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Offerings for the Goddess: Hekate
These offering ideas can of course be changed depending on what you have available to you, what you can make and what you connect with but these are just a few of the items I find work best for me when I give offerings to the goddess of crossroads, witchcraft and so much more!
items labeled with * are things I find are extremely well received
Edibles
Breads
Cakes - lit with candles especially
Pomegranates *
Wines
Honey
Cinnamon
Garlic
Onion
Milk - I prefer warmed milk but I’m not aware if She has a preference
Chocolates - I usually offer dark chocolates
Non-Edibles
Roses
Lavender
Poppy seeds
Dandelions
Blood - I’m only listening this because it’s worked wildly well for me but DO NOT ATTEMPT if you do/have struggled with self harm of any kind or are easily made ill due to the sight of blood. Hekate understand you cannot give Her your essence and she values your mental health and well being more than anything you could ever give her!!! she will love and protect you reguardless!!
Incense
Frankincense *
Lavender *
Jasmine *
Citrus - especially orange
Dragons Blood
Others
keys *
Candles
Tea Lights
Bones
Fires - i.e. bonfires *
Oil lamps
Lavender *
Crow/Raven/Owl Feathers - only feathers naturally fallen off
Statues of Her and Her sacred animals *
Poetry, literature, and music you heavily associate with Her **
Witches & Words: Deities
Language is more than a powerful tool; it is power itself. Every word has meaning and intent, and is spoken by willpower and action. Witches understand the power involved in communicating. This is a series about how to properly communicate with different entities.
Introductions:
Stay calm. Deities do not want to work with people who are not respectful of their Divity and power.
Be truthful and stick to your values. Do not lie about your name, experience, or values to a Deity. Unlike some entities where it is useful to never offer your true name, Deities demand a certain level of respect and honesty. You don’t want to anger Them.
Don’t make promises upon meeting. You can invoke, make offerings to, pray to, worship, and/or involve in a ritual a Deity without being devoted to that Deity. Devoting yourself to a Deity is a big decision that has a serious level of commitment, and you should never make a promise to a Deity that you can’t keep.
Ask what name you may call Them by! This is key because They may offer you a symbol or name to call Them by and invoke Them with.
Conversation:
Ask questions! Prepare a list of questions to ask. Nothing life-altering at first, just simple things. Ask Them how long they have been in your life, if They would appreciate an offering (and if so, what), or even if They could tell you a story.
Be respectful and receptive of answers. If a Deity doesn’t give you the answer you wanted, or even refuses to answer, respect that. Don’t try to push them to give you a different answer.
Be clear about your expectations. Be sure to clearly communicate what you need and want out of a possible relationship with the Deity.
Be respectful of the Deity’s time. If the Deity needs or wants to leave, let them.
Goodbye:
Thank the Deity for their time, knowledge, answers, etc.. Deities thrive with praise!
Say a clear goodbye! This is very important! Communicate that you are ending the conversation, and suggest a time or way that you may contact each other again.
After:
Make a small offering to the Deity. Don’t offer anything big; burning a few herbs or even the light of a candle would work fine. Just offer something to show your appreciation for the Deity.
Cleanse! Cleanse your altar, tarot, crystals, or whatever you used to contact the Deity. You don’t want the energy of that visit to interfere with future rituals or spells.
Watch for signs. A Deity may send signs after communication that they are there, so be alert!
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Counting Spoons
This morning,
I open my eyes to find only seven spoons
lying in a small, dented cup by my bed.
The world asks for twenty.
One spoon — just to sit up.
To blink against the ache in my joints,
to gather my breath and convince my heart
that gravity is worth the fight.
Two more — for a shower.
Steam curling over stiff shoulders,
the heat loosening nothing,
my hands heavy as wet towels.
One — to get dressed.
It takes all the grace I have
to pull fabric over skin
that burns at a whisper of touch.
Another — for breakfast.
Lifting the mug,
stirring the spoon,
pretending the taste matters more than the exhaustion in my jaw.
One — for a phone call.
