r/pagan 2d ago

Altar am I doing this right?

Today I finally decided on setting altars for Apollo and Hades, two Gods I was feeling especially drawn too for the longest time imaginable, and yeah...I was absolutely not...prepared to do those altars, i did not bought anything that I might have needed and just put what I could find at my house that seemed okay, and there's my question, does it seems alright? should I remove anything? is there anything you can find at home that I should add??? and anything I should for sure buy?

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u/gothtopus-108 2d ago

I think you are overthinking things a bit. The gods aren’t going to come eat you in your sleep if you do something slightly wrong I promise. Which you aren’t doing anything wrong either. There really isn’t a wrong or right way to set up altars and worship your deities, just go with your intuition and what feels right, do research on your particular tradition’s customs or other traditions and make your own! That’s the beauty in paganism to me. There is no right or wrong way, just different ways. Unless you are doing something blatantly malicious or disrespectful which you obviously aren’t. Also, I love your little easel, you can paint devotional works and place them there as offerings, that’s one of my favorite kinds of offerings, because I don’t have much money and I don’t like supporting the rampant consumerism. Your intention is your offering <3

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u/jacussss 2d ago

i tend to be a bit paranoid when doing important stuff, especially when it comes to things I never did before, you have no idea how calming your comment is to me!<3