altars

Are they really neccessary for casting spells?
Don't get me wrong casting a circle and purifying the area is important but setting up my altar then having to take it back down again is too much work sometimes. I understand having an area for your spells is important but are all the alar tools neccessary, I have all the tools but I just feel using them sometimes is a waste of time. Do any of you guys just gather the appropiate herbs, candles etc. and cast your spells without having your wand, cauldron censer offering goddess statuates etc. I just don't get it
Whats an altar for? It sound like a beginners question but it's a question thats i've never had answered

well,in my opinion,not really.I cast circles and I don't have an altar.

A Wiccan altar is typically a piece of furniture such as a table or chest, upon which a Wiccan practitioner places several symbolic and functional items for the purpose of worshiping the God and Goddess, casting spells, and/or saying chants and prayers. Upon the altar typically rests a cloth used to protect the surface from damage by candle wax, spilled liquid, or dust from burnt incense. This cloth is often adorned by a pentacle, or other spiritual symbol.

source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar_(Wicca)

Thanks, I just think I needed reassuring I wasn't doing anything wrong.

no probs