My matron Goddess, Hecate, sought me out in much the same way. I just woke up one day with her name in my head. I’d done Classics at uni so I knew a bit about her but I was suddenly seized by a mad urge to find out EVERYTHING about her. This coincided with me starting to do a lot of spirit work in my practice. She’s firm, but fair, compassionate without soppiness and I adore her.

@stardustonmyheart

4 жыл бұрын

She came to me too recently. She is so different from everything I know, but so beautiful and powerful. I wish you blessings.

@andrearios2099

3 жыл бұрын

northerlyartemis that’s me right now with Apollo

@apolloscharm7804

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrearios2099 same!!

@erebuspitchblack3547

Жыл бұрын

Same.

I tried maybe a little too hard to find my deity’s. Didn’t happen and I felt like I was forcing the issue, so I have stepped away from looking. Hopefully I will have a moment like you and will just appear one day to me.

@HearthWitch

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they will come in time, one day you will realise that they are there and it will all come together x

@esorealismmegin1923

5 жыл бұрын

Try nature and looking to the sky with both your eyes and minds eye. It might help. Cultural background might be helpful as well.

@ladyjenavi17

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe try looking at it as looking for ascended masters to work with instead of some sort of ethereal god/goddess. I work with my spirit guides instead, they just happen to be Orishas (African gods). This works better for me...we also have a more equal type of relationship...they aren't "above" me.

Rhiannon threw a book at my head. Mary Magdalene came to me in dreams. Gaia-shes just alwsys been there.

@fififornow8031

4 жыл бұрын

Wut?

@tc2334

4 жыл бұрын

Mary Magdalene isn't a deity...?

@stardustonmyheart

4 жыл бұрын

That is beautiful. Rhiannon is so interesting and Mary Magdalene - pure love.

@themelaninbutterly_

4 жыл бұрын

This is interesting because I feel some connection to her 🤔 never looked into it

@witchytips3697

4 жыл бұрын

Trent Campbell anyone can be a deity if you feel a connection to them

I found my deity recently actually, that came to me with a vision. It's very personal for me to share because it was a very magickal and spiritual experience, but she called on to me. Goddess Bastet.

I just found mine: Gaea. I was researching goddesses and I saw her name and I felt my stomach drop in an awe inspiring way. I also worship Brigid , as I came into the craft on her holiday. I feel as if she drew me in.

@invadertifxiii

Жыл бұрын

same, gaia first. before i became pagan i had been drawn to gai for a while then recently ive been drawn to danu as well

I found my Patron (Anubis) through my dreams. He had sent me a vision of myself telling people that "I am a devotee of Anubis". And now I regularly give him offerings and such

@phoebusapollo4865

Жыл бұрын

Then you are a little monster as Anubis reincarnated as Lady Gaga

@kintaflyfloss9689

11 ай бұрын

@@phoebusapollo4865 What do you mean by this?

Regarding being drawn to a goddess I've always prayed to Bast as I have strong connections to Ancient Egypt. I have a large Bast statue in the hallway by my front door. I put her there to guard the door. I burn incense in front of her and put crystals at her feet. I often hear cats in places where cats shouldn't be but normally put it down to passed on pets. Then one night she came to me in my dream in cat form. We spoke telepathically and only I could hear her. My partner was with me in the dream. We were stood outside a gate to a temple and I could see a huge pond in the courtyard. She lowered her head and I knew what she meant. I told my partner that she has given us her blessing to play in the water garden. Another night I woke up to use the bathroom and a voice said to me (I have clairaudience) "You are daughter of the cat people, of wisdom and knowledge." So I believe your goddess or god will communicate you when they are ready. I was blown away when this happened.

I love hearing stories of how people find and connect with their deities. I've thought about working with and seeking out certain deities, but I've never really connected with ones I've researched. I had never even thought of Brigid until a few weeks ago when I learned she was associated with Imbolc. These last few weeks preparing for the holiday have been so nice and I swear I've been feeling her presence. I'm thinking of researching her over the next few days and seeing if I connecting with her even after the holiday has passed.

Odin was the one that started my journey in working with deities. I did a god/goddess meditation hoping to connect with a goddess because the feminine is an energy I’ve always struggled with within myself and Odin just showed up and I was like “Oh....hello....sir” and he continues to be with me to ground me and remind me everything will be okay

@v.9964

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like Odin would be a man who would be comfortable with you being feminine without judgement. He wouldn't care. And you shouldn't either of what other people think of you.

