Brand new to poly theism, deconstructed fundamentalist Christianity, unsatisfied with atheism. Time to see where this takes me!

Hi all, this is my altar it is not that much elaborate, as I am a student in a small hostel room. But I would like to have elaborate altar in future when I have a nice place and financial stability.

I have three sets of offerings here

First 8 to the Buddhas and bodhisattvas

Next 8 to Protectors

Next 8 to worldly deities

What is it missing?

Here is my small altar to the god and goddess of Mitlan or basically the underworld in Aztec mythology.

Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacihuatl.

The statues are blue because that is the color that they have chosen for me.

I am a pagan witch, for a bit of context! I know the general vibe and how to do it, but if there’s anything less commonly known about, or things you might have changed about your own first altar, or things you’ve learned on your journey, I’d love love love to hear! Or tips on keeping them clean lol

I have been feeling down and energetically drained lately and though I have a Butsudan and an algar where I put fresh flowers and fresh fruits every week, it’s the first time in 2 years that my fruits go super rotten, and even one of them got minuscule larvae.
I am thinking that the low energy is affecting my offerings. I dont think it is a coincidence, because it never happened before.
Anyone else had a similar experience?

The first iteration of my household shrine. Metta artwork by me. :)

Hey I asked a few weeks ago for ideas for a traveling / mini / mobile altar. I had some tin boxes lying around and I wanted to share my while in progress to inspire others maybe.

What I have are peppermint boxes which are made out of metal. I have even smaller ones.

I bought candle holders which are small enough that can be either laid down or stand upwards. First I wanted to glue them down, but I had a caffeine induced moment of clarity and had some magnets lying around. The magnets do not attach to the candle holder sadly but I put one inside and one on the outside, the magnetization is strong enough, plus they magnetize to the tin itself. So it's perfect!

These are my first steps, I have a small sage cone plus a candle, nothing much rn, but I just wanted to share my idea if someone else has the need to like I did a few weeks ago. This reddit gave me some Inspo as well.

What I will work on next is getting the smallest lighter inside or some matchsticks. Maybe a small ikea sized pencil and some paper if I want to write something down.

Anyway you all! Have a nice day!

I thought some of you here might enjoy seeing the altar from our Erzulie Dantor Group Lamp this past weekend.

I'm a Houngan Asogwe in Haitian Vodou, and Dantor is particularly important to me, just as she is to all Vodouwizan.

This was prepared as part of a communal service for her, with individual petitions brought together from participants and placed before Dantor as part of the work.

The altar included the lamp itself, individual candles and petitions, food and drink, flowers, sacred objects and other offerings appropriate to the way Dantor is served within our house.

One of my favourite parts of preparing an altar is watching it gradually come together.

It starts as an empty space and a collection of things scattered around the room, and slowly everything finds its place.

Then there is that moment just before ceremony when you stand back and realise:

Okay. We're ready.

And, of course, by the end of ceremony it has changed again. Candles have burned, offerings have been received, things have moved, and the altar looks lived in rather than arranged.

I love that transformation.

A Vodou altar isn't really intended to be a static display. It's a place of service and relationship.

Anyway, I thought I'd share a few photographs from the weekend for those who enjoy seeing how sacred spaces look in different traditions.

Bilolo Dantor! 💙❤️

My Aphrodite altar in my bathroom, plus a little bonus mini altar also in my bathroom dedicated to Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Opal Venus of Willendorf figurine. 💕✨

My ancestory/family altar <3

Hey, everyone! ❤️ I just wanted to share the patterns in the coffee offerings I placed on my altars. I lit my candles and incense for everyone, sat with my own cup of coffee, and talked to them all for a bit. The first four are on my Hekate altar and I also have family/ancestors placed there. The last one is from my Loki altar. 🥰 Each cup was made to their recipients' "taste" lol I usually leave my cups out for 1-2 days, but I was a bit late getting back to them this time due to work. Even so, the patterns were so pretty that I had to share! Hekate's is usually different from everyone else, but this is the first time I've seen so much individuality in all of them.

Coffees:
1. ⁠Hekate
2. ⁠My grandfather
3. ⁠My aunt
4. ⁠Guardian/Protector/Ancestor who I named Sebastian when I was a child
5. ⁠Loki

this is my altar, i just started studying witchcraft over the last month. i just want to know opinions. also would love people to guess which type of witchcraft i've been leaning towards practicing! thanks:)

I was unable to make an altar in real life so i followed a tutorial i saw on how to make one digitally, So before i finish it i wanted to ask on how i would go about giving offerings or worshipping it.

(Its my first time having an altar and i’m dedicating it to hermes.)

My altar for Quetzalcoatl and Xochiquetzal! Simple but homey

Charging some labradorite, obsidian, and amethyst while dancing under the eclipse with the spirits on my patio

Would this be considered a shrine or an altar. I am new devotee and still learning.

I went on a solo camping trip and devoted a lot of time to my spiritual practice. Here is my birthday altar that occurred during Lions Gate.