new to the craft

[Nova Starlight]

Merry meet
Im new to my path and have a few questions .I want to set up an altar can you please advise me on where the best place to set it would be?It doesnt have to be hidden away at all ..what should i put on it and what things for each sabbatt.....Thanks

[Aidron]

The New Pagans FAQ (http://www.mysticwicks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=155) contains a great deal of information regarding altars and the sabbats. Start there.

[Romani Vixen]

My first altar was the top of my dresser! :)

[Anubis RainHawk]

My first altar was the top of my dresser! :)

Mine still is!

[-Ember]

I know someone who was in a studio apartment and who wanted a fairly private place for it who put it on the top of the toilet tank.....

Really, any stable fairly flat surface can serve. If you use wall-mounted shelves, be sure they are sturdy. If using something like a bookshelf, note if the candles can burn safely if you use them.

My altar is a banquet that I got years ago at a yard sale to use as a dresser/vanity. There is storage for supplies (candles, herbs, incences, etc) and tools (candlesticks mostly- many of my tools are on display.) The main level is a great working altar and the top portion (raised on the ends) allows for three small shrines (fae, anscestral and divinity.)

[dawns_eve]

I just moved into a house that has an attic so I have chosen this spot to create my own space. I just bought a wooden trunk from Walmart and it was $24. not bad for the size of it. They still have them as of this date. I was going to use a plastic storage tub before I found the trunk.

[indigo rain]

I just moved into a house that has an attic so I have chosen this spot to create my own space.

*dripping with envy* i've wanted an attic for my sacred space for as long as i can remember. :) yes, i watch charmed sometimes, when i'm in the mood for a little mindless amusement, but no i don't think they're "real," and am not try to be like them or anything. lol. i just think ascending the stairs and going into this room at the top of the house would be like going into another, higher place, and it would be a great place to practice. i could feasibly set mine up in my third bedroom and at least have a whole room set apart, but it's the guest room and i'd have to hide everything every time anyone came to visit. same for the second bedroom, or office. :/ so mine's all in my bedroom for now. it is kind of like its own space though, a little alcove between my doorway and the bathroom.

[Tigerlily]

Mine is on top of a night table. And there's a little drawer underneath were I keep my extra candles, my incense packages, etc.

You can put what you'd like on it for the Sabbats. Fallen leaves, flowers, things you find in nature....

[mucgwyrt]

I use a big forked ash stick/stang which is representational of the male/god & female/goddess and conception, which I hang things on - feathers, crystals etc.
My candles and so forth I stick in my 'witch box' - a wooden chest which sits next to my sewing machine :D