Oct 12, 2026 · 22 min · 8 segments
Let's explore the mythology behind the Goddess of Witchcraft... \*THIS WEEK'S BONUS EPISODE "HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL INTUITIVE STRENGTHS" IS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON OUR PATREON- paid members…
One of the most famous myths that involves Hecate is the story of Persephone, and if you know anything about Greek mythology, you probably know the basic outline.
Demeter, the mother's grief, becomes so overwhelming that the earth begins to wither and die.
Crops fail.
Nothing grows.
Humanity becomes starving because a mother is mourning her child.
She becomes a guide through the darkness.
So later, when Persephone becomes, officially becomes Queen of the Underworld, Hecate remains close to her as a companion and a torchbearer, traveling between worlds with her.
And that aspect right there is the reason I feel so many witches are emotionally connected to Hecate even in present day.
She's not just a goddess of darkness.
She's a guide through darkness.
There is a huge difference there.
The distinction matters very much spiritually because darkness itself is not evil.
The night, it's not evil.
Grief is not evil.
Transformation, not a bad thing.
Yet humans have always feared what we can't control, what we can't fully understand, and Hecate rules spaces that are uncertain, and transitional, and mysterious, crossroads, thresholds, the moments where you're no longer who you were, but you're not yet who you are becoming.
It's the place where the most honest spiritual growth happens, and that is why I believe Hecate has become so deeply associated with witchcraft.
Witchcraft itself is often- Crossroads work.
It's choosing our path.
It's working between worlds, understanding cycles of rebirth, not always literally, but it's spiritually, it's psychologically, it's emotional.
She governs intuition and hidden knowledge and the courage that is required to walk through transformation instead of running from it.
One of the most famous myths that involves Hecate is the story of Persephone, and if you know anything about Greek mythology, you probably know the basic outline.
Demeter, the mother's grief, becomes so overwhelming that the earth begins to wither and die.
Crops fail.
Nothing grows.
Humanity becomes starving because a mother is mourning her child.
She becomes a guide through the darkness.
So later, when Persephone becomes, officially becomes Queen of the Underworld, Hecate remains close to her as a companion and a torchbearer, traveling between worlds with her.
And that aspect right there is the reason I feel so many witches are emotionally connected to Hecate even in present day.
She's not just a goddess of darkness.
She's a guide through darkness.
There is a huge difference there.
The distinction matters very much spiritually because darkness itself is not evil.
The night, it's not evil.
Grief is not evil.
Transformation, not a bad thing.
Yet humans have always feared what we can't control, what we can't fully understand, and Hecate rules spaces that are uncertain, and transitional, and mysterious, crossroads, thresholds, the moments where you're no longer who you were, but you're not yet who you are becoming.
It's the place where the most honest spiritual growth happens, and that is why I believe Hecate has become so deeply associated with witchcraft.
Witchcraft itself is often- Crossroads work.
It's choosing our path.
It's working between worlds, understanding cycles of rebirth, not always literally, but it's spiritually, it's psychologically, it's emotional.
She governs intuition and hidden knowledge and the courage that is required to walk through transformation instead of running from it.
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