large gaus are generally not considered portable and are placed within a home, place of business, or temple. They most often house one or more tsatsas, paintings, or sculptures of Buddhist deities.

Regardless of their size, gaus promote good health, prosperity, fruitful business, and safety. As Rhie and Thurman explain, "the least educated among [Tibetans] was still perfectly aware that the image or object in the gau was not the deity or historical figure they were remembering. But it served as a site where the wisdom emanation of that enlightened being could be invoked and communicated with." (A Shrine for Tibet, New York, 2009, p. 255.)

Bonhams

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Imbolc Altar by Lavender Birch on Pinterest

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It’s Noumenia! This is a celebration of the household deities like Zeus, Hekate, Hestia, and others. I gave libations to my patrons on my main altar, then refilled my cup of freshwater for my kitchen altar, which is where I honor the household deities. I lit a candle on both of them. I also washed out my Kadiskos (an offering of water, oil, and bits of food) to refill in the morning. 😊

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first ritual at the updated Ugaritic altar! offered mead, which i’ve never had before, as well as the night-blooming cereus cuttings (to Nikkal and Yarikhu). in the 2nd pic you can see Pazuzu’s eagle, Kothar-wa-Khasisu’s volcanic rock, and Ushara(-Hulmizzi)’s lizard. in the 3rd pic you can see Reshep’s deer.

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More late Lammas posts. My altar setup I have for the current season.

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Latest of my ever shifting shrine set up/location is making me admit that Artemis has more of a conceptual hold on me than I thought

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The statue of Inanna I commissioned from LuxVivensFashion on Etsy. Its based on my favorite historical statue of Her.

(Sorry the video is kinda wobbly!)

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put together a little travel altar as i’ll be away from home for a while ✨🔮

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Self Altar

That's right, I have an altar to myself.

Arrogant? Um, have you fucking met me?

I kid. I don't think this is arrogant at all. All people have a spark of the Divine within them. Were we not created by Gods? What is so wrong with honoring that?

Self altars are a meditative device. A self care device. A self love device.

Mine is on the bookshelf that holds my altars to Hestia and Athena above it, and my magical books below it. It is to the side of my work desk, so I'm next to it all day long. It isn't just my icon. My altar contains

My planner

My shadow work journal

My prayer journal

My general spiritual journal

Various crystals

Religious iconography

An incense burner

Rose water for my face

A trivet to hold my teapot

A blessing from my friend

And my Tiara of the Year

It reminds me that I am not just a worker bee, a mindless drone for capitalistic greed. I am a person, worthy of care and love, even from myself. And let me tell you, I have struggled so hard with loving myself. So I love myself and I take care of myself in practical ways using my altar as a tool.

You should get one.

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ceramic starry house shelf. turned into something of an ocean altar- filled with shells that I found at the beach last week.

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Water Shrine, Castell Henllys Iron Age Hillfort, Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Hera’s shrine. Current form.