Show Off Your Shrines

Here's my shrine right now, it's a bit temporary while I work on the larger art piece that will replace it in a month or two, but I'm actually pretty happy with it in the meantime.

The little doll in front is my handmade Brigid doll, and the leaf is a personal devotional symbol. It's actually on a pin, once I finish weaving in the ends of my brat Bríde I can use the pin to close it when I wear it. The big wide candle in front is my "hearth" for the Three, and then the other three candles are, from left, for Goibniu, Flidais, and Brigid. They all have a different scent and are really excellent together when I light all four - Goibniu's is roasted hazelnut & brown ale, Flidais' is amber woods (kind of a woody, sultry smell), and Brigid's is lavender & cassis. The large one smells a bit like a log fire!

I make offerings on my own dishes, especially whenever I make hot drinks I make one for me and one for the Three and then serve Them first, today it's earl gray tea with milk and local honey.

I spent time down by the ocean last week (hence the radio silence) and felt moved to set up some shrines on the beaches I visited, for Manawydan and/or any other ocean gods:

Oh god I can smell that shrine veritywhitethorn. The most lovely feelings of ocean are running through me now. A beach shrine, temporary or no, is definitely a thing I want to do at some point. Or visit.

The ocean means a lot to me.

This is my shrine. As a shrine enthusiast, the incarnation was a long time in the making. I once used a lamp as my central candle and surrounded it with seasonal fripperies, and then when I was abroad, I did the whole symmetrical Gods image surrounded by plants and electric candles, etc. and that was followed by a mandala-style altar setup that had significant colors and symbols on each cardinal direction. The picture shows how it is now (please ignore all the unfinished drinks on the side). 

I always use scented candles as my "god candle" to use a Wiccan phrase. The scents are based on the season we're in, and within those parameters, what keeps me spiritually focused. I light it whenever I want to talk with Brighid, or just be in her presence. The cup and the coins are actually Estonian, but since I got them from a friend, and they're special to me. Plus, the cup is good for keeping sained water. The backpiece was something another friend painted for me for my birthday. Also, that tin whistle in the back is dreadfully under-utilized. I may eventually set up a separate shrine for the ancestors. Currently in the offering tray (yegads, that's filthy) is a whisker my kitten shed recently, so I've offered it to Brighid to ask that she protect him.

Not shown here, but in the ash-tray of my car, I have a shell that I found on a river bank that felt right picking up, and I use that as a visual reminder that I'm in Manannan's realm, as it were, when I'm in a vehicle. Also not shown, the space on the side of the house where I leave my offerings for the land spirits. It's undecorated, but it's in a secluded spot and it's very pretty, landscaping-wise.

OH no Searlait! Your picture isn't showing for me :<

It is! Gorgeous