Tina Georgitsis's Blog

Beltane also known as Cetshamhain (and May Day in the Northern Hemisphere) is the halfway point between spring and summer and is celebrated as a fertility and/or fire festival.  Traditionally it is a Gaelic festival which is part of the four seasonal festivals celebrated in Ireland and Scotland. Historically Beltane dew was collected in the morning to promote beauty and youthfulness, as well collecting water from holy wells for the same purpose.  Rites which includes the building of communal bonfires were held to protect and encourage growth of people’s harvest and livestock by going around or over said bonfires whilst being bedecked in flowers, ribbons and shells as representations to invoke protection.  Offerings were made to the sprits and fairies and embers were taken from communal bonfires and taken home where their hearths were ignited, to bring the protection home where feasting would then follow.  These days the focus of this fertility festival by neo pagans and witches is placed upon honouring the union of the God and the Goddess as well as making offerings to the spirits of the land which can involve maypole dancing, bonfire and feasting.

This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar,  it falls on Saturday the 8th of November at 8.12am (Traditional Date is Friday the 31st October). Gods such as Artemis, Apollo, Flora, Bacchus, Bes, Kokopelli, Pan, Hera, Herne, Sheela-na-Gig, Eros, Venus, Xochiquetzal, Vesta, Odin, Priapus, Cernunnos, Orien and Mbaba Mwana Waresa can be honoured during this time of year.

I have celebrated Beltane with groups of people in various settings and the one thing which I found linked them, was the coming together to celebrate the quickening of the land with dancing and feasting.  Something which I have experienced often during this festival day, is the acknowledgement of the polarities of the earth and the union of these polarities. 

One of the fondest memories I have during this time of year is celebrating Beltane with bonfires whilst wearing wreaths upon my head which has been handmade from my garden’s flowers, trees and herbs.    In my coven and magickal groups we would always have fires usually in the form of a firepit or fireplace where we performed rites to celebrate the significance of the day, as well as perform various forms of divination using fire such as scrying in the flames of said fire.

As an avid herbalist, during this time of year, I notice that my garden is bursting with new life.  A lot of my herbs are flowering which allows me to take cuttings and transplant them, make pressings for my herb grimoire and also for drying or preserving to be used in magickal workings later.  The flowers are blooming in my garden, most predominately the heirloom roses and lavender which were planted by now deceased family members which makes them even more special. I tend to take the rose petals and lavender flowers and make water essences for beauty products I hand make as well ritual and magical use such as incense blends or candles.  My sultana grape vine is absolutely flourishing and I collect the excess of leaves for rice stuffed vine leaves as well as for garlands I wear whilst conducting my rites.  

I like to acknowledge and thank the traditional owners of the land as well my garden and the Devas of the land and its blessings by leaving tokens and offerings throughout my garden.   I ensure the bird bath and feeders are functioning, as well as encourage any insects or bees which pollinate my garden by leaving them appropriate food such as organic honey water.

During this time of year I also tend to cook and bake as a way to infuse my personal energies with the offerings I make to my Gods, Ancestors and land spirits.  I use what is in season and make a lamb roast, Greek style, but in recent years rosemary infused from my garden and serve it with Greek pine wine and rice stuffed vine leaves which I then offer upon Hekate’s, Dionysus and my ancestors shrines during my seasonal devotionals.  I also bake things like fruit pies and apple tea cakes and leave these offerings on the base of my favourite trees in my garden some of which I have been practising magick with for many years.  

Since Beltane ends up being around Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere I also ensure I have lots of sweets on hand to give out to trick-or-treaters.   Along with this I like to visit my blessed dead at the cemetery where I clean their tombstones and refresh their offerings which consists of various things including flowers, olive oil, water and incense.  I recite prayers to them and also the land devas where the cemetery is located ensuring to always acknowledge the original indigenous custodians.

I personally feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year.  The light is growing as is the potential within us to take up her torches and flame the fertile energies we want to manifest.  The time is full of possibility as the sun waxes and strengthens towards summer, so now is the time to fully ignite our personal fires.  As our days lengthen use the flames of Hekate to propel and push you towards attaining that which you want to grow.

Hekate can be a guiding force which moves us away from that which is stagnant and decayed and helps us turn our attention towards that which needs fertilising and can bring great growth and future bounty.  She does this by assisting us to burn away the old to make way for the new by clearing and regenerating.  

I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of  eggs, apples, meat (lamb/goat), flowering herbs (including lavender, sage, thyme, oregano, lemon balm, mint) pomegranates, mead, wine, grape juice, brandy, puffed wheat, fruit pies or cakes, oat cakes and bread, dandelion tea and fruit punch. 

I also like to throw any old herbs, plants and tree branches which I can’t upcycle into my Hellenic firepit before my chthonic shrine to Hekate in my garden.

Seasonal Planting Guide:

Vegetables such as capsicum, celery, chilli, beetroot, carrot, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, potato, pumpkins, leeks, silver beet, squash, beans, beetroot, corn and zucchini.

Herbs such as basil, coriander, dill, chamomile, parsley, oregano, rosemary, rue, thyme, mint, lemon balm and sage.

Flowers such as petunias, snapdragons, daisies, carnations, lavender, pansies, foxglove, dahlia and marigold.

Some things you can do to honour and mark Beltane in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:

Make food usually consumed during this time and partake or share with loved ones, as well as leave as offerings to your gods or gods of the season, land spirits and ancestors: meat (lamb), wine, ale, cakes made from oat and fruit and anything which can be shared and is seasonal.Make floral or herbal wreaths or bouquets to adorn yourself with, decorate your altars, shrines or doorways with, leave as offerings for the spirits, devas and elementals of the earth, seasonal God/dess or your patron/matron.Rituals, spells and magick for fertility and endeavours which you want to see growth in (especially at dawn and dusk).Acknowledge the four cardinal points and make offerings to them consisting of the four elements they encompass – earth, air, fire and water.  You can also recite evocations to them whilst doing this starting from the east.Leave food and drink on your home’s doorstep to appease the fairies and spirits who might be mischievous or wish you harm. Milk, bread or biscuits made from seasonal grains will be well received.Get up at sunrise and visit a holy well and walk the path of the sun (east to west) whilst praying for good health.  Collect the morning dew in a glass jar, leave it out in the full sun of the day, then strain/filter it and wash your face with it before going to bed, to be able to imbue yourself with beauty, health and vitality.Take the day off if you can and spend the time in nature ie a picnic or hike.Light a fire (bonfire, firepit or fireplace) or candles to celebrate and honour the light of the sun during this time.  If it’s a fire as part of a bonfire or firepit, walk around it or jump over it three times.Take a torch, taper or candle and from the flames of the bonfire,  firepit or fire place  you have created, walk around your house whilst invoking protection for all those who live within its boundaries.Craft some items which resonate with the season for you.Revamp your shrine or altar with the colours of Beltane (Green, Red, White and Silver).Make protection talismans for the home such as oak crosses and hanging eggs.