I believe that bastet is my deity. Though I want to confirm it. I told my friends a story that went like this: Cause when I was like 3 I went to the museum of science and discovery and got a bastet statue and I praised the hell out of it and always wanted it to be on display and treated it with care. I didn't realize it was bastet until last night I just loved it because it was a kitty. One of them said "maybe bastet is your deity" and I actually said "hmm that actually just feels right every time I think about it" and i want to confirm. Im so nervous and new to all this. The thought of a god or goddess wanting to work with me gets me all nervous since talking to others in general makes me shy and anxious. I really want to know.

Freyja was the first to call to me. She's been helping though tough times and my journey into witchcraft. However in the past years, Brigid has came though and more stronger than Freya, I feel she is my matron Goddess. Working with Brigid, I find that throughout my life there has been symbols associated with her which makes me wonder if Brigid has been watching me for a very long time before she called to me.

The Norse goddess Freyja reached out to me before I even knew anything about her.

@TakersNo1fanFOREVER

5 жыл бұрын

The same thing happened to me with Freyja

@esorealismmegin1923

5 жыл бұрын

I feel a closer connection with her; and the similarities between Brigid and Freja are strikingly a many.

@katiemarston6072

4 жыл бұрын

Same!!

Yo this is a bit cray, but I'm still literally starting and just researching my way into witchcraft, quite unorganizedly too, and I was just wondering about deities and was kinda doing a bit of research on deites I'm interested in. I know I'm not supposed to yet because I'm still starting, but it was more like a "just in case". Then last night I had a super vivid dream. I was looking out a window and I saw my crush/friend going outside to sleep in a sleeping bag, then there was thunder but no lightning. I looked up at the sky and it was fairly clear except for a few strings if clouds (it was nighttime too), then the clouds sorta went to a vacuum position (like when water goes down the drain), then it opened up at the middle and there was a circle of pointy teeth revealing itself from the sky. Then the being fell down to the garage and ate my friend alive. I've been trying to interpret it that maybe it was just my brain pooping out an anxiety like the Coronavirus thing, but it felt too vivid and the sky thing was way too off for it just to be me being afraid of the virus. I wasn't even afraid at all. Anyways, I told said friend about this and tried to get a picture similar to the creature in the dream and got the result Azathoth, a blind god from Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos. I'm still trying to figure out other possible meanings and interpretations for the dream I had but could it be a sign or nah? It did feel off, like something my brain wouldn't normally just form, the sky scene. Plus, I am very attached to the idea of dreams and studying them. Apparently Azathoth is the creator of the universe in this bizarre way that "the universe only exists in his dreams and he must slumber for eternity to keep its existence" way, which kinda makes sense but is also super bizarre since it's too convenient.

I'm new to Wicca, I'm 51 I don't like the term baby witch. I found my deity through tarot. Every time I did a reading for myself I got the moon card, this went on for months. My friend and I did some spells and mine worked. I write books for fun, my main character was a Wicca. I knew nothing about Wicca and after doing some research it spoke to me, so I looked up goddesses because of the moon card and found Brigit, the goddess of many things but also creativity. She also the maiden connected to Spring, I was born in Spring. I thought my spirit guides were showing me my Deity. Leading me to wicca.

Cernunnos kinda forced himself in my head before I even knew who he was shows a shadowy outline of a man with deer horns and elk howling and this happened for months til I got the courage to look it up, now he shows up once in a while in dreams. Which I call him Woodsmen, and he will sit and talk with me like a odd, wise, funny hippie uncle. Isis is because I have always love epygtian mythos and I have a great respect for her and it feels natural working with her though sadly I have not met her yet.

I liked the style of this video, just telling us how it worked for you and your journey. Thanks Hearth!

You are my favorite KZread Witch.... Your videos are so helpful

I found my deities in a less interesting way. When I heard about deities, I searched up some deities that relate to my practice (green witch). I came across Hekate, the goddess of magick and spells. And Dionysus, the god of fertility and vegitation. I didn't resonate with dionysus as much since he is the god of wine and I'm a child. I did a third eye meditation and called on any deities that are near. The next day, I saw a flock of crows near me and the sun. everywhere. I pulled the knight of rods who has a crown of laurel. And the hunger games was on. I thought those were signs from apollo but I kind of ignored them. Later, I read a passage about apollo 13 and now, apollo 13, the movie was on. So I worship Hekate and Apollo.

