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@shrine-splendor
You are never obligated to show your altars or shrines to anyone. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. And please do not feel intimidated into showing it just because others show theirs.
I may reblog the same altar or shine many times if it shows up on my dash and I forgot I reblogged it.
Doing my offerings to Apollo today and pulling a few oracle cards and my Greek Alphabet Rune set as well. I need to get more altar stuff for him but later and when money and time allows it.
omg, gorgeous altar! how pleasing to look at
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Thanks to my ADHD medication (sorry I keep mentioning it but it REALLY has been life changing for me! 🥹) I was able to clean my kitchen finally and give Demeter and Hestia their counter space back!
Now I just need to take care of Aphrodite’s altar in my bedroom. It’s such a mess unfortunately. I feel so bad! I’m sorry Dite! 🥺
I think I also want to create a mini shrine for Apollo on my desk since my first summer class starts this week! 🫠
Cup of tea with the House. They're using my favourite fancy tea cup whilst I shop around for a nice espresso mug or something similar.
On this occasion we're sharing a cup - that is to say that I've made one cup of tea and shared from mine, rather than making two separate cups. No particular reason why, this just felt right today.
Happy Pride
Doing a protection spell (left) and a removing type of spell (right) I didn't feel comfortable with two candles on one plate in case fire soooo two plates it is.
Offerings for Pan 🐐
You guys seemed to like my Artemis altar, so I figured I might as well share what I keep in my pan altar as well, and why, so that you too may have some ideas on what to offer the handsome and enchanting god of the mountains and music! Let’s dive in:
Lilac Fragrance
In traditional Hellenistic and Phoenician mythology it is said that pans favorite flower of the woods and mountains is Lilac! (A great choice IMO) so offering up something lilac scented, such as soap or a candle, is a great way to appeal to his affection! Personally I offered him this bar of French lilac soap, with the understanding that I WILL use it some day in his honor! (Can’t waste a good bar of soap)
Lilac Iconography
If you can’t or don’t want to offer the fragrance of lilac, (although why wouldn’t you? It smells so good!) the likeness of the flower should be just as suitable! I personally gifted him a porcelain tea sugar cup from the 50’s with lilacs adorning it, but you don’t have to be that fancy, even a simple self made drawing of lilacs will be more than enough to please him!
Wild Bird Feathers
As a god of the mountains and music, it’s no surprise that wild song birds are sacred to pan, being natures music boxes and all! Now, the trick with this is to be ethical about it, because fun fact you might not have known, (and one that I only found out about last year) is that it is a federal FELONY to collect wild bird feathers from any species of wild bird in the United States and Canada due to the migratory bird act. HOWEVER, this is almost entirely reserved for poachers and people who attempt to SELL animal curios. As long as you are ethical about it, (I found these cedar waxwing feathers in my backyard) and don’t try to sell them to anybody, you should be just fine! So Just, y’know, don’t go ripping the feathers out of live birds or anything. Pan wouldn’t like that and the federal government CERTAINLY wouldn’t 😭
Goat horns
Pan is a satyr, a half man, half goat deity who is known for his billy goat like personality and Hooved feet, similarly to other mountain and nature gods such as Cernnunos of Celtic mythology. Because of this, recognizing this magical and unique part of pan by offering him a goat horn, (again, ethically obtained!!! Don’t go ripping the horns out of goats lmao) is a great way to connect with that wild, often unpredictable but joyous and hearty part of his vibrant and rich personality! I obtained my horn (mountain goat) from a friend who is a park ranger in Olympic national park, who collected my specimen off of an unfortunate baby goat who lost its footing and fell to its death into a ravine :(. Now, however, it is at peace, and it’s horn is used to honor a man who will truly look after it at his altar, where it is forever safe in death. I hope he is happily licking that mineral in the afterlife somewhere ❤️
Garden snail shell
As a god of the mystical and musical aspects of the forests and mountains, a classic spiral snail shell is a perfect token to the more mystical and mysterious aspects of pan’s character. Just make sure your shell is empty before you give it to him, and leave it be if it is occupied!
Acorns
Acorns are one of the symbols sacred to Pan, the fruit of the oak tree, itself dappled in layers of sacredness and mythological value across many ancient religions. They are considered to bring the owner good fortune and abundance, and by offering them to pan, you are both honoring him and asking him for his guidance when it comes to your luck in his realms!
Moss Agate
Reminiscent of what I can only assume is his very mossy goat beard, moss agate is a staple offering to pretty much any nature deity, but I feel like it fits pan exceptionally well!
Garden Quartz
Garden Quartz feels like a terrarium inside a stone, formed when layers of actively crystalizing Quartz grows around a chemical impurity blocking its growth path. It is a perfect stone for a mountain god, reminiscent of the mossy hills and lichen beards that dangle from the trees in the alpine which pan calls home.
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All these things and more make exceptional offerings or additions to a pan altar! Let me know, what do you find pan likes on his altar?
The sculpted main image of Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva (十一面観音菩薩) at Hagaji Temple (羽賀寺) in Obama City, Fukui Prefecture, dating to the early Heian period (794-1185)
La imagen principal esculpida del Bodhisattva Kannon de Once Rostros en el templo Hagaji, en la ciudad de Obama, Prefectura de Fukui, que data de principios del periodo Heian
Just realized I haven't shared my updated altar setup! I moved into a new place a few months back, and returned to having my altar sit on top of my bedroom dresser. It not only allows me to stand during worship, (which I now realize i much prefer over sitting) but since it's in my bedroom instead of tucked away in another room, it gives me more motivation to make libations and perform rituals more often.
Plotting to redesign my outdoor altar space into something more usable, so I've been looking up ideas. Ideally I want part of the space to be covered so that I can leave some items out and I also want to work with materials I have on hand or can easily find for low cost/free as we rent the property we live on and our landlords can be fairly nitpicky with anything that's "too permanent".
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My altar for Trans Day of Remembrance.
May your hope for a better tomorrow be strong; may our community be brave; may the world be kind to us; and may the spirits of our beloved dead and trans ancestors find peaceful rest wherever they are.
Summertime altar
The summer embroideries and altar, as I’ve been hearing the cicadas and observing the Czech green holidays this week.
Fern's Altar Tours: the Fair Folk
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Next up is the little shrine part of my main working altar. This part is dedicated to the Fair Folk. In my practice there are five "groups" of Fair Folk that I like to call upon and honour, and each of those groups has a crystal representing them, both on the shrine and on the little LED candle that I made.
Other interesting bits on the altar:
The raised stand with moonphases I made myself from a cheap-shop plant stand
the statue is by Jessica Galbreth and called Lavender Moon. I've had it for two decades at least!
The faery star is a pendant that I once got on a pagan fair. The faery star is also important to my practice as a whole. I'm still looking for some earrings, but haven't found the right ones yet
There's real dried mushrooms as well
The focal card is from Ravynne Phelan's Messenger Oracle which very much has Fae vibes to me
There is also a hidden statue of my familiar, which I feed every full moon
Crystals here: amethyst, fluorite, aventurine, dragon agate, unicorn stone, kunzite, staurolite (fairy cross), chalcedony, green aventurine
I light this candle every night to honour the Fair Folk, and use it as a focal point for any workings related to them. An example being a small spirit house that rests there on the days when the Fae are said to roam or move, like Samhain and Beltane.
Venus Day prayers. Charging some crystals.
I finally have my main altar set up in our new house! What a joy it is to sit and pray with the Gods as I look over my own little patch of wild garden and listen to the birds sing
