Travel Altars: A Portable Practice ✨

[@AstralLadyTarot]

The size of your travel altar is really nice. In case you take it on a plane, you could switch the lighter for matches. You probably already thought of that. This was fun to watch!

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thanks Anna! That's actually really helpful, I am never sure about the regulations for planes so now I have a good alternative 😄💚

[@suburbohemian]

@@jamesfeeney623 You can get incense matches in varieties of scents and use them to light the candles thus doubling use from them as well as being great for even smaller kits like the altoids altar cases.

[@fussyKee]

One of the best videos about travel altars! Your description at the beginning and the things you chose really inspired me and got helpful advise 😊

[@jamesfeeney623]

I'm so glad it was helpful! I appreciate your kind words, thank you so much for watching ☺️

[@Lisa_Papez]

LOVE seeing people's portable altars!!! Thank you for sharing. 🙏

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much, Lisa! I've been loving your witchy/magical content lately, hope you are well ☺️💚

[@wren1019]

ah, yes. the bulk of my magic is cleansing, clearing and flow. love your travel altar. thank you for sharing.

[@jamesfeeney623]

That sounds lovely! 💚💚

[@PyroGhost913]

Your travel altar is very cool. I'm putting a travel altar together for a road trip, but I don't really do ritualistic magic. Most of my stuff is made up on the fly and working with moving energy, so I think all I really need are my essential crystals, black salt, a bell, a lighter, and chalk/sharpie/paint marker. I use silver too, but I'm always wearing silver jewelry.

[@MysticSunchild]

Making a travel altar really does distill one's practice down to the important elements! The imagery in the lid is brilliant 👏👏 Love seashells and rose quartz hearts and teeny vials 😍 Would love to hear more about flying ointment!

[@jamesfeeney623]

Many thanks! Oooh I would be curious to know about what you might include in a travel altar, you have such interesting taste! I may just make a video on flying ointment now, thank you for the suggestion 😄💖✨

[@noemiperez8447]

Thank you. I love the sea shells for the incense and how multifunctional it can be.

[@natho360]

I love the versatility of your travel altar and also the idea to paint your deity on the inside of your box. Thanks for this video

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much, I hope it was helpful! Best wishes your way 💚💚

[@thornsilverhollysong1715]

It was so great to see what you have in your travel altar. I have a few things in a "go box" that I created for reasons I won't get into, but you've inspired me to arrange them in a little black box I have. I think I'd feel better prepared and less haphazard if I did so, so thanks for the idea. May spend today making and embroidering some altar clothes, as I've wanted to get back into embroidery.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much ☺️ A "go box" sounds like a lovely idea, I hope your black box serves as a reliable altar! Well wishes and best of luck on your embroidery! 💖✨

[@kiaradrake541]

How did I miss this video?!? LOL I LOVE seeing people’s Travel Alters! I created one for myself about a year ago... I found this beautiful hardwood box, about the size of a shoebox, that looks like an old school Steam Trunk... so it’s a bit larger than the norm but I love it! I have a small statue of Ceridwen (my Matron) as well as a small iron Cauldron. I also have a set of small taper candles in several colors and three white tea light candles and two small crystal candle holders. I have a small brass bell as well as a small bundle of Sage. For crystals I have small towers of Clear Quartz and Amethyst, a small chunk of Black Tourmaline, and an Egg of Lapis. I really want to learn more about herbs and oils but at this point I just have a bottle of generic Alter Oil. I also have a mini binder to record Spells/Rituals.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Wow, what a travel altar that must be 😍 The ornate box sounds divine and I love how you are able to get a cauldron and statue in yours! Many thanks for sharing a peek into your portable practice, friend 💚

[@kiaradrake541]

James Feeney both the cauldron and the statue are quite small so they fit fine lol the cauldron is definitely symbolic rather than functional but I love it

[@v.9964]

That's an amazing Portable altar. I have a small altoid altar but have been looking to update to a slightly bigger size. So I bought a medium sized tin that was one step up. To all those who don't feel like they're art inclined for "altar images" printing a nice pic off the library comp and use box tape as a laminate or just glue it to help. Or you can get a tiny frame from Dollar tree and place it in there. That's what I do,anything you feel like being connected to your gods,spirits ect. It's also a good place to start your own hidey hole(incase you're having to hide) altar or those on a low budget. Get creative,it's about intention NOT price!!! Thank you again for your vid. It was nice!!!

[@jamesfeeney623]

Oooh, I love the way you think! Many thanks for sharing some awesome tips, you've gotten my mind going 😆 I hope your travel altar constructions come together magically 💖💖

[@v.9964]

@@jamesfeeney623 I do a lot of KZbining over it to get ideas. I am glad sharing that information helped. I really did enjoy this vid. I have a tiny Loki altoid tin altar. I'm working up to a medium for more of a Nordic pagan incase so need further help while traveling.

