Hecate Hearken To Our Spell - Kate West

Raise your hand if you love swords 🗡️

The use of knives and blades has historically played a hugely important role in many magical practices. In the modern day, when most people think of magic and knives, they think of the Wiccan Athame—and while there is a lot of interesting lore there, learning about the use of blades in Jewish magic is absolutely crucial!

Whether you’re sleeping with a brand new blade beneath your pillow in order to suss out the evil eye or swinging a carved sword above your head to protect your newborn from the powers that be, these traditions are long standing and deserve to be talked about!

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Spirit work: Questions to ask your spirit guides

When you begin to communicate with your spirit guides you may want to go through the process of asking them specific questions that they will be able to answer that will allow you to do have some form of dialogue. This list is meant to help with that by providing you with certain questions that you may want to ask. This is by no means an all encompassing list, and it is simply a few questions that I found interesting that you may want to ask them. When you go through the process of asking these questions you want to do it in a very clear, and precise way, while being open to whatever answer comes to you.

What is your name?

when did we first meet?

How long have you been with me?

Are you a lifetime guide or are you here to guide me through a particular lesson?

what type of entity are you?

What form are you most comfortable in?

do you have any advice for me?

have you ever been an incarnated entity?

Did we share any past lives together?

What lesson are you here to help me learn?

How can we deepen our connection?

What is your “sign” to let me know you’re around?

What can you tell me that will help me on my path?

can meet you show me a sign in my Waking Life?

What is your gender identity?

Have you ever helped me? If so, how?

How many spirit guides do I have?

Have we ever reversed rules where I was your spirit guide while you lived on the Earth plane?

Have you always been in my life in this incarnation?

📝COMMON WITCH📝

VOCABULARY

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ALTAR:

A SACRED PLACE FOR A WITCH TO PERFORM SPELL WORK, MEDITATE AND FOCUS ON ENERGY.

ANOINT:

SMEAR OR RUB A RITUAL ITEM WITH OIL OR LIQUID. MOST COMMONLY A CANDLE.

AMULET:

POWERFUL OBJECT (USUALLY WORN) TO WARD OFF NEGATIVE & EVIL ENERGY.

ATHAME:

A RITUAL KNIFE.

BANISH:

TO RID OF SOMETHING, DRIVE IT AWAY OR SEND IT AWAY.( CLICK HERE FOR A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT BANISHING AND WARDING)

BESOM:

A CEREMONIAL BROOM

CHALICE:

A FANCY CUP OR GOBLET USED IN RITUALS.

COVEN:

A GROUP OR GATHERING OF WITCHES WHO MEET REGULARLY AND PERFORM TOGETHER.

CLEANSE:

TO REMOVE UNWANTED ENERGIES FROM A PERSON/PLACE OR OBJECT(S)

DIVINATION:

PRACTICE OF SEEKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE BY SUPERNATURAL MEANS.

ENCHANT:

PUT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE UNDER A SPELL OR INTENT.

EVOKE:

TO EVOKE A SPIRITS TO CALL IT UP, TO SUMMON OR BRING FORTH.

FAMILIAR:

A WITCHES SPIRITUAL GUIDE OR HELPER MANIFESTED IN ANY FORM.

GRIMOIRE:

A JOURNAL TO RECORD NOTES, RECIPES. INFO, SPELLS, EXPERIMENTS, CORRESPONDENCES ETC.

GROUNDING:

CONNECTING WITH AND BECOMING AWARE OF OUR PHYSICAL BODY.

INCANTATION:

COLLECTION OF WORDS RECITED AS PARTOF A SPELL OR THE SPELL ITSELF.

INTENT:

GIVING AN ACTION. ITEM OR THOUGHT DETERMINED PURPOSE.

INVOKE:

TO INVOKE A SPIRIT IS TO SUMMON OR DRAW A SPIRIT BEING INTO YOUR OWN BODY.

MANIFEST:

TURNING A THOUGHT INTO ACTION AND REALITY.

OFFERING:

GIVING FOOD, ALCOHOL, FLOWERS OR ANY GIFTS TO AN ANCESTOR, FAE, DEITY, ANGEL, SPIRIT GUIDE OR ANYTHING YOU WORSHIP

POPPET:

A SMALL FIGURE, USUALLY CLOTH, SHAPED AS A HUMAN BEING USED IN SPELL WORK.

SABBAT:

A WITCHES HOLIDAY, THERE ARE 8 SABBATS A YEAR APART OF THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR (this is not the only wheel of the year)

SIGIL:

A SYMBOL DRAWN FOR SPECIFIC MAGICAL PURPOSE; TO REPRESENT INTENT

TALISMAN:

POWERFUL OBJECT (USUALLY WORN) TO ATTRACT AND GIVE MORE POWER TO THE WEARER.

