Thursday, July 31, 2014

Home Shrine: Update


My Shrine/Altar use to be situated under my bedroom window, but 7-month old kittens wanting to hang out in the window sill, kept knocking everything off so I had to move it to a safer place.

My shrine has gone through several changes over the years.  I try to keep it simple because I can't stand clutter.  It's on top of a small dresser so my space is limited.  Eventually, I'd like to hang a couple of shelves above it so I will have more room to add pictures and other representations of the Kindred. 

Here is what I currently have on my altar:

1.  Altar cloth that I knitted with a multi-colored yarn.

2.  World Tree:  I printed out a beautiful Yggdrasil graphic onto a clear, full-page label and wrapped it around a white 7-day candle.


3.  Shed Deer Antler:  Found out in my woods (Freyr symbol)

4.  Memorial candle for the beloved pets I have lost.

5.  A vase that I keep full of fresh flowers that I pick from the wild and my gardens (for Freyja)


6.  Cat figurine I received as a Christmas present from my brother because  I rescue and foster cats for my local shelter (Also a Freyja symbol)

7.  Seasonal candle (Summer)

8.  Earth Mother:  A beautiful white rock mass of fossilized seashells that my husband found when he was working down south along the Gulf Coast a few years ago.

9.  Well:  Clear, blue bowl

10.  A glass candle holder for three tea candles (that also represent each of the three Kindred).

11.  Two decorative bottles (one clear and one pink) that I purchased as housewarming gifts for myself after I celebrated my divorce in 1998 and moved into my first apartment. 

12.  The Catholic rosary that belonged to my Grandfather who died when I was seven years old (Ancestors).  I have it hanging on the clear decorative bottle.

13.  Holder for incense sticks

14.  Jar with stones and feathers I have collected on my property (Nature/Land Spirits)








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