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I would not feel comfortable sharing visual imagery of that with complete strangers over the web. People don't even SEE my area preferably until I've gotten a long good look at them.

I would tell you how its set up and what it looks like, but its something too personal to upload a picture of so strangers can look at it. Its kind of my personal spot of worship of the Goddess. Where I go for peace and quiet and reflection.

I think a mural is a lovely idea. In my bedroom I have a personal altar and then an Egyptian shrine. The shrine is just to honor the deities and then I use my altar for other work. On my bedroom ceiling I am painting the sky and then on the wall behind my shrine I have pictures of Egypt and Egyptian art.

I have 4 Egyptian pictures, one bronze wall hanging, two clay casts made from casts of actual artifacts and a decorated bronze plate with a picture of Nefertiti carved into it. Then there are my statues of Isis and Bast (Bast was a gift, otherwise I probably never would have bought it). I also have a tall candle holder that has carvings of Isis all around it. I have a large green marble carved scarab too that was a gift, and a little vase with a lot of different pictures on it. Then I have a few little pyramids scattered about. My ritual dagger is Egyptian as well. This is it, though mine did not come with the smaller one, nor does it have the pouch area for it. It's jsut the large one.


Never really realized how much Egyptian stuff I had >.>

I love the idea of painting the ceiling as the sky. A neat idea would be to find a clear paint that glows in the dark, I think I've seen some before, it just dries clear. That way you could paint stars over the sky, without it messing up your work, but when you turn out the lights, it gives the effect of it being night. If you have a sun in your picture you could even go so far as to do the moon over it with the glow in the dark paint. You just need to be careful with what kind you get, or it'll glow green and not white.

Mine is a split altar (meaning one side for the Goddess and one side for the God)
On the Goddess Side:
Bast statue
Goddess Figurine
Emerald offering
Moon trinket
Clear Quartz crystal (For sending out positive energy)

On the God side:
Leopard Trinket
Sun trinket
Emerald offering
Smoky Quartz crystal (For absorbing negative energy)

Then I have crystals scattered about, in the middle a "color changing" stone in the shape of an egg, my tools, jewelry, etc

For the element representations I have:
Earth- A box of salt
Air- my wand
Fire- A candle
Water- a sand dollar my best friend gave me.

I am planning on redoing my altar sometime soon to make it less cluttered.

Most of us don't want to share what is on our personal altars so it's fine. But what about other ideas you have or decorations around your house? I personally love having decorations around the house that express my spirituality.

I agree. I've read a lot of books and talked to a lot of people who say "it has to be set up just so, or it won't work." or "It HAS to be made of this material" etc etc. I understand that in some situations certain materials should be used, or not used, but in general, it should be what feels right for YOU. I remember when I first started setting up an altar, I showed a long-time Wiccan friend of mine a picture, and she about bit my head off. See, I place my Goddess statue to the left and the God statue to the Right (while facing the altar). I guess she thought it was supposed to be other way around, and was very adamant about it, saying it would offend the Gods and blah blah blah. Obviously I've never had a problem. I have personal reasons for setting it up that way and I think that's the best way to go.