ellie

This is basically just a shitpost about things that I fucking love, so ya that's basically it.

[paradoxial-cunt]

[ghostrepeater]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Let’s go everybody it’s time to survive

[i-am-a-fish]

I'm fruity

[two-bees-poetry]

twenty years across the sea

[jarondont]

I AM GOING TO ALIF,WYGAEKSVBDA;UFLWNES,D

[heatherwitch]

Hecate/Hekate

Small devotional acts.

Learn more about the history of witchcraft

Practice divination

Light a torch, lantern, or even a match

Thank her when you go through crossroads or intersections

Listen to music that makes you feel witchy or powerful

Do small, simple spells

Wear jewelry that reminds you of her

Burn candles; blue, black or white.

Think of her when you pass graveyards

Stand outside at night and listen to all the sounds

Dedicate a small part of the night to her

Read stories about ghosts or spirits

Burn incense blends that make you feel magical and in control

Greet animals, especially ones with black fur

Go on nighttime adventures

Wear makeup or clothes that make you feel powerful and confident

Get some plants that bloom/thrive at night

Be the ‘guiding light’ for others, however that looks for you

Sit in a room with all the lights off, burn a candle if you need to

Keep track of the moon phases, do things associated with each one

Incoporate darker colors into you home or outfits 

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

Many, many, many other things not said here

With contributions from: @divinecrossroads and @lynx-tiger-arjei

[thewitchinthecloset35]

Honouring & Offering: Apollo edition

The Sun ☀️ Drawing a sunrise ☀️ Taking a picture of the sun ☀️ Bask in the sun while thinking of him ☀️ Wear yellows and warm tones ☀️ Golden makeup

Music 🎼 Learn an instrument or sing 🎼 Decorate with sheet music 🎼 Support indie/small musicians 🎼 Dance 🎼 Create your own musical chant in honour of him

Healing & Medicine 💊 Donate to health charities 💊 Eat healthily 💊 Learn first aid 💊 Exercise 💊 Expand your knowledge on health care

The Arts 📝 Write poetry 📝 Draw or paint 📝 Create clay models 📝 Visit a theatre 📝 Visit an opera or classical music performance

Oracles, Prophecy & Truth 🎴 Learn divination 🎴 Perform readings for yourself and others 🎴 Dedicate a tarot deck to him 🎴 Meditate with him in mind 🎴 Speak truthfully

Beauty 💄 Wear jewellery 💄 Dedicate an item of clothing to him 💄 Offer rings 💄 Self-care routine 💄 Makeup

Crystals 🪨 Citrine 🪨 Amber 🪨 Sapphire 🪨 Sunstone 🪨 Carnelian

Plants 🪻 Hyacinth 🪻 Laurel 🪻 Apple-trees 🪻 Bay leaves 🪻 Cinnamon

Misc. 💛 Learn his mythos 💛 Respect his twin sister Artemis, mother Leto, lovers, and children 💛 Visit his temples 💛 Include oranges or lemons in your drinks/food 💛 Work with the number 7 and celebrate Sundays

[astroyongie]

☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ Goddess Worship: An Introduction of Hekate ⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾

Note: Hey guys. I am indeed very late for the calendar but. life lately has been erratic and complicated. Today we have the last introduction of deities I work with/worship. This post is to provide some information about the deities but also how I work with them personally. Everyone has their own methods with the Gods, and you should do whatever feels right with you while also respecting the bases of the religions.

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Historical Background:

Hecate (or Hekate) is a goddess from the Greek pantheon associated with magic, witchcraft, the moon, night, necromancy, and crossroads. Her origins are debated, but she appears in Greek mythology as a powerful and ancient deity, sometimes associated with the Titans or as a daughter of the sky god Perses and the star goddess Asteria. She is also linked to the pre-Greek civilizations, potentially from Thrace or Asia Minor, where her worship may have originated based on the most recent archeologic studies. As the deity of crossroads with the power of navigating between worlds, we find several counterparts on other mythologies/religions: Exu, Papa Ledga, Janus, Odin, Hubal, ect

Atributes and Symbols:

Torches: Hekate is often depicted holding two torches, symbolizing her ability to illuminate the unseen or unknown. Hekate is the goddess of magic, she is believed to be able to cross both the dead and living realm Keys: Mostly linked for her to be a guardian and also to hold secrets. Dogs: Dogs are sacred to her, especially black dogs who seem to be her loyal companions Snakes: they symbolize her connection to the underworld. Crossroads: Hekate is associated with the liminal spaces where three roads meet, symbolic of her power over transitions and the boundaries between worlds. Moon: Her magic is tied to the moon phases, which is why most people who worship her will perform rituals during the moon phases.

