Wild Forests

Sacred Space

Witches Weekly asks:-
Give us a tour, some images, or detailed descriptions of your sacred space(s). Be it a small table in your room, a small trip through the woods, etc. Show us where a spiritual place is for you.

When I think of sacred space, I think first of my altar. My personal altar sits within our spare room, up against a window. Created on a wooden chest that my father made for me, it is, at the moment, a minimalist construction, containing a wooden spice cabinet (a very special gift from a dear friend) which holds dried herbs, ribbons and crystals, an empty white ceramic bowl, a green and a white candle, and an amethyst and citrine crystal wand. The cloth over the chest is green - however, this changes regularly. Sitting before my altar is very sacred place for me - a space where I feel enormously at peace, and can sink within myself, to divine, to create ritual or magic, or to pray.

A very low key household altar sits on top of the bookshelf in the living room. This is where candles congregate, and there are two big groups of candles on either side of the bookshelf. A wooden bowl of ceramic runes I made when I was a teenager sit between the candles, as does another bowl of stones and shells I have collected at various special places.

Sacred space for me always begins when I ground myself - that tingle in my spine, the relaxing of my shoulders, the solidness of my weight on the earth say 'sacred space' to me. My mindset changes, the chatter of talking mind slows down, and I enter the sacred realm.

I grew up in the country, and the rainforest country of northern Australia is very sacred for me. I feel myself opening up when walking in the rainforests - a sensation deep within my chest of unfolding. I have so many memories entwined with the landscape that it will always be a very unique place for me.

I have lived in this house, in this place, for a year now, and am looking forward to working more intensely with the spirits of the land, and exploring the public areas around the nearby river. I'm sure that in the near future I will discover many more sacred spaces.

posted by Cee at 6:03 PM