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Hey everyone! This is my first time posting on this forum, so I'm a little nervous but excited to interact with you all. :)

I'm just now getting into hearth craft in particular and am hoping to set up an altar in my home office to help focus the energy there for when I work (I'm a full time PhD student so any sort of grounding and focus is extremely useful). The issue is I have two very curious cats, one of whom is an extremely precocious kitten who will eat literally anything including non-consumable items such as matches. I'd like an aluminium cauldron and some crystals, but I'm nervous to put any salt or herbs on the altar; much as I would like them for the energy, I can't trust my cats not to eat them.

Any tips either for safe herbs/plants or for other items that can help focus energy but would be safe for my fur babies to be around? Thanks in advance for any insight.