Dedication Ceremony & Pagan Pride Day

I finally did it! Yay! Sorry i haven't posted anything in a while, been super busy in trying to catch up with my college assignments and getting back into the schedule that is college after my short break. During my break, during a waning moon I finally had my dedication ceremony to my now Matron goddess Hekate. There is a funny story behind all this actually. Now, as some of you may know, I have been practicing Wicca for about 6 or 7 years, give or take a couple of months. Now, since the  beginning of my practice, I was interested in the goddess Hekate. Though, unfortunately, like many others before and behind me, I did not do enough research into her and went by her misconceptions which shied me away from her. Perhaps maybe it was also because I was not ready for her at such a young age.

Either way, my first matron goddess was Cerridwen, then I moved on to Bastet, Brigid and now Hekate. For the past half year, I have been hearing a calling from the goddess ever since I watched Pagyptsian's video about the Right of her Sacred Fire to honor Hekate. Instantly a light went up in me and my interest was sparked again. The reason why I haven't dedicated myself to her until now is because I was still unsure if I was ready or not, though, by  now you can definitely say that I am!

My dedication ceremony was exquisite and wonderful. It involved the Rite of Her Sacred Fire among a few other things that I put together and made up to my own liking and comfort. The connection I feel with my Mother goddess is so strong, pure and secure, that I feel almost invincible in it. I feel very protected by her, seeing as she is a protectress of women and children, and I feel so intune and in harmony with who I am as a person because Hekate helps us to accept all aspects of ourselves. She also helps us to be less judgmental of others, to judge justly and try to see things from the perspective of others. She also helps us to accept change and the darker parts of ourselves.

Though, as a goddess, Hekate is not for the feint of heart. She is very strong and powerful, though she hasn't been forceful to me. She has been sort of distant, but more as an over seer who is watching their person, making sure they are okay and will occasionally nudge them in the right direction.

Today I went to the Roanoke Pagan Pride day in Roanoke, Virginia. It was absolutely amazing! It was the first time I have ever been to a Pagan festival, mainly because there are not any where I live and this one was the first one at Roanoke! Because of this, it was kind of small but enjoyable none the less!

I bought many, beautiful and wonderful things, such as a citrine necklace with many citrine stones! I also bought a new mortar and pestle, some incense, a dream catcher with a moonstone in it, tongs for my charcoal tablet as well as a scrying mirror! I am so excited to use it! If you click on the GIF under my banner, it will take you to my YouTube channel and you can see the many wonderful things I bought yesterday!

Another thing I would like to mention is the amazing experience I had. The woman I bought the mortar and pestle from is also a psychic and I told her I was interested in buying some of her spell candles. She said they were two for 1$, so I thought, why not? She asked me what colors I was going to pick and the first one I picked was the white one and she said "Really?" and so I asked her what colors she would pick for me she picked the white one and a light blue one. She said she picked those two because when she was around me, those were the energies she was receiving for me. The white being purity and the light blue being healing. I thought that was pretty amazing!

All in all, I had a wonderful time with my best friend and sister, Mandy. Unfortunately we did not get to join any rituals, but that's alright. We had fun. :)