Comments on: An Altar By Any Other Name http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/ Thoughts on Dreams, Life, and Spirit Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:56:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Cathy http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6632 Cathy Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:48:59 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6632 I love your tea altar--that's very close to my heart. I love your tea altar–that’s very close to my heart.

]]> By: Thorn Coyle http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6629 Thorn Coyle Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:04:07 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6629 So nice! Haven't figured out how to do pix yet... I have a gazillion wee altars. I especially like your stovetop example. So nice!

Haven’t figured out how to do pix yet…

I have a gazillion wee altars. I especially like your stovetop example.

]]> By: Anne http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6627 Anne Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:41:01 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6627 Funny and convenient, I'd say. Interesting distinction between altars and shrines, Yvonne. For myself I don't know if there is any difference, but I'd love to see some examples on your blog...(hint, hint). Funny and convenient, I’d say. Interesting distinction between altars and shrines, Yvonne. For myself I don’t know if there is any difference, but I’d love to see some examples on your blog…(hint, hint).

]]> By: Yvonne http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6626 Yvonne Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:23:04 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6626 Nice photos, thanks for sharing. I have a few altars and shrines - I'm not sure of the difference, but maybe an altar is a focus of ritual and a shrine is a focus of devotion? It's funny how something that is obviously an altar to another Pagan is apparently not always obvious to non-Pagans. Nice photos, thanks for sharing. I have a few altars and shrines - I’m not sure of the difference, but maybe an altar is a focus of ritual and a shrine is a focus of devotion? It’s funny how something that is obviously an altar to another Pagan is apparently not always obvious to non-Pagans.

]]> By: Anne http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6625 Anne Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:24:36 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6625 Well, you also have two adults living in half the space. It's no surprise that you've got multiple duty altars. Patricia, I love your description of altars which, once begun, attract other objects to them. That fits with my conception of altars having in some ways minds of their own. Well, you also have two adults living in half the space. It’s no surprise that you’ve got multiple duty altars. Patricia, I love your description of altars which, once begun, attract other objects to them. That fits with my conception of altars having in some ways minds of their own.

]]> By: Macha http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6623 Macha Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:45:26 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6623 Anne, your house is so CLEAN and NEAT and uncluttered! Our house is cluttered and cramped and overfilled. It's difficult to find places to set aside as altars. I love them and have them everywhere, but mainly they serve multiple duties. Macha Anne, your house is so CLEAN and NEAT and uncluttered!

Our house is cluttered and cramped and overfilled. It’s difficult to find places to set aside as altars. I love them and have them everywhere, but mainly they serve multiple duties.

Macha

]]> By: Patricia (a/k/a Roswila) http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6622 Patricia (a/k/a Roswila) Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:19:51 +0000 http://gnosiscafe.com/gcblog/2007/06/21/an-altar-by-any-other-name/#comment-6622 :-) I just left a comment to an old post of yours on dreams and poetry. And checking to see that the link I just put up to your blog actually works, I was grabbed by this post. Wonderful! I find altars spring up like mushrooms around my home all the time. It usually starts with one special object, that then "attracts" all sorts of other companions. I have two that I went into knowing they were to be altars, but they also change over time...usually growing. Then there are special temporary altars for a particular purpose. Like one I now put up just for Ganesh Chaturthi for one week in September.... Thanks again for a delightful post and lovely photos. :-) I just left a comment to an old post of yours on dreams and poetry. And checking to see that the link I just put up to your blog actually works, I was grabbed by this post. Wonderful! I find altars spring up like mushrooms around my home all the time. It usually starts with one special object, that then “attracts” all sorts of other companions. I have two that I went into knowing they were to be altars, but they also change over time…usually growing. Then there are special temporary altars for a particular purpose. Like one I now put up just for Ganesh Chaturthi for one week in September….

Thanks again for a delightful post and lovely photos.

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