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Lady Lilith

what you need to know :3 (mostly UPGs!)

Her History:

She has many origins. One says that Lord Lucifer sacrificed one half of his essence to create her as his twin flame. In Heaven, she was known as the Queen of Queens & was there to guide other beings through spiritual evolution. Lucifer & her lived in a kingdom until the rebellion. One common misconception is that she harms children, which she actually does quite the opposite. She is a very motherly deity & seeks to protect the children. (this is kinda a UPG, what she told me)

Another common myth talks about how she was actually the first woman and refused to lay underneath Adam, therefore left Eden, which later turned her into a daemon.

Also remember that she does not like people lusting over her. Any sexualisation of her will be punished, especially since she is married (so no, she will not be your god spouse and neither will be Lucifer). She is also the Mother of the Daemons!

Her appearance:

Now, this is more of a UPG, how she appears to me, specifically.

I see her as having long, wavy, dark (like a dark, blood red), voluminous hair and very pale skin. She has black horns, black feathery wings, sometimes also bat-like wings, and a somewhat chubby body type. Her fingernails are sharp & long, she has beautiful long lashes and usually wears very romantic gothic type of clothing. She also has fangs, pretty much like a vampire! She does represent vampires

Her personality:

She is both comforting and lecturing. She will make sure to give you a kick in the butt when you need it, but also have a very warm, caring energy whenever you need it. She will not accept you hating on yourself, since she thinks of women as strong warriors, especially since, according to the myth, she did not want to lay beneath a man, thus meaning she won't let women be belittled, and stands for that. She can be harsh sometimes, but overall she is very motherly, very encouraging too! She's either serious, or very up-hyping, super nice. Sometimes she even cracks a joke, which first seems out of character but then when you focus on her type of humor, it seems fitting

Her Enn:

Renich Viasa Avage Lilith Lirach

Number:

Day:

Monday

Planet:

Moon

Colors:

* black

* purple

* red

Incenses:

* frankincense

* myrrh

* dragon's blood

* sandalwood

Animals:

* snakes

* spiders

* bats

* black cats

Crystals:

* rose quarz

* clear quarz

* amethyst

* moonstone

* black onyx

Offerings:

* red wine

* pomegranate juice

* chocolates (hot chocolate too)

* tea (fruit tea, rose tea)

* feminine, rosey perfume

* silver jewellery

* gothic decoration for her altar

* dried roses

* swords, daggers, etc

* serpent figures

* gothic mirrors

* her sigil

* anything revolving around vampires

Devotional Acts:

* shadow work!! very important

* poetry

* creating a playlist for her (she loves that)

* learning about her

* representing female independence

* including mentions/references to her in literature

What she represents:

* independence, especially amongst feminine people

* sexuality through love as a form of unity

* romance

* motherhood

* desire to evolve

* the immortality of the spirit

* beauty

* wisdom

* the night

* illumination

* rebirth

What she can help you with:

* spirituality

* magick

* dark wisdom

* the mystery

* dark psychology

* shadow work

* love

* romance

* self-empowerment

* beauty

* sexuality

* healing from mental issues

* inner-strength

#deity work #lady lilith #lilith deity #lilithian

cultkinkcoven

Y'know what

Some practitioners (often newer or highly online witches) have picked up a performative model of "ethical practice" that’s more about optics than consistency. “Closed practices” and “cultural appropriation” are real concerns in spiritual work, but they’re also frequently misapplied or weaponized without depth of understanding.

Lilith gets targeted because she’s visibly associated with Jewishness (because people know the name, not the context). She’s been popular among feminists, god-spouses, and witches of marginalized genders, which triggers discomfort for people trying to appear “respectable” or “authentic.”

But Asmodeus, Azazel, Samael, and dozens of other demons from exactly the same textual lineage don’t receive a tenth of the flack because no one’s looking to police male demons with the same audacity. It reveals that it’s not really about respecting Judaism (from a traditional Jewish standpoint, Lilith is peripheral at best, fictional or symbolic at most) —it’s about controlling certain types of practitioners and discouraging certain types of power- specifically female power.