So work your magick this Beltane, honour the land and its spirits, and ask for protection and what you want to make fertile in your life.

(c) T. Georgitsis 2021, Updated 2023/5

The Spring Equinox also known as Ostara or the Vernal Equinox is the day which symbolically marks the first day of spring.  The day and night are of equal length and from this point onwards the days get longer as we head towards Beltane.  The Spring Equinox happens when the sun crosses the celestial equator moving – south in the southern hemisphere and north in the northern hemisphere, which causes the days to lengthen and the temperatures to go up.  Vernal itself means fresh or new like the spring and this time officially marks the time of spring. Ostara is derived from the German goddess Eostre who represents new beginnings in conjunction with spring.

This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar it astrologically falls on Sunday the 22nd of September at 10.44pm (traditional date is on the 21st September). Gods such as Ostara/Eostre, The Green Man, Mother Earth/Gaia, Hekate, Persephone, Demeter, Osiris, Geb, Ver, Flora, Freya, Brigid, Jarylo/Yarylo/Iarilo/Gerovit, Eiar, Ba Jia Jiang, Ashanti, Saraswati, Cybele and Morityema all can be honoured during this time of year.

I have celebrated Spring with groups of people in various magickal settings and the one thing which I found linked them, was the coming together to celebrate the flourishing of the land.  Something which I have experienced often during this festival day is the acknowledgement of the bounty of the earth. 

One of the fondest memories I have during this time of year is celebrating the Spring Equinox through colouring eggs.  It’s something I learned from my mother who would prepare them for Greek Orthodox easter.  When I started observing the Spring Equinox I would make them in September to correlate with the southern hemisphere and would make them exactly like my mother did.  I did this by taking chicken eggs which had been wrapped in panty hose, keeping leaves or flowers in place to make a stencil of them appear on the eggs and using red Greek egg dye and vinegar to boil them. When they had cooled I would buff them with some olive oil to give them a nice shine.  Soon after my first few attempts I started to make eggs in elemental colours for the elemental quarters.  

In my coven and magickal groups thereafter we would occasionally make painted eggs which had been blown out from raw eggs and could be used as magickal symbols of spring.  We would also occasionally make floral or herbal wreaths to adorn ourselves with. 

As an avid herbalist during this time of year I notice that my garden is coming to life.  Plants, herbs and trees which have been dormant over the fallow period of the winter are blossoming, new shoots are being birthed or are regenerating. I like to acknowledge and thank my garden and the Devas of the land and its blessings by leaving herbs, trees or plants, offerings especially those who are decades old or have personal significance.  Such as a fennel plant which was planted by my mother and which is now decades old, plum trees which were part of the original farm which existed way before houses were built in the area, an aloe vera plant which was gifted to me by a coven sister in our youth, succulents gifted by an old friend who is no longer living in the country, a lemon/lime tree which my father created and planted which had stopped fruiting until recent years and a lemon tree I planted which was dying and which has regenerated recently.  Of course I adore and respect all the trees, plants and herbs I haven’t mentioned especially since they bring in local birds, insects and bugs which help pollinate and sustain them due to my garden being biodynamic.

During this time of year I also tend to cook a lot especially with the locally sourced organic produce available and gift items such as bread and biscuits to loved ones.  I also tend to food craft for my patrons (specifically Hekate, A’set and Sekhmet) which I then offer upon their shrines and altars during their devotionals.  

I personally feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year.  Persephone has come back to her mother Demeter with the guidance and aid of Hekate, after being trapped with Hades during the dark part of the year when the earth lay dormant.  The earth is waking up due to Demeter’s great joy in being reunited with her daughter Persephone.  What this signifies from my perspective is that Hekate can be the enabling force for us to come out of and move on from of the dark and fallow experiences we have endured.  Now we can move onto new beginnings, opportunities and illuminate that which we should focus on to bring the blessings we want and need in our lives. 

Hekate can be a guiding force for change and movement.  Hekate can help us tap into the potential of this time as she lights up way which allows us to take a more beneficial path on the crossroads we might find ourselves at.  She encourages us to take the first step towards renewal and rebirth and the promise of new beginnings.  Hekate encourages us to engage in this movement onwards and upwards and use it for the power it contains – the promise of shedding the old and embracing the new and the power (internal and external) it contains.

I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of eggs, herbs (mint, sage, iron wort, lavender, wormwood etc – herbs of hers which are growing now), seeds (for planting), lavender flowers, sage flowers, saffron, corn flowers, edible flowers (violet, chive, clover, lilac etc) bread, apples, pomegranates, dandelions, wine, grape juice, honey infused tea/milk and substitutes such as oat or almond milk, onions, black garlic, grains such as barley, wheat husks, pomegranate cakes, cheese, legumes, beans and meat (lamb, rabbit and goat).

Vegetables such as beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, capsicum, carrot, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, eggplant, endive, leek, lettuce, onion, parsnip, pak choi, peas, radish, rocket, silverbeet, snow peas, spring onion, strawberry, corn and tomato.

Herbs such as chives, dill, mint, oregano, parsley, sage and thyme.

Flowers such as alyssum, asters, begonias, celostias, chrysanthemums, cinerarias, corn flowers, geraniums, petunias, daisies, carnations, lavender, marigolds, snapdragons, pansies, foxglove, sunflowers, gazanias, impatients and dahlias.

