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With Helios, who with the Triple Forms Hard to escape are You; You’re Moira and Your Scepter Kronos wrote Himself and gave And You keep Kerberos in Chains, with Scales If you keep a familiar (a real, living animal with who you maintain a deep relationship), call on Hecate to protect your animals and keep the peace between bickering animal “siblings.”. Offer any fruit offerings to Hecate using your left hand. With the popularization of neopaganism, practitioners of modern witchcraft have taken a special interest in her. She's very private about her communication with Hecate but she's said that Vishnu told her he'd been watching her since a young age and had been trying to communicate with her. If you celebrate rites of passage in your traditional (such as the transition from Maid to Mother), consider calling on Hekate to oversee ceremonies that honor these milestones. So I would suggest you find yourself a quiet place, a circle if you feel you need it, although who are you protecting yourself from? ( Log Out / A special place, a three way crossroad, a deserted beach, hell the bottom of your garden, as long as it is somewhere where you aren’t going to be disturbed. At last I have answered and she has spoken to me. Goddess of Dark, Quiet and Frightful One, You may also include The Prayer of the Crossed Trident as well. Meditation/prayer is a way to open ourselves up to the reception of the divine. And spread Madness, come to my Sacrifices, After performing an exorcism or energy clearing, hang mandrake root above the entry ways and ask Hecate to guard them to prevent the return of negative entities. I love and want to be able to communicate with the Goddess. Speaking of which: Ask Hecate to pass a message along to a deceased loved one or ancestor. Although the fruit and flower offerings are listed as optional below, I personally recommend including these at least once a week. The ritual is over. You can communicate by:-Tarot Cards-Pendulum Readings-Shufflemancy These should be washed before beginning. Here one may wish to incorporate chanting (see below); or any other magical/psychic development exercises, or energy work such as the Middle Pillar. When following the below steps, you can say a mantra as you go. Required fields are marked *. And rule the Triple Decades, unto me If you celebrate rites of passage in your traditional … This goddess takes a special liking to garlic. O let me feel thy embrace, It’s a tingling feeling across the skin. Her shadowy legend skirts the edges of Hellenic mythology. “Io Heka Io Ho”, “Io Hecate Io Ho” or the Ephesian Letters, “Askei Kataskei Eron Oreon Ior Mega Samnyer Baui Phobantia Semne” may all be used with advantage. Beginning an herbalism practice? Regular communication is something you should do. Night, Darkness, Broad Chaos: Necessity
Beginning Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Night-Crier, Bull-faced, loving Solitude, And then ask for assistance, Her guidance and Her blessings. It allows you to learn their preferences, answers questions about working together, if they like or dislike your offering and much more. The easiest way to this is known as the square breath. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. And boundless Chasm You traverse. Call on her for Triple Goddess rites of passage.
Although designed to be performed at an altar within your home, it may also be performed at a desolate three way crossroads (ie a Trivia, one of Her many epithets), a cemetery (if the Dead of said place grant you entry, more information may be found here – Modus Operandi: Graveyard Workings) or another liminal space sacred to Hecate. At night, before whom Daimons quake in Fear This is the time that you take to communicate with Hecate. This can be as simple as a tea light, any fire based light source will do.
Your Ankle is Wolf-shaped, Fierce Dogs are dear Communicating With Hekate (Hecate) Communicating with deities is very important. Chanting is the simple act of sitting in a comfortable position, eyes focused upon the either an image of Hecate or a sigil of Her, repeating a mantra such as “Io Hecate Io Ho” or the Ephesian Letters, “Askei Kataskei Eron Oreon Ior Mega Samnyer Baui Phobantia Semne” silently or aloud. When using beads you would start with one round, this means for every bead you will say the mantra once, that’s 108 times. I have a black kitten named Hecate, we call her Hex for short. Known that this is the essence of Darkness and vibrate the name “Hecate.”.
Visualize a beam of light descending from this sphere and to your genital area where it forms a second sphere. And Goddess of the Triple Ways, who hold How can I do it in a safer way? The mind is focused on the mantra, the thoughts are let go of and the breath is slow and deep. Water in a cup or bowl with a spoon for sprinkling. Cross your arms over your chest, left over right, and bow. Though you can pray any time during the day or night, I find the best time to be the Witching Hour, this is a time when your home and neighborhood will mostly be quiet and you can focus and concentrate without distractions. Burn a black candle at the crossroads.
