Altar Layout:
This is a very simple, basic Wiccan altar layout. It's not one you have to use, but it's a good guideline to start from. All objects should be cleansed and blessed before being placed on the altar.
This layout is very similar to the one I use. I've also got a few personal touches added, such as feathers, jewelry, cute boxes.
The exact layout varies a bit week to week.
*-------------------------------------------------------* | (goddess candle iluminator candle (god candle | | or statue) or statue) | | | | salt bowl wand water bowl | | | | <===athame=|= | | (libation | | plate) cauldron | | | | (matches and pentacle | | bowl for used) censer | *-------------------------------------------------------*Taken from This site
Sacred Space:
Unless you already have a special peaceful place set up in your home I suggest you challenge yourself to create a "sacred space" somewhere within your living area. . Consider opening up any corner and building an altar there, or empty a closet of its clutter and toss a couple of pillows upon the floor for use in quiet prayer or meditation. Make sure it is a place where you can feel COMFORTABLE!!
I like to fill my Sacred Space with personal items I have been gifted from loving friends and family members. Smaller items have found their way into a ceramic star bowl kept just for such treasures. It is filled with a handful of seashells, a coin (promised prosperity) I found shining up at me from the grasses under my feet at a roadside park where I had stopped to meditate, a chunk of amethyst, a purie marble (Crystal Ball) Anything you picked up and liked. Once your space is in place you will likely want to honor it by doing some type of ritual, giving a prayer of gratitude, or blessing it in whatever way best aligns with your belief system. You will soon find yourself drawn to this sacred space more and more as you seek the solace and restfulness it provides. You begin to wonder how you ever lived without this Sacred Space that offers much healing, comfort and warmth.
