Diy altar ‘With bookshelf’ 2016 dawn

…as an basic altar set up with a 1’m x 150cm high bookshelf, 4 adjustable shelves, index file drawers and a shadow box turned to symbolize air (swords). I will be adding sigils, painting the new altar and so forth, sharing the updates as I go along. This is also a space wherein I store all my vases, candles and what not – everything needed for the craft in one place, also refer to the dusk shots to see by evenings light. From the Chapter ‘Altars and Apothecary’

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What I used;

• 1m x 150cm high book shelf
• 4 adjustable shelves
• Index file drawers
• A shadow box turned to symbolize air (swords) replacing hanging rope with a short fallen branch
• Marker
• Electric saw
• Stable surface to saw on
• Tape measure

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Directions;

1. Think about the space used and storage of items and adjust the shelves accordingly
2. Add index card drawers to a shelf and a couple on top
3. Measure a plank of wood to cover the 2 top drawers and trim down (making a bridge)
4. Place over the 2 top drawers with space between as required for shelf width
5. Add a shadow box
6. My shadow box has a golden rod (painted fallen branch) fed through the top to symbolize the element air (swords house of)
7. Line the top of altar with runners
8. Add matches to pockets of runner on one side and deck of current using tarot cards to the other
9. Set up basic altar charms to top (knife, censer, plate, bowl, current candles/holders with salt on the bottom, flowers and bell)
10. Think about the space used and storage of items and adjust the shelves accordingly
11. Add index card drawers to a shelf and a couple on top
12. Measure a plank of wood to cover the 2 top drawers and trim down (making a bridge)
13. Place over the 2 top drawers with space between as required for shelf width
14. Add a shadow box
15. My shadow box has a golden rod (painted fallen branch) fed through the top to symbolize the element air (swords house of)
16. Line the top of altar with runners
17. Add matches to pockets of runner on one side and deck of current using tarot cards to the other
18. Set up basic altar charms to top (knife, censer, plate, bowl, current candles/holders with salt on the bottom, flowers and bell)

Other things in the altar space here; 

Disclaimer; Due to being a Druid of the old ways with ancestral links and not a Neo (Modern) Druid, as well as an ancestrally linked Wic (Witch/cunning folk), my opinions are my own.

By Druid & Witch of the old ways,
And Priestess of the Morrigan, Ravenmor Fox
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Originally published September 2nd 2017-09-02