Your Altar ─ Creating a Sacred Space for Prayer and Meditation

In this fast-paced world of over-stimulation and distraction, keeping a private space for meditative retreat and spirituality is essential. Creating an altar using the power of numbers allows you to achieve spiritual stillness in a personal and meaningful way.

The numbers one through nine each carry a profound symbolic history and significance. Harness this energy and apply it to your life by selecting the number that best resonates with your intention and using it as a guide to your altar design.

Deepen your spiritual practice
Explore your inner world

With meditation techniques and many examples of prayers, practices, and rituals from all major faiths, popular author and Celtic scholar Sandra Kynes offers a new approach to altar-building. Using representations of elements from myth and nature as focal points, you can create an altar that best suits your spiritual needs.

Straightforward and practical, with easy-to-follow instructions and clear illustrations, this unique book allows you to experience the restorative benefits of altars—and ultimately reconnect with that sacred space within yourself.

Sandra Kynes is an explorer of myth and magic, and a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Her inquisitiveness has led her to investigate the roots of her beliefs and to integrate her spiritual path with everyday life. Sandra likes developing creative ways to explore the world, which serves as the basis for her books. She has lived in New York City, Europe, England, and now New England. In addition to writing, Sandra is a yoga instructor and Reiki practitioner and loves connecting with the natural world through gardening, hiking, and ocean kayaking. Her work has been featured in various Llewellyn publications,Utne Reader, The Portal magazine, Circle Magazine, and The Magical Buffet website. Her books include:Star Magic (2015), Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences (2013),Mixing Essential Oils for Magic (2013), Sea Magic (2008), Your Altar: Creating a Sacred Place for Prayer and Meditation (2007), andWhispers from the Woods (2006).