| While most of the people praying at the Sam Poo Thay Jien altar are ethnic Chinese, most of the people at the Anchor Temple are Javanese. |
| A gurgling well sprang from the foot of the altar, saving the townspeople from dying of thirst. |
| Ideally, the altar would be built in a walled garden where rites could be conducted in privacy. |
| The room widens almost imperceptibly, then narrows again as the adobe walls converge on either side of the altar. |
| Once we were word perfect we were taught what we had to do whilst on the altar. |
| I began by celebrating my first Full Moon, in August of 2002, by creating my first wand and formal altar before ritual. |
