Our Lycian Altar

This is a basic overview of the altar we use for the coven and for personal work. The table layout is in the traditional Lycian Wicca setup. Tools, etc outside the table layout are additional items we use at various times.

"The Book of the Law" is any book that represents our understanding of the Divine Laws of nature.

Sorry for the slight jiggling of the camera; I was holding it rather than having it mounted.

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[xxx777aaa]

@ 4;49... ALL I CAN SAY AS FAR AS "GOD" BUT TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE A mushroom AM I CORRECT?

[WiccanTexan]

@xxx777aaa LOL! Yes, it does a bit. But it's a quartz crystal.

[ladylejean215]

East - Earth - Pentacle - Body. OK that I get. Air in the West, though? That's unusual. True, I'm no Lycian; I trained in a different trad. We would put water in the west and fire in the east and rotate those two depending upon what time of day it was when we did our rites. For example, if we did a rite between midnight and noon, fire (or the sun) was in the east and water in the west. But from noon to midnight, fire went in the west and water in the east. But of late, North=Air & East=Earth

[ladylejean215]

And I have specific reasons for associating Air with the North and winter and the dormant time of year, and Earth with spring and flowers and the blooming period, etc.

[WiccanTexan]

@ladylejean215 - What is your reasoning for your placements?

[WiccanTexan]

@ladylejean215 - In the Lycian Tradition, we use the zodical signs as associations. Air is in the West because that is the place where the Sun (aka, the physical life) dies; the breath leaves the body.

[ladylejean215]

@WiccanTexan It is difficult to explain adequately here on YT comments, but in brief: since I live in the Northern Hemisphere, in the winter in the North the earth is bare and the winds are sharp and high, whereas in the Spring the earth itself is coming alive with color and flowers, etc. That, and much of my own practice is rooted in Northern European tradition anyway.

[WiccanTexan]

@Afroxec - Crowley's involvement in the evolution of Wicca has been greatly exaggerated. I recommend reading "Triumph of the Moon" by Ronald Hutton for more info.

[WiccanTexan]

@xxx777aaa - The "why" is obvious, as I pointed out. What does the stone look like?

[xxx777aaa]

hi- at 4;49 the item obviously represents the god......why!!??

[ladylejean215]

And I have specific reasons for associating Air with the North and winter and the dormant time of year, and Earth with spring and flowers and the blooming period, etc.