Merry meet everyone, I have been waiting to do a post like this for awhile now and have finally got everything together to share it with you. Today's focus will be the top 5 items I have for my altar that I personally wouldn't have an altar without. I decided to do a couple posts in this style to break up all the informational posts and also its a bit of fun. When I started out I looked at so many blog posts getting ideas for my altar and they were all set in this wiccan way. This didn't work for me so I decided to set it up how I felt worked well for my personal altar. Its why I have named this post top 5 items I have for MY altar because its only here to help you not tell you what to do and not to do. I hate blog posts like this because it makes you feel bad reading information that you shouldn't do but you feel that would work better for yourself. Of course altars are a way to represent yourself in your magic in your home. For me this means a lot and why my altar is always a centre piece of my front room. My boyfriend has no say in the matter. Anyway lets get straight into the top 5 items. Top 5 items I have for my altar: Altar cloths: See I love a good altar cloth. I have tried to get as many colours as possible for each sabbat and season because I personally feel that it makes my altar stand out more and makes it more special. It also protects my display cabinet from candle spills which happens more than not and incense dust. I feel the difference between having an altar cloth and not is very shocking for me because I went a long time without one for my altar because I couldn't find one long enough to cover my altar. Which is probably why its one of my top 5 items I couldn't have an altar without now. My glass display box: Now I always have my bee glass display box in the centre of my altar. This is a box that you would normally have your jewellery in but I saw it and knew it would be on my altar. I never have my altar without it because it protects my crystals and my crystal ball (my small one) from getting knocked over by my naughty cats. I also have my pendulums stored inside so I can find them easily and also the energy they give off will also help my altars energy. I also use this box as a centre piece because I have OCD and everything has a place. Its why you won't see many one off items unless its on the other side of my altar too. Candle holders: Now I have had theses two wooden candle holders for many years. I actually got them when I first started posting about my pagan path back into my faith. I would love to find replacement ones that are a big more solid but I haven't as of yet. I feel candle holders make the altar very special and for me I use a lot of candles, from tapers, church candles, even spell candles and the Yankee tiny fat ones. Candles have always been a big part of my life and will always be a big part of my altar too. They can be found anywhere so it can be cost effective too. My statues: Now I always have my two witch statues on either side of my altar, they in my head represent me in all forms. They are both reading their books but one is sat outside and one is sat inside. I feel like this is the balance I have in my life where I need to be outside as much as I am inside and thats why they are such a big part of my altar. They also show the basic love of being a witch and thats not spell casting but learning as much knowledge as you can and then helping others with this knowledge. Incense holders: Now I burn a lot of incense, I probably use it as much as I use candles. I have two incense holders on my altar one wooden one and one pot one. The wooden one is mostly used for smaller incense sticks and the pot one is for longer incense sticks. I know you can get bigger incense holders for the bigger sticks but the one I have works well even though its slightly messy. I can never go out a day without incense burning. I have such a big stock of it that I am always buying more to add it back up. I have always been a big love of incense and it just helps me focus on what I am doing. Its also why I have a incense holder at my desk and while I work on my blog I have some burning. So thats my top 5 items I have to have on my altar. I feel like everything else doesn't matter as long as I have theses items I am happy. Of course I do use other decorative items for the sabbats which makes me feel like I am honouring the sabbats more but that doesn't happen all year round. I hope you have fun creating your own altars how you feel fit to do so and think about why you like each item on there. I found this really fun doing and I would love to do more of this style of post. If you want to keep in touch then follow me on instagram @paganvibesonly I post daily about my witchy life away from the blog and I am always just a click away. I hope you did enjoy this post and I will see you all in the next one. Stay safe and blessed be x PaganVibesOnly x |
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