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To: tonto who wrote (157058)	3/16/2009 3:15:00 PM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Yes, this is certifiable, even in a Canadian Court: 74.125.47.132 #1 01-05-2008, 07:27 PM Geode00 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 Sacred space: an altar & other spots -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HI all, I'm not sure if this would be the place to post this about Sacred Space but since that is the topic of space & sacredness/sacred-use, I'll give it a go. What is sacred space to you? Is it inside or outside? For me it is wherever I am able to pray-meditate so this includes the beach, the car, inside living-spaces, outside in the garden, and worship places (temples, churches, etc). A shopping mall becomes 'Sacred Space' if you are waiting for someone and sit there and pray for people who walk by and any needs of others that come to mind. But if you were to ask me to relate instantly to "sacred space" I'd answer that it is to be found where ever I set up an altar. I once had 1/2 a room as an altar space complete with a mirror, special lighting, candles of course, incense, and various religious paraphanalia. It felt almost as great as a private chapel (Queen Elizabeth II's private chapels are so large most of use could live in them quite comfortably!) However the more enduring space is the top of a bookshelf for 'Sacred Space' as it is compact and because of space limitations tends to get to the point without a garage sale atmosphere of items. So, depending on what I"m working on, I'll have sea shells, bits from outside (boquets of tree or flower beauty and nature-y-bits that I value). Also I have a candle..just love those candle holders out of carved out rose quartz (on my wish list), and I use a altar-cloth of a colur that speaks to me in connection with the time of the year/beings I am invoking (i.e. Blue for Virgin Mary or Archangel Micheal's sword...White for the purity of angels & Christo-energy, Purple for Royal of Jesus and also the I AM-St. Germain rays....). Often I include a bowl of holy salt and a small pitcher of holy water and a chalice...for communion at home (which I feel can be done by anyone Priest or not, as a homage to Jesus without having to be male or jump through ecclesiastical hoops in order to commune with The Master) At times I might put a picture of a situation or person I'm helping via prayer. If I'm also working with Buddha or Sai-Baba or for example, Yogananda then I'll include pictures of them on the altar. I might have a picture of Mary and one of Jesus on the altar at the same time to remind myself of the male-female aspects of divinity as I work with both. If I'm calling on Saint Padre Pio for a miracle, his picture will be there in the form of a small prayer card. It changes - the altar- depending on the spiritual need and the season and the mood. Oh for me music (my harp or flute, or a song book) , bells, chimes, are important. Rocks too! My favourite crystal....often sits on the altar and I'll use it to do with 3rd eye work in connection with prayer amplification. Or just holding the crystal in my hands in my lap while I pray. Crystals, as Shirley reminds us in her books, hail from pre-Atlantis days and it is so good we are re-membering them in spiritual work the world over. A while ago I read a book with colour pics in it (mostly from New Mexico) with a title like "Creating Sacred Space" and it was most inspiring to see pictures of what others do. The main thing seems for me not to get carried away with the specifics but to use the space for spiritual ends....meaning I know there is no right or wrong way to set this all up and sacred space is in the end, a personal thing. Anyone who would scoff at such things doesn't see my altar that's for sure !!! In my case my background from convent days (Anglican Order, NYC) comes out in the Christian symbolism I use. Somestimes it all seems too formal so on such days I just sit at the beach and that becomes glorious 'sacred space'. Sacred space can be such an deep topic in that it comes out of your spiritual practices. What do others do? Snoopy me would love to talk about this..... Geode00 'Pax Aeterna' says this Celtic Monk, to you all