Friday, 6 December 2013

The First Step: Constructing the Altar of the Dead

Over the holidays while I am at home I will be gathering the materials I need for the construction of an Altar of the Dead. This will mesh a necromantic working altar with one for the Ancestors and Donn, Irish God of the Dead. The following materials will be needed: Anointing oil, ancestor dolls, good wine glasses, white horse statuette, black altar cloth, incense, spirit vessels, necromantic herbs, small cast iron cauldron, black candles (unscented), air-tight containers for holding graveyard dirt, spirit powder, rusted nails (substitute for coffin nails), bell, ritual knife, bamboo or elder flutes, and a iron wand.

Hopefully by the time my roommate and I move into our new place I will have the materials required and I will be able to begin my practice. There is already a work bench in the basement of the new house that I will be using for this purpose. Having it located beneath the ground seems to be the proper place for it. I will be using ancestor dolls in place of pictures and personal objects because the latter simply takes up too much space. An additional reason is that not many personal belongs from my ancestors have been kept. Anyways that's all for now, thanks for reading.

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