Lilith is the most well-known female demon in Western lore, and she's explicitly connected to sexual freedom, rebellion, female rage, autonomy, violence toward patriarchal norms.

Even within demonology, which already carries heavy cultural baggage, which already accepts the taboo, she's still the one that gets framed as “dangerous,” “too edgy,” “too problematic.” AMONG DEMONS.

Sound familiar? It's the same old historical misogyny, just dressed in spiritual language.

No one says Asmodeus is “too sexual” to work with. No one says Azazel is “too violent” to call on. No one is worried about “appropriating” Samael despite his heavy Jewish roots. But Lilith? She gets singled out. Repeatedly.

The claim that working with Lilith is “appropriating Jewish culture” misunderstands that Lilith is not central to Jewish theology. She is not a religious figure—she’s a minor folkloric and mystical one. Many Jews don’t believe in her, period. Her legend as Adam’s wife comes from a satirical medieval text, The Alphabet of Ben Sira, not Torah or Talmud.

She’s no more “closed” than any other folkloric or mythic figure from ancient religious texts. To say you can’t work with her while summoning Goetic demons (many of whom literally come from Solomonic grimoires rooted in Jewish mysticism) is deeply inconsistent. It's misogyny. I don't care. I'm calling y'all out.

There’s a cultural pressure online to demonstrate moral awareness, especially around appropriation, race, gender, and religion, which can be good. But when that pressure meets limited historical understanding, you get loud declarations that Lilith is “closed” but silence around Azazel, Samael, Asmoday, and the rest.

A lot of people parroting “Lilith is closed” have never read Jewish texts or studied where Lilith actually appears. They’re mimicking what they think is a “correct” stance to appear ethical without being internally consistent.

Lilith is being policed because she is feminine, rebellious, sexual, and powerful, not because of her actual religious status in Judaism. People use “Jewish origins” as a weapon only when it suits a moral panic.

Male demons from the same system? Strangely exempt. No problem!

The outrage is less about Judaism and more about controlling who gets to access power, especially the women, trans people, and other minorities drawn to her.

If you’re noticing the hypocrisy, you’re not imagining it. If it feels misogynistic, it is. If it feels like erasure of spiritual agency, it is. And if it feels like a power play? That’s because it is.

Trying to delegitimize Lilith worship under the guise of "protecting Judaism" often functions more as spiritual misogyny than anything else, especially when male demon worship is left entirely unchallenged.

I think the marketing failure around Jennifer's Body is an enormous part of what makes it such a brilliant master class film. You market this film with these male gazey shots of the current Hollywood sex symbol, you make it seem like a pseudo lesbian soft core porno, you then bring all these men who just want to goon to Megan Fox into the theatre. You sit them down. They're ready to watch the extended cut of her scene in bad boys. And instead you subject them to what rape feels like for women. You force these misogynistic straight men who came to the theater to get their rocks off to watch Megan Fox get shoved into the back of a van, taken to a remote location, and ritualistically sacrificed in a way where any idiot can tell it's a metaphor for sexual assault but which no one would find sexy, and then you make them watch her go to her best friend's house and throw up black bile all over the place. You make her gross and unsexy and in pain. And then you make it gay for real in a way that straight men have a hard time comprehending let alone fetishizing.

If you're a capitalist it's a terrible marketing decision but if you're a feminist and a troll it's the most brilliant move anyone has ever made.

dilf-din

The most important thing you can do in this life is write hyper-specific fanfiction for you and six other people. Don’t believe anything else you read.

kaylmao

10000 YEAR OLD ROCK ART OF GIRAFFES FOUND IN LIBYA LET'S GO

kaylmao

YES!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lilacchao

of note: 95% of libya is desert, and giraffes are not found there! but this predates not just the libyan desert, but the entire sahara desert it's a part of! giraffes aren't found there any more and this is a memory of a time when things were giraffier

also apparently this rock art dates across multiple periods spanning thousands of years? but i couldn't find much detail on that so i can't give specifics

but yeah, this isn't just a memory of giraffes, but of giraffes now absent encountered by people just 2000 years (the difference between the late roman republic and today) out of the ice age, in a climate unfamiliar to any of the hundred billion people born since the desertification of the sahara drove the ancient egyptians to the nile, near the start of the agricultural revolution

the time between this and the birth of the sahara was nearly as long as the time between the birth of the sahara and now, in which all recorded history is contained, and all languages we can recognise at all - the language and culture of these people would be totally alien to current libyans, twice the difference between the oldest european language and english, predating all but libya's mountains!

