This is written to fulfil my promise to write on each divinity from the atheists' graveyard. Prayer to Cardea, Roman Goddess of the Hinge, the Axis, the Pole
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As keeper of the coven temple, it's my responsibility to make the daily offerings and prayers there on the People's behalf.
This I do twice daily, morning and evening.
(In an ideal world, with a full temple staff, there would be four offerings each day: at sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and solar midnight. Oh well. We do the best that we can with the resources available.)
A fortnight back I was staying at Sweetwood Sanctuary in the heart of Midwest Witch Country. While I was there, I made the daily offerings and prayers before the main altar in the Grand Circle.
There I noticed something very interesting indeed.
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So to light the candles is to pass through the doorway. Nice.
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This is why I always put a pair of candlesticks on an altar (but not a shrine)...the candlesticks mark the doorposts.