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# Alter and Altar: Rituals and Revelations from the Coven for the Autumn Equinox
- URL: https://www.missingwitches.com/alter-and-altar/
- Published: 2023-10-02T18:25:36.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-02T18:25:36.000Z
- Description: To find the beauty in the darkness of the fall.
- Author: Teela Lier
- Tags: Witch Poetry, Zine, Word Witchcraft

A Circle Poem, based on notes taken during a Missing Witches New Moon Circle before the Autumn Equinox.

### Alter and Altar

Drop the mask  
Show us who you really are

Make a change  
Add it to your altar  
Revere the new it brings to you

Take dive into your past  
Salvage the pieces of you  
Find treasures you never knew

Explore you  
Pen to paper  
Jot it down  
Write the truth your heart longs to set free  
Keep it close and guard it well  
Let no one take it from you

Carry your altar with you  
A book  
A journal  
A box  
A cloth  
A picture  
A song  
A thought  
What does an altar mean to you?  
Carry it with you

Good or evil  
No gray or in-between  
Childhood reasoning  
Fears of darkness  
Shadows of fall bring unease  
To the child we used to be

Altering mindsets  
To reframe old teachings  
Developing seasonal awareness  
To find the beauty in the darkness of the fall

Journey to a new home  
In a familiar place  
Old hurts and family healing

A journey of mind, body and spirit  
Coven connection  
Sisters are standing by  
Sending strength and healing  
In the circle we hold space to let it out

Overstimulation in the season  
Empty altars  
Start fresh  
A clean slate for the witch

Self care is key  
Hot chili on cold nights  
Fires under the stars

Surviving the past and cherishing today  
Release the stress in your body  
Learn to trust your body  
Illness and medical trauma  
Hold tight in our body and mind 

Slow down and take a breath  
Remember to breathe

Blessed Fucking Be.