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How to Build and Use a Temporary or Travel Santa Muerte Altar

10/12/2016

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Cigar box Santa Muerte altar, found on: http://www.pumpkincottageconjure.com/muerte-shrines.html
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Santa Muerte Altoid Can Altar - originally found on: https://folksy.com/items/6500776-Santa-Muerte-Tin-Altar
Not all Santa Muerte followers have the luxury of being able to erect a permanent altar for our most Holy Saint Death, but that doesn't mean we can't work with the Santa Muerte and make offerings to her. With the help of a temporary or travel sized altar, we can work with the Santa Muerte just as effectively as anyone who constructs a permanent altar. As with a permanent altar, the most important ingredient for building a temporary or travel sized altar is an image of the Santa Muerte.
One option is to take a small box of any size (cigar box, wooden keepsake chest, Altoid can) and paste into the inside of the cover an image of the Santa Muerte. You can print an image at home or purchase a small Santa Muerte prayer card. If you're able to find a tiny figurine or medallion with her image, you can also use a hot glue gun to attach this image to the inside cover. In the rest of the box, store appropriate sizes of things that you can offer to Santa Muerte when you have the chance to open your tiny altar, like candles, cones of incense, vials of perfume, etc. For just about any offering you would make to the Santa Muerte at a full sized altar, chances are good that you'll find travel sizes of those same offerings. Cigarettes, tiny bottles of liquor, fun sized candy bars, pieces of bread, small vials of perfume, etc. all make excellent options for a small altar box. You can keep perishable offerings in your box until they begin to go bad, spray perfumes in and around the box, or even pass the box through the smoke of incense, a cigarette, or cigar. What matters most is not the mechanics of how you make your offering, but your intent - always remember this.

As with a full sized altar, your temporary or travel altar can rest atop a piece of fabric or cloth of your choice. You could use a square of fabric or cloth under your altar box while open, and to wrap your tiny altar when not in use.

Another option is to simply carry a medallion or prayer card of the Santa Muerte, and to carry it in your hands when you want to communicate with Saint Death. Offerings can be made by sprinkling perfume or liquor on the image, passing the image through the smoke of a burning offering, et cetera. You can carry the image around your neck or in a small satchel that can double as your altar cloth if you want to place the image on a flat surface - as you may want to do to free your hands for other ritual work.

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Here's a simple travel altar you can purchase that features not only etched images of the Santa Muerte, but also a little platform for you to place small offerings, like a votive candle, a cone of incense, or shot of alcohol. You can also place items to be kissed, or blessed, by Holy Death, such as a rosary, pendent, magick oil, et cetera.

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18 Comments
Jordan
6/23/2017 01:21:37 pm

can i make a temporary altar with a statue and all ? i am in a temporary living place for about 3 months with my own room and space .

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Arnold link
6/27/2017 10:33:25 am

Yes.

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Lee Collins
7/30/2017 12:20:45 pm

At the moment my wife and I are staying with her mom for the time being until we find our own place. Could a portable altar be made out of a shoe box? I'll look around for a better, portable altar in the mean time.

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Arnold link
8/4/2017 12:09:00 am

I think that would be lovely. If you post pictures online please send a link - I'd love to see what you came up with.

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Nancy Corrone
9/15/2017 06:11:11 am

Hi we have been working with sante muerte for 4 mths now. What do you do when you ask and she doesn't deliver is there something we're doing wrong cause she usually answers our prayers the next day..we give her fresh water every day fresh offerings every day also fresh flowers twice a week and candles every day can you tell us we're we are going wrong please help Nancy

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Arnold link
9/15/2017 01:44:22 pm

I actually wrote an article on this topic titled "When Santa Muerte Magick Doesn't Work". In that article I explain some steps you can take if you feel your petitions to the Santa Muerte are not being heard. Check it out, and if you still have questions, then feel free to get back in touch. Hope it helps and here's a link! http://www.santamuertemagick.com/blog/when-santa-muerte-magick-doesnt-work

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Elena Ramirez
11/16/2017 05:19:38 am

Is bad to believe on her ? How can I start believing on her do I pray to her ?How it works?

