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Having personal place within your home for inner solace, prayer, or meditative introspection where you can turn to on a regular basis is especially healing and balancing.
How to Create a Crystal Altar
A crystal altar is a special place where you keep your collection of crystals for mediation or for an energy center in your home or apartment.
Creating A Sacred Space
You will find yourself drawn to this sacred space more and more as you seek the solace and restfulness it provides.
Meditation Candles
Using candles is a simple and inexpensive way to alter the ambiance of your meditation room/area. Eliminating the artificial lighting, replacing it with candlelight will lower the intensity of energies that are not consistent with being intune with our spirits.
How An Altar Came Alive
A true story about an altar that didn't want to be taken down. It stayed up for a year and changed a person's life.
Pagan Altars
The author from The Outer Gate states that over time an altar gathers energy from it's creator and has it's own power.
A Personal 'Shrine'
Psychotherapist Alexandra Kennedy shares how building a  shrine or sanctuary can help a person cope with grief.

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