[@feathersandstarstarot]

This was such a great video! I really enjoyed learning more about your own, personal magical practice and I especially appreciated all of the great ideas and inspiration :) So many of your items were really versatile and multi-purpose, this prompted me to think about the kinds of things I would include, if I were to distill my own practice in the same way. Thank you so much for sharing! xxx

[@jamesfeeney623]

Many thanks! 🥰 I hope it was helpful, well wishes to you on your magical path! 😄💖

[@sadpaddletime1206]

Off topic but you have really pretty eyelashes

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much! 💚☺️

[@rozl6178]

Appreciate this thoughtful video, as yours always are! Thanks, James.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Many thanks ☺️☺️

[@geminigreywolf6655]

One of my travel altars is in a similar box. The box I use is what my cell phone came in.

[@jamesfeeney623]

That's awesome, reusing and repurposing materials can be a lot of fun! 😆

[@raquelclemente5836]

So well thought out, as all you create ♥️ Another great video that it's really useful. I have never thought about Portable altars nor I have come across any on here, so that's quite special. Thank you for sharing! I hope your trip will be rescheduled ♥️🙏🏻🤗🌠🤞

[@jamesfeeney623]

Many thank, Raquel! ☺️ I hope it was helpful. Luckily the airline is refunding me, so all should be alright! Well wishes to you 💖✨

[@rockwitch2114]

LOVE THIS! Very thoughtful and useful, what more could you want! I keep one in my vehicle for road trips and I could cover a picnic table with all the things, a minimalist I am not, but they are just so much fun. I love the "ritual" of it all.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Many thanks! That sounds like a wonderful travel setup, I can definitely relate with not being a minimalist! 😂 Part of the fun is setting it all out; it sounds like you travel very prepared ☺️

[@sarahcrawford6972]

Thank you for this very detailed video! I'm creating a travel altar as a gift and this really helped me think of some ideas. Blessed Be ♥

[@jamesfeeney623]

What a sweet gift! I'm glad you found some useful bits in the video, best wishes your way 💚💚

[@sarahcrawford6972]

@@jamesfeeney623 Blessed Be! Are there any recipes available for flying ointment? It sounds like something I'd love to incorporate in my own workings.

[@jamesfeeney623]

@@sarahcrawford6972 Oooh, good question! I've never tried making my own before (not much of an herbalist myself), but I'm sure there are plenty of wonderful recipes out there! 😄

[@lupamoon6625]

Love your travel set up it’s great ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you, I'm glad! 🥰💕

[@fierceandpretty1365]

Amazing how much you can pack in that box. I have never travelled with anything than a deck of Tarot. But watching this made me think that what would it be that I might want to use.... and for me it might be sage, candle (even that might be easy to get anywhere if needed) and maybe a clear quartz. I might end up doing a little travel kit this summer 🤔 Something that can travel with me on my bike untill the plane is an option again. Great stuff once again 💚

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you, Hanni 😄 I was surprised how much I organize and fit into the box as well! I like the sound of what you would pack, there's quite a lot you can do with those supplies, I hope your motorcycle journeys are magical! 💖

[@kadynisapanda]

Right now my travel altar is an altoids tin! It has a tealight candle, a 6" cord for knot workings, incense cones and a tiny incense tray, matches, a flat shell, a couple coins, a piece of sea glass, a small stone with a turtle engraving, a small key, and some beads that I painted to represent the 4 elements. It's not decorated, just a little low key tin. Not even that packed tbh, and I'm still deciding what I want to keep in it permanently. I also carry one of those pocket sketchbooks that I use as a sigil book and on-the-go grimoire. :)

[@jamesfeeney623]

Your travel altar sounds lovely, so creative! Travel journals really are a necessity 😂😆 Best wishes your way 💙💙💙

[@louisea.sanfacon4323]

I don't travel, but I love small things and my ritual altar is always kept in a plain black boxe, about the same size as yours. I take out the content only when I do a ritual, to realy create a sens of alternate space and time. I am an ecclectic witch, so, in this boxe I have a small golden pentagram made in embroidery, a small black obsidienne point as a wand to built my magick circle, a representation of the four elements such as a grenat crystal for earth, a feather for air, a tiny cup for water (I wish I had a small sea shell like yours!), and a candle for fire, I also keep in the boxe my miniature grimoire (3 inches × 2 inches), an "eye of Shiva" crystal (as protector of my altar), a small bell, a needle, a small mirror, incense sticks and a miniature incense holder, a small bottle of black salt, some paper, a pen, a miniature Tarot deck and matches. I am an animist, so, I don't worship any gods or goddesses, so there is no image or figurine representing one of then in my boxe. It all fits well on a small table when I do a ritual. Otherwise I have a bigger permanent altar in my living room (on a shelf) for my spiritual allies and servitors. In my purse I have a mini-miniature altar in a pill boxe, only with symbols of the four elements and of my spiritual allies, and on myself I carry a medecine bag.

