Creating a Crystal Altar

Creating your own crystal altar is fun, inexpensiveetc.), you can pick special stones to depict these
and easy to do. I would encourage anyone thatelements. You may wish to make a mini grid in
has a few crystals to make an altar. A crystalthe middle of your altar or to the side for a
altar is a special place, often also a sacred space,specific purpose or person. To make a simple mini
where you keep your crystal collection. You couldgrid you could use four single-terminated quartz
just have one altar, or if you have a largepoints, with points facing outward, around the
collection of crystals you may want to have onecenterpiece.
large one or several smaller ones. You can groupThis would radiate the energy to the entire
them into categories; like crystals for meditation,arrangement. You could place a crystal sphere, ball
or crystals for healings, personal use, etc.or special cluster in the center of the grid.
You can design your altar in a special or sacredOnce you have everything in place on your altar
place or on top of a table or bookshelf. It shouldand arranged to your liking, you can set the
be a place that is not disturbed and special justintention to bring light and love and high vibrational
for this. If you want to burn incense or a candleenergy to you and your surrounding environment.
you should make sure it is not a place that wouldYou could program your stones and crystals for
cause a fire if you do this. You may want tospecific use if you like. You may want to change
have an altar that is close to a place where youor modify this as time goes on. If you are a Reiki
can meditate.Practitioner you can send Reiki to your altar and
The items on your altar should be of specialalso incorporate any Reiki symbols you want into
interest or sentiment to you. Some examplesyour altar. You can also use Universal healing
could be special pictures, feathers, shells, stones,energy or light to send to your altar on a daily
flowers, candles, or anything from nature. Abasis.
couple of nice crystals to have on any altar are aThis is your personal altar and a special place for
rose quartz and a clear quartz or quartz cluster.your crystals and other things that have special
You may want to incorporate all of the elementsmeaning to you. You can change it as time goes
in some way on your altar (earth, air, wind, fire,on. Enjoy!