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How to Create your Enchanted Heart Wisdom Altar and make magic happen today !
A guide for inspiration and manifestation.
Creating an altar is a prayer of intention. It is a way of making your desires more physical in a creative/co-creative with life symbolic way.
Beautiful ornate altars, simple altars and religious altars have been used for thousands of years in every culture across the globe. Altars create a focal point in which we can:
Perform ritual
Offer prayer, invocation & intention
Have a place for meditation
Gather with others with focus on certain events or celebrations
And much more…
Creating altars, for me, is a way to commune with Life, with nature. It is a powerful way to collaborate with Spirit and to create different rituals. I can design rituals to heal my heart, express my grief, pain or joy, to affirm my gratitude and to specifically focus on a particular event such as the Solstices & Equinoxes or a death or birth .
I have used altars for groups and events I have produced and designed. These altars have sometimes been created by hundreds of people bringing flowers and sacred objects. It is a beautiful way for community to collaborate, and it is a beautiful way for an individual, couple or family to honor a special time.
Thank you for taking the time to read this guide. I pray that you will find as much magic and manifestation in creating sacred altars as I have. Remember that play and delight are important aspects of this creative exploration of the heart! Take yourself lightly!
Instructions for creating your Amazing Magical Altar
In this guide, I am using the card I have created that you have received for FREE . While it is not necessary to download and assemble this card in order to create a magical altar, I have designed this card to activate a certain level of beauty , prosperity, purpose and grace, and would love for you to feel the benefits of that.
How to prepare and begin to create Magic!
Download your card and follow the instructions to print and assemble. Begin this experience with a sense of wonder, an open heart, curiosity and a purpose. Come to it in a combination of prayer and play!
You are creating something that is an extension of your soul, an invocation of your desires, a deep bow to life and a collaboration with the energies of the Universe.
2. Meditation and journaling
Grab your journal or notebook and a pen. Find a spot you adore outside or near the area you plan to create your altar, sit quietly and ask within your heart, what your altar is for.
Here are some suggestions:
You wish to invoke the energies of nature, the Devas, to bring beauty and balance to your home and life.
You wish to honor a certain season, cycle, or rite of passage in your life, a birthday, anniversary, death, birth, full moon, Spring, etc.
You wish to activate prosperity and bring abundance into your life
You wish to heal from a physical, mental or emotional injury, hurt or condition
Write down what you desire, what you wish to create, what is in your heart. Feel your intention coming true, feel the power of the magic that you are about to make! Allow your higher self to write you a love letter about creating the altar.
3.Find the perfect spot for your Altar
Perhaps you already know where your Altar will be. If you are a seasoned creatress already, then your spot is clear. If not, then ask to be directed to the spot in your home where you will create the Altar. Go with your feelings, any spot or room can work if it feels right, and, of course, you can have more than one Altar if you so desire.
4. Clear & Clean
Go to the spot where your Altar will be. I consider this spot to be Sacred Space, my little Temple area. If you have a particular way of clearing space, like smudging , incense, singing bowls, singing, essential oil spray, then use that. I always clear the space, dust, and even clean the floor. I often clean the whole room or the whole house when I am creating a new Altar, I feel it shows respect. While I am doing that, I begin tuning in to the creation phase, starting to focus on opening to the flow of collecting the items that will be on the Altar.
5. Collect and Create
Once I get things clean, I start to get intuitive impulses to gather certain things from around the house. They will pop into your mind, and can be anywhere around you. I usually just start to place items on the table or shelf, not being too concerned with where they are, but soon, the arrangement takes shape. Some tips for the creation phase are:
Create different elevations. I use books or little boxes, to create levels for my objects. I think it looks better and more interesting.
I often put down a beautiful scarf or cloth before placing the object.
I like to include in all my Altars, a plant, something with some water, a candle flame or led light, a gem or mineral and something like a bowl or chime that makes a lovely sound.(I suggest that you use an led tea light placed in a holder for the paper Altar Card for safety)
Because I am focused on the power of the work that I am doing with the Wisdom Oracle, I use the Mother’s Mandala as the centerpiece, and place the Altar card upon it. I find it to be very powerful. If you would like to order a print of the Mandala, you can do so HERE.
