#sacred space

[sacred-dwellings]

[carpethedamndiemdejavu]

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." - Carl Jung

Artist: Featherfurl

[vox-anglosphere]

Like York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral also has a Great East Window

[artemis-potnia-theron]

Queen of the hunt, holy Mistress of childbirth. Bestower of life and death alike, for your arrows always find their mark. Sacred lady of the moon and the wilds. Untamed, feral, and fire-eyed.

I find you in every dewy pink dawn. I feel you in the crisp, cold night wind. I know you in the white breath of deer herds as they move through your forests.

To be embraced by you is to be cradled in my true mother's arms. For I know you as the architect of my soul and the eternal keeper of my heart.

On this day, I thank you for your presence. I thank you for teaching me the endless cycle of rebirth, of a mother's love, of the thrill of the hunt.

For you have stretched your divine hand through this universe to reach me, and I pray only to take shelter in your sublime spirit.

I love you, my lady. Always and forever with all of me.

[crazycatsiren]

Have an altar, or don't.

Keep it however and wherever you want, if you do want one.

Arrange it how you like it. Put as much or as little stuff as you want on it. Put whatever you feel like on it. Remove it if you no longer like it.

Change it up once in a while, or don't.

[arc-hus]

The San Jorge Church and Parish Centre, Pamplona, Spain - Tabuenca Leache

[cozy-coven]

The altar room ✨🔮🤫

Happy Full Moon 🌕

@cozy-coven

[roaenexists]

CIRCLE TIP:

I know books from the seventies would have you believe otherwise, but you don't have to mentally hold circle for the whole ritual, and you don't have to physically mark the whole circle boundary, nor do you need a coven member to hold space. You can put regular old rocks at each of the cardinal directions along the walls of your room or along the outer perimeter of the sacred space and use those as anchor points for the energy you lay.

Start by gathering, cleansing, and sanctifying/consecrating/blessing/charging/whatever four stones of any shape and size that suits your needs. Larger stones are good if you want them to be a visible reminder of the boundaries of circle, but smaller ones are good for discretion. Anoint them with a protection oil if you'd like (I only recommend doing this if you are using them indoors with no animals around), and/or pencil protection sigils on them. Cast circle but make sure your energy hits each stone and runs through it. If you call in the quarters, invite them to reside in their respective directional stones. Boom, done, now you have an easily marked sacred space that doesn't need constant maintain.

And, fun fact, circle doesn't HAVE to be round. Round is easiest when you're using mental energy to hold the space, but if you use physical barriers like existing walls then your cast energy resides in that physical block and is held automatically. I especially love doing this as a quasi-permanent marker to sanctify an entire room because any doorways become defacto entrances/exits that spiritually open and close when physically opened and closed.

Okay but isn't this being lazy? NO you rude hypothetical, it's not. It's being resourceful. Using these physical anchors allows a solitary practitioner to put their focus towards other things. I use this method when I'm studying magic texts, or so I can hang out with my ancestors and spirit friends casually for extended periods of time, or if I am going to be attempting astral projection. And by "I use this method," I mean it is one of the permanent protections I have in place in my home.

Has anyone else tried this? Please share any experiences or circle hacks you might have!

[fernthewhimsical]

A thing I’ve been looking into lately is pop culture paganism/witchcraft. There are so many interesting ideas and ways of working to be found, and it’s really been a huge source of inspiration for my own path. One of the things I’ve done is made some shrines in a game! Stardew Valley was my game of choice, and I made some sheds to serve as shrines/temples. Take a look!

Shrine for Cernunnos

More under the cut!

Shrine for Nehalennia, Dutch Goddess of the Sea

Shrine for Baduhenna, Frisian deity of war, the forest, and magic, with ties to the Morrigán

Shrine for Liyesa, pop-culture Goddess of beauty

Shrine for the Gilded Three, pop-culture triple deity of creativity, fate, and stories.

[alienscty]

Aphrodite Altar set

[glamgothgoddess]

Altar Appreciation Post ☺️🖤

[carpethedamndiemdejavu]

Artist: Artem Chebokha

[silverthornwitchery]

Overhaul of the altar space. Absolutely in love with it rn.

[vox-anglosphere]

More views of the unique inverted arches supporting Wells Cathedral

[artemis-potnia-theron]

New altar set up!

🌙🏹🦌

[psychicreading-live]