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Welcome to my Blog

My name is Sigrid (they/them). I'm a pagan, occultist, practitioner of magick, artist, and anthropologist. I have 16+ years experience in magick, occultism, polytheism, etc. I am a devotee of Hekate primarily, but I also work with Hermes, Thoth, Bastet, and Sekmet.

Here's what you will see on this page:

-Posts about religion, spirituality, and other similar topics

-Images of my original art

-Updates about my small business (this will be few and far between. I don't like mixing money and spirituality)

-Reblogs of things I enjoy/find interesting

I am pretty private about my mundane life, so I will not post pictures of my face or my altar.

This is not a place for bigots or judgmental people.

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the trees you grew up with have not forgotten you. their branches still whisper your name in the breeze and their roots remember the paths your feet once traced through their shade.

🎭 and 🔥 for the polytheist/pagan asks?

My first ask!!! I'm so excited to answer 😊

🎭 - What is an emotionally impactful or a silly worship-related experience you've had?

A while ago, there was a super moon on Halloween night and I was visiting my in-laws who are VERY Christian. They made my partner and I sleep in separate rooms at the time, as well. I was very disappointed that I was unable to do my usual full moon workings. However, I was determined not to let that stop me, so I opted to secretly make some moon water in a window sill.

As I lay, trying desperately to sleep, I felt the familiar feeling of a spirit contact beginning. This usually starts with a distinct heaviness in my limbs, pressure in my forehead, and a unique ringing in my ears. I closed my eyes and listened/felt for what was trying to communicate.

I sensed before me a great humanoid figure that I knew at once was not a human spirit, nor a deity, but it felt very powerful. It said my father's name and asked if I was his child. I said yes. The spirit began urging me to ask my father about it. I am estranged from my father, so I declined. It kept pushing me to talk to my father. I started getting uncomfortable, so I told it to leave. It would not. I began "shielding" myself energetically, but it was very persistent, and I was losing focus. It felt like this entity was touching me and draining my energy. I was extremely scared, as I had never had to deal with this before (or since).

Hekate appeared in a colossal pillar of golden flame. She held a hand above the spirit and it vanished. The room was empty, and I felt completely safe.

Later, I found out two things. Firstly, this entity came from a deal my father had made. My mom showed me a photograph of his old altar and told me that he used to be heavily into the Goecia. She told me that he had suddenly stopped his practice after a drug-induced mental breakdown that left him hiding in his closet for two whole days. He had apparently mentioned to her that as spirit had scared him. I fully believe this was that spirit. The spirit wanted to continue whatever deal it made with my father with me. Looking back, I know this spirit had been harassing me for many years but I had never been able to see it so clearly.

Second, I learned that it had followed me to my in-laws' house and had been tormenting my mother in law and sister in law (both of whom most certainly have latent psychic abilities, in my opinion). They both described this same entity. On a later visit, I called on Hekate to help me banish it. It's been a few years since then, and it has never come back.

🔥 - Do you have a favorite myth or tale from your pantheon or others?

My favorite myth is the story of Prometheus. I find Prometheus to be a very interesting figure. He's rebellious, intelligent, and humanitarian- all things that I strive to be in life. He was afraid to do what he thought was right, even if it meant punishment. That's some serious dedication and strength. Prometheus is, in many ways, my "Jesus" figure, if the two can even be compared.

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Iceland's sky broke the colour spectrum. The magical stratospheric cloud ❤️✨️😍

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Epithets of Hekáte

Nyktophaneia - Night-shining

Hekáte, Mistress of the Moon,

Queen of Witches, bearer of torches.

Guide us to Your garden, Nyktophaneia!

Set Your Hounds up on the path,

Shine the way, glorious Goddess,

Let us venture forth beyond the crossroads!

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Nut (goddess)

Mostly depicted in nude human form, Nut was also sometimes depicted in the form of a cow whose great body formed the sky and heavens

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Polytheist & Pagan Asks

🙏 - Which pantheon(s) do you actively worship?

🌞 - Which deity(ies) are you closest to/do you worship the most often?

✨ - Do you believe in patron deities? If so, do you have any that you know of?

🌍 - Which pantheons do you believe exist?

📜 - Have you ever made an oath, vow, or contract with a deity? If yes, how did it go (you don't have to share)?

📿 - What are three things you're grateful to your deity(ies) for?

🖋️ - If you could say anything to your deity(ies) right now, what would you most want to say?

💌 - What is your favorite form of deity communication?

🎭 - What is an emotionally impactful or a silly worship-related experience you've had?

❤️ - What's one memory of your practice that you reflect the most fondly on?

🥂 - What is your favorite devotional act or offering to give?

🎉 - Do you celebrate any festivals? If so, which ones?

🫂 - Do you syncretize any pantheons with one another? If so, which ones?

🔮 - Do you delve into topics like the occult or the mysteries? Do you do anything esoteric?

⭐ - What is something you wish people outside your practice knew more about?

📖 - Do you like the way your pantheon is most often portrayed in media? Why or why not?

🏛️ - Do you have a favorite statue or temple to your deity(ies)? If yes, what is it?

🔥 - Do you have a favorite myth or tale from your pantheon or others?

