Altar Ideas

• Dresser, nightstand, or bureau in your room.
• A flat piece of stone that is portable.
• A skateboard.
• Empty closet.
• Desk drawer (not recommended for burning candles).
• Cinderblocks.
• Steppingstone (can be purchased at a garden store, or you can make one yourself from materials purchased at a craft store).
• Bookshelf (not recommended for burning candles — even though you may think the flame is far enough away from the next shelf, it will warp and eventually burn the shelf above).
• Top of a filing cabinet.
• A large mirror.
• A cookie sheet.
• A serving tray.
• A camping tripod, sold in most camping sections of large department stores. (Be careful, these can wobble.)
• An old steamer trunk or other trunk with shelves from an antique store or flea market. (Be careful of open candle flames and take appropriate precautions.)
• A window sill (however, don’t put burning candles there).
• In your imagination. Some people scoff at this, but there are people who are not permitted to have altars for a variety of reasons. Learning to build an altar in your imagination helps you enhance your visualization skills.