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Sometimes I feel so alienated from witchcraft, because a lot of it seems so…heterosexual oriented, ya know what I mean?

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Gracious Hekate Aidonaia, Queen of the Underworld,

In your realm of shadows, your power unfurled.

Guide us through life’s darkest hours with care,

With your wisdom, help us find strength to bear.

Your presence is a beacon in the night,

A source of comfort in our darkest fight.

With kindness in our hearts, we call your name,

In the depths of sorrow, you ease our pain.

Aidonaia, your grace we humbly seek,

In your eternal realm, strong and unique.

With love and reverence, we honor your might,

As you watch over us in the darkest of night.

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Jeanie, Mary, and Josephine.

*me when I get surprised

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Convos with the wife

Her: When you come home today can you stop and get the mail?

Me: Sure.

Her: But don't open it. It's in my name and it's a federal offense to open someone else's mail.

Me: 🤣*knowing it's my birthday on Friday

#Convos with the wife

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Beloved Hekate, defender of the weak,

protector of those who fear the might of the wicked,

for whom each step into the dark is filled with dread,

I pray to you, I ask your favor. Hekate,

who knows well of all things we mortals most fear,

who knows well how best to drive away all ill,

I ask your blessing. Goddess, preserve my home

and my family from evil, guard us well

against all that would do us harm. Goddess, hold back

the dangers of the dark, grant me wisdom and courage

that I may face my fears and my foes with open eyes.

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Found another porcelain doll but this one has wings so I was going to turn it into a crow. Pulled her out of the box and it turns out that this holiday "centerpiece" is a fucking Christmas tree topper. Should've seen my face when I realized she didn't have legs.

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A walk in the woods with a beautiful lady

#Lesbian hiking

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Things like depression, anxiety, and a whole host of other things can really mess with a person's memory.

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Hekáte, on this Your Full Moon, we rejoice in Your blessings. Mother we thank You for a new cycle and all that it will bring. Goddess Hekáte, Queen of the Moon, let offerings be made in Your name!

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“yOu jUsT loOk LiKe A mAn”

You wish your grimy homophobic a$$ looked as good as mine 🌝

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Hekáte, Goddess of All, I humbly ask the following:

Comfort for all of Your witches that are hurting.

Answers for all Your witches that are questioning.

Provisions for all Your Witches that are needing.

Today, let all those who need You, let them feel You, let them know You.

We will look for Your signs of wonderful Mother!

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every time i’m in just a t-shirt & panties i’m like well i am the most beautiful woman in the world. no one has ever been more perfect than me, here, now, in this moment

#My wife and I call it our pooh bear moments

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What is the latest belief or thing you added to your faith?

Faith specifically? That godhood is a title bestowed or earned, not an intrinsic aspect of an entity. This is a slight expansion of Stag's "spirits in silly hats" theory.

So last year I started my journey, maybe not on the crooked path, but next to it? within eyeline of it? Idk, I started seeking out The Witchfather. And things went really well, we have a good relationship going, I've expanded my craft significantly in just the 6 months since I made my pact (that sounds WAY more serious than it is, right now I have a year and a day deal going with him, we will reassess on my birthday). I also went into this relationship relatively blind to literature and prevailing ideas surrounding him. I wanted to get to know each other before I started researching him in depth.

As the weeks and months passed, I started to realize he was rather limited in power relative to what I thought a god should be able to do. Most of what we did together was tied to the forest behind my house, and his ability to act outside of my property was minimal. I have since come to the conclusion he is the spirit of that forest, not The Witchfather (capital T capital W, big daddy God [which I'm sure is a cultural Christian expectation anyway]) that I thought he was. He was simply MY witchfather. He only became a deity because I decided he was one, and from what I can tell, he does not give two shits if he is considered a god or not. He simply is a Guy who answered when I called out. I am the one who put that crown on his head, and he wears it indifferently.

So I think a lot of what makes godhood is how we as people/worshippers/whatever you wanna call us treat the entities concerned. Aphrodite is not the goddess of love, sex and beauty because of any inherent quality she possesses, the ancients just gave her that domain and she ran with it (and she's doing a wonderful job as far as I'm concerned).

This whole change in philosophy was super freeing with regard to my idea of faith and devotion. It takes the pressure off of my ideas of divinity. It is easier to approach someone when you think of them as "just some guy with a fancy title" god instead of "behold my radiance, look upon me and weep" god.

Thanks for the ask! It was nice to actually write this all out and get it to be coherent.

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How goes it? It goes!

Im not a sculptor so this has been a frustrating and slow process. But also interesting? Outside of the creative art aspect I'm looking at this concept of Hekate Zônodrakontis, She who is entwined with snakes.

Theres so much that I hold on to emotionally that, we're I to leave behind, I would feel so much better...lighter.

In Ruth's class we lit candles connected to what we wanted to release and what we wanted to draw to us. We were reminded that Goddess will seek ways to show us what we've asked for to make sure we are ready to accept it or release it. She, was not wrong lol.

Working on Hekate Zônodrakontis today I'm again reminded that I don't need to hold on to certain things to survive anymore.

Deep within, I just want to be loved.

Back at it! I found this doll at goodwill and at first I didn't buy it. It haunted me so I went back the next day and bought it.

Look at the hideousness that was porcelain dolls in the late, what, 90's? Anyway, pretty sure she's not haunted but I also didn't know what to do with her.

This happens a lot.

So I sat her by the altar and figured that it would come when it was time. A few days ago this idea of Hekate as the Snake Mother took a deeper hold and I looked over at the doll with eyes wide. Today I ripped off the head and pulled out some large gage wire.

I was amazed at how odd the body looks without the dress lmafo. So, here's the skeleton of the head that will soon become Hekate as Snake Mother, leading us into our depths during winter.

#Hekate #WIP #Lesbian witch

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Camping trip in August is canceled due to interest.

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Third step down,

I'm almost through.

The horizon brightens,

Bringing life anew.

I say a prayer,

I click a button

I hope that this

Will become somethin

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Sometimes you help a woman out and she burns you and the bridge.