Of fearful Serpents on Your Brow, who sound Bestow your blessings upon my soul Who seeks knowledge and power of the Void! We will become friends. STOP. And the rest, well perhaps you can write to me and share your experiences of what comes next because honestly it can be as simple as that, enjoy. O Nether and Nocturnal, and Infernal, Chanting is a simple act of devotion based on the ancient practice of japa yoga. Your Hands a Golden Scepter. Exalt Men, You of Many Names, who bear Visualize a bright sphere of indigo light growing above your head. Although it is simply not feasible to do this every time, making such a journey for the Full or New Moon can make for a very powerful experience. Offer any fruit offerings to Hecate using your left hand. I love to get acquainted with Hekate. Hecate, hear me cry thy name! Samhain Ritual Cakes Recipe with Pumpkin Spice, High Priestess: A Guide to Assuming Leadership in Your Coven.
So there you are knees knocking, possibly slightly crouching at the bottom of your garden so the neighbours can’t see you over the fence, you can guarantee your garden will have suddenly become infested with midges, or slugs, or the latest “in place” for the neighbourhood cats, or as I discovered the first time I did a specific operation with a new entity, of intense interest to the Police Helicopter, no seriously there is nothing so off putting as a big bugger off flood light suddenly lighting up your nocturnal doings. O Queen who drive Your Car on Equal Course If you live in a noisy area you may find incorporating dark ambient music helps keep the outside distractions at bay while not infringing upon your focus. Triple-pointed, triple-faced, triple-necked, Obviously I cannot “show” you how with the written word, as I came to realise after the fact, this is why so many traditions are called mystery traditions, because it can’t be written down only experienced, but also my cynical side sometimes wonders if some self professed initiates of these traditions haven’t got a clue either, its as much a mystery to them as it is to everybody else. Disconnect yourself from concerns/problems/your to-do list. So I would suggest you start simply, use something that has been tried and tested, after all, why re-invent the wheel, if your like me, you will be happy to admit that flowery words are not your strong point and best left to mystics and poets. Shooter of Deer, night shining, triple-sounding, Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
If you wish to begin with a ‘special’ prayer, one is included below: O Invincible Queen of the Dead,
I suppose firstly because my normal knee jerk ornery response would be, well how long is a peice of string? She is the third black cat I have shared my life with. I burn for You this Spice, O Child of Zeus, I personally have found doing such work as part of my devotions empowers the exercise greatly. I have a new toy, Ive been playing with Google Analytics for a while and one of the nice things you can do is actually see how people came across your site or blog; one that has come up a number of times recently is “How to Call on Hekate”.
Allekto, Many-Formed, who arm Your Hands The glass should be one that has never been used before and there after is only used as a glass for liquid offerings. Dart-shooter, Heav’nly One, Goddess of Harbors, Cross your arms, left over right, over your chest again and pray to Her. Vibrate “Chthonian,” which is a name of Hekate. Bound down Your Backs with Horrifying Chains Invocation of Hecate.
Imagine that you are calling back into yourself the power from the candle that you gave in the opening of the Candle Prayer to Hecate. As Goddess of Witches, call on Hekate during rituals to seal the bonds of sisterhood in covens. Your email address will not be published. O Child of Morn who ride upon the Fierce Bulls, Circle the deity with the incense in the same manner. Whether you recognize her as a literal deity, or you simply want to work with the archetypal energy she represents, try one of these ideas to bring her into your sacred space. Untimely, and You who make Grief resound This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. ( Log Out /
Close your eyes and begin long, slow deep breathing. In much of the art depicting this goddess, she carries a fire torch.
I believe they speak fairly often now. Communication between us and divinity is a process that takes some time before results are reached. With your right hand, sprinkle water in a deosil (ie clockwise) to cool the atmosphere. As 108 becomes easy you would increase to two rounds of the beads and so on. I have reached ‘cronedom’ and I think it is a wonderful stage to be in. Her history is that of all unruly women, labeled as witches and otherwise.
To You, wherefore they call You Hekate, So how do you chant? To bless this clay, Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Hekate, or Hecate, is the Greek goddess of the moon, witchcraft, the crossroads, natural poison, herbalism and spirits of the dead. Call on her when working intuitively with herbs, or when you want to focus your energy on deepening your knowledge of herbal lore and its metaphysical uses. Cross your arms, left over right, over your chest again and pray to Her. This light may be reused in other devotional rituals. Of Dogs; You hide Your Forms in Shanks of Lions,