Showing posts with label pets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pets. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

10 Things...Instructions & Inspirations for Making Altars

All spiritual traditions have a place for worship, meditation, remembrance, or simple contemplation.

Sometimes they can be as simple as a few favourite things place together and other times they can be an area full of magical items placed carefully and according to ritual.

Here are a few inspirations for making your first.  Or, if you've already fell into making altars, some new ideas and inspiration.

Silverwitch

A lovely blog post on the placing of a spiral altar which can be made inside or outdoors.

Mind Body Green

Simple steps to creating a simple altar.

Elephant Journal 

Creating sacred space with a simple altar.

Happy Black Woman

Using an altar as a "spiritual centre".

Pagans Path

An altar for magik.

Feng Shui

Creating a feng shui sacred space.

Mexico Retold

How to make a Day of the Dead altar.

Custom Pet Urns

From an urn business (sorry!) but the idea of a pet altar or shrine is nothing new but this site has nice, creative ideas.

Spirit Voyage

Creating an altar specifically for meditation.

Spirit Makeover

Angel altars.




Friday, 23 May 2014

Weekend Reads


Have a great weekend!  Here's a few suggestions for reading material for your weekend downtime.



The Awesome Daily is one of those sites with loads of articles on all kinds of topics.  A great site to dip in and out of.  The link takes you to a fun article on 21 food tricks...


High Existence calls itself a community of conscious individuals exploring, pondering and expanding this experience of life.  The home page is a stream of quotes, videos, and articles all tackling the bigger questions.


Joan Ranquet is the author of "Communication with all Life" a great book on her life as an animal communicator.  Her blog is full of advice on how you can communicate with your own pets.


Peace and Loveism focuses on spiritual growth, self-improvement, and social transformation.  The website is a massive resource of articles, with a forum and a blog.  Connect to like-minded individuals or just have a read through of some thought provoking articles.