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Shrine Plans: My home
shrine began before I joined ADF, so I’ve been slowly building ADF symbols into
the overall product. When I first started
on a pagan path, I set up a shrine with things that held meaning for me from my
family and childhood. It began with a
cut crystal candy dish that belonged to my great-great-great grandmother. It was given to me by my grandmother when I
got married as I am the oldest granddaughter on my father’s side of the
family. I use that as my offering bowl
for the ancestors. For a while, that,
along with pictures of my family, was the extent of my shrine. More recently I got a cork board and painted
it with our family name in runes and stuck the pictures to it as a background
for the shrine, which is currently on top of my chest of drawers. I also added a candle to aid in meditation
and a cauldron (about half a cup size), and an African violet to symbolize the
fire, well, and tree. I know an African
violet isn’t a tree, but it was my great grandmother’s plant, and so it had
more meaning for me than anything else I was finding for the tree aspect. She raised me and died when I was twenty. Of the less significant variety, I have a
small treasure chest where I keep the offerings I make to the Aesir. So far it holds my first attempt at spinning
for Frigge, and a piece of blue kyanite for Skadi, which I think looks like the
heart of a glacier. I also keep my runes
on my altar when not in use.
My future plans include finding a proper Thor’s
blacksmithing hammer and images of my gods.
So far I haven’t found any that I like.
I would like to get one for Skadi, one for Odin, one for Frigge, and one
for Thor as those are the deities I am closest to. Sadly, finances haven’t complied to
date. The ones I like are far out of my
price range.
I try and spend at least fifteen minutes a day at my shrine,
mostly when I take my rune drawing for the day and make an offering to the
housewights and ancestors. I would like
to eventually set up a second shrine for the Aesir, but that will have to wait
until I have more things I want to put on a shrine specifically to them. When I’m studying for the DP or reading for
other heathen things, I tend to do it where I can see my shrine. It’s become the focal point of my room.
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