This is my altar as it currently is. I'm doing a blockage and poor luck removal combined with a money draw and abundance casting. Cernunnos is my patron god, and Gaia and Kali are my patron goddesses.

My practice is Shaman, not Wiccan. What I do is very basic and less ritualistic. No athame, no cauldron, no goblet, and well...most of the stuff you see in Wicca. I use salt, water, flame, and incense for my "representations". Herbs I value and have no more of are used as part of sacrifice and decoration, a clay bowl for the holding of all my elements, passed through smoke and flame, filled with salt water and a sprinkle of oil and herbs.

I painted the raised part of my altar, and may or may not repaint it in the future. I've repainted it twice over the past 10 years. I have also been a practicing shaman for nearly 2 decades.

The two small candle holders are from older candles I had, but I like the decor on them. The small candles are instead tea lights, white. The large candle holder is sterling silver.

I purchased the green candle here: [link] I purchase all my purpose candles, annointing oils, and resin incense there.
The oil used: [link]
The incense used: [link]

Currently I am working during the waning moon. The reason for this is to remove blockages, bad luck, and the hex. Yes, I've been dealing with a hex. I don't know from whom it comes from, but for the past three weeks I've been working to remove it, and now it is pretty much a whisper of what it was. The reason I know about the hex is due to too many coincidences. A hex is the only thing I have found to make sense of the whole mess. Since working on removing it things have improved immensely for me.

I'm also working on drawing in abundance, prosperity, and money. My macrame hasn't been selling (I've made less than $200 in 6 months) even though I've gotten a lot of inquiries and compliments. I have a convention I'm working as a vendor at on July 15th. I need all the luck I can summon.

When the moon is waxing and near full I'll be working on a money draw cast to bring in luck and wealth.

The food on the platter on my altar is my sacrifice and offering. I also did a painting no one will ever see because it was made for my patron god(desses). I burned it last night to affirm my offering is just for them. Sacrifice is very important in what I practice. It must be things I value, enjoy, and am reluctant to share with others. This makes it more valued as an offering. I also work with the fay, and they enjoy sweets immensely. When I leave offerings my work is amplified and tends to be more successful. It is something that has been done since ancient times, but many Pagans forget about. Many modern day Pagans also sacrifice things they don't really hold of value and are reluctant to share.

During the money draw casting during the waxing moon I will be sacrificing a piece of jewelry I make. No one will ever see this jewelry, and it will be burned then buried. It will be an elaborate piece, and I will make it with intent and focus.

Sacrificing and making offerings of things made by my own hands makes it more valuable and me more reluctant to give it up. I enjoy sharing what I make, and that is all the more reason I will not share this. I will not take a picture of it, and will make it in the privacy of my studio.

My altar is in my studio, the entire room blessed as sacred ground. Those who enter my room have told me they feel an immediate change. The room feels light, welcoming, safe, and sacred. Friends and family, a few not even knowing of my practice or unbelieving in such things, have told me they feel a change. It feels as though being enveloped by me. The room is me made into parts bound together, so it makes sense. I've also cast the door and windows to make it uncomfortable for anyone to enter without feeling as though they are intruding and become very uncomfortable. My husband did that once and hasn't done it again. My father-in-law has done it a couple of times when I was in the hospital. The doors in the house don't hold well. You close them and they'll unlatch and swing own. We are required to check to see if they're holding. Apparently my door didn't hold when I closed it before heading to the hospital, and my cats go in there (they're not allowed in there due to breakable and the fact I don't want cat hair everywhere). Jon went in to fetch them, and the second time he made double sure he sealed the door proper. When I returned home he mentioned he never wants to go in there again. It made him feel ill for a few hours, like something was hovering and wouldn't leave him be.

If you are an unbeliever in these things I don't care. Keep your rude and judgement comments to yourself. As the christian bible states: "do not judge and be not judged". The christian god made it clear he is the only one who may pass judgement. To christians keep what your messiah taught in mind: love and do not judge. Show kindness, not cruelty. Rude and snide comments, telling people they'll burn in hell (hell is a place created by christians to scare the masses; I know this because I have researched this and studied various religions so I have grounds and knowledge for debates and defense) or that some god hates them because no one can know what some god feels, thinks, or plans.