Simplicity or complexity both work. You can use a few objects or many.
I pay attention to the “story” that my altar is telling me, I look to see if there is a pattern, what the meaning is.
6. Meditate, Activate, Open the Portal of the Sacred
Now you have created your Altar. You may be a seasoned Priestess or ceremonialist, or maybe this is new to you. Remember that, we all have the abilities to connect to Life and Source and create beautiful sacred energies. Take a moment to meditate in front of your Altar. Take it in, what you have created. Breath and look at the symbols, feel the energy and the power of the physical symbol of your prayers and intentions. At the most basic level, activate your Altar by sharing your intentions out loud, calling forth your teachers and guides, or any Spiritual Archetypes you resonate with, light a candle, ring a bell, and imagine that a portal of energy is opening above the Altar, bringing pure divine energies into your space. Use your intuition to create more steps to the ceremony. You could include:
Writing down the description of your Altar in your journal and taking photos. Share your photos and what you write with me! I want to know and hold your intentions with you! You can post in the comments section below.
Put on music and dance. Drum or play a musical instrument.
Make offerings of flowers or fruits or other gifts.
Say poems or prayers or recite things that might have meaning.
Call in the directions East, South, West, North, Above & below.
You can begin to activate the Altar and your intentions now, and add to them as you wish day by day, while the Altar is up. Most important, enjoy yourself and know that you are connecting to all of life in a beautiful way.
7. Meditate, de-activate and Close the Portal of your Altar
When you feel it is time to dis-assemble your Altar, which could be a few days to a few months, do so with reverence and thanksgiving. I usually do a meditation, think about the changes that have occurred since I first built this Altar, and thank the Source and all of the Angels, teachers, guides, etc. who held the energy for me. Then, I carefully return the items to their places in our home, and clean the space. Sometimes I create another altar right away, and sometimes I wait until I feel called to the next ceremony! Ideas for Ceremonies
Ideas for Ceremonies
There is an endless variety of ways to create Altars and do ceremonies. For me, there are no “rules”, it is a heart led endeavor and there is no wrong or right. Of course, in the Simply Enchanted Living realm, our ceremonies are all created for good, for creating connection and beauty and gratitude and positive outcomes. For peace and clarity, healing and awakening. To honor and cherish.
Altar for Success and Creativity
I created this Altar to invoke new energies of creativity, success and focus for my work and business. After sitting quietly in meditation asking to be directed in creating it, I opened my heart and allowed the energy to flow. I began to collect items that felt right to me, and saw a pattern developing. Many of the items were gifts given to me by friends who always have supported me in my work. Other items represented people that I consider mentors, and still other things were about using my magic and trusting in my wisdom, the Wise Women and the Goddess. Below I have closeups of a few of the items included on the Altar. Click each to read more about what they represent.
Altar to build my courage
I did not know what this Altar would be, I just knew that I needed courage to continue on creating and having faith in myself, my work and the path that I am on. Suddenly, I began to collect items, and quickly realized that each thing had been a gift from friends, family, clients, mates and others close to me from the past and in the present . As I put each item on the Altar I tuned in to the energy of each person and said a simple prayer of thanksgiving and intention.
I realized that, I am greatly loved and supported spiritually, and by other wonderful human beings. I see the value of the work I offer, and embrace my worth. I have the courage to stand by my heart, and forge ahead!
Altar for Letting go and calling forth my desires ritual
As part of the courage altar, were two beautiful boxes I had been gifted with, as well as a small notepad that says “Live the life you love”. I did a ritual of writing down on small parts of the paper, the things I was ready to let go of. These included:
relationships that no longer serve me or me them
habits that are not healthy
thought patterns that hold me back, doubts and fears
I folded those papers and put them in one box. Then I wrote down things that I wanted to bring into my life:
New flourishing relationships
More clients to enjoy my amazing offerings
More money to improve my life and help others
I continued to write notes of things to let go of and things to manifest for the week or so the Altar was up. Then, before I dismantled this Altar, I burned my papers outside in an abolone shell I have, and let the smoke carry my prayers to the sky!