UNCROSSING:

REMOVAL OF A CURSE, HEX OR NEGATIVE ENERGY.

VISUALIZE:

PICTURING A WANTED OUTCOME IN YOUR MIND. MOST BENEFICIAL IN SPELL WORK.

WILDCRAFTING:

GATHERING PLANTS, HERBS OR FLOWERS FROM THE WILD TO USE AS FOOD OR MEDICINE.

I hope this little glossary helped!! Please of course feel free to add to it!🥺✨ and don’t ever hesitate to Reach out if you have any questions or concerns

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MERRY MEET- B

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Let yourself be cringe in your worship!!!

The Gods don’t find you embarrassing. The Gods don’t care about seeming cool and professional for the approval of others.

Make that fucking aesthetic photo collage for Aphrodite with cute pics you found on Pinterest .

Dress up like Hermes and go for a damn walk.

Collect random stones you think are cool and put them on your altar.

Put that photo of that cartoon character that reminds you of your deity on your altar.

Make that Minecraft temple to Hekate, domesticate those damn Minecraft wolves for Cerberus.

Make your deities in the sims!

Write soppy melodramatic poetry for Dionysus that no one else will read.

Make self insert fanfics about your favourite Gods and write them all as your best friends. Let them interact with your edgy ocs.

Create an AU where you and your Gods are all characters from your favourite anime.

Record silly little songs for them

Make them paintings that are full of clashing colors and weird forms.

Draw them a fursona

Wear that bright yellow outfit for Apollon.

Put on a dramatic makeup look for Aphrodite.

Call your closest deity that silly little nickname you have for them and let them call you one too.

Share your special interests with your Gods. Design your God as a pokémon or a crystal gem, or a sonic character.

Those losers that try to make you feel bad for being passionate will never have what you have.

In the words of the Great Lord Hermes: “Every human I have ever liked was at least a little bit cringe”

BE CRINGE. BE PROUD. THE GODS LOVE YOU.

How You are Affected by the Planets at Their Best

When a planet is placed well in your chart, this is what happens.

SUN

People’s opinions and society’s evolving values have no effect on your identity and principles. You stick to who you are and what you believe in.

MOON

You always know when someone is deceiving you. And you never deceive yourself. You have a healthy way of processing every kind of emotion.

MERCURY

Words are your strongest suit. Written or spoken. Your thoughts are always organized and you know how to effectively communicate them.

VENUS

Your life, your environment and yourself are beautiful. Despite fluctuating income, weight or whatnot, you always feel blessed and abundant.

MARS

You are never without purpose. You always have a goal. Thus, your life constantly has meaning. Despite any losses, you continue to believe in yourself.

JUPITER

Hopelessness is a feeling you do not understand. You always see the bright side, no matter how dark it is. That is why you tend to attract luck in your life.

SATURN

You enjoy challenges and obstacles, and you excel at conquering them. Instead of trying to break the wheel, you fight to take control of it.

URANUS

Community matters greatly to you. While you bask in your own uniqueness, you truly believe that no man is an island. You are great at making friends.

NEPTUNE

Your personal relationships are strong because you genuinely understand people. They adore your kindness, sensitivity and creativity.

PLUTO

You are like the Hydra. When life cuts off one of your heads, you grow two back. You thrive even more under pressure. You truly are powerful.

I love my name. It's Latin for Warrior. 💗

Noumenia Blessings!

On the day when the first sliver of moon begins to show, we give offerings to our household gods. These gods often include, but are not limited to, Zeus, Hestia, Hermes, Hekate, and Apollon in their household aspects. I adorned my hearth with flowers and gave offerings of home baked honey cakes, wine, honey, and incense, while reading the Orphic Hymns of the household gods. I always find the Noumenia to feel like a clean slate, where we can go into the next lunar cycle with a fresh start.

Full Moon devotional offerings for Hekate 🌕

On the Dikhomenia, after I give offerings to Selene outdoors under the moonlight, I also leave offerings for Hekate at Her shrine. These offerings usually consist of libations, incense, cakes or fruit, and beeswax candles anointed in fragrant oils to symbolize Her torches and the guiding light of the Moon. On the Full Moon I honor Hekate at Her most heavenly, as Hekate Ourania, as Hekate Soteira, the goddess honored by Zeus, the most high. I ask for blessings, guidance, and deliverance from strife, calling on Her shining light to guide me down the best path.

In this way, She is given honors every lunar month in Her different aspects, as protector of the home on the Noumenia, as the goddess of the restless dead and as pyschopomp on the Deipnon, and as a goddess of the heavens on the Dikhomenia. Thus, as a goddess of boundaries, liminality, transitions, and the in-between, She is honored at the end, the beginning, and in the middle of each lunar month.