Shrine of Hecate Weekly Updates - Earth Day, Prayer Requests And More

Blessed Saturn Day!

Time for Shrine Updates and Annoucements:

Earth Day is approaching fast. Our Shrine will be holding a prayer vigil for Mother Earth at 9 pm Monday EST to comemorate this event.
You can join us in spirit by lighting a candle and reciting a prayer/devotion of your choice, or the prayer that we will be posting on Earth Day.

Also, we will be posting vegan/vegetarian recipes throughout the day, as the consuming of less meat, or no meat is an effective way of lessening the negative impact we have upon our Earth Mother. So go beyond Meat-less Mondays and dedicate a second day to meat-free, animal-free eating.

Healing and Prayer requests can be left at the Shrine Page, as well as at our Candle Shrine at http://nshrine.com/shrine/Shrine_of_Hecate_Healing. You can also send me a message directly at homeschoolwitch@yahoo.com

Book reviews: If there is a particular Pagan/Wiccan book you would like us to review, leave us a note. With the vast array of books out there on the subject of our craft, finding a new gem is always a delight. Drop me a line at the Shrine page!

I want to welcome all of our new followers on twitter and on facebook! Thank you for taking the time to journey with us! If you have any questions regarding the Pagan/Wiccan path, do not be shy and ask away! No Love Spell questions please!
As a certified Life Coach and an Ordained Minister, I love to assist you, but will caution you that I will tell you what you need to hear, not necessarily what you want to hear.

Wishing you the brightest week possible!

Blessed Be and Hail Hecate!

Your Shrine Keeper - Claudia

To Know - Not Just Book-Knowledge

To Know - Not Just Book-Knowledge 

At first glance "to know" is easy to define. Knowledge is essential to the practice of Wicca. Learning from books and teachers, mentors, elders, asking questions is necessary in order to compently cast a spell, create a ritual, hold a rite. Still there is much more then just book knowledge that is important on the path of being a Witch. Knowing is also trusting oneself. Knowing to trust ones instincts, listening to the nudge to grab one ingredient not necessarily planned, or heading warnings and guidances in dreams and divination that might go beyond what a book would interpret the situation like.

 

To know oneself is also a large part of this pillar. When are we reacting out of instinct or out of our past programming is often only to desipher when one knows their shadow side. Working with and through fear creates a different knowing, that also includes the realisation that you can rely on your own strength to get through situations calmly, rather then act without contemplation, may it be mundane or magickal. 

Witch, know thyself, know thy craft, and know thy relationship with the divine. To really know takes time, as does book learning, and can not be rushed, but is a road every Wiccan has to travel. 

Hail Hecate! 

To Will - Have You Made A Decision?

Contemplating the Witches Pyramid - To Will

Have you made a decision?

Recently, after long contemplation of what I actually want out of life, I have decided. I have made the decision to take the energy that I need, to make time for what I want to do, to shift awareness toward what will be - not what is possible, but what WILL be, because I DECIDED.
One of the pillars of our faith is to will - that does not mean to focus on what could happen, might happen or is possible to happen, if everything has its right place and is in its right time.
To will is to decide and then to make it so.  No excuses, no wimping out. It is a clear cut declaration of how the future will be, and the resolution to do whatever it takes to make it so. One of the strongest weapons we as Witches have is that willpower. It changes things, it opens doorways, better yet it creates doors where there were none before.
The other tools of our journey - to know, to dare, and to be silent, are only as effective as our resolution to WILL whatever we set in front of us as a goal.

Hail Hecate!

P.S. This blog entry is a part of of the series on the Witches Pyramid. You can find the first part - To Be Silent here: http://hecates-corner.blogspot.com/2013/03/contemplating-witches-pyramid-to-be.html

The Crossing Over - Some Thoughts

As some people have moved onto the next realm in my husbands and my family, I have been welcoming them to the circle of my ancestors, despite the fact that I was not close and was not found of them as they were living in our plane of existence.
I am reminding myself, that in their new state of being, the boarders of non-understanding, and of non-compassion no longer exist. Neither does judgement, guilt, fear and other restrictions that they have put upon themselves and others. Therefore, freely a spiritual being in their purest form they no longer are their actions, and no longer view my actions as contrary to theirs.
In that pure love, I wish to not only let go off past, but embrace them as a potential teacher and guide. Surely there will be times where I will be reminded of their actions, and the hurt it may have caused, but I separate their higher self from the self that experienced the physical.
Ancestors with their combined wisdom of all of their lifetimes have teachings to offer, if we are willing to listen to them, no matter if we embraced them during their life with us, or not. Honoring Ancestors has become an increasingly important part of my spiritual path as a Pagan/Wiccan Witch, and I am looking forward to a positive exchange, as I have had with those who passed before them.

May the Goddess Hecate ease the passing of those whom are moving forth, and may she comfort those whom are grieving their transition.

Hail Hecate!

P.S. If you are in need of healing prayer due to the loss of a loved one, or would like us here at the Shrine to hold a memorial service in their honor, please contact us here or on our facebook page. We are also honored to included you or your passed family member/friend in our morning devotion.
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