Dec 26 2008
Pagan Altars
Once upon a time, I posted a picture of my simple altar on my LiveJournal. A friend said he liked it, and then I told him what it was and he got all creeped out. I think part of his shock was likely due to the fact that he had a preconception of what a pagan altar should look like. Mine tend to be very organic and unassuming and change with the seasons. I am not particularly devout, but I do like to have seasonal objects up in a specific way to bring balance to my living space.
Cypresso on YouTube put together the below altar montage. I really like this specifically because of the diversity presented. This shows that not all altars are the same or even used for the same purposes.
Please feel free to post links to pictures of your altars in the comments.
When I used to run workshops with women, I used to get them to build altars for themselves. It was such a beautiful/honourable thing for them to do for themseleves.
I don’t think altars should freak some people out, but they do unfortunately.