Some things you can do to honour and mark the Spring Equinox in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:

Make food usually consumed during this time and partake or share with loved ones, as well as leave as offerings to your gods or gods of the season: meat (lamb/rabbit/goat) or legume and bean stews, egg dishes such as quiches or boiled coloured eggs, cheesecake, yogurt, cakes and anything which can be shared and is seasonal.
Make coloured eggs or decorate wooden/ceramic eggs and leave them as offerings to the earth, seasonal God/dess or your patron/matron.
Rituals, spells and magick for new beginnings, fertility, rebirth, renewal, new opportunities and endeavours (especially at dawn).
Plant seeds for the future whether they be physical or metaphoric.
Clean and refresh your home or ritual/magickal space ie spring clean through cleaning, decluttering and revamping.
Rebirth rituals which can include taking devotional vows for a specific tradition or God/dess.
Get up at sunrise and bask in the first light of the day in nature, whether you do so in your own backyard, local park or nature reserve.
Feed your local wildlife appropriate offerings such as bird specific feed for your local natives.
Take the day off if you can and spend the time in nature ie a picnic or hike.
Light a fire (bonfire or fireplace) or candles to celebrate and honour the light of the sun during this time.
Make wreaths from seasonal herbs and flowers to adorn yourself with.
Craft some items which resonate with the season for you.
Prick some flowers or treat yourself to some from a favourite florist to bring spring into your living area.
Start a new hobby or lifestyle change (such as exercise) you have been wanting to or reconnect to.
At dawn light candles to mark the passage of time from winter to spring and also to honour the Gods of this season (in gold, green, pink, yellow, blue and purple).

So work your magick this Spring Equinox, honour the dawn, nature and new beginnings and opportunities which are available to you and ask for what you want to blossom in your life.

In her name

Setjataset

(c) T. Georgitsis 2021, Updated 2024/25

The Magick of this Moon

The Full Moon which is also a Blood Moon this month is happening this September full moon between the 7-8th (the total eclipse will happen around 3.30am EST in the Southern Hemisphere on the 8th – it starts around 2.28am and ends by 5.56am).  For specific times around the world please go here for further details: Date and Time Total Lunar Eclipse

A Blood Moon is a Full moon which is a Solar Lunar Eclipse.  The earth is between the sun and the moon which causes the moon to have a reddish tinge due to the red light which skims over the earth.

The Lunar Eclipse energies transition through the new and full moon phases during the eclipse, which enables the moon to cycle through the various stages of the moon and its magick.

Eclipse magick is when the energy is amplified due to the moon energies intermingling.

There are various types of magick you can perform during this coming moon:

Liminal – magick worked between the darkness and the light.Manifestation – setting goals, intentions and affirmations.Breaking – curses, bad habits, bad relationships and connections.Transformation – self/surroundings, spellwork and health encompassing all aspects of oneself (body/mind/spirit and emotion).Devotion – to lunar or liminal Gods and Goddess.Focus – personal and spiritual development along with illumination and psychic work (divination and magickal goals).

This is a good time to clear the energies which no longer aid you in preparation for the next phase in your life.

Now is the time to work on breaking the bonds which drag you down and transform it into manifesting that which raises you up.

Since the full moon is in Pisces it will be an intense time full of transformative evolution, therefore I suggest working on the self and opening yourself to insight and truth. Below I have outlined an easy rite you can perform in any tradition you resonate to, with the guidance of Hekate:

Hekate Eclipse Magick by Setjataset

Preparation:

Chose a liminal time and place for the ritual to be set, preferably outside if you can manage it under the full moon or alternatively where the moon beams can shine upon your workings.

Purify body by showering or washing head, hands and feet.

Your shrine and offering items should be placed on a shrine or working altar and should include: black candle, red candle (or white/neutral coloured candles if you don’t have red/black), purified water/khernips mixed with salt, a token or offering you have for Hekate, incense and an image of Hekate.

Welcoming and Opening

Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem, evocation in her name.

Light your incense and waft over sacred space.

Sprinkle purified salted water over sacred space.

Magical Working

Write (with a sharpie) or carve (with a blade, wand, knife, pin, fingernail) on a black candle what you want to get rid of.

If you don’t have a black candle use a white or neutral colour and write on the candle a word representing what you want to get rid of ie procrastination.  Think about it carefully and don’t be rash in what it is you are wanting to get rid of and make sure its what you really want.

Write (with a sharpie) or carve (with a blade, wand, knife, pin, fingernail) on a red candle what you want to bring in.

If you don’t have a red candle use a white or neutral colour and write on the candle a word representing what you want to bring in ie self-love.  Think about it carefully and don’t be rash in what it is you are wanting to bring in and make sure its what you really want.

If so desired, anoint candles.  Use an oil such as Abramelin oil or something simple such as olive or lavender oil.  If you have no oil, use your own saliva.

Light both candles.

Push the black candle away from you and the red candle towards you and then say:

“Hekate Queen of Earth, Sky and Sea

Assist me to straddle this liminal time

Guide me through the Darkness and into the Light

With the power of the Moon I release my intentions”  © T. Georgitsis 2020

Let the candles burn down completely in a safe manner.

Thanks and Closing

Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.

Ritual is now complete and any feasting and/or grounding work can take place.

Do not speak about your working until it has manifested and even then be cautious with how you share it.

© T. Georgitsis 2020, Updated 2021 and 2025

Imbolc, which means “in the belly” or “ewe’s milk”, is the day that marks the incoming Spring.   Symbolically it marks the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox and celebrates the rebirth of the sun as the days get longer.  Traditionally it is a Northern Hemisphere Gaelic festival which falls on the 1st of February and celebrates the Feast Day of Brigid. It marks the time of the year when spring flowers start to emerge in nature and can be a date to celebrate women.

This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar it falls on Friday the 8thst of August at 10.14am. Gods such as Brigit, Aenghus Og, Cerridwen, Hekate, Persephone, Demeter, Gaia, Hestia, Aphrodite, Eros, Pan, Bast, Aradia, Ceres, Faunus, Venus and Vesta can all be honoured during this time of year.

I have celebrated Imbolc with groups of people in various magickal settings and the one thing which I found linked them, was the coming together to celebrate the planting of seeds and sharing of food in a communal setting.  Something which I have experienced time and time again during this festival day is the ritualistic act of planting physical and metaphorical seeds which symbolises set intentions for the coming season of Spring and Summer.  Also feasting is highlighted during this time as so many religious festivals tend to celebrate this way.

