Fire of Hecate/Hekate
Exploring the mystical fire associated with Hecate, goddess of magic, crossroads, and the night. Delve into the symbolism and significance of Hecate's fire within the Covenant of the Sacred Flame.
The torch of illumination
The fire of Hecate represents illumination, guidance through darkness, and the unveiling of hidden knowledge. It is a transformative flame that empowers those who seek her wisdom.
Hecate who is known by many names, as an ancient Goddess and Titaness. She is the Goddess of Witches, Sorcerers, and guide to all who seeks to know themselves. All concoctions of herbs and spirits are hers. In the light of the moonlight at the crossroads her devotees would place offering. The howl of her hounds warns of her coming. She is seen carrying a sword/dagger cutting the threads of those things we wish to sever.
Hecate is seen carrying the luminal torch to guide those through the darkness of their souls. She is known to protect those on their travels and guard the keys to the gates of the unconscious. Hecate is protectress of those who have passed on and Queen of all spirits. On the dayside she is seen as guide and friend to those who honor their truth. She is known to work with those she chooses and often will show up when all hope is lost. She guides the souls of the dead through the underworld to find their home. Therefor Hecates fire contains three properties known as hope, will, and strength. Her direction is West, a silvery blue hue.
Guardian of the crossroads and Keeper of the Keys
Hecate's fire illuminates the crossroads, offering choices and pathways to those who stand at the threshold of change. It represents her role as a guide through life's pivotal moments. At the crossroads of life and death we find her current of energy as protectress of its experiences.
As she travels with her torch, dagger, and keys, she is Goddess of Heaven, Earth, and Sea as well as the underworld. As she guides to find our Persephone within, she has given rite to travel through its halls and spheres. For she carries the keys that unlocks the gates. Bringing light to darkness.
The crucible of transformation
Within the Covenant of the Sacred Flame, the fire of Hecate is a crucible for transformation, burning away the old and birthing the new. It symbolizes the alchemical process of spiritual growth and empowerment.
Her flame color is a silvery blue.
These properties give the energy needed to break through emotion, provide clarity, and pursue new projects. We give thanks to Hecate for this fire and transformational light through our own darkness. To alchemize our emotion into a new pursuit. To carry her fire is to pick up her torch and walk with her.
Praxis Part 1: Inner Temple Meditation
(If you have already completed this, skip to part two.)
The Inner Temple
The Chair, Mirror, and Table initiation is way to visualize, organize your energy, and construct an inner temple to house the sacred fired. Through a guided meditation and initiation, the practitioner awakens the inner temple and seat of power. It is from this room that the individual can consciously explore the rest of his or her spiritual body. The Chair symbolizes your seat of power, your throne. The Mirror’s shape, style, and quality are the inner un-conscious reflections of self-image. The Table is the foundation of present and future work. The layout of the table and quality signifies the spiritual personal foundation. If the table is solid, then a firm foundation is set in place. If the table is crumbling, then the individual has an unbalance in his or her life or elemental unbalance. The three objects are key elements inside the room, which symbolizes the inner temple. The windows, wall coverings and lighting all reflect the individual’s connection to the inner spiritual consciousness. The room will be an inner sanctuary as well as a place to connect to the Deities.
Guided Meditation and Initiation
Sit or lay down (recommended have someone read to you or pre-record). Have a journal to jot down your findings.
Meditation: Close your eyes. You see a door in front of you a black door with a silver handle. When you are ready open the door and step in. You are in a room lit up from windows and wall lighting. What does the room look like? What do the windows look like? What do the light fixtures on the wall look like? (Pause) Located on the wall to your left is a 7-foot-tall mirror. What does the mirror look like? (Pause) Turn to face the rest of the room. Towards the middle of the room, there is a large chair and a large table. What is the material of the chair and table? What do they look like? (Pause) Is the table solid or crumbling? If crumbling, see all the pieces slowly remolding before your eye. The table first turns silver, then gold and returns to the original form and color. (pause) Glance once more around this room. This is your inner temple or inner sanctuary connected to your spiritual nature. Turn towards the center of the room. A fire erupts in the center of your temple. This is your sacred fire, your spark of creation. The fire shimmers with a silvery glow guarding its light. It will not go out yet by maintaining it by offering wood you solidify your connection to the fire. It is this relationship that will aid in the practice.
Turn to your right, you see the door you entered through Open the door, a bright light shines through, and step through the door. You see yourself sitting, when ready sit back into your body and when ready, open your eyes. You have just established and awakened your inner temple.
Praxis Part 2: Sigil of Hecate/Hekate
There are many sigils of Hecate/Hekate, you may use one that calls to you.
1.The one to the top right is the Draconian Sigil of Hecate/Hekate, created by Asenath Mason creator of the Temple of Ascending Flame. It consist of her triple aspect, keeper of the keys, liminal torch bearing Goddess.
2. The Wheel of Hecate is a powerful and mystical symbol associated with the ancient Greek goddess Hecate. Known as the goddess of magic, crossroads, and the night, Hecate holds a significant place in mythology and spiritual practices. The wheel represents the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth, as well as the interconnectedness of all things. Often depicted as a circular labyrinth or intricate design, the Wheel of Hecate serves as a tool for meditation, introspection, and personal transformation. It encourages individuals to explore their inner selves, embrace change, and connect with the mysteries of existence.
Draw or paint a sigil for Hecate on paper or canvas, or if you have one made you can use it. Use canvas for repeat use to contact her current of energy.
