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Do you have a ways of worshipping for Hecate? Just found you blog and I love it!! 💜

Ways of Worshipping Hecate

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- do rituals and spell work on the new moon!

- animal statues, she's particularly fond of 3 headed animal statues if you can find them

- offerings/objects in lots of 3 or 13

- do your shadow work

- begin learning to find a level of comfort in discomfort, you have to accept all facets of yourself, Hecate can help with this

- leave offerings at a crossroads or outside your door

- food offerings such as:

- raisins and currants

- raisin and currant muffins and breads

crescent shaped cakes and cookies

- eggs/eggshells

- pomegranate

- (dark) chocolate

- meat

- cheese

- nuts (specifically almonds)

- bread

- grapes

- honey or honey cakes

- apples

- black coffee, jasmine tea, milk and honey, red wine and mead

- decorative masks

- her associated plants/herbs: cinnamon, garlic, lavender, cardamom, yarrow, rose, mugwort, aconite, ebony, oak, mandrake, nightshades, willow, dark yew, blackthorn, saffron, dandelion, pumpkins/squash, night blooming flowers such as, moonflower, datura, brugmansia, night lilies and more

- Snake, dog, deer, alligator, horse, sheep, bat, owl, weasel, ferret and boar imagery

- Snake shed (ethically sourced)

- dog fur or teeth (ethically sourced)

- horse shoes (ethically sourced)

- owl feathers (ethically sourced)

- bones/skulls (ethically sourced)

- her associated scents for candles or incense: cinnamon, honey, myrrh, dragons blood, benzoin, mugwort, lime, lemon and verbena

- her associated metals and gems: sapphire, silver, gold, moonstone, black tourmaline, bloodstone, black onyx, hematite, smokey quartz and other black Gemstones

- enchant your jewellery with protection magic and wear it in honour of her

- learn baneful protections (or regular protection)

- practice witchcraft and ask Hecate to participate and assist

- learn the magical properties of herbs

- Hecate can be associated with birth, so take care of pregnant people or animals

- foster/adopt puppies

- honour the dead and/or your ancestors

- spend time in graveyards

- clean them up while you're there if you can

- go to mystery spots

- do crosswords, word unscrambles and riddles

- knock before entering a room

- babysit/take care of/foster children

- pray to her at night

- keys

- coins

- a cauldron

- a broom (good for sweeping out unwanted energies)

- candles! Especially black, silver, red or purple

- wear a (dark) veil! (This is a form of protection magic, and dark colours are associated with Hecate)

- hold a feast in her honour! Set a place for her at your table or leave the food offerings on her altar

- donate to animal shelters

- cut out the toxic people in your life

- celebrate samhain!

- nurture your inner child

- little toys and trinkets

- devote your education to her, study something new, this could be hymns, or schooling or just a topic you're personally interested in

- self care as an offering

- be kind to people

- donate money or food, blankets, etc to homeless shelters

- torches/torch art/imagery

- the wheel of fortune tarot card

- share your story, you deserve to be heard and they deserve to be outed for what they did.

- support other survivors

- dog treats and dog bones!

- knives/athame

- rope or cord (to symbolise birth and rebirth)

- devote a form of divination to her

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An Introduction to Hekate

Hekate, Goddess of Magic, Witchcraft, the Moon, Necromancy, is believed to be not just a Goddess of the Underworld, but the living world as well. She also has dominion over crossroads, hidden knowledge, home protection, herbs, plant medicine and flowers. According to the Ancient Greek text by Hesiod, Theogony “Hecate, whom Zeus, Cronus’ son, honored above all others: he gave her splendid gifts - to have a share of the Earth and the barren sea, and from the starry sky as well she has a share in honor, and is honored most of all by the immortal gods.”

From what we can see historically, Hekate was a Goddess that was highly revered and given reign over three realms by the God of Gods. Hekate is well known to be as the triple goddess due to her association with the waxing, full and waning moon, but also some equate Hekate to the Mother, Maiden and Crone figure. She is a powerful Goddess, yet she also is a kind Goddess that will aid you in your path that you have chosen as a witch. Some of the main things you can focus on when working with Hekate when just starting off is

Finding your path

Protection of your home & loved ones

Communion with the dead

Spirit work

Shadow work

Associations with Hekate you may find when calling on her when beginning to build a relationship with her are items such as,

Keys

Torches

Lanterns

Black dogs

Crossroads

The Moon

The Crone

Snakes

The colors black & purple

The #3

The tarot card “The Moon”

Strophalos Wheel

There are superstitions that when Hekate is near dogs will begin to bark for what seems to be no reason.

Once you begin to see signs that Hekate is responding to you and is willing to engage, a great thing to do would be to leave an offering at a crossroads during the New Moon. Rituals, offerings and spellwork during the New Moon is the perfect time to connect with Hekate since that is the phase of the moon associated with her. Some examples of offerings you can leave at the crossroads are,

Mead

Wine

Cakes

Mediterranean fruits

Locally sourced fruits

Keys

Bones

Plants, such as Mugwort

Blood

You can also honor Hekate on the last day of the month or on the Night of Hekate, which is November 16th every year.

Lastly, an important step to making that initial connection with Hekate is creating an altar dedicated to her. On your altar you can have a statue of her or something that symbolizes her, plants associated with her and even  images of animals associated with her. Some colors you can use to decorate your altar are,

Purple

Black

Orange

Yellow-Orange

Red-Orange

Use these scents of incense at your altar such as,

Cinnamon

Honey

Myrrh

Mugwort

Lime

Lemon Verbena

Queen of the Night

Finally, some great crystals and gems that Hekate would love to have at her altar include,

Sapphire

Silver/Gold

Moonstone

Black Tourmaline

Black Onyx

Hematite

Smoky Quartz

Hopefully  this introduction helps give you an idea of who Hekate is and how to begin following her. Thanks for reading!

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Infinity

“I’ve missed this.” You whisper as your hand comes to rest on my face. Your breath gently fans across my skin as we both lay on my pillow. The lights are off, just the tv on with one of my chill plays lists on. Your other hand is drawing lazy circles on my thigh.

And if we’re being honest, I missed this too. I missed the way that you would calm me down and help ground me. The city asleep outside, covered in a dark haze. Feeling like we’re the only ones in the world.

So I kiss you, soft and sweet. I’m hoping to convey my feelings with my mouth since I’ve never been good at it verbally. I’m wanting to say I love you and I want you to never leave. That I’m savoring every moment with you.

I think you understand because you kiss me back. It moves from innocent to passionate in a heartbeat.

That’s what I’ve always liked about you, everything you do is passionate. You’re like a fire, burning brightly and demanding everything that you want. You’ve always said that I was the water to your fire, that I helped reign you in.

And in this moment, all I can think about it how I’ve miss you and never want to let you go again.

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Dealing with PTSD

I was diagnosed with chronic PTSD a couple months ago alongside with bipolar and it honestly makes sense. It just sucks actually living with it. The nightmares and the flashbacks can be hell. My body has so much pent up energy that I need to get out. I’ve started working out a little and that seems to help. Yoga’s helped a lot as well. My therapist suggests EFT tapping and I’m looking into that currently. So today marks the start of my tapping challenge and I’m super nervous about it. 

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Stop gaslighting yourself. You know what happened and your truth

Myself

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Introduction

Hello there! My name is Ash and I’ve decided to start a blog about my personal growth and to help with my business. I have an etsy account under the same name where I sell jewelry, psychic readings, and more! I’m super excited as I used to use tumblr when I was younger but I deleted it so long ago. I’ve decided that 2022 will be an amazing year for me and I hope that you’ve decided to as well. Have an amazing day :)

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