Because words weigh more than dishes,
and smiling through pain
Keeping up appearances
is its own kind of heavy labor.
By noon, I am out of spoons.
The day still stretches,
hungry and demanding,
but my hands hold only air.
I borrow from tomorrow.
I always borrow from tomorrow.
And tomorrow will wake me
with fewer spoons in the cup.
Source: Counting Spoons
To celebrate Hekate’s Sacred Fires
I’ve made a few offerings to celebrate this modern rite of connection with Hekate, and am offering them here for those who might wish to use them. The painting will be available on my society6 and redbubble later today (both shops are called Wicket Icons).
Hail unto thee, O Goddess, Holy Source which burns within all things, You who draws forth the boundaries of existence, Who knows the Mysteries of Life, Death, and Rebirth, Hekate, Megiste, Key-bearing, Torch-bearing Queen! Draw near to me now, Triple-Crowned and Saffron-Cloaked, and hear my call.
Long have I laid offerings before you, Many are the services I have given unto you, Far have I carried your sacred woods.
Hekate, thou blessed above all the Gods and Men, Whom even Storm-browed Zeus honors, Wanderer of the Afterlife
Draw near to me now, Torch-bearing and Darkness loving, and hear my call.
May we, your devotees, your children, your priests, share some small part of your Greatness, Know your kindly blessings upon our lives and loved ones, That we may continue to lift up our praises of you, Hekate
Draw near to me now, Savior and Anima Mundi, and hear my call.
A Deipnon Hymn
Just sharing the newest offering from this past Deipnon.
My dreams are thick with my ancestors, Restless and wandering, They visit in my dreams, Speaking in whispering mystery, And I turn to You, O Goddess, Queen of the Dead, Who holds the Keys to Life and Death, Who gathers the Aoroi to Your side, Who guides those who seek Your wisdom, Hekate Aidonaia, Your company of Lampades Dancing in the darkness of my dreams, Casting light and shadow across my mind, Revealing secrets buried deep within. O Goddess, Companion to Persephone, Who lifts up the torches that light the path ahead, Whose hounds herald the sacred rites, Whose shining presence illuminates the dark, Hekate Pyrphoros. Your Sacred Fire illuminates All souls descend from you, All spirits ascend through you, For you span all realms. O Goddess, Kindly Goddess wielding the whip of the Erinyes, Who spurs action in Your children, Who speaks to us of the Power of Will. Who demands that we take charge of our Paths. Hekate Trioditis. At all boundaries and borders You stand, You transgress the limits of our meager insights, And enlighten the world with Your eternal grace.
For this, I offer my thanks. For You lift up my spirit. For Your gifts have been many in my life.
I serve at Your Will, bringing offerings of food, of incense, of creative force, and more. The years we have shared have been many and Your blessings plentiful.
May the years to come be likewise true to My Will and Yours, O Goddess, Unto Whom I have sworn my oaths, That my promise shine in the night as stars, And Your blessings be upon the world.
Epithets: Gigaessa
Titaness, Giantess
Universal queen, queen of wishes, /AMAMA, well-bedded, Dardanian, all-seeing, night-running, man-attacker, man-subduer, man-summoner, man-conqueror, LICHRISSA PHAESSA, O aerial one, O strong one, O song and dance, guard, spy, delight, delicate, protector, adamant, adamantine, O / Damnameneia, BREXERIKANDARA, most high, Taurian, unutterable, fire-bodied, light-giving, sharply armed. – PGM VII 695-702, trans. Betz.
Come, Giant Hekate, Dione’s Guard, / O Persia, Baubo Phroune, dart-shooter, Unconquered, Lydian, the one untamed, Sired nobly, torch-bearing, guide, who bends down Proud necks, Kore, hear, you who’ve parted / gates Of steel unbreakable. – PGM IV 2713-2721, trans. Betz
Sometimes when I sit down to learn about an epithet, there’s next to nothing out there. One line of obscure poetry or one reference by one scholar in a footnote. This time I have the opposite problem. Any discussion of Hekate’s lineage includes some nod to Her status as a Titan. We have multiple references from many different authors discussing Her role as a Titan fighting on the side of the Olympians against the earlier order, Her own kind.
