Home altars can be a space for prayer, meditation, reflection, intention; to me its presence seems like a source of protection and blessing. Home altars connect us to ancient traditions of worship, acknowledging our ancestors and their connection to the divine. In creating an altar in your home you invite the divine into your daily life, I think.
–Frances Pullara, Sacred Ordinary
I’ve had a home altar since 1998. It has always contained items of great personal and spiritual meaning. Now I have two. One is in my bedroom; it is a version of the one from 1998, with mostly family photos and tokens — an altar for my ancestry. The altar in this photo is in the living room; I use it more. There are various Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, and Pagan elements to it, and there are items from family and friends that have been given in blessing over the years.
Wonderful! It’s been great seeing everyone’s altars as this unofficial meme gradually makes its way around…
Unofficial meme?? I’ve not seen this elsewhere, do tell! I’ve long been thinking of having an altar, very much in a similar fashion. I need a place where I can ground myself…meditate…regroup… But, to that end, I haven’t much of a clue of where to start.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I like it very much. Beautiful.
Really, really gorgeous–and simple. Thanks for mentioning me! I’m thinking of you a lot right now, Kathryn. In fact, I’m going to go print this page out and put it on my altar as reminder to keep you in my heart right now.
Very cool altar Kathryn! I lovve the cat! : ) You’ve given me a wonderful idea to build something with my son! We’ve done a similar thing: collect rocks, or sticks, or things he likes and then we put them in the little space outside our place. This idea is great though. Collecting family pictures, or dear dear friends, and other items we feel speak to us and help us stop and see deeply the bonds of love and interconnection is a wonderful thing to do. I suspect we will have to do something also for those folks for whom we hold a bit of animosity though! : ) Thanks again.