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October 2020

October 23, 2020

Samhain, Faerie Birds & Cú Chulainn’s birth

Occasionally I like looking back at old projects, and Samhain always feels like a good...

October 22, 2020

The Morrigan – Faerie Queen

Stories of the Faerie Queens are often linked to the liminal times of Samhain and...

October 21, 2020

Cailleach – Winter Goddess

The Cailleach is intricately linked to this time of the year. Her story is that...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

Hekate & Pop Culture : Liminal Fantasies, or Modern Temples?

No denying it, the Goddess Hekate has become a pop-culture icon. Dozens of artists, writers...

August 24, 2020

Hekate’s Wheel & the Iynx Wheel

"Cyrene is also the location where Jason used the iynx wheel to cause Medea to fall in love with...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

Happy Birthday Cailleach!

Today, the 31st of October marks the Pagan festival of Samhain, the Christian celebration of...

August 2019

August 25, 2019

Claudiney Prieto – Children of Earth Interviews

In life there are special moments when your life changes forever. Meeting Claudiney Prieto on...

July 2019

July 25, 2019

Caroline Wise – Children of Earth Interviews

Caroline Wise is well known for her work promoting Goddess spirituality, her passion for Earth...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

The Dead & The Goddess Hekate

In modern Pagan literature Hekate's association with the restless dead is often emphasized, and with...

October 23, 2018

Skylla: Daughter of Hekate?

A friend and I spent a couple of hours discussing the oceanic aspects of the...

April 2018

April 05, 2018

Beltane & Hekate: Goddess of the Sacred Pole

The goddess Hekate is only rarely associated with the festival of Beltane celebrated by contemporary...

April 01, 2018

Hekate Speaks – An Oracle (2001)

Hekate Speaks I am the Guardian of the Mysteries The Guardian of the Serpent Power...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Food Offerings to Hekate

Which foods were offered to the Goddess Hekate during rituals?

March 24, 2018

Identifying Symbols of Hekate

This is a simple table of correspondences showing the most prevalent symbols associated with the...

March 22, 2018

Development of the Wisdom Goddess

Through considering the religions which influenced and were influenced by the development of Judaism and the...

March 21, 2018

A Visit to the Temple of Hekate, Lagina

I was very privileged to be able to visit the Temple of Hekate, Lagina in...

March 21, 2018

Hekate, Goddess of Light?

Is the goddess Hekate a Goddess of Light? Or Dark? “And the son of Cronos made...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

Hekate, Zeus and Janus

Although the goddess Hekate is most frequently described as a Maiden Goddess, unattached to a...

December 2017

December 10, 2017

The Cailleach’s Winter Customs

As we continue into the darker days of Winter, towards the Winter Solstice, stories of...

December 01, 2017

Crone of Winter : The Cailleach

The Cailleach is the primordial Crone of Winter (wintercrone) known throughout Ireland, Scotland and England.

November 2017

November 22, 2017

Circle for Hekate

I am both delighted and relieved to finally be able to announce that Circle for...

July 2017

July 09, 2017

Paper Boats for the Goddess

Watching and floating my own offerings on the Ganges was very special and made me...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

Building a Temple, Fundraising and Manifesting Devotion

I am fundraising. This is not something I have much experience of, nor something I...

June 14, 2017

The Rite of Her Sacred Fires 2017

At the Full Moon in May 2017 thousands of people around the world celebrated the...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

The Birth of Artemis

Alongside my love of the goddess Hekate, I have an intrinsic love of Artemis, the...

February 23, 2017

The Shekinah – She is the Serpent…

Right now I am deeply engaged in research, and I have found myself revisiting old...

January 2017

January 22, 2017

Diana’s Moon Rays – Part II

In Part 1 of Diana's Moon Rays I explore the goddess Diana's importance in Italian witchcraft,...

January 20, 2017

Diana’s Moon Rays – Part I

Diana, alongside the goddess Hekate, is the quintessential Witch Goddess – but like Hekate, to...

August 2016

August 13, 2016

Wicca, the Tree of Life and the Goddess

The Divine Feminine occupies a central role in a number of esoteric traditions – and...

August 11, 2016

Is She the Crone? Hekate’s Profanation?

“I come, a virgin of varied forms, wandering through the heavens, bull-faced, three-headed, ruthless, with...