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Hecate and the Threefold Path

Stephanie | October 26, 2011

If you see an old woman walking down the road one dark moonless night, take heed, because that may be the “Distant One” who has words of wisdom for you. Be kind to the woman who stands at the crossroads for that is said to be the threshold to the underworld, the realm of Hecate [...]

The Dark Mother: Snake Goddess

Stephanie | October 11, 2011

I am the Darkness behind and beneath the shadows. I am the absence of air at the bottom of every breath. I am the Ending before Life begins again, the Decay that fertilizes the Living. I am the Bottomless Pit, the never-ending struggle to reclaim that which is denied. I am the Key that unlocks [...]