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much for sharing a peek into your personal practice! 💚 Wow, your ritual altar materials sound potent and powerful, it also seems like you've mastered having some key materials with you at all times (I'm taking notes lol)! I really enjoy the natural and elemental feeling I get from what you've mentioned of your path, many thanks for watching and well wishes to you! ☺️💖

[@louisea.sanfacon4323]

@@jamesfeeney623 you are welcome! 😀 If your interested in the natural and elemental aspect of witchcraft and in keeping a medecine bag on yourself, the 2020 book "The Medecine Bag" by Don Jose Ruiz is very helpfull, also full of very nice spells and rituals related to the Toltec shamanic legacy (closely related to traditionnal witchcraft in many aspects). I highly recommand this book 😊💖

[@KarenRodriguez-df1lr]

🙏🌹I love your portable altar. I also have a portable altar🔮🙏This video giev some ideas for my portable altar. I will incorporate camomile and lavander in my travel altar. I love the painting of your goddess in the inside of the lid. Blessings!!!🙏💕

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much, I'm glad it was helpful ☺️💚 Well wishes to you on the magical travels I'm sure you'll have with your portable altar! 💖✨

[@asia6488]

I'm just beginning to research practicing the craft, and your video really helped me narrow down the things that a travel altar needs! I have a small tin and a tiny vial (for salt) already. I found some incense matches that I may go back and buy to put in there, with a tealight candle, a small selenite crystal along with fluorite and onyx (I find the selenite pure and cleansing, the fluorite calming, and the onyx protective), rosemary (instead of sage, just because it's more accessible for me and i like the smell more), and a few seashells i picked up from the beach :)

[@jamesfeeney623]

What an exciting time this must be for you, I love it! Your materials sound divine, wishing you luck and good fortune on your journey as it unfolds 😄💚

[@oscillatingossifyingocelot3930]

Just about spat out my tea. The dandelion artwork in the background is the exact same as something I saw on Facebook this morning. It's really quite beautiful; I love the style of it. I wonder if a Tiger Lily one exists....

[@jamesfeeney623]

I found it on amazon! I know there a few different designs with a similar art style, I also have one with crystals on it 😄 Definitely worth looking! ✨

[@Naked_Ryan]

I've been considering making one. Too many times I've been out and can't do a quick little thing lol My practice largely focuses on divination and candle magic, so I think mine is mostly gonna be a mini tarot deck, a variety of chime candles, and an incense spray. I've got a little treasure box I'll probably use; it's about the size of yours but double the height.

[@jamesfeeney623]

That sounds like an awesome idea! I'd love to know how that goes and works for you, thanks for watching 😄✨✨

[@inspirationspsychology]

Loved this James 🥰💖😘

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you Jen! 💕✨

[@Starladymarilyn]

Love it

[@hazelgardner957]

I loved seeing what kind of things you keep in your travel altar, I must get one together of my own. Also everything about Sheela na gig resonates so much! Im Irish and seeing her in your videos is inspiring me to go visit any local sheelas. Edit: I'll have a search through your videos but I'm extremely interested in flying ointment rn, id love to know your thoughts on it (although I know it's a slightly tough topic sometimes)

[@jamesfeeney623]

Thank you so much Hazel, I'd love to know what sorts of thing you put into your altar! I'm glad you connect with her, sometimes I worry I'm being annoying when I speak about my relationship with her 😂 That sounds lovely! 💚 The trip that has been postponed is actually to Ireland, I am hoping to see a few Sheela's when I do eventually go. Well wishes to you ☺️

[@hazelgardner957]

@@jamesfeeney623 oh my gosh that's exciting! Well I think there's already talk of opening flights back up and we're coming to the end of the first hit of covid at least, hopefully you can make it over soon! It's a stunningly magical country imo especially the nature. Also I love that you show and appreciate Sheela na gig in all her glory, she has such vitality and energy to me. I knew her name and had seen her imagery and thought she was intriguing but after seeing your video on her ive been thinking more and more about connecting with her myself or trying. (Btw when I make my travel altar I think what really matters for me is some cards and herbs 🌿 something else too I try to have on hand is nice stones or biodegradable items as offerings in case I take anything from anywhere)

[@jamesfeeney623]

@@hazelgardner957 I hope your journey with her is profound and magical! I like your eco friendly consideration with travel altar as well, I should consider that myself 😄💕

[@11kindpunk11]

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