One of the fondest memories I have during this time of year is celebrating Imbolc through planting seeds or seedling when I was starting out in my first coven.  It’s something I never did before on my own and being able to watch something I planted with my own hands, grow and prosper developed my love of gardening.  When I started studying herbalism a few years later I became obsessed with growing all the medicinal and magickal herbs I could.  I spent years transferring my garden into a large organic one and creating special herb garden spaces dedicated to Hekate and A’set respectfully.

As an avid herbalist who likes to grow my own plants, herbs and trees I can use in my practice, I tend to always focus energy during this time planting organic heirloom seeds or seedlings for the coming season’s use.  I also like to plant my intentions for what I want to grow in my life as I feel this is the perfect time to do so, to align with nature.  Along with this, I also love to spend a lot of time in nature and honouring nature.   From the seas to the mountains, I tend to go on a Imbolc hike coupled with a picnic/bbq if the weather permits.

I also tend to make a lot of candles as I am an avid candle maker and use various methods from set tapers and pillars, rolled wax to poured soy.  I make them for my patrons (specifically Hekate, A’set and Sekhmet) which I then burn regularly on their shrines and altars during their devotionals.  I also make a lot of incense for the same patrons as I find when I blend and grind up all the materials its quite easy to set intention for them as I find it an incredibly meditative and magical act.

Brigit represents the light and so does Hekate and I personally feel Hekate can guide us out of the darkness and into the light, like she did for Persephone.  

I feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year for various reasons.  Hekate can illuminate what has been hiding in the darkness and ignite the flame within us.   In this time  she encourages and enables us to turn our attention to the presence of the promise of new opportunities to come.  As the time of growth and movement is happening all around us Hekate encourages us to engage in this and use it for the power it contains – the promise of a light at the end of a dark tunnel and the promise of growth after a fallow period.

I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of seeds, bread, apples, pomegranates, dandelions, primroses, grape juice, honey infused milk, onions, grains such as barley, wine, honey cake, seed cake and preserve cake.

In the garden now is the time to plant:

Vegetables such as  lettuce, spinach, kale, collards, Asian greens, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, leek, onions, sweeds, parsnip, turnip, peas, radish, rocket, garlic, potatoes, cucumber, eggplant and silver beet.

Herbs such as mustard, horseradish, curry plant, licorice, dandelions, parsley, feverfew, dill, mint, marjoram, oregano, lovage, and chervil.

Flowers such as, primroses, cornflowers, calendula, Siberian wallflower, nasturtiums and cyclamen.

Some things you can do to honour and mark Imbolc in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:

Make the food usually consumed during this time: colcannon, sowans, dumplings, barmbrack or bannocks.Make oak crosses.Make corn husk or straw dolls.Visit local wells, rives or streams and collect the water for magick and ritual work.  Use water to bless home, family and garden.Take a walk sunwise (clockwise) around a well and pray for good health or an ailment ensuring to leave an offering such as a coin.Hold feasts with loved ones.Divination such as candle (flame or wax), water and weather divination (cloud, sunset/sunrise).Sew seeds for the coming spring and plant what you want to grow into your life.Spring clean (such as home and altar/shrine) as it’s the time of purification which can be used to remove the stagnant energies and bring in cleansing new energies.Make offerings to the earth and sea.At sunset light candles to mark the passage of time from winter to spring and also to honour the Gods of this season (in gold, white, yellow and red colours).Light torches in your Gods names.Go for a walk in nature and take stock of what is growing and coming in for you.Initiation and self-initiation rituals can be worked during this time due to apt timing.A good time for fertilising things such as ideas, projects and even yourself with what you want to grow

So work your magick this Imbolc, honour the light and ask for what you want to manifest in your life.

(c) T. Georgitsis 2021/2024/25

Winter Solstice also known as Yule is the day with the shortest amount of daylight and the longest amount of night. Symbolically it marks the death and rebirth of the sun and it falls between Samhain and the Spring Equinox and due to this manifests as the darkest period of the year yet is also a turning point where the days become longer.  It symbolises the darkest time of year and marks the returning of the light due to its time of seasonal transition.  The winter solstice marks the sun as its lowest elevation in the sky and the reason it contains the longest night of the year.  This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar it falls on the 21st of June (which coincides with the traditional date). Gods such as Hekate, Persephone, Demeter, Dionysus, Helios, Poseidon, Zeus, Hera, Hathor, Sekhmet, Osiris, Horus, Neith, Nephthys, Spider Woman, Ameratasu, Saturn, Odin, Bona Dea, Mithras, Holy King, Hod, Frigga, Frau Holle, Cailleach and Baldur can all be honoured during this time of year.

I have celebrated Yule with groups of people in a magickal setting such as a working lodge, coven and magickal order.  The one thing which I found which linked them all together was the coming together to celebrate the light and the darkness whilst sharing food and gifts.

One of the fondest memories I have during this time of year is celebrating the winter solstice through creating handmade gifts.  I spend considerable time planning on what to make and then following through by crafting gifts which are unique and special.  The first thing I ever recall making was for my first coven where I sculpted and fired a set of runes and hand sewed an accompanying bag to contain them in.  This took a significant amount of energy and effort and was placed in a sack of gifts to be randomly selected by one coven member in the middle of our coven’s winter solstice ritual.  Imagine my surprise when one of my coven members whom I was closest to (and who has become a lifelong friend) chose it at random and had been wanting a set of runes which turned out to feature her favourite colour (they were coloured green and purple).

I personally like to hand make gifts during this time of year usually involving items which feature divination, light, purification, seeds, woods and herbs harvested and collected.  I also love to cook, bake and prepare food which is consumed, shared or given to loved ones including the following: citrus preserves such as salt preserved lemons and Cointreau marmalade,  soup (lentil/beans/barley and root vegetable, Greek chicken soup), stew (barley, beans, lentil, cholent and coq au vin), bread (Greek sweetbread, olive loaf and garlic & feta loaf), gingerbread (especially witches houses/cottages), shortbread (various Greek ones), lamb or beef roast, dumplings and baked spiced rice stuffed into vegetables.

Since this time tends to fall on my personal anniversary (we got together on the winter solstice) for me it also involves going out for an intimate meal with my partner and exchanging thoughtful gifts.  

I feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year for various reasons. One being that this is a liminal time where she has dominion between the darkness and the light.  In this time  she encourages and enables us to turn our attention to the presence of the promise of new things to come.  As the time of growth and movement is before us Hekate beckons us to straddle the in-between time and to use this time for the power it contains.

I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of apples, pomegranates, garlic, onions, mead, beer, wine, bread, barley, nuts, lilies, pine, mistletoe, juniper, holly, frankincense, myrrh, cedar, bay, chamomile and roots from dandelions.

I also like to make items for Hekate which resonate with the season mostly wands collected from wood during the summer, candle anointing oil blends, herb pouches for dreaming, health and wealth, candles which illuminate, soap which cleanses, incense using dried herbs from the summer, book and journal covers with locally sourced materials or upcycled materials, various art pieces with paints, ink, photography and/or several thread types (in recent years its been all about the land, sea and sky) and beaded jewellery such as ethically sourced crystal necklaces which can also be used as meditation or manifestation beads.

In the garden now is the time to plant:

Vegetables such as artichoke, asparagus, beans, beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, capsicum, carrot, cauliflower, celery, chillies, corn, cucumber, endive, kale, leek, lettuce, melons, okra, onion, parsnip, peas, pumpkins, radish, rhubarb, shallots, silver beet, snow peas, spinach, tomatoes, turnip and zucchinis

Herbs such as garlic, basil, chives, cress, curry, dill, mint, parsley, sage and thyme.

Flowers such as aquilegia, calendula, cineraria, cyclamen, delphinium, foxglove, nemesia, pansy, primula, polyanthus poppy and viola. 

Some things you can do to honour and mark the winter solstice in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:

Hold a ritual signifying the balance of darkness and light and/or liminality.Work spells and magick which involve igniting a flame, balance or brining the light into a situation, .Create and light a bonfire or light a special candle carved with symbols which signify the time of year.Inscribe and light a Yule log in a firepit or fireplace.Take a walk at dusk holding a lantern.Bake a seasonal pie, cook a roast and make mulled wine or any other food or drink which to you symbolises the winter solstice .In the evening go out star gazing and seek out your local constellations.Honour the Gods which signify this time of year by creating a shrine or altar in their name or tending to an existing one and make offerings to them.Create an ice wreath in the freezer filled with flowers and herbs of the season (use a bunt cake tin) and once set place a candle in the middle of the wreath and light it to signify the winter moving out and the spring coming in.Use this time to cleanse your magickal tools and spaces such as shrines and altars.Rituals and spells involving transitions and movement.Reflect on your inner world and take some time to just be with yourself and listen to your inner self such as meditation, yoga, going for a walk in nature or just sitting in a space which is sacred to you and just being present.Use this time to recharge yourself through honouring yourself and do what you need to, to enable that reset.Host a feast with family or friends which can include music and dancing.Light black and white candles to signify the diminishing darkness and the increasing light.Decorate a tree (such as a xmas tree) with decorations which signify the winter solstice.Exchange gifts with loved ones.Donate to charities involving the displaced such as the homeless and refugees.Do something kind for someone who is alone, in pain or suffering.Volunteer for a charity which assists the natural world or the less fortunate.Divination such as rune, tarot, dice, candle wax, crystal, magick mirror or ink scrying.  

So work your magick this midwinter, honour the light and the darkness within you and all around you and contemplate and manifest balance in your life.

(c) T. Georgitsis 2021 – Updated 2023

The Magick of this Moon

The Full Moon which is also a Micro Moon this month is happening on Monday 12th May 5.56pm AEST (Southern Hemisphere) and 12th May 12.56pm EDT/ 5.56pm BST (Northern Hemisphere). In the month of may the full moon is known as the flower moon due to the abundance of blooms in North America.

A Micromoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the apogee – the point in the moon’s orbit farthest away from the earth.  This means the moon appears smaller than usual from the perspective from earth.

There are various types of magick you can perform during this coming moon:

Liminal – magick worked between the darkness and the light.
Cleansing – with relation to body, mind, spirit and emotions.
Releasing – energy which is chaotic and destructive.
Raising – energy which is grounded through movement.
Working – on the shadow self.
Manifestation – reveal that which is hidden.
Protection – against curses, bad habits, bad relationships and untoward connections.
Devotion – to lunar or liminal Gods and Goddess.
Intention – mundane and spiritual development which needs illumination.
Reduction – magick which can reduce a situation, habit or thing.

 

The Hekate Her Sacred Fires Ritual takes place on the Full Moon in May and has been occurring yearly since its inception in 2010 – which coincided with the release of the book with the same name Hekate Her Sacred Fires: Exploring the Mysteries of the Torchbearing Goddess of the Crossroads. I contributed to this anthology with the piece “Illuminating the Path”.  Now years later this ritual dedicated to Hekate continues to take place by various Hekate devotees all over the world.

In the past I have celebrated this rite either solitary or in groups with the ritual exactly as written, in ceremonial, Wiccan, eclectic, pagan or Hellenic styles. I would like to share with you the Hellenic version I adapted from the original as its the one which I resonate with the most.

Hekate Her Sacred Fires: Hellenic Version by Setjataset 2012

Set up altar: image of Hekate, khernips, khernips bowl, khernips towel, Offerings including: flowers, grape juice, blessing cups, libation vessel, olive oil, candle to Hekate, candles for attendees, incense, charcoal, incense burner, amphiphon, bay leaves, matches, barley and gifts to attendees.

Purification

Each participant should wash their hands in the khernips which is placed in a bowl outside the sacred space.

At this point all attendees’ state, “Let all that is profane be gone!“

Priest/ess to take barley and throw the offering of cleansing upon the shrine and upon the sacred space and say “Hekas hekas este o-bebeloi” (Afar, Afar, O The/Ye Profane).

Procession

All gathered are to form a formal procession and walk towards the sacred space carrying offerings with them.

All are to present the offerings to the Goddesses Hekate by holding them up in a gesture of offering and then placing them on the altar before forming a semi-circle around the altar.

Note: You do not need to speak to do this but may say a few words as a statement of purpose if you are inspired.

Priest/ess to sprinkle khernips over offerings to purify them with the words “Xerniptosai” (be purified).