The family line of Hekate begins with the Titans, Koios and Phoibe (the parents of Asteria), and Krios and Eurybia long before the Olympians came to be. Koios stands as one of the corners of the World, tasked with supporting the sky, and it is around him that the constellations spin. He is also named Polos which means axis. His position is the north while some of his siblings stood in the other directions in a similar role. There’s speculation that he was associated with heavenly oracles. After the Olympians disposed of the Titans, he was cast off into Tartarus. He was also said to rule over the intellect, a trait he shares with his wife. She is Phoibe, whose name means bright, was an early Titaness associated with the Oracle at Delphi.
Krios stands, like his brother Koios, in the south, represented as the ram of Aries. And like his brother, he too was cast to Tartarus by Zeus. His wife is Eurybia, a powerful Titaness of the Sea, and mother of many of the Gods of the Waters upon the earth.
Koios and Phoibe, Titans of the mind and associated with the stars, are the parents of the Titaness Asteria, She who rules over the stars, and over divination by dream and by astrology. She married the son of Krios and Eurybia, Perses, a Titan of destruction. It was Hesiod who describes this Titan as one of the greats in terms of wisdom.
Naturally, their descendant, Hekate, is also a Titan, but one who has been accepted by the Olympian order. When the Titans were brought low by those allied with Zeus, Hekate fought on the side of the Gods, spanning the two forces and being recognized as both Titaness and Goddess. This seems apropos for a Goddess who stands across the boundaries between earth, sea, and sky, between life and death, and between the wilderness and civilization.
“Once I was under the tree canopy, there came, first of all, a barking of dogs… there was an earthquake and, simultaneously, a shout like thunder. I saw a fearsome woman approaching me, almost half a stadium’s length high. In her left hand she held a torch and in her right a sword twenty cubits long. Below the waist she had snake-feet; above it she resembled a Gorgon, so far as concerns the look in her eyes and her terrible appearance, I mean. Instead of hair, writhing snakes fell down in curls around her neck, and some of them coiled over her shoulders…” – so speaks Eucrates. Lucian, Philoseudes 17, 2nd c. CE, trans. Ogden.
Larger than life, you are, Great Goddess, You stand at the Crossroads of Life. Your shining key can open all doors. You cross all boundaries, Hekate, Goddess of the Three Ways, Titaness who stood with the Gods. You loom in my life, A Presence, A Blessing, And Eternal. May Your gifts be given to the Earth for all time, And may we honor you in turn.
Sources:
Athanassakis, Apostolos N. Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield, Johns Hopkins, 2004.
Betz, Hans Dieter. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, including the Demotic Spells, 2nd ed. Univ. Chicago, 1992.
Fauth, Wolfgang, Hekate Polymorphos, Verlag Dr. Kovac, 2006.
Farnell, L.R. “Hekate’s Cult,” in The Goddess Hekate, edited by Stephen Ronan, Chthonios, 1992. p. 17-35.
Lowe, J. E. “Magical Hekate,” in The Goddess Hekate, edited by Stephen Ronan, Chthonios, 1992. p.11-15.
Ogden, Daniel. Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds, Oxford, 2009.
Images:
Croft, S.B. “Hekate Zonadrakontos,” Wicket Icons, 2020.
Offerings for Hades
Hades is the Greek god of the dead and wealth, and the King of the Underworld. He is associated with the cornucopia, cypress, narcissus, keys, serpents, mint, white poplar, dog, pomegranate, sheep, cattle, screech owls, horses and chariots.
Offerings
- Bread and Cakes
- Black Coffee or Tea
- Pomegranates
- Apples
- Cerberus or Dog Imagery
- Mint
- Peopermint-Flavoured Foods
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- Coins
- Black Crystals
- Fossils/Bones
- Keys
- Snake Skin
- Dog Fur
- Dark Chocolate
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