and we have pictures of giraffes of the time! what a beautiful gift from such a distant past

starw0man

Hekate: the Greek Goddess of the Crossroads and Witchcraft

Hekate is the Greek Goddess of witchcraft, the moon, magic, sorcery, necromancy, and ghosts. She helps to lead the ghosts into the underworld and she helps them to transition from life to death. She is a guide for souls who are navigating the journey from one realm to another. She is also the Goddess of the crossroads and doorways. She is a Goddess of the night and is often depicted carrying a torch. She is often depicted with the dark (new) moon and is associated with it. Hekate is often depicted as a triple faced Goddess and this triple form is associated with her role of the crossroads and being able to see all sides of the crossroads. She is not the maiden, mother, and crone as this was a newer belief that got associated with Her. She is also able to see the past, present, and future. She is a guide through darkness and a protector against evil. You can grant her offerings at a crossroads or on an altar dedicated to her. Hekate is a wanderer and she works on gathering souls to the Underworld and helping people with transitions.

Hekate is the daughter of the Titans, Perses and Asteria, but some have said that she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. After helping the Greek Gods defeat the Titans, Hekate was given power over heaven, sea, and earth from Zeus. When Persephone was abducted, Hekate and Helios hear Persephone’s cries when Hades abducts her. After Demeter had searched for Persephone for nine days, Hekate came to Her with a torch in her hands on the tenth day. Hekate reported to Demeter what She had heard but did not know who had taken Her daughter. Hekate helped Demeter search for Persephone and took Her to Helios, the Sun god, who reported what He saw. Once Persephone was reunited with Demeter, Hekate embraced Her. Hekate then became Persephone’s companion in the Underworld when She returned there for 6 months each year.

In antiquity, Hekate was mostly known as the Goddess of the crossroads and was seen as a protector. Many people turned to her so she could guard their home and protect their loved ones. Hekate is usually given offerings at the crossroads as a way to protect people from the dead or negative spirits or energies.

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Most notable epithets associated with Hekate:

Hekate has many epithets associated with her, so I will focus on the ones that are most notable and well-known:

☾ Adamantae: “Unconquerable,” “untamable Goddess”

☾ Apotropaios: “Averting,” “Averter”

☾ Astrodia: “Star-walker,” “star-courser”

☾ Brimo: “angry one,” “terrifying”

☾ Chthonia: “chthonic,” “of the earth”

☾ Dadouchos: “torch-bearer”

☾ Deichteira: “teacher,” “revealer”

☾ Enodia: “of the crossroads,” “of the roads,” “of the path”

☾ Gorgo: “The grim,” “the Gorgon”

☾ Hieros Pyr: “Holy fire”

☾ Kthonia: “Of the Underworld,” “of the earth”

☾ Kleidouchos: “Key-holder,” “key-keeper”

☾ Klôthaiê: Spinner of fate

☾ Nychia/Nykhia: “nocturnal,” “Nocturnal-One,” “Goddess of the Night”

☾ Ourania: “Celestial,” “Heavenly”

☾ Pammetor: “Mother of all”

☾ Paskikrateia: “Universal Queen,” “All-powerful,” “who dominates all”

☾ Phosphoros: “Light-bringer”

☾ Propolos: “She Who Leads,” “guide,” “companion,” “servant

☾ Pyrophoros: “Fire-bearer,” “torch-bearer”

☾ Soteira: “savior”

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Symbols and signs associated with Hekate:

• Keys

• Dogs, specifically black dogs

• Torches

• Polecat

• Serpents

• Lions

• Garlic

• Crossroads or doorways

• The number 3

• The number 13

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Offerings to give Hekate:

☽ Garlic

☽ Onions

☽ Keys

☽ Moonstone

☽ Labradorite

☽ Eggs

☽ Wine

☽ Rosemary

☽ Mugwort

☽ Lavender

☽ Black obsidian

☽ Hematite

☽ Pomegranates

☽ Black/smoky quartz

☽ Divination tools or tarot cards

☽ Images of dogs

☽ Crow, raven, or owl feathers

☽ statue and artwork of Her

☽ Black, red, and purple candles

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Devotional activities to do for Hekate:

ִֶָ࣪☾. Tarot reading

ִֶָ࣪☾. Spell work

ִֶָ࣪☾. Shadow work

ִֶָ࣪☾. Donating to an animal shelter or volunteering at one

ִֶָ࣪☾. Helping and being friendly towards dogs

ִֶָ࣪☾. Devoting time at night to Her

ִֶָ࣪☾. Studying herbs and plants

ִֶָ࣪☾. Holding a feast for Her and having all Her favorite food and drinks

ִֶָ࣪☾. Create a devotional playlist to Her

ִֶָ࣪☾. Stargazing, moon gazing, and watching the night sky

ִֶָ࣪☾. Visiting crossroads and leaving an offering there

ִֶָ࣪☾. Visiting graveyards and connecting with the spirits there

ִֶָ࣪☾. Make a Pinterest board for Her

ִֶָ࣪☾. Make a devotional tumblr to Her

ִֶָ࣪☾. Having rituals and casting spells during the dark moon

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Domains:

✩ Liminal spaces

✩ Crossroads

✩ Creatures of the night

✩ Nocturnal magic

✩ Necromancy

✩ Hedge riding

✩ the dark and new moon

✩ Witchcraft and sorcery

✩ Baneful magic

✩ Herbalism

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Teachings:

٠ ࣪⭑ Finding light in darkness

٠ ࣪⭑ Balancing light and dark

٠ ࣪⭑ Honoring the dead and the afterlife/Underworld

٠ ࣪⭑ Honoring transitions and phases

٠ ࣪⭑ She can guide you through change and transformations

٠ ࣪⭑ She can help you navigate obstacles in your path

٠ ࣪⭑ Witchcraft and sorcery

٠ ࣪⭑ Necromancy

٠ ࣪⭑ Magical work

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Important dates:

November 16th, is the sacred night of Hekate. It will be on this Saturday. This is a good day to honor the Goddess and to grant her offerings or to prepare an offering at a crossroads for animals or wandering spirits in Her honor. This is a good time to do a ritual for the Goddess or to practice divination. This is regarded as a powerful night to do spells and offerings and it will help you to deepen your spiritual connection with the Goddess. Also, anytime there is a new moon is a great time to honor and connect with Goddess Hekate and is known as Hekate Deipnon.

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Are you a Hekate devotee or do you feel called to her? Let me know in the comments

#hekate #hekate goddess #hekate deity #hecate #hecate goddess #hecate deity

khaire-traveler

🪄 Subtle Hekate Worship🕯️

Donate clothes, food, hygiene products, and the like to homeless shelters

Support food banks and homeless or animal shelters

Visit cemeteries; if allowed (please ask permission first), leave flowers on graves

Have a candle that reminds you of her (no altar needed)

Wear jewelry that reminds you of her

Keep a picture of her in your wallet

Have a stuffed animal polecat, dog, or toad

Have imagery of torches, crossroads, or magic around

Honor your ancestors; honor any spirits in your life

Volunteer at an animal or homeless shelter

Cook a warm meal for someone in need

Take care of yourself physically

Take a self-care bath/shower, especially those with herbs or candles

Visit a crossroads; walk/hike on paths that have a crossroads and pick the direction that calls to you

Take a walk during the new, half, or full moon (only if it is safe to do so in your area)

Take time to notice the phases of the moon; meditate under each one, and learn their meanings

Start a garden; tend to plants, especially herbs

Study herbalism; study the history of witchcraft

Ground yourself regularly

Include her within spell work, if you do any; practice discreet methods of spell-casting

Learn non-obvious divination methods; cartomancy, pyromancy, carromancy, etc.