Honoring Hekate

All to face the altar and can either – observe or take part in the following:

Place both your hands on your heart (three heartbeats), your forefinger and middle finger of your dominant hand to your lips (three heartbeats), and then to your brow (three heartbeats).  Now enclose your thumbs within both your hands (in fists) and raise both your arms to the heavens.

Open your hands and with palm upwards in your left hand, bring your right arm to your side palm facing downwards and invoke the Goddess Hekate.

I invoke thee, Great Mistress of the Heaven, Earth and Sea,

By your mysteries of Night and Day,

By the Light of the Moon and the Shadow of the Sun

I invoke thee, Mistress of life, death and rebirth

Emerge now from the shadow realm to feed my soul and enlighten my mind,

Triple-formed Mistress of the three ways

I entreat thee, Key-bearing Mistress of the Nightwandering Souls

To bring forth your wisdom from amongst the stars

To bring down your starfire from the darkness between,

Creatrix of Light!

Goddess of the Shadow Realms! Light-bearing queen!

Whisper now your secrets!

Fire-bringer! Earthly-one! Queen of Heaven!

Raise both hands with palms facing upwards to the heavens (three heartbeats) and then touch the ground palms downwards.

Priest/esstakes hold of the shrine candle and prepares to light it after repeating the following (which all may repeat at the same time):

Hekate, companion and guide to the mysteries

I light this sacred fire in your honour,

Priest/ess lights the shrine candle and all in turn light their own candle from the shrine candle then when everyone is settled with their burning flame, they repeat the following:

Its light uniting the stars and stones, the heavens and the earth,

With this fire I express my desire for a greater understanding of your mysteries

Askei Kataskei Erōn Oreōn Iōr Mega Samnyēr Baui (3 times) Phobantia Semnē,

Great Hekate, who spins the web of the stars and governs the spiral of life

Guide me through towards pathways of understanding,

From Crossroad to Crossroad,

The Torchbearers and the Keybearers of your mysteries,

will always find one another,

Now all to sit and watch their flame flicker and dance, allow yourself to focus on the different colours in the flame, the yellows and reds, the blues and whites, and the black.  If you wish you may decide to spend some time meditating on the flame, skrying for visions or omens.   After everyone is done – all may say the following together:

I banish now the shadows of doubt from my mind,

Infused by the silence and warmth of our union

I feel your golden radiance within my heart

And the glory of knowledge on my brow,

I am a student of your mysteries.

Extinguish the flame, then place both your hands on your heart (three heartbeats), your forefinger and middle finger of your dominant hand to your lips (three heartbeats), and then to your brow (three heartbeats).

Open your palms reaching towards the heaven, then reach down and touch the Earth.

Offerings and Blessing Request

Attendees may now proceed before the altar in turn and present any offerings they have. These can be in the form of items lifted up to the heavens, in the form of hymns or prayers they would like to read out to Hekate, any petitions of askance, blessings or the like and lastly any jewellery or ritual tools may be consecrated using the khernips.

Priest/ess to pour a libation for Hekate.

Priest/ess to pour the rest of the grape juice into the cups provided and pass the cups to all attendees who may partake of it.

Priest/ess to light the candles of the amphiphon (if the weather permits) and offer a slice to Hekate.

Priest/ess to share the rest of the amphiphon with the attendees who wish to partake of it.

Closing

Priest/ess thanks Hekate by saying:

“Hekate, in your name we gathered, thank you for your eternal illumination and blessings.”

Ritual is complete.

A “feasting” part of the ritual can now take place after the altar is disassembled and cleaned up.

Please note: Offerings can be used in Hekate’s name or disposed of in an environmentally safe way such as within compost.

Adapted from the HHSF Ritual by Sorita d’Este:

http://hekatecovenant.com/rite-of-her-sacred-fires/rite-in-translation/english-the-rite-of-her-sacred-fires-original/

In her name

Setjataset

(c) T. Georgitsis 2025

What, When and Why of the Super New Moon

We have a Super New Moon on the 27th April at 3.31pm EST (Northern Hemisphere) and 28 Apr 2025 at 5:31am EST (Southern Hemisphere).

A Supermoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the closest distance to the earth in its orbit.  This means the moon appears larger than usual from the perspective from earth.

Magick of the Super New Moon

This Super New Moon falls in the astrological sign of Taurus therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Taurus star sign.

Taurus is an Earth sign which is ruled by Venus. It is a sign which can appear to only focus on beauty, love and pleasure however this energy is also grounded in nature and enjoyment of life. Taurus have emotions which are resilient and dependable.  This sign is full of energies which exude practicality, loyalty, patience and determination.

This is the first super new moon of the year and the eclipse influences have faded, as have the retrogrades of mercury and venus. This makes it an apt time to fully embrace the energies of the super new moon without any hindrances.

The kind of magick you can perform during the Super New Moon:

1. Cast spells for supercharged effects.

2. Create some magickal crafts.

3. Charge your magickal items.

4. Clean and cleanse your shrine/altar.

5. Leave new offerings on your shrine/altar.

6. Plan things for the future.

7. Set specific goals to manifest.

8. Focus on bringing things you want into your life.

9. Perform divination regarding changes you need to embrace.

10. Finance and income magick.

11. Workings which focus on stability and security.

12. Healing rituals and spells involving the physical body.

13. Hold a rite in honour of a New Moon God/dess such as Hekate.

Sorcery of the Super New Moon

This Super New Moon in Taurus is all about creating fulfilling opportunities and striving for better things in our lives.  It is full of new possibilities as we break the chains which bind us and tie us down allowing us to break free to grow, evolve and heal.

Below I have outlined a ritual you can perform in any tradition you resonate to, with the guidance of Hekate which works with the energies of this moon:

Super New Moon Rite by Setjataset

Preparation

Chose a liminal time and place for the ritual to be set, preferably around sunset.

Purify body by showering.

Your magickal space should be created and placed on a shrine or working altar and should include:

A mirror,A candle (black, white or beeswax),Bay Leaf (Rosemary or Sage which has been dried)A bowl of Khernips (ocean water or purified water with salt is best),A ritual oil such as a New Moon blend, Taurus blend, Hekate blend or pure essential oil such as dragons blood, patchouli, sandalwood, rose, sweet orange or even extra virgin olive oil or almond oil,An apple, pomegranate, garlic head or onion – offering to Hekate,A bowl or earth (sand from the sea or coffee grounds are also acceptable); and An image/statue of Hekate.

