What are the altars for?
Any altar is only a focal point for concentration or meditation. Altars are not, per se, associated with any particular group, sect, or religioneither Christian or pagan. Altars are for ones personal and private use. The altars I make are usually two or three piece sets. They are designed to be flexible because they have free space around them upon which one may place personal and private objects: pictures, candles, incense, totems. It is your Altar! Personalize it!