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Create Your Own Sacred Space
Adapted from Prayers and Meditations of the Quero Apache, by Maria Yraceburu (Inner Traditions, 2004).
Sacred space is a place you create that is yours alone and in which you seek sanctuary from the daily hubbub of life. It is a place where you come to seek guidance, to be nurtured, and to honor those who assist you.
Find out how the Native American Quero Apache create sacred space. You will be surprised how simple it is to make this spirit-honoring, nourishing place for yourself.
One way to create sacred space is to create an altar that holds items that you feel especially drawn to, feeling empowered in their presence. Or your sacred space may be as simple as a candle. If you choose to create a visual manifestation of the Medicine Wheel the author suggests gathering eight items that each represent an attribute of the directions of the compass: South, Southwest, West, Northwest, North, Northeast, East, and Southeast. Place these items in a circle in a sunwise direction. In the center place a candle, which will provide a focal point during your prayers and meditation.
This altar can be a permanent fixture or one that is placed out only when you desire to seek as state of prayer. This sacred space represents your spiritual essence, and even if you are unaware of it at the time of construction, the items signify the guides that assist you in these uniquely powerful directional energies.
Be sure to protect your sacred space by turning off your telephone and guarding your privacy whenever you go there.
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add your comment »I have my "altar" in a drawer so I can pull it out and use it when I am feeling down. I don't have much space so it makes it easier for me to store it safely. My living room with the pictures from our vacations and of my family with the fireplace is my sacred space. I enjoy sitting with my cup of coffee and just remembering the fun. It helps keep me balanced.
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Everyone needs their own sacred space mine is being with my chincilla
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some people have to retreat outside of where they reside to find any peace, etc, and for many that sacred place can include volunteering for a local cause which is dear to their heart. others may find it at some sort of foundation or sanctuary not for them but for a group of people or animals. there are definitely many ways to find it - it's all down to how creative one wants to be.
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My special place is a shadehouse in my garden filled with beautiful plants and my special things. I have a small round glass table with 2 chairswhere I spend my quiet time in spring summer autumn, also a place I will share with a friend or two for some shared happy friendship times. In winter I just light a candle and place on my coffee table and sit in a comfy chair and meditate in front of an open fire
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I have had a sacred space for several maybe 10 years and wouldn't know what to do without it.
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I am Wiccan and my sacred space is a natural opening in a grove of majestic Douglas Fir that sit on a small hill on my property. It is a place of peace and tranquility and never fails to renew my spirit.
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very intersting.
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I'm lucky that I live on a lake by a Nature conservancy. After getting done with Grad school, teaching and my retail job, it is soo good to come back an listen to the lapping of the waves and possibly see deer, foxes, turkeys and many other wonderful creatures. My blue heron should be returning any day now! How I will miss this place when I leave (I live in my parents basement).
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I created a "fairy Garden" a few years ago. Each Spring, I reclaim it after the Fall and Winter have blanketed it with leaves against the cold. New flowers are planted where they are needed and old ones are tended. New elements are added to keep it a vital place that allows for a quiet sit at the end of a crazy work day or creates a point of meditation on a day off.
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