I was a closet witch forever. And I never had the money for proper tools. I went to thrift stores and improvised. My first cauldron was a large brass ashtray. Nothing looked inherently witchy, except to me, and I could hide it in plain sight. Now, I'm older, my collection has grown, but I still don't have traditional witchy items. My deity statues are copies of famous pieces of artwork, like venus de milos, Michelangelo's David, etc or pieces of tourist art like stone figures of indigenous peoples of mexico and north america. Lately, I've taken to pieces of art from Africa of figures, humans in abstract, flowing curves. Circles of dancers, mother and child, lovers, or curled up single humans. I only have two pieces one would consider true earth goddesses of this time period now. I mix all that with pieces of chinese, Tibetan and Japanese art, different buddhas and immortals. Pieces that look like I'm an art collector, not a witch. I do have crystals, but I only keep the large interesting ones out. The rest I keep in stone boxes and pull out when I want them. My herbs are stored in my closet along with extra candles and my candles all come from candle factories that make popular scents, or plain, regular candles that are in plain candle holders and dont look witchy. I do collect crystal and glass balls of different colors, some being globes, all vintage, and my real crystal ball hides within these in plain site. While it might look slightly new age mixed with vintage art, kind of a bohemian feel in that, nothing screams witchy, and yet it's all items I work with and love. I've learned over many years, that it's not what the item truly is, it's what it represents to you. And so I'm just as content with my odd assortment of various works of art scattered throughout my house as I would be by having a proper witchy altar that looks like it belongs in a witchy magazine. I find that this is a great way to hide in plain site, and have multiple altars to fit their needs without causing any issues. Your altar is beautiful, and your personality shines through it. A wonderful place of serenity and peace.

So true. Although I didn't have all of the Wiccan representation on my altar, I'm still having to think about what I want to keep out in my space. I'm sure it will change once I move out.

This message couldn't have come at a better time. I've been struggling with my altar and was thinking about that very thing right before this popped onto my feed. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Very true. Loved this wander. I’m glad it’s serving you well. It’s so much better when it works for where we’re at, and not where we once were.

Beautiful Witchy Altar and Magnific Witchcraft instruments, I loved. I love witches altars tour. Blessed be witches. Thank you so much.

Years ago I came to the same epiphany, I needed to listen to my own voice, instincts, aesthetics not what others said I had to have. 🌱💜

I concur with message sis. 😊

Welch wunderschöne synchronität es für mich ist. divine timing....ich habe mein Altar nach /während Imbolc angepasst gehabt...und erst vor einpaar wenigen Tagen diese Unterhaltung gehabt. Do it your own. Danke für den Beitrag. Wunderschöner Altar Desk. ❤

Beautiful altar space. I love those old fashion desks. They you give a lot of space to work with and nice layers to work with. I find your message in the video to be wonderful and more people need to hear its okay to have your altar to look and reflect how a person is, rather than what is stated in rules. I love thrifting for things I'd like to have. I love old/vintage metal/brass candle holders, candle sniffers, carved glass bowls, ect. You need to make a altar feel like home, your home, not someone else's.

beautiful, i love the message 😍

As someone who prefers a very simplilistic altar myself it's really nice to hear from another witch that it's ok to personalise until it feels right. Thank you for sharing, I always look forward to wednesdays 💙

i totally agree with the part where you said don’t feel like you have to have items that are seen as witchy. i recently purchased a wax melter and wax cubes to replace my candles for one of my deities! i feel like younger me would’ve stuck with the candles because they’re more traditional even though wax cubes are much better for me personally

So beautifully done Bente! I love this style of video with the voice-over and the sharing of your personal space. It was so relaxing to watch!

I have never had a center altar. I have little altars all over my home for ancestors, certain Orishas, saints and deities. I do have a Spiritual Room. It where I do workings and tarot readings. I also realized over time that buying crystals was a waste. I end up having them more as decorations. I don’t end up doing anything with them. I replaced them with shells 🐚. That’s more my style

It's good to see this... feels like at home :)

If only i needed this message last year when i started out!!! Wow!!! So true

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 thank you.

Beautiful!! Love that tea light burner.

I love this, even though it had been ages since I moved on from Wicca, I had so many thing that were stuck in my head that had to be on my altar that I’d always found useless. It took years to figure out what I actually want on mine and actually use but it’s perfect now. I really love the furniture piece yours is in, that’s such a great idea.

My altar is truly my happy place. Although I do have a lot of the usual suspects in my “Craft Room “ and on my altar, it is without a doubt my own. It has my personal touch all over it. And if one would see my altar space, they would see my unique imprint as well.

Ooo that incense burner is beautiful!

This was so lovely!

Thank you for the tour 😁

Mega schönes Video! Dein Altar ist jetzt so persönlich und intim, ich finde es wunderschön! Der Schrank ist so kostbar! Ganz liebe Grüße an dich Bente

That altar is so beautiful, thank you for sharing. Blessed be

Altar Tour Videos are the best! so relaxing to watch. And I love how you described the evolution of your practice! so inspiring 🍁🌻(still love to have random rocks on my altar tho! :D)

❤ this just statting out its what i needed to hear

Thank You for sharing ❤‍🔥

Still an absolutely beautiful piece of furniture… and I love the functionality. What sort of fur/pelt is that? I understand things like this are much harder to find in your area. Great video. Thanks for sharing

Thank you!

Very helpful, thank you!

Interesting 🤔

I have been looking for a piece of furniture like that to use for my alter but can never remember the name of it. I love how you can just hide away certain parts of your alter if you don't want to keep it displayed.

This was a perfect video today!! I needed this :-) Thank you! Can I ask where you got your runes? I love the sound they make :-)

I consider myself a Asatru heathen, but been looking up the witch route, I am still somewhat new to the Norse Pagan faith, I do a lot of reading and researching, this looks very complicated and overwhelming to me.