Burn incense, if able; frankincense is great

Drink herbal teas; cook with herbs

Practice mindfulness and emotional regulation

Honor your home/space; keep it clean, and make it feel like your own

At the end of each month, cook a good meal and make drinks with added honey

Baking raisin and currant cakes

Practice patience and understanding

Work on your decision-making skills; what do YOU want? What do YOU need? What are YOUR goals/passions?

Making a bonfire; gathering around it, alone or with loved ones

Learning to have more confidence in your decisions and actions; you know what's best for you more than anyone else

I hope this helps someone! I may add to it later on. For now, this is my list of discreet ways to worship Hekate. Take care, y'all, and have a good day/night. 💜

Link to Subtle Worship Master list

#hecate deity #hekate #hecate

mythixhekate

Hecate/hekate

Goddess of the night, necromancy, crossroads, witchcraft, boundaries, ghosts

Offerings :

Garlic

Oak

Yew

Willow

Dandelions

Lapis lazuli

Bronze

Gold

Black candles

Silver candles

Red candles

Purple candles

Knives or daggers

Swords

Keys

Depictions of crossroads

Depictions of the moon

Depictions of hekate's wheel

Triple moons

Owl feathers

Crow feathers

Raven feathers

Dog hair

Statues of her

Statues of her sacred animals

Bones (naturally sourced)

Dark chocolate

A wand

A cauldron

A horseshoe

Devotional acts :

Be kind to dogs

Donate to a dog shelter

Invoke her when casting spells or praying

Visit a graveyard (be respectful)

Go to a crossroad

Leave offerings at crossroads

Make a playlist of songs that remind you of her

Speak to her at midnight

Hang keys around your house

Have a feast

Write poetry dedicated to her

REMINDER you don't need to do any of these things to worship a deity, these are just suggestions, remember that if you don't want to or can't do any of this that it's totally ok !!

#hecate #hekate

chthonioi

Epithets of Hecate

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Ἐνοδία, Enodia — of the crossroads

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Χθονία, Chthonia — of the Underworld

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Κλειδοῦχος, Kleidouchos — key-holder

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Φωσφόρος, Phosphoros — light-bringer

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Τρίμορφος, Trimorphos — three-formed

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Βριμώ, Brimo — the terrifying

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Σωτείρα, Soteira — savior

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Ἀμαιμάκητος, Amaimaketos — unconquerable

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Περσηίς, Perseis — daughter of Perses

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Βυθιος, Bythios — of the depths

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Ἐμπουσα, Empousa — phantom

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Σκυλακῖτις, Skylakitis — protectress of dogs

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Προπύλαια, Propylaia — guardian of the Threshold

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Κουροτρόφος, Kourotrophos — nurse of the young

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Λιμενῖτις, Limenitis — of the harbor

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Δαδουφόρος, Dadophoros — torch-bearer

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Ἀποτρόπαια, Apotropaia — averter of evil

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Aἰώνιος, Aionios — eternal, agelong, ever-flowing

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Αγλάος, Aglaos — beautiful, bright, pleasing

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Ερωτοτόκος, Erototokos — producing love, bearer of love

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Ινδαλίμος, Indalimos — the beautiful

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Κροκόπεπλος, Krokopeplos — saffron cloaked

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Πρόπολος, Propolos — who serves/attends

࣪ ִֶָ☾. Προπύλαια, Propulaia — before the gate

#hecate #hecate deity #hekate #hekate deity

octonauts16

IT’S GONNA! GONNA! GONNA! GONNA!

emos-at-ihop

happy It’s Gonna Be May Eve🌷🍜🎶

make sure to leave out milk, cookies, & ramen noodles for Justin Timberlake tonight to have a blessed It’s Gonna Be May tomorrow

c-53

How do cats just manifest trash. You’ll vacuum your entire house and turn around and your cat will be running around with a kind of cardboard that didn’t exist until two seconds ago.