Ancestral Altars

[Diluculo_DelFuego]

How are yours setup? What is the meaning behind every object on tha altar? Are there any spicific invocations, or evocations of them?

Thanks...


To answer my own question, I have a Cameron Clan crest hung on my North Wall, and a standing chest/liquor cabinet that holds family photos and other items along the South wall.
To me, the North is where we came from, and the South a reflection as a mirror.
The picture of the Great Lakes lighthouses, a reference to a people surrounded by seas and river and lakes. (Scottish-Welsh, Irish-English)
The angel statue found at the same shop as the LSM necklace of mine - a guardian angel set over our family.
Bell, for riding in a temple.
Candle snuffer to snuff candles and incense.
Fire cup - tea cup with red brick and iron, used for burning petitions.
Plate of offerings of all types that they might use or like (cars, coins, food, feathers, incense, candles, etc.
Yes, I have a lot of odd items and beliefs

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I am going to make my southern cabinet my ancestral altar I think.
A family crest, photos, flowers, things special. And pay tribute to my Mother who passed on 25 years ago.

 

[Xenophon]

How are yours setup? What is the meaning behind every object on tha altar? Are there any spicific invocations, or evocations of them?

Thanks...


To answer my own question, I have a Cameron Clan crest hung on my North Wall, and a standing chest/liquor cabinet that holds family photos and other items along the South wall.
To me, the North is where we came from, and the South a reflection as a mirror.
The picture of the Great Lakes lighthouses, a reference to a people surrounded by seas and river and lakes. (Scottish-Welsh, Irish-English)
The angel statue found at the same shop as the LSM necklace of mine - a guardian angel set over our family.
Bell, for riding in a temple.
Candle snuffer to snuff candles and incense.
Fire cup - tea cup with red brick and iron, used for burning petitions.
Plate of offerings of all types that they might use or like (cars, coins, food, feathers, incense, candles, etc.
Yes, I have a lot of odd items and beliefs

Post automatically merged: Feb 8, 2023

I am going to make my southern cabinet my ancestral altar I think.
A family crest, photos, flowers, things special. And pay tribute to my Mother who passed on 25 years ago.

I tend to be pretty minimalistic, a side-effect of my younger life when I was rather more footloose. (Read, "lugging one dufflebag with ALL inside.") I presently use an old Japanese tanto repurposed as an athame, an altarpiece about the size of a dinner plate for the central deity, a candle holder painted with the needful runes, and a rune-carved wooden cup for the toasts. For certain purposes, I also have a black mirror and a length of rope hung with the runes I use (my instant circle.) Oh yeah, plus my attitude, imagination, and will.