Worship and Rituals:

Deipnon: The Hekate's Deipnon was a monthly offering made at each new moon, where supplicants left food offerings (bread, cheese, eggs, garlic, and fish sometimes wine as well and basically what they had to offer in her honor) at crossroads to appease her and ask for her protection. Crossroads Shrines: Small shrines or altars to Hekate were frequently placed at the boundaries of homes, gardens, or towns, especially near crossroads. Worshipers would leave sacrifices like incense, honey, and eggs. Witchcraft and Magic: Hekate is invoked in spells, particularly those related to protection, divination, necromancy, and curse work. Her role as a liminal goddess gave her the power to grant access to the underworld and the unseen forces. However Hekate is a very strong presence and not for begginers as your spells can turn against you if you aren't experienced enough.

-> When worshipping Hekate, it is fundamental to make offerings during every moon phase to apease her energy and allow it to flow through you during your spells. An altar/shrine is mostly necessary if you want to work with her. Offerings can be given to her at her altar for three days before you can remove them and dispose of them in a crossroad for the wandering spirts.

-> Ideas for offerings: Wine, honey, bread, garlic, fish, eggs, keys, snake symbols or dogs symbols, blood, crystals tarot cards, prayers

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

"Greek Religion" by Walter Burkert "Hekate: Liminal Rites" by Sorita d'Este and David Rankine Marquardt, P. A. (1981). A Portrait of Hecate. The American Journal of Philology, 102(3), 243–260. https://doi.org/10.2307/294128 Boedeker, D. (1983). Hecate: a transfunctional goddess in the Theogony?. Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-), 113, 79-93. Daşbacak, C. (2008). Hecate cult in Anatolia: Rituals and dedications in lagina. Anados 6-7/2006-2007 Studies of the Ancient World

[keysatthecrossroad]

Offerings for Hekáte

Leave on your altar or at the crossroads. If you are leaving a meal, please leave it on a tortilla or slice of bread, for the birds.

Almonds

Mint

Cypress

Frankincense

Obsidian

Lodestone

Fur from grooming your pets

Black dog image or image of your pets

Keys

Your hair or nail clippings

Black feathers, crow or raven

Owl feathers

Burnt matches

Honey

Garlic

Poetry or chants written in Her honor

A jar of sweepings from your home, saved for Deiphon eve.

Ave Hekáte Enodia, please bless our homes!

[keysatthecrossroad]

Hekáte of the Crossroads,

Lovely Goddess of the Gate,

Guide me with Your Torches as I navigate this new pathway,

Trivia, help me forge this new journey,

Perfect Mother of Witches,

Guard me with Your Hounds as I take these next steps in life.

Hail Hekáte! I devote myself to You!

[evergrace2]

[sergle]

FedEx: shits on my box, stomps on my box, kicks it, dumps gasoline on it, throws one of my chickens into the back of the van UPS: whispers at my front door “is anyone home” as quietly as possible before leaving a “we missed you!” note, tries to gaslight me into thinking my address doesn’t exist USPS: sets my package down gently where it’s not visible from the road, knocks on the door and kisses me directly on the mouth

[theuntoaster]

Is this…shipping discourse?

[frances-baby-houseman]

Amazon once threw a package at my door and then took a photo while it was midair. Not sure where that fits in this schema but I did want to tell y’all about it.

[somerandomgit]

[anxietyproblem]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

[jellybeanium124]

You’re 42???? I thought you were 22???? drop the skincare routine, honey!!!

[one-time-i-dreamt]

You know, people always tell me that I have the skin of somebody in their twenties :)

[hiveswap]

Whose skin was it before you had it?

[one-time-i-dreamt]

[rilesjellybean]

You stole Frodos skin?????

[ohgoodnessmeeohmy]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

if I was an elephant with a prehensile trunk I would make it everybody else's problem

[frawgs]

Well if all your good for is meaningless sex then explain how you mean so much to me and I've never even seen the vag hmmm?

where is the correlation beloved

[depressionmeel]

I'm sorry but

WHAT???

[relatablepicturesofdoofenshmirtz]

[firefox-official]

idk where “monkeys like bananas” came from but im so glad its a thing because its so fucking funny for no reason at all

[risenempire-deactivated20210506]

They are both the same color

[firefox-official]

?

[patheticperipatetic]

They’re thinking of Curious George the yellow monkey

[firefox-official]

?

[firefox-official]

[jokesarefunny]

Paddington bear wears that yellow ass coat

[firefox-official]

[firefox-official]

his name is ted. also, he’s not a monkey

[firefox-official]

[firefox-official]

ive moved on

[world-heritage-posts]

world heritage post

[depressionmeel]

I fucking forgot how shitty Tumblr is and I also forgot how many spn blogs I follow. Like.

Puke.

[depressionmeel]

Speaking of this I need to follow some shit on ATLA. Gimme some appa.