Welcoming and Opening

Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem or evocation in her name.

Light your bay leaf/rosemary/sage and waft over sacred space.

Sprinkle purified khernips over sacred space.

Offer Hekate the apple, pomegranate, garlic head or onion which has been cut in half revealing the centre.

Magical Working

On the candle carve your name one one side and your mother’s name on the other and anoint with oil.

Take your candle and place it in the bowl of earth and then place that in the centre of your mirror (which is facing up) and say over it:

“I (your name) child of (your mother’s name)

Call out to you to hear my request –

Lead to me: love and gaiety!

Bring to me: health and vitality!

Give to me: abundance and prosperity!

I ask this for forever and all time!”

Thanks and Closing

Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.

Ritual is now complete and any grounding work can take place.  I would suggest eating an evening meal consisting of whole foods.

After the Ritual

Bury the offering you made to Hekate in your garden beneath or before a favoured tree, plant or herb or alternatively in a potted plant in your home.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2025

The Pink Moon which is also a Full Micro Moon is happening on Saturday the 12th – Sunday 13th April 2025. It will reach its peak for the Northern Hemisphere on April 12th at 8.22 ET and it will reach its peak in the Southern Hemisphere on April 13th at 10.22am EST.

A Pink Moon is the first full moon in the month of April which is in early Spring for the Northern Hemisphere and which is named after the pink wildflowers which bloom at this time. The moon itself wont turn pink however it will be a micro moon.

A Micromoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the apogee – the point in the moon’s orbit farthest away from the earth.  This means the moon appears smaller than usual from the perspective from earth.

There are various types of magick you can perform during this coming moon:

New Beginnings – focusing on bringing in and celebrating.Renewals – manifesting revamping and recharging.Love – celebrating with yourself and/or others you have connections with.Creativity and inspiration – paying attention to revealing personal desire.Personal Growth – devoting energy on self care.Setting Intentions – paying attention to bringing in clarity and vision.Cleansing – connecting with letting go.

  

This Pink Moon will be in the sign of Libra a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus.

This sign focuses on partnerships, commitments and unions which are not only romantic but also platonically and professionally speaking. Libra is all about harmony therefore it would be ideal to use this moon’s energies to balance relationships and create interpersonal symmetry. It’s also a good time for healing and finding where you can align with those you have connections with.

Below I have outlined a simple hymn you can use to honour Hekate. This hymn works with Hekate’s epithets which connect to the energies of love and by extension Venus which rules this Libra moon:

Hekate’s Love by Setjataset (C) 2025

I call upon Hekate Aglaos
Beautiful! Bright! Pleasing!
Your allure inspires us to facilitate love!

I call upon Hekate Erototokos
Bearer of manifested love!
You assist us to produce passionate connection!

I call upon Hekate Krokopelos
Saffron Cloaked!
Bringer of sensuality and passion! 

I call upon Hekate Indalimos
Beautiful One!
Desirable love you attract!

Wising you ask a wonderful Pink Moon! May you be guided to work beneficially with her energies.

In her name

Setjataset

(c) T. Georgitsis 2025

Samhain also known as All Hallows Eve, Feast of the Dead and Halloween is the historically Gaelic festival and in a literal sense means summer’s end, marking just that – as it signifies the start of winter and the end of the harvest season.  It falls between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice and is a time when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest due to it being a liminal/threshold festival. In the 19th century it was suggested to be the “Celtic New Year” and in modern time this became the “Witches New Year”.  This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar it falls on the 5th of May at 1.06pm. Gods such as Hekate, Hades, Persephone, Osiris, Crom Cruach, Cerridwen, Lilith, Kali, Ishtar, Persephone, Oya, Innana, Pamona, Cailleach, The Morrigan, Nephtys, Rhiannon, Herne, Anubis, Odin, Bran and Cernunnos can all be honoured during this time.

I have celebrated Samhain with groups of people in a religious, spiritual and mundane way both here in Australia and overseas.  The one thing which I found resonated with them all was the celebration of what has passed and honouring that which came before us.

One of the first memories I have during this time of year was when we were visiting my mother’s village on a small Aegean island of Greece, Lemnos (where its origins can be traced back to the (Epipaleolithic Period) but its more commonly known for its (Mycenean Period) whose matriarchal line had lived on for centuries.  She took me to her family’s mausoleum which from the outside looked like a mini Parthenon with walls.  Once inside, the marble covered walls were lined and stacked from ceiling to floor with ledges crammed with skulls and bones.  My mother with arms outstretched swept over what I was taking in said in an echoing voice that these were my ancestors and I needed to honour them and that one day she would be amongst them and I needed to remember to pay my respects. 

I personally like to honour my ancestors during this time by leaving offerings for them on their ancestor shrine I have been keeping and tending to for more years than I can count.  My mother was a very spiritual person and taught me to always tend to the ancestor shrine and light incense and leave offerings for them frequently.  During this time since its so close to Greek Easter I make and leave coloured eggs (usually red with patterns of leaves or flowers on them like I was taught using old panty hose and dried leaves/flowers) along with other items my blessed dead liked in life.

I feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year for various reasons.  This is a liminal time and this is Hekate’s domain as she can traverse the various realms (sky, earth, sea and underworld) as she easily navigates through the thresholds as well as being Goddess of the Underworld, Crossroads and Queen of the Dead and Lost Souls she can help guide.

I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of apples, pomegranates, garlic, onions, bay leaves, mead, beer, wine, red meat such as lamb roast, wine, bread, barley, nuts, acorns, pumpkins, gourds, mushrooms, sage, nutmeg, mint, oregano, thyme, marigolds, lilies, chrysanthemums, mugwort, wormwood, dittany of crete, oak leaves, rosemary, corn, gingerbread, chestnuts and apple cider.

Since this tends to be near or after Greek easter I tend to make an apple tea cake and leave a token inside (usually a wrapped up gold coin) which I divide and serve and whomever gets the coin has the token of luck.  I also like to cook items for Hekate which resonate with familial recipes so I like to bake and offer Anastasia’s Spiral Pita and Greek Kourabiethes.

