What is a Sacred Altar?

In the metaphysical arena there is a lot of talk around creating an altar as a ceremonial place. My first thought was, “What exactly is a Sacred Altear that honors my son?” I read a very profound explanation of what a sacred altar is from a very wise White-Witch. She told me that a sacred altar is anything, anywhere that represents those you love, and that in life, which brings about a sense of calm, peaceful, serene energy. The items for your altar are those that bring you the greatest joy because they hold the depth of love for and in you.

The altar brings, to me, a sacred “altar-cation” of heart/soul/mind connection with my loved ones who have ascended and those who are still Earthbound Souls. That energy is Divine Joy that honors both my Son, John, and my Self–my Soul. This first photo is one of my tables in my living room, next to the one seat everyone seems drawn to sit in when they visit, surrounded by the plants that offer and afford me a reminder of the seasons I transition in my journey as a parent of a child who has ascended. As I care for the plants, I care for the internal landscapes which I transition into during my journey I will traverse the remainder of my human life.

The table holds a Rose Quartz, the last picture I have of my son, at age 23, and pictures of my Mom and Auntie Betty. The statue is a sacred representation of the love of our Great Mother Goddess, the kinship of Mary of Magdelene, the grace of Mother Mary, the gift of my Mother, and myself as a Mother watching over them and what that means as a sacred honor to all mothers–especially mothers of ascended children.

This is another form of altar, which offers and affords me a heart-mind altar-cation to bring me a sense of serene well-being. It holds my ancestral lineage from both sides of my family, a floral arrangement I created to add a healing element, and the reflection of a picture I recently was given for my 64th birthday. It is a depiction of me and my son, aging my son 20 years, as if he is alive now, created by a local artist. This altar-cation is like the threshold of my son’s realm I step into. It reminds me that he is still alive, in and with Spirit, and thus I am always with him, and he with me.

A curio cabinet can also be a sacred altar. The items in the cabinet can be those things that remind you of your own empowerment in the earthly realm that is of service to others. The cabinet can also hold items that loved ones gave you and those you gave to loved ones that have ascended that you received back. The faberge’ eggs my son and I collected throughout the different countries and places we were assigned to and visited are on the top shelf. Front and center are two orbs with faeries in them that my older brother, Kenny, and his wife, Diane gave me last year as a Christmas/Birthday gift. There are other small things that bring me joy on this shelf. The second and third shelves are the Lenox Storybook Women that I collected over the years with my son and the first two bells I bought my Mom with the tiny crystal birds she loved so much.

The items in this cabinet bring me joy and when I turn on the light, I know I am welcoming some of the highest energies I can offer myself throughout my day. I receive great joy in them from the depths of meaning they hold in my heart. This isn’t the giggly joy we think of most of the time. This is the quiet, Divine joy that wraps me in Their metaphysical love, honoring me and what is alive in me each moment of each day, with each breath.

What is your Sacred Altar and how does it altar-cate your hearts internal landscapes in the transitions you experience while traversing your journey as a parent whose child has ascended?

Please feel free to leave a comment and a photo of your sacred altar and a little about how it touches you. You can comment here and/or on the Transitioning Parents Group facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TheConsecratedParent/. I look forward to hearing from you.