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Arnold link
11/23/2017 08:36:54 pm

Bad to believe in her? Some say yes, some say no. This is a matter for self reflection - nobody can give you the answer but yourself. How can you start believing in death? This is something I also don't have the answer to. Death, in one form or another, exists whether you choose to believe in it or not. Prayers are an excellent way to build a strong magickal relationship with death, so yes, there is value in prayers. How does it work? I also don't have this answer for you. I don't know how it works - but I do know that many people have had great success working magickally with the Santa Muerte. LOOK WITHIN.

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Diana Vi
7/26/2018 10:45:19 pm

I will have to tear down my altar. Cause my landlady keep making lots of problems. Haiz. Anyway spoke to her daughter and the daughter agrees that her mum is a problem starter. So ya, will downsize to a travel altar. :( Bye bye altar
After tonight's Lunar eclipse rituals

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Arnold link
8/3/2018 02:05:59 am

That's okay - Santa Muerte is no stranger to discrimination. Remember, her power does not come from any statue or image - it comes from the relationship you build with her in your heart. Make an effort to remain devoted, whatever that means to you, and you will never fall out of Santa Muerte's graces.

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Chris
8/2/2018 08:44:48 pm

Are you able to create your own prayer card?
How often do offerings need to be made?
Do offerings need to be made whenever you have to pray?

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Arnold link
8/6/2018 01:12:23 pm

Yes, you can make your own prayer cards.
Let intuition guide your offerings - has it been a while since your last offering? Can you afford an offering? Has Santa Muerte been good to you? Everyone's offering schedule is different.
No, you don't need to leave an offering whenever you want to pray, but I'm sure there are people who do it.

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Jazmin
2/12/2020 04:55:24 pm

I have my friend (crush) in jail they are trying to give him 50 years or life sentence I want him to come out soon so we can be together and I know la santa muerte can help but I don't know how to start or anything I need advice please

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Arnold link
3/2/2020 10:02:39 am

The power of Santa Muerte comes from the relationship we build with her. Nothing physical is required to build a relationship with Santa Muerte, it's as easy as praying from the heart. Speak your truth to her, let her know you are thankful for her presence in your life, and make it clear what you are seeking from her.

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Eddie Cruz
4/26/2020 08:15:11 am

So i was watching this video from Santa muerte houston about if youre having trouble with the law and he said that the little figurines arent Altar tried to call and ask him more but tbh that didnt go well. He also mentioned i needed a blue one is this true?

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Arnold link
5/12/2020 02:07:37 am

There are many ways to petition the Santa Muerte. I would advise you that any depiction of Santa Muerte can serve as an altar, no matter how big and no matter how small. The reason behind this is because Santa Muerte accepts us all, no matter the size of our altar. All colors of Santa Muerte are the same Santa Muerte, so technically you can petition to any color you like. I was taught that the green color is associated with law and legal matters. Green is the color associated with the land, and land is associated with the law - for example, when people say "the law of the land". Land also represents personal property and personal space, and most laws are designed to protect one or both of these things.

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Thomas
12/14/2020 03:13:55 am

Interesante la publicación para aquellos que no pueden tener un altar en casa, aunque también es bueno tener uno a la mano aún así se tenga de un permanente. Ya sea cuando vas de salida y quieres llevar una mini réplica al parque, bosque o cuando vas de visita con los tíos.

Saludos desde Tijuana

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Arnold link
1/6/2021 06:14:23 am

TRANSLATION:

Interesting publication for those who can not have an altar at home, although it is also good to have one on hand still have a permanent. Whether you're on your way out and want to take a mini replica to the park, forest or visiting with the guys. Greetings from Tijuana

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Thank you for writing. While I agree that a permanent altar is an ideal situation, I like to make Santa Muerte devotion as accessible as possible. When I write about options for travel altars, or astral altars, I write with the least among us in mind - those who are poor, homeless, or in prison. If Santa Muerte accepts us all, then she accepts us no matter the size of our altar, and even if our altar does not exist on the physical plane.

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