Something i’d planned for a long time until the right moment came.
Shrine dedicated to Santa Muerte.
Awhile ago i had the intuïtion that a lantern was somehow perfect.
Although some sources claim her altar should be high, i feel very close to the earth fits better since she’s a patroness of the crossroads and her Cthonian nature.
i’d painted the skull myself.
i think it changes very much from day to night, so i thought id include. i also have one of my mandrakes in a pot behind her - i named him Charybdis when i gave him a naming ceremony and put him to purpose.
the saffron crocus are in bloom - the perfect time for a picture of my altar to Hermes. Always honored out of love.
in his gaze, may i always perform beautifully - and brilliantly.
I have two altars. One I’m turning into a jnana yoga space and the other is a collection of things right by my bed. I’ll take pictures when I organise the both of them. Unfortunately, I’m skint so I don’t have that much money to put into my altars
I feel a little nervous posting this here because I have never really shown any of this to anyone… I eventually want to get a large table to serve as my altar but for now I use this bookshelf. When I do work I sometimes use my work desk if I need more room. As you can see I am very into Cartomancy as well as a bit of Saint work. Hope to get a few small statues of certain beings soon.
My Lucifer’s Tarot deck is probably my favorite at the moment… My family was raised Catholic, but we were never too religious. I have always felt a connection to the Virgin Mary, and a lot of elements of Saint work and folk magic definitely appeal to me.
I do not use an alter. I grew up in a house that had signs posted on all doors " no devil worshipers are welcome here". I had to learn how to do without physical objects. If i had anything that was considered evil it would have been destroyed and burned. I still don’t use anything.
I only do astral or mental work. I have never done a physical ritual. When I think about it, it feels wrong somehow.
Probably all that negative Christian programming that was forced on me growing up.