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My current altar setup - still honoring Autumn 🖤

Plus my newest edition - my Agathos Daimon 🐍

Μακάριος Νουμηνία! ||| Makários Noumenia ||| Blessed Noumenia!

This is the first time I am observing the Athenian Monthly Calendar - and my first time celebrating Noumenia. For this, my first Noumenia, I decided to do devotional art to my Household Gods and crate and decorate my Kadiskos.

I created icons for each of my current household Gods. I have my Agathos Diamon, a lightning bolt for Zeus (who I do not currently worship but I wanted to honor Zeus Ktesios on my Kadiskos), a letter for Hermes, a ceremonial flame for Hestia, a kalimba on a sun for Apollon, and a clam and pearl for Aphrodite.

I’ll take more pictures in the morning, once everything is dry and the lighting is better - but I wanted to share this before Noumenia ended.

Welcome to my Altar in a Box mini series! The first Altar in a Box that I made, and the first one I am sharing with you all, is my Altar for Apollôn.

Welcome to my Altar in a Box mini series! The second Altar in a Box that I made, and the second one I am sharing with you all, is my Altar for Aphroditê.

This Altar in a Box is significantly smaller than my Altar in a Box to Apollôn. This is for a few reasons.

Apollôn is my patron deity - He is the primary God that I work with and worship. In this, I have more to dedicate to Him and also feel more called to do works for Him.

My Apollôn altar was made for the purpose of devotion - my Aphroditê altar was made for the purpose of portability. While my Apollôn altar is somewhat portable - my Aphroditê altar can easily fit into a small bag or large pocket.

I make my Altars in a Box 100% from what I have on hand - I do not purchase any new items for this project. This forces me to be creative - but is also a financial necessity as I currently have no funds to spare.

Here is what the altar looks like when you open it up.

Next we have the items inside. From left to right we have a jar filled with water that contains tiny snail shells, a soft blue tealight candle, a small bundle of matches - wrapped in pink thread, a beautiful ring, and lastly some sea glass and a single seashell.

Lastly: On the outer left side of the box I have adhered a match-light strip for lighting my matches.

While this Altar in a Box may not be as extravagant as the one I made in honor of Apollôn - it was still made with so much love and adoration.

It’s like having the most niche hyperfixation in the world and no one to share it with.