Praxis Part 3: Ritual
Tools:
A Black pillar candle, glass black candle preferred. (often found at the doller store as prayer candles). You will leave it vigil and burn out. Black Tea lights work as well
The Sigil
Lancet, to annoint the sigil with a drop of your blood. (Your blood connects you to the divine current)
A dagger, sword, wand for circle casting
Sea Salt
Essential oil of choice
Lighter
Alchohol/Sanitation wipe
Journal and pen
Part 1: Take a ritual bath: Mix a small bowl of sea salt and the essential oil. While in the shower, after washing, scrub your body with the sea salt and essential oil. Its a spiritual cleanser, exfoliates the skin, and leaves a scent. (do not use rock salt sea salt, only use the finley ground powder sea salt.)
Part 2: Sacred space preperation: You can use a room with a table, or if you have an altar place the candle, lancet, sanitation wipe, and sigil on it. Have it to where you can see it. Prepare the room with additional candles and incense to set the mood. Dragons blood or Sandlewood recommended. (Incense not necessary if in a place you cannot.)
Part 3: Creating the Circle: There are many ways to cast a circle. For the Draconian current I use the one: "I cast a circle of serpents around, entwined and bound, above and below to protect the energies sow." Another from Coven Crystal Dragon: "I cast this circle, a place that is not a place, a space between here and the land of the mighty ones to be a sacred space."
Take your dagger/sword/want, and walking counter clockwise (as we are going within), draw pushing your energy through the ritual tool drawing the circle around the space while saying the words of choice. End with drawing a trident upright to seal the space.
Part 4. Fire Meditation: (Site in a comfortable position) Begin by visualizing a triangle of fire in front of you getting larger. As the triangle approaches you it gets much larger. The Triangle then becomes so large it surrounds you forming a pyramid of light and fire. A large serpent surrounds the pyramid that is like the serpent that rests at your root of your spine below your root chakra. With each deep breath visualize each serpent rising circling the pyramid and circling your spine. As the inner serpent rises through each chakra, the chakra ignites with a fiery glow. After the serpent makes it to the crown chakra, it rests its head on your crown and its tail becomes a part of your spine, awakening your inner site. The serpent outside of the temple as it rests upon the pyramids top, it unfolds its wings and ignites the fire causing the fire built up around the pyramid to shoot downward into your crown, increasing your energy for future work.
Part 5: Sigil Visualization: Use the alchohol wipe and wipe your finger. Using the lancet place a drop on the sigil.
Mediation: Stare at the sigil for a time until you can memorize its shape. Stare at the candle flame, then close your eyes. You are in a field with trees in the distance. It is dusk and the sun is setting. The ground shakes and rising from the field in front of you is the sigil in gold and silver. You see it fully rise then morph and change shape and then return to its original shape and open. As it opens a gust of light and darkness flow into the field. Began chanting "Hecate/Hekate", at least nine times.
When you feel the energy shift proceed to the invocation.
Part 6: Invocation of the Fire of Hecate/Hekate
Ho Ophis, Ho Archaios
Ho Drakon, Ho Megas!
On this hour, in this time outside of time
In this place that is not a place
I call thee Great Lady of the Night
Keeper of the sacred keys between worlds
Guardian at the Gate
Queen of Heaven, Earth, Sea, and the Underworld
Mother of witches
Keeper of the Sacred Flame
I call your name
Great Hecate Phosphorus, carrier of the sacred torches
I call your name
Hecate Propolos, she who accompanies those who seek knowledge
I call your name
Hecate Trioditus, she who is at the crossroads of all worlds
I invoke thee and your sacred fire
I invoke your knowledge of transformation to integrate it with my own fire so that I might
honor your torch as a bearer of its sacred gaze
Let it burn within as it burns giving light to all that are in darkness
I invoke your fire within my temple, may it burn bright
I honor and respect its blaze and pick up the torch in your
name. I invoke thee: Hecate Phosphorus, Propolos, and Triaditus
Ho Dracon Ho Megas
Light the candle
Take a moment to stare at its light. Then close your eyes and visualize its flame. Using your
senses and visualization, breath in the fire from the candle. See its reddish flame flow through
your nostrils filling you with its light. Continue this for thirteen breaths. This will help revitalize and
be a beacon for her fire awakening within.
After the invocation, sit down or lay down. Allow the experience to unfold with messages or visuals that are given if any. See what comes up if Hecate/Hekate has any messages for you. Remember to have your journal close by to write anything down. When done proceed to the meditation.
Part 7: Inner temple Meditation
Meditation: See before you a black door with a silver handle. You have seen this door before, it is to your temple door. Open the door and step in. The torch light flickers on the wall as you see your table, chair and mirror. In the center of the room you see your source flame burning bright.. Walk toward it and take a log and place it on the flames. As you do this, the torches on the walls flare up and back down. Turn to the left corner of the room. You see stairs going down into the ground. Start walking down its steps. As you do torchs along the wall erupt giving light and you see at the bottom of the steps a room lit up with a blue hue. As you step into the room you see a large fire pit with logs burning a silvery blue light. Along the walls are torches with the same blue light. You see a stack of logs next to the fire. Take a log and place it on the blue fire. As you do the torches along the wall flare up and back down. Take time to feel its warmth. Look around the room, take note what you see to write down in your journal. If you see the Goddess there see what messages she has for you.
Come back here to care for the flame by adding logs to it. You will find the more you do, the more you sense your own energy as well as Hecates/Hekates. Know from this day Hecate/Hekate walks with you
Part 8: Closing
- Give thanks to Hekate/Hecate that resides without and within.
- Say: " I leave this candle burning vigil, in honor of its sacred flame and the flame I carry."
- Say: "It is done"
- Draw the upside down trident to open the space
*Fire meditation creation: Temple of Ascending Flame/ Asenath Mason