Norse Pagan Altar (on a budget) // Thrifting for a great beginner or travel altar setup at Goodwill 

My entire altar set-up is intentionally hand-made, found, rehabbed or gifted to me in a meaningful setting. In my mind items gain spiritual weight through interaction with people. I'll post photos in the fb group.

I've been a practitioner all my life and if things were not handed down, thrifting items are the BEST ITEMS to get. the basis for ritual is working with what you have, and going second hand from a charity shop you are supporting a cause if you don't have the means to get things new.... I lived in an area where there was a good will every 2 miles no joke and for years anything I needed Good will was my first stop and I always found what I needed and more....and you are giving new life by repurposing items that would end up on a landfill. ALWAYS GO SECOND HAND FIRST, PLEASE and once you practice, EVERYTHING YOU SEE will be with a ritual mindset :)

As a Pagan working with Deities and Gods from different Pantheons thrifting is absolutely amazing for almost all your needs

I find the charm of folk magick is in the “folk” aspect. Humble everyday & local items used for spiritual purposes. Whenever I feel tempted to order or buy something I keep this in mind. I believe it’s quite possible (preferable?) to craft, repurpose, forage, & thrift most everything.

I am really struggling to stay sober from alcohol but I am praying to lord Odin and lord Thor for knowledge and wisdom and their strength

I would try to make what I can

Well, Gothi, what you say is true. Having lived through the '60's and '70's I miss those funky boutique shops where you could get all kinds of things reasonably priced to furnish an altar. The one thing I would change, however is your aluminum drinking cup. Aluminum like brass is reactive to liquids like wine which have acid in them. You might be able to get around it by coating the cup with a safe clear finish like the Ukrainians do on their wooden bowls and spoons. Better still, I would save my money and by a drinking horn which comes in a wide range of prices. They are usually coated with a protective finish and our sisters and brothers in eastern Europe do beautiful work. Thanks for the great video. Skal!

My first ritual/altar tools came from goodwill and other thrift stores. I started that at 15 and now my 14 yr old son has started to learn and i passed down some of my original things to him.

This video is a real lifesaver for me. Budget constraints are a reality, and I'm truly grateful that someone created this resource. It's been a big help! 💫🙏

Good video, I like it. I myself make, or use stuff handed down through the family.

My wife and I have just built our own altar kit. Thank you for sharing your guidance!

I used this video as a start for my travel alter for multipurpose Ancestor/Diety alter that I could use semi-hidden in my barracks while deployed. So it is literally simple brass ring, an old challenge coin gifted to me a symbol of Odin and of my heart, two morale patches that symbolise parts of mine and spirit and Eir and Thor at the same time. Then an old tobacco tin of one of my first tobaccos as the container and boli, and a shmaugh as an alter cloth. Then a small note book and small drinking horn as a gift to me from the Gothi in my deployed area. All I am missing so far but I use my intention to conjure is any symbol of ancestors. However the smhmagh can symbolise my father and grandfather whom also have deployed too. I was happy to see this. And I spent less than $15 for all of it. Most of it was old items transferred to my wife alter to mine, or were gifts given to me or things I found.

I absolutely love this video. I tend to over complicate and over spend when I don’t need to, so I appreciate being grounded and brought back to simplicity.

I have found so many cool trinkets and treasures for my altar. Especially good silver for offering plates and cups.

"The Gods will always provide"- I've forgotten who taught me that, but it's true. My first altar was stuff I already had in my house. I gave my Gods my own personal items, then bought them stuff when I could afford to. I bring them things I find on hikes home, too. Give what you have and freely.

Great video !!! Happy to have found your channel 😀 Some of the best altar goodies are treasures from thrift stores, makes them more unique and personal…

😊 I appreciate your covering this, its been a concern of mine starting out.

Awsome video! Keep up the great work!

Really good information! Thank you!

Very interesting!

my general altar is pretty expansive, but my dedicated Asatru altar collection is still definitely a work in progress 😂the pieces i do have have all been gifted to me or coincidentally rescued from road-side "free!" boxes or yard sales, which makes them all the more special to me. my current bolli is a vintage teacup- its very wide and rounded, so a pretty unique shape for a western style teacup tbh. its got a gold painted rim which i think all the gods would appreciate, and delicate flowers just under the inside of the rim which put me in mind of the Vanir. my cloth is actually a small Moomin brand towel which i've never used for anything but this because i love it so much lol, but its nice and really well made. i don't have a proper hammer yet, but i've got a good solid mjolnir pendant, which is handmade and was gifted to me by my dad (its got this lovely knotwork on it with bear faces on either side of the hammer, and a cool runic makers mark on the back! he's got one too). i've got several potential oath rings already, im still sorting out the vibes for that one. the only must-have pieces i'm really missing are a cup or horn and a candlestick i like the feel of! everything else in my altar is comprised of found objects like shells, semi precious gems, cool rocks (some of them have naturally made holes), deer teeth, and bird feathers. the bird feathers are central. and it might sound a little funny, but most of my animal effigies are actually original ty beanie babies 😂😂 i also have a couple of d6 dice made to look like they're made of animal bones. i had a dream once gave me the overwhelming *need* to go out and find dice specifically for Loki. still dunno what thats about, maybe he likes DnD these days, haha. they tend to roll pretty well! i love love love finding altar pieces through second-hand/thrifting or gifts, but especially if they've already been used or loved by someone else. im a firm believer in the concept of manmade objects 'remembering' the people they've been with (that goes double for stuffed animals. The Velveteen Rabbit SCULPTED me as a child), and i use those residual energies to fortify whichever ritual i wanna do with them. i dont tend to cleanse anything away unless its got a really weird vibe. i love my altar- i've had it for 18 years now and its very much grown up along with me. adding to it is always a joy

The picture remind me the Goddess Knowlegde oracle cards art !

This is so awesome! My first Bowli is a wood bowl I found at Red Racks thrift store. Wanted to make one that worked for me so I got it, and used a dremmel to carve it with some knot work and runes, I've used it for every blot I've dont

This is a amazing video wish I had this when I started my path hahaha but all my stuff for my alters inside, out side and when I travel are all made of things i found on a hike or a trip to the mountains i take also thrift store or gifts i get just like you i let the God's show me what they want what for a bowl,cup, hammer, stone's,ECT it's weird but they will show you just have to keep an open mind when looking but thank you for this video great information

I think that is Susan Seddon Boulet art

good stuff 💀🔱

My alter has overgrown over the years I get my stuff at called callies where I live in Montana and I am Mayan and I have a death whistle near my space also. Can you do a video on how to be a gothï it's a misunderstood the concept thanks

Mine for hades is a cup to offer drinks 2 rocks I thought he would like coins and a candle

can we bless our own offering cups/horns?

Hello, there! Great video! So, it is ok to buy items for BLOT at second hand stores!? Can't remember if I ever asked You before, though so I apologize for that before hand 🥰

I am finally building my collection for an altar. Some I have bought others I have acquired through storage units my Dad used to get. My Boli is an old metal bowl. My "Horn" is a wine glass. For the shell is funny enough an old Smirnoff tin cup. The hammer is one of my fathers old hammers. Though I have a question about God/Goddess representation in the altar. If I were to use a painting dedicated to the god or goddess, would that he acceptable? Now to tell you the truth, it is a painting of the deity's name. Or would I have to actually have like a picture or statue of them? Now do I need an oath ring on the altar? I am confused on that part

Hello, good day. I am falling in love with the Asatru practice, but I am not so much of a diety believer. Which God image should I consider? From the whole pantheon, which God is the best to start off with?

personally I think the altar should be made, not bought