Customer Reviews

Altars: Bringing Sacred Shrines into Your Everyday Life

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3 star:		(1)
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I shared this book with my 10 year old daughter, and she made herself the most beautiful altar in her room. She made one for my husband and my 13 year old son and 14 year old daughter followed. They personalized it with special pictures and their own treasures. When they have a problem, they light their candle and pray. Its a special connection and looks so nice.

I've looked at every book I could get my hands on about the subject of Altars, and Denise Linn's book on the topic is, in my opinion, the best. Many of the other books have way too much text, but Denise Linn's book on Altars has lots of great pictures and just the right amount of descriptive text. She also has wonderful suggestions on various types of altar objects (with pictures), where to find different altar objects, imaginative altar layouts, etc. This is a *must have* book, and unfortunately, I'm sad to see that it is currently out of print. So if you can find a used one, grab it ! ! You won't be disappointed.

If you practise Amerindian spirituality, Buddhism, Christianity, etc as your spiritual path; you wil find ways to set up an altar in your home.

My only minor nitpick is that in the Medicine Wheel layouts on pages 56-61. Ms Linn places the elements in the wrong directions IMHO.

This book just hit me at the right place and time. My entire life has been in transition for the past two years and I continue to watch and wait for my new direction to emerge.

Denise Linn has given me a tool to concretize the important events and processes that are SIGNS for me to follow along the way.

Her altars are a wonderfully conrete way to live intentionally and consciously.

In these times of great personal and global spiritual change, it is good to have personal signposts to divine the journey.

I have shared the book with friends who think equally high of it for similar reasons.

It provides the opportunity for joyful reflection on the great and small events which may otherwise pass by without their due respect.

I have arranged various collected objects on a shelf for some time now and did not realize that this was actually an alter! This book has helped me reorganize my beloved and sacred objects into my very personal little space with the appropriate intent. Thank you to Ms. Linn for this wonderful book. I'm so happy that I purchased my copy last year as it is now out of print (which I don't understand since it was only published in 1999). If you can get your hands on a copy please cherish it.

I have used ALTARS on three separate occasions and found it indespensible! All three times I was at a loss on what I should be seeking and this has come to the rescue. A must have for anyone starting or learing about building their own altars.

This book is no longer in print and you DO want to have this one in your library! I have looked at it over and over and each time I do, I get fabulous ideas! Not just for my altars, and I have altars scattered throughout my house, but for my LIFE. Many of us probably did not even begin to realize that those ever-so-careful arrangements of toys and "treasures" we created on shelves or windowsills as children were a form of an altar. Our hearts and souls yearned for sacred spae, even then!

Grab this book and treasure it..ahhhh.

This book proved to be and excellent resource for someone like me; someone looking for a way to establish a place to meditate. Somewhere I can slow down and contemplate and pray. The book has much information on creating such a space and has beautiful pictures and illustrations to show what others have done for themselves.
I highly recommend this book to anyone on a quest to carve out a niche in their lives for spiritual growth.

This is a book of photographs of different types of altars. I found the book to be well written and arranged in a simple yet concise manner which allows the reader to explore the different altars and symbolism behind them. This book is recommended to those people who build altars or who are interested in altar building as part of their spiritual path.

I agree with Denise Linn's approach to the topics of altars and sacred space. I learned some things from this book, and it gave me some issues to think through in my own life. But I was disappointed with the book at the same time. I didn't enjoy the pictures, and was left with a hungry feeling at the end. I've read many books about altars, and this is the best one so far, but isn't the gem I had expected (wanted) it to be.