Some things you can do to honour and mark Samhain in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:

Dumb suppers such as a place for them at your table or food left for them on a ancestor shrine/altar, doorstep, property boundary, gravestone or crossroads to your blessed dead such as ancestors or other loved ones who have passed over.
Making offerings of appeasement to lost souls.
Connect and communicate with the spirit world.
Divination using various methods such as scrying (crystal, fire, mirror, black ink and water), reading such as tarot, runes, dice, I Ching and pendulum.
Rituals and spells involving protective and cleansing properties for oneself or one’s property.
Light a hearth fire either in a fire place, outside bonfire style or a simple small fire inside using a proof vessel on a shrine such as a cauldron, lamp or even a candle.
Collect the last harvest from your garden – be it fruit, vegetables or herbs and flowers.
Honouring the dual nature of life and death and accepting its beauty.  This includes honouring the darkness and the light as both are equally as important.
Prepare food for the God/s you honour during this time and thank them for their gifts.
Personally reflect on the last 12 months and take note of your accomplishments and failures and create a plan to continue with said accomplishments and rectify failures.
Make a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin or gourd and place a candle inside it and when lit leave i (in safe) view of a windowsill or outside near your front door.
Host a feast with family or friends which can include music and dancing.
Create a shrine with images or items from your blessed dead and recite prayers and leave offerings in their name.

As is my style, I like to craft during this time of year making Hekate and ancestor beaded necklaces, anointing oils, and seasonal incense and candles.  With the necklaces, I make them using my mother’s agillete (knot magic or witches ladder) and then I bless and consecrate them in my yearly Samhain ritual which you can find here:

Hekate Magick: Samhain for her Witches

So work your magick this Samhain, honour those who came before you and reflect and contemplate on your journey thus far taking in and celebrating the ebb and flow of the seasons and of life itself.

© T. Georgitsis 2021, Updated 2023

Mabon or the Autumnal Equinox is the second harvest festival in the Southern Hemisphere calendar which is a vernal equinox meaning the hours of the day and night are approximately the same length. This year it falls on the 20th of March at 1.06pm astrologically which also coincides with the traditional date. Mabon is named after the god of the same name in Welsh mythology but its a modern adaptation from the 1970’s.  Other gods such as Pamona, the Green Man, Bachus, Dionysus, Artemis, Carpo, Hestia, Persephone, Demeter and Hekate can all be honoured during this time of year.

My mother was a wildcrafter and I have very distinct memories of her taking me foraging during this time of year. We would forage for various herbs, plants, nuts and flowers.  The area I grew up in was surrounded by farmland and so there was a plethora of nature’s gifts to be found and used.  On occasion we would also take day trips to forage seasonally. 

I like to take long walks and see the changing of the leaves (yes I am one of those people) and I do this locally as well as around my beautiful state. I also go out foraging during this time of year and I have engaged in various foraging expeditions and would recommend the following books for those living in Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) to assist you as you need to be VERY careful with what you collect and use (and if in doubt leave it be and don’t risk poisoning yourself):

The Weed Forager’s Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia by Adam Grubb and Annie Raser Rowland.
Wild Food Plants of Australia Paperback by Tim Low.

I feel that Demeter resonates with this time of the year.  This is the time when Demeter withdraws her creative powers from the earth as Persephone descends into the underworld. I also feel that Hekate also resonates with this time of year especially since its a liminal time – a day of equal day and night and Hekate’s ability to dwell within those times.

I personally like to honour Demeter as well as Hekate during this time and make offerings of wine, grapes, bread, grains: corn, oats and barley, nuts, acorns, apples, pomegranates, onions, poppies, mushrooms, dandelions, nettles, marrow, chickweed, black berries, oak leaves, vine leaves and herbal teas.

I also like to cook with seasonal foods and for Hekate and Demeter I like to bake and offer Cheese Garlic and Thyme Bread , Garlic and Saffron Risotto  (I substitute the rice for barley and the butter for Nuttlex) and Apple Tea Cake (I substitute milk with soy/almond/oat milk and butter with Nuttlex).

Some things you can do yourself to honour and mark the Mabon/Autumn Equinox can be:

Rituals and spells involving balance within or outside of yourself such as removing an addiction and replacing it with a healthy lifestyle change.

Rituals and spells involving mourning something lost – to be able to better accept this loss.

Honouring the dual nature of life and accepting its beauty.  This includes honouring the darkness and the light as both are equally as important.

Prepare food for the God/s you honour during this time and thank them for their gifts.

Cleanse and purify your home and garden.

Gardening such as blessing and sowing autumnal seeds specific to your region and/or fertilising and turning the earth.

Go foraging with friends (ensuring you are very careful and don’t collect anything poisonous or which has been sprayed with chemicals) or alternatively book a local guided wild forager tour (such as mushroom or herbs/plants) or go apple picking at a local orchard.

Like Demeter go for a wander – take a long walk in the woods or somewhere where you feel close to the gods and spirits of your local land.

As is my style, I like to craft during this time of year making abundance pouches which I fill with various items which symbolises abundance to me, along with cleansing washes, blessing oils, and seasonal God/dess incense.

I would like to share with you a Hekate Incense I came up with which I love and resonates with this time of year and which I urge you to try your hand at making:

Hekate’s Autumnal Incense by Setjtaset

1 Part Dehydrated (or oven dried) Apple Peel

1 Part Dehydrated (or oven dried) Pomegranate Peel

1 Part Pine Resin

1-3 Sprinkle of Cinnamon (or crushed cinnamon stick).

Since I love to perform rituals to honour Hekate, I like to mark the date with a ritual in her name.  Here is a hymn I wrote to Demeter and Hekate for my devotional rites which I would also like to share with you:

Autumnal Hymn to Demeter and Hekate by Setjataset

“Great Goddess Demeter

I thank you for your bounty

You who separates the chaff from the grain

I pray to you so that my life be full of boons

Madam of the Sacred Law

Encourage and protect me as I work its mysteries“

“Great Goddess Hekate

I thank you for your guidance

You who perceives the cycles of life and death

I pray to you so that my life be full of blessings

Madam of Magick

Encourage and protect me as I walk its path” 

So work your magick this equinox and engage in some activities which can bring you in closer connection to your Gods and the cycle of the earth.

(c) T. Georgitsis 2021