🧭 - What led you to your practice?

🧿 - Did you have any other spiritual beliefs before discovering your current practice?

🪽 - Do you believe in angels and/or demons? If yes, do you worship or work with any?

🪄 - Do you practice witchcraft? If yes, do you keep it separate from your deity worship?

🪦 - Do ancestors or human spirits play a big role in your practice?

🐾 - Do animal spirits play a big role in your practice?

🌱 - Does nature - plants, nature spirits, etc. - play a big role in your practice?

💀 - Do you believe in ghosts? If yes, have you ever had an experience with one?

☄️ - Do you believe in astral travel/the astral realm? If so, have you been there before?

"I really am a lovely god."

~ Dionysus coming to me during my nightly prayer to convince me to pray to him as well.

I guess I've got to make room on my altar! He's been reaching out for a while, but this was the first time he's spoken to me so directly.

#eclectic pagan #neo pagan #pagan blog #pagan witch #hellenic pagan #dionysus #bacchus

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It's truly fucked up how ancient Ancient Egypt really is. Like, the New Kingdom period of Egyptian history ended in the 11th century BC, and that's the one they call the New Kingdom. King Tut's reign was one thousand years before the time of Cleopatra. The Great Pyramid of Giza was older to the Romans than the Romans are to us. Ancient Egypt is just fucked up old and it blows my mind every time I think about it.

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It blew my mind when I found out that all three of the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms were pre-Bronze Age Collapse. I had as implicitly assumed that at least the New Kingdom was post-Collapse.

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just chillin' in the desert for a couple of thousand years.

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hiiii local Egyptologist here coming in with a reminder that the Egyptians and/or the Mesopotamians (consensus flips every couple of years) developed writing c.3300 BCE. Which is *checks notes* about 700 years before they built the Pyramids (c.2600 BCE).

If we want to get to the start of Egypt's civilisation we have to go to c.6120 BCE. Roughly about 3000 years before the invention of writing and almost 4000 years before the Pyramids. This is called the Pre-Dynastic period and I encourage people to check out the Naqqada pottery because it's cool as shit.

Tutankhamun reigned c.1332 BCE which is 1300 years (1302 if we're being pedantic) before Cleopatra and 1300 years after the Pyramids were built. He's slap bang average.

The Bronze Age collapse happens *during* the New Kingdom as that period in Egypt's history doesn't end until c.1069 BCE and the BAC ends c.1150 BCE. Trust me, it had a punishing effect on Egypt with famine and tomb robbery being common.

Ancient Egypt was quite green. The idea that it was all a desert is that classic 'yellow filter' they use for foreign places in TV/Movies. They lived on the Nile. That big river that flooded once a year and left really beautifully fertile soil in its wake from which grew an abundance of life. It was GREEN. Yes there was desert, but nowhere near as much of it as people think there is.

So this vast amount of time should put a few things into perspective. Egypt's civilisation began in c.6120 BCE and ended with the death of Cleopatra in c.30 BCE. That's 6090 years. Yes. Six Thousand and Ninety.

So when we think of the Egyptians doing things and someone says 'the Egyptians did X' I'm going to ask you to ask yourself 'which time period of Egypt is that?' because SIX THOUSAND YEARS is a bit too long for one thing to be true for all of it.

Pharaohs had Pyramids? Really only the Old Kingdom (there are a couple of Middle Kingdom ones but they're shit)

Pharaohs had Chariots? Only in the New Kingdom (that's also when they got the horse...yes...up until the beginning of the New Kingdom, Egypt didn't have the horse)

Egyptians really liked cats? Not ever true. They had a trade of killing them to use as offerings to Bastet from the Late Period onwards (after the New Kingdom)

The Middle Kingdom? Pretty chill and has good literature.

Mummification? Really only took off for everyone in the New Kingdom

Pharaohs used the word Pharaoh? Only in the New Kingdom

Because Ancient Egypt was around for this long it really does the civilisation a disservice to reduce it to 'they always did this.' You wouldn't say any country in the world now is the same as it was 200 years ago or even 30 years ago for many of them. So lets not think that a civilisation that lasted nearly 6100 years was completely static. It would be beneficial to my mental health.

Anyway, Ancient Egypt is really fucking cool. Learn more about it please.

31 Days of HelPol!!!

DAY THIRTY-ONE: Share a positive experience you’ve had this month/year with one or more of your deities

Earlier this year, I awoke to an entity in my room that introduced itself to me as "The Lion" and it indicated that it was sent to me specifically. I was very confused but thanked it anyway. I learned a few days later that Hekate is sometimes associated with lions and felt intuitively this entity was sent to me to protect me and my family.

At the time, I was dealing with a falling-out with some friends and was very sad, lonely, angry, etc. These people had been gossiping about me and making fun of me behind my back. After "the Lion" showed up, I started hearing that the person who was talking the most crap had been exposed for stealing money from the place they worked and essentially got run out of town. They had to move 3 hours away from me, to a new town.

While I don't revel in the suffering of others, it was really amazing to see that I am protected and that my gods have my back. This person had spread a lot of rumors about me and to see their lies coming back to bite them.