hekate Ouroboros By reading stories and myths that humanity has created, I can put words and context to what I am going through. My struggles, strengths, loves, desires, all become part of a greater story. Greek mythology has always been close to my heart- through reading books, studying classic art, and learning Ancient Greek. In class, a classmate told me, after hearing my story, that she kept seeing me, as a goddess, a warrior goddess, holding my spear, fierce and beautiful. So I vowed to look into the past to find someone to identify with, to amplify my story. I found Hekate. She guards the doorstep, and so is on both sides of the door. She is of the crossroads, on the edges, holder of the boundaries. Witchcraft, sacrifice, birth, death, rebirth. Sanity, madness, health, nurturing, ghosts, new moons. I have met myself through myth. I see myself through a different frame. I am both myself and her. So I take her name in honor, and practice. 110728 ... Hekate magic speech, influence from afar, "the distant one" 110728 ... Ouroboros edgewalker 110728 ... Hekate "Hekate is also the goddess of psychological transformation. Her Underworld is the dark recesses of the human subconscious as well at that of the Cosmos. Many have accused her of sending demons to haunt the thoughts of individuals. What they fail to understand is that the demons are not hers, but their own. By the light of her twin torches Hekate only reveals what is already there. These are things which the person needs to see in order to heal and renew. However, if they are not prepared for the experience of confronting their Shadow then it can truly feel like they are being tormented. Hekate is not motivated by cruelty, nor is she seeking to harm. But her love can be tough love. She will prompt a person to face the things that they must, whether they like it or not." 110728 ... unhinged reminds me of buffy good ole joss 110729 what's it to you? who go blather from