 Hello people, I'm Ginny Metherill and I am a force generation witch. As a force generation witch I'm often asked what deities I worship and in answer to that none I don't worship. However I understand and realise the potential that there is in invoking the spirit of a deity and so for today's video I wanted us to look at seeking Hecatee. So who was Hecatee? Was she an Egyptian goddess? Was she an Anatolian goddess? Was she Greek? Well in answer to that we don't actually know. Possibly she came, the name came, from Hecate the Egyptian goddess, the frog headed goddess of childbirth with which Hecatee is associated. There were many shrines and temples laid out to her including shrines within the own home. We just don't know where she comes from however there is one thing that is very definitive about Hecatee and all her guises and that is she is associated as the goddess of witchcraft and magic. The Greeks had her as a triple goddess so three faces looking in different directions and hence she was placed at shrines on crossroads. Crossroads were dangerous places from as far back as we can remember until about the 1800s certainly and so Hecatee was used as a goddess of the crossroads which she protected and helped travelers passing through. This in turn was taken to mean that she was also considered a goddess of doorways and so you often see ancient depictions of Hecatee holding two lighted flames in either hand and this is to show that she is lighting the way through the darkened doorways. The Greeks had Hecatee closely associated with dogs amongst other animals but mostly dogs and they were always female. Female dogs always having puppies in the old days and so they used to sacrifice the female dog and her puppies to Hecatee at crossroads. Should you hear the howling of howls this presages her entrance meaning should you hear dogs howling it possibly means that Hecatee is coming. Dogs were also guardians of doorways and entranceways for example Cerberus the three eddlest dog who guarded the entranceway to Hades both from keeping living people going in and the ghosts coming out. I think Hecatee became associated with ghosts and spirits through the dog association. She became a psychopomb which means she's a guardian for those spirits who are heading on their final journey from earth to heaven or hell and back again depending on which way they're going obviously. Her own dog was known as Hecuba. It's rather a lovely name isn't it I love the name Hecuba I don't know why it just pleases me. Part of the Hecatee's iconography i.e. things associated with her was that she was goddess of plant law both medicinally and poisoned and particular plants that were associated with her were Belladonna, Dittany, Akinite or Monkshood and Mandrake all of which are highly poisonous and also have an effect on your psychic self you know they can open your third eyes whilst killing you at the same time so in the 1700s the ladies used to put Belladonna in their eyes to make the pupils expand and become huge and dark and actually sent them completely high as a kite which I think is why they did it actually because it couldn't have been pleasant putting these things in their eyes but I think the after effects were. Hecatee has been worshiped for over 7,000 years and she has always been associated with magic and sorcery this in the changing of the plants and the poisons that she created and this sorcery and magic became known as witchcraft and it has a particularly female aspect to it. Hecatee being the head of the female witches. She was hugely popular throughout ancient Greece and they used to have a lunar meal for her and this could either be an offering at her shrine or the family would gather together and use the meal in honor of Hecatee this happened on a new moon or when you see the first crescent of a new moon after that date every month they would sit down and worship Hecatee some moon-govered foods in a meal which is a still a completely charming way to worship Hecatee. She is the goddess of the moon and is worshiped as such. She was well established in British folklore by the time of Shakespeare. He has Hecatee being the goddess which over the weird systems the three witches of Hubble, Bubble, Doyle and Trouble fame who I always rather liked. I thought they were the best bit about Macbeth myself because quite frankly I never really did Shakespeare. I'm quite keen on my literature but Shakespeare not for me young friend. Although Hecatee has dominion over the plants and their poisons she is a kind and tender hearted goddess as shown by her accompanying those spirits from the place of the living to the place of the dead where they finally rested. In Greek mythology she used to accompany the goddess Demeter from Hades into the spring the sunshine and then back again in the autumn when winter took hold. She was very kind-hearted yet implacable filled with mercy yet ruthless. So you have to be careful when invoking Hecatee in your magic about what you're invoking her for. Turnio Pagan or Wiccan roots are as an association of the crone or the third phase of the moon so she's an older witch hence why they say that sometimes younger witches like to associate with Hecatee. They depict her as a sexy woman but in fact she's not she is certainly the old crone film actor. It is the ancient Greek goddess Hecatee who was this beautiful womanly form. She really came to prominence with the Blackburn cult in Los Angeles in the 1920s. This was a cult headed up by Mary Blackburn and she used Hecatee as her goddess of worship. So the queens of the cult were buried with seven dogs and they would sacrifice many dogs to Hecatee in their rituals. A bit grim isn't it? I think the cult fell down after Mary was done for grand larceny but you know at the time it was a big deal. So how would you ask Hecatee to help you in your magic? Well she helps primarily with those things that she is associated with. So her animals are serpents, whole cats, boars, dogs and mares female horses and so if you wish to work magic with any of these animals it is a great thing to invoke Hecatee to help you with that. Raise the serpent in the spring for example which Hecatee would be most useful to do so with. Hecatee is great for the invoking for protection so warding your property if you wanted extra help with this I would use Hecatee and quite frankly extra help for warding your home is always a good thing in my opinion. However be warned if you are going to invoke the goddess Hecatee and seek her out make sure that the magic is just and true because although Hecatee is merciful she is also ruthless and you will reap what you sow when you invoke her so if you're going to send out a curse the rebound from that curse if you use Hecatee will come straight back at you so be very careful about how you invoke her and so whatever purpose you would like to have in mind I would recommend doing an altar to Hecatee you could do an altar for example to help you with childbirth she is the goddess of that after all to help you with your dogs or horses or snakes to help you when creating your potions I've said I do like a bit of potion work and finally I'd use her in spirit work if you want to commune with those souls that have passed over or under the news Hecatee to channel your spirit medium do tell me about how you invoke Hecatee and what would you invoke her for is she one of your main goddesses and do you have an altar to her let me know in the comments below otherwise don't forget to check me out on Patreon go to www.patreon.com including my coven meeting come and join us it's great fun otherwise please don't forget to like and subscribe because it really helps my channel I really need people to like and subscribe for me and I will see you in a few days