the Lunatik Witch

The third anniversary of the Rite of Her Sacred Fires fell upon us this full moon, held globally, our Rite was raised at the gorgeous space of Rhiannon Sanctuary (Kilmore,VIC, Australia).

This was my first large public ritual, and although i expected to be rather nervous, an overwhelming sense of control and peace was growing within me. There were over a dozen of us who came to be anointed and pass the gates, who came to share their power and their devotion… who came to burn the Hekatean fire within them just as the cauldron burned between us all.

The casting of the skin of snakes into this fire began the rite…
I assisted in leading with the beautiful Hekatean Priestess Naza Cogo, and together… our energy so together… we invoke.. we gesture… we cry out…

Every trace of the setting sun’s light had now faded… with the only light that illuminated the space coming from torches and the fire burning in the center…

Offerings of pomegranates, wine, garlic, honey, olives, cakes, eggs, apples and incense were all throne in to burn for our Lady… with bread torn and a blessing spoken.

It is impossible to even find the words to capture this deep moment… words have no meaning… the Unity which was found, the love which was poured all over… I will never forget

And to those, who gathered in Her name, my blessing upon you all… you all gave so much of yourselves to the Rite, and I am humbled and blessed that we offered this experience to each other…  My love and sincere reverence unto you all…

To my Mistress Naza Cogo, the amount of energy and work you sacrificed into raising this Rite, I am deeply grateful… your grace, your love, and your passion for Hekate was truly a blessing to not only witness, but to experience… you are an inspiration and a vessel of our Lady’s wisdom.

And to Crimson Fyre, my blessings to your land, it is such a beautiful space, the noticeable energy you have put into the earth, the sanctuary you have build… I thank you for your welcoming and look forward to returning again.

And a special thankyou to my partner Trent Smith, for doing a wonderful job at capturing the Rite.

I am so proud of us all, and I ache for the fourth…

Hail Hekate…

Before Her altar, seated, I light three white candles, each one standing for a World and a Soul, and from each burn a stick of nightqueen incense that i press into the sand-bed.

I hang my head subtly before Her and light rises up from the candles, streaming up and diving down onto my crown, through my mind and out of my heart, returning to the candles flames… a circle of energy.

My breathing changes, a single shallow breath in and out every 5 seconds…

I remember my mind burns with the light of the three selves, a fire descending upon my head and burning a brilliant silver white. My head gets heavy and I drop myself into my hands, my elbows resting upon my lap.

My eyes sting and I visualize my desire, setting this fire towards my Will made manifest. Unleashing my power to this spell, and sealing it there with my vision. We tell it where to burn, where to guide, where to destroy and create what it must, in order to bring forth my wish. It is here, it is in my mind, where it will be initiated into the world. I rub my eyes with the palms of my hands, raising my head I open them to the candles burning upon the altar - “so mote it be”

From the blurred confusion, will come the clarity of my vision… my spell will come.

just building up to something big ;) x

Hekate… Altar…

Hekate is both the bodies of the three worlds, and also the very tree which unites the three worlds, a cosmological view of many pagan understandings: the roots holding the paths of the Underworld, the trunk carrying the physical or middle world and the leaves of its branches spreading out to carry the Heavens…

Hekate, the triple goddess of the Universe, holds within Her the very Universe, forever moving from world to world, spirit to matter to spirit again… and again…

Eternally…

With the music of Sa Ding Ding playing I praise my goddess with the movement of the body and hail Her… I burn for Her… and the emotion of gratitude consumes me, and my love spills out before me into the space.

I thank thee for My Becoming…

The grace and honour to be of Hekate, to be of Her Children…

Libations of wine are poured upon the Heavens and from there fall and gather within the Underworld…

I summon the light of the Heavens to shine down upon the Darkness of my Underworld, and I burn with Lunatik fire, I burn with the light of Hekate.
I assume Her blessed Eye and Unite with the Mother.

I am strong… I am Hekate

Beneath the beauty of the light of the full or the holy shadow of the black moon, whichever burns nearest from my passing… I allow myself to be covered in a sheer silver veil, and with the burning of cypress, nightqueen and willow, and patchoulie incense… let Her name be spoken…Hekate!

With a pomegranate in one hand as a symbol of the Underworld, and a key made of sacred silver, bronze/brass, copper, or iron be laid within my right hand for passage unto Hekate!

By tradition let a coin lay beneath my tongue, with red poppies adorning the space and my vessel… and around me may three fires blaze!… for I burn within the center of Thy crossroads…

May sand from the crossroads be poured upon my descent into the earth, the womb of the mother…

And peacock feathers adorn my crown…

May the initiates prayer ‘of the Mnemosyne river’ be spoken over my being…

With the creeds of “know thyself” – “In darkness, Light!” – “thou art Hekate” chanted energy around me…

Let luminous wine anoint upon my lips… And the Silver cord be cut by blade…

As a devotee of the goddess Hekate, your spiritual goal, and like the spiritual goal of devotees of all gods and goddesses, is to attain that deity’s consciousness… to achieve Hekate(an) Consciousness.

As we pass on from this physical life, leaving our bodily vessels behind, we merge with the divine all… the Devotee shall become a part of and within the body of Hekate!

One shall join the very Will… the Collective Will/Oversoul/Archetype/Egregore/ of Hekate!

Invoke Her and You Invoke ME!

Invoke Her and you invoke all devotees of Hekate with Her!

Just as the blessed hounds sacrificed unto Hekate have come to be a part of the goddesses roaming wild hunt/pack… I too, shall become a part of Her Holy Essence!

As we return to the All, I shall return to Hekate! With all priests and priestesses before me… My Will, and Power, and Knowledge shall Unite with the Goddess… together!

The Priest/ess shall become their God!

I shall find Elysium within Her Being…
She will be my Heaven!

And the greater the mystery of Hekate is revealed within You; the greater the integration of Hekate Consciousness is attained within thy own mind… the greater you have to offer of yourself unto Hekate!

“May my followers come to Worship and Know me… but may the chosen Sacred BECOME me!” - Hekate

“We are the Lunatik Children who shall Unite with their Goddess” - Shay

Within a profound moment of transition within my life, Hekate asked me to shave my head, which has been something iv thought about doing for a long long long time, but never had the balls to do it.

I know in reality its just a hair cut but I cant get over how much I love it…

A new me… a new mask… and I like this one…

This one is a strong and connected being / aspect of my Psyche.

Summoned forth my Oversoul…

Although scared, I knew it was time to leave Shay behind… both his weaknesses and his strengths…

Not “leave behind” but rather draw within…

Ofcourse, In the end its always been the one and the same me… but out of all the manifestations of my egos… im really enjoying this Mask.

A rite of passage, an assumption of courage, and a manifestation of transformation.

I have faith in this one. And so we keep on growing… into who we are to become!

We are the three who speak as one…

Finally…

We are all Oracles

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