One of the most vital ways pagans can keep in touch with
nature is through the creation of seasonal altars. Your altar helps you to
maintain balance in your life and deepen your spiritual connection to the world
around you. A seasonal altar is your tool for ceremonies to honor Mother Nature
and receive the deep wisdom of the earth by blending the energies of shells,
feathers, leaves, flowers, herbs and all of the gifts of the season. Your
calendric altars are the middle ground between earth and sky, the meeting point
of the four elements. Creating these altars is very life-affirming.
You can create a wonderful outdoor altar for spring by
planning two seasons ahead and planting floral bulbs, flowers that are the very
harbingers of spring such as tulips and lily-of-the-valley. When the bulbs
begin to grow and bud, place an image or statue in the center of your altar,
which could be a stone bench, the top of a rock wall. It could be a bust of a mythological youth to
represent Hyacinth, immortalized in myth and in the gorgeous flower itself.
Throughout the spring, you can stand inside your circle and pray and chant for
the rebirth of nature that is spring.
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