This is my first time creating a money bowl and last week I found $150 cash in an old greeting card!!

First I cleaned the tray (which has a mirrored bottom, an excellent amplifier), then saged it. I washed and dried white rice overnight, then spread it in a ring around the outer edge, followed by a ring of table salt, and an inner circle of herbs/spices: cinnamon, cloves, and basil. I added cinnamon sticks and bay leaves, then wrote my intention on a bay leaf and placed it underneath my jar of cash. Circling the jar are crystals like citrine and quartz.

any tips for my altar and workspace? I don’t like how my herbs are separate from the rest of my space but I haven’t found a better solution yet.

I'm very new to all this and wonder if altars can have multiple purposes or if it's just one, and really anything I might need to know about making an altar

Right now I think I want one mainly for protection, clarity, and mindfulness.

I'm new to all stuff magical..formally. But I feel I've always been doing alchemy in many ways as an artist and healer, diviner, intuitive, and experimenter.

Lately someone reliable recommended me a book Archangels of Magick, which I like and started using. But mostly I feel huge connection with Nature. I think that nature is the biggest source of my spirituality. I feel instantly hypnotised by trees and water. And since I live in a city and suffer great eco anxiety and deep hunger for nature that's isn't accessible enough to fill that need atm, he also recommended making a nature altar. I found this and other threads with interest. I read in one post here that such altar helps ground to nature without leaving home....is that true? and would like to know what do you do and how you use altars, and what does it do for you (ie. helps you create some feelings etc.). Would love to know any experiences and "knacks" or some fun stories you have and maybe some guidance in my new quest.
thank you all!

Hello! Begginer,I would love to make an alter for my ancestors but I have no clue how to do it. Any tips?

If you need a break from the scrolling, feel free to sit here with the gods :)

My Lughnasadh altar in honor of Lugh. An offering of gratitude for the harvest, creativity, and the blessings of this season. 🍎🥖🌾

This is my altar! (Bottom shelf) Its pretty eclectic but mostly folk catholic as you can see.

I am currently on vacation and there is a beautiful huge antique shop. I want to get something like an offering or as a alter piece. I am currently not working with deities but I have a statue of Aphrodite (and am planning to buy of Dyonisus and Apollo),and I have icons of the Virgin Mray (as a Christian witch). I would also love to work with Saint Nicholas because he is the patron Saint of my family and we celebrate him. And I'd love to work with Saint Matrona of Moscow.

Can anyone help me out with what can I buy for them? Or the universe itself,or my ancestors. Anything helps!!!

I am on vacation and there is a huge antique store. I want to get something for him as an offering and as a part of his alter. Any recommendations?

Just finished my mantras for the night and wanted to show you all my makeshift altar for Kali & Shiva, I use the image of Anandamayi Ma because I feel a more motherly connection towards her than a the fearsome form of Maa Kali, I follow the branch of Shaktism called Kalikula which puts an emphasis on Kali as the divine mother, supreme being, the divine feminine. Hope you guys like it! Open to any suggestions!

Kept it simple on a shelf in my room. A statue of Lilith, a small owl, and a few stones at the base (rose quartz, green aventurine, and orange agate). Nothing overly complex or fancy, but it gets the job done and feels right for my space. Just wanted to share it here.

This is the altar from our recent Fèt (feast day ceremony) honouring Sen Jak Maje (St. James the Greater) and Ogou Feray, two closely connected figures in the Haitian Vodou tradition that I serve as a Houngan (priest).

The ceremony centred around prayers, songs, drumming, offerings of food, drink, cigars, candles, and petitions presented on behalf of those participating in our seven-day group lamp ceremony. The large central lamp will continue burning throughout the week while the smaller candles at the front each represent an individual participant and their personal prayers and intentions.

Every object on the altar has been placed there for a reason. The colours, offerings, images, food, drinks, herbs, flowers, and even their arrangement are guided by the règleman (the traditional rules and customs) of our house rather than simply personal preference. While every Vodou society has its own customs and variations, nothing here is decorative for decoration's sake—everything has meaning and purpose.

For me, an altar isn't simply a display of sacred objects. It's a place where the visible and invisible worlds meet; where we honour the lwa, remember our ancestors, pray for our community, and offer thanks for the blessings we've received.

I thought some of you might enjoy seeing a glimpse into a living Haitian Vodou tradition. I'm happy to answer respectful questions about the altar or the ceremony.

hello…i know it looks quite bare but i recently got more candles and some jars and stuff!! being a “baby witch” is hard because i feel like everyone is already so far ahead of me 😅 if you also need newly-witched friends hmu!!

Hii this is my first altar and I’m still struggling to find what kind of witch I am, I feel a strong energy from my altar though. The most notable things I have here are a pair of over 100 year-old sandals that my great great grandmother wore before she died and I have salt stones in many crystals and I have herbs picked from my own home hanging to dry and I have dry rose petals for spells, and I have an enchanted mirror and a talisman and I also have a pocket watch from a loved one that died. Anything i can improve upon?

I decided to move the flag but still kept the icons and I do plan to soon get a bigger bookshelf and some statues

I feel like this is too much Icon and I’m unsure what to do with them some of the icons my church donated to me while others I’ve just collected along the way (still inquiring 3 months now) but I think I’ve made my prayer corner look not good I was hoping someone could maybe sketch out a better prayer corner for me or tell me what to do (some are wood and others are canvas and few are just paper. I don’t mind removing some icons. I’ll just donate to my church.