@mei4069

Жыл бұрын

Hekate is the sweetest omg! I work with Hekate, Anubis and Nyx :)

Thank you so much for sharing this. Hecate and Persephone both came to me in a similar way. Both of their names over and over in my head, and "worship."

I think you might be my FAVE KZread witch!!❤ I love how educational you are and you don't make the videos about YOU but your craft!! Plzz do some spell how-to's!! 🔮🌙

Glad to hear u work with these two amazing deities. I work with them too. But I think Cerridwen has a bright and luminous side, reflected in her maternal instint. She is the keeper of the Cauldron and Awen, so she can be very creative and inspirational too. I don't see her as an agressive energy at all. In my case, Cerridwen is my Matron Goddess and I have a very close relationship with her, as a guide, a teacher and a initiator in the misteries of Awen. In the other hand, Brigid is more an ally especially in developing my inner power, her fire and energy is so powerfull; I connect with her warrior side. Blessings!

This was really interesting! Thanks!

My deities seem to approach me in my dreams. There are 3 deities(Athena, Bastet, & Demeter) who have made themselves known(so-to-speak) outside of my dreams. I know lately that there's been some type of "pull" going on, but I don't know whether it is the deities in my dreams trying to contact me outside of dreams or if something bad is about to happen(nature wise). I do know that when I do a meditation/raising energy, the deities are able to use that for dream contact with no problem. Any contact outside of the dreams is met with some type of blockage of unknown origins. I did manage to do a couple of self tarot readings a few years ago & the feeling/message I got, was that my mother has something to do with it... There is another deity that has seem to be able to bypass the blockage in some way or another in order to make contact with me. It is a Norse male deity, but one that a lot of people don't like because of the stories written by certain monks(P.S. he does however have a big fan girl/guy following thanks to the Marvel Universe).

I'm new to the Craft and I've been reading about the Celtic Pantheon. I've been interested/drawn to the history of the Celts for years because of my ancestry. Well recently, Ceridwen's name has been popping up in my mind quite often the last few days. And when you mentioned how she came to you, my eyes widened. (First time watching this video) Now I understand why her name has been popping up in my mind.

Thank you so much for sharing. Love your videos, always so engaging and explained in an easy way. Can you show your altars from your deities? 🤗

@HearthWitch

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoy them. I have one altar in a video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y3dopLuHYra4oMo.html I am doing an update video soon though, as this video is outdated now. My Cerridwen altar isn't being shown at the moment, hopefully in the future I will be able to share it x

First off, Love your videos. The way you put out information is awesome. What I was really hoping to find out from this video, if it's not too personal, is why you would work with a deity? I understand they called to you. I understand they offered/offer help in your craft, and hopefully even help you identify areas of growth that you could undertake. But the thought process, or belief system, that would compel someone to allow a deity as intimate a connection as the intertwining of energies during spell work allows, let alone worship them, is something that eludes me. I really wish to see someone else's point of view/motivation on that subject.

That is awesome that Ceridwen is so hands on! I work with Gaia, Morrigan, Selene, Hekate, Sol, Cernunnos, Pan and Papa Legba.

I started working with Apollo not too long ago. I was researching greek deities, and I just felt this very intense energy/need to learn more about him. The thing that blew my mind was finding out that he's the leader of the Muses, and my favorite band of 10 years is Muse. Amazing stuff!

It seems to be as you describe your sharing and relationship with them is like, one the motherly in style of gentle care unless ultimately necessary; and the other like an assertive aunt who shares more in the thick of the energy in life. Thanks for the video, Hearth!

@HearthWitch

5 жыл бұрын

That is they perfect way of describing it x

@esorealismmegin1923

5 жыл бұрын

I feel I left out a word for proper grammar, lol, but thank you:)

Thank you for this video! I'm just starting with my practice (a baby witch, if you'll see it) and I'm grateful that Brigid also called to me, which makes sense because most of my practices involve cooking and food magick. Ive no plans in including deity-work but she just called to me, albeit in a different way: every time I would think of her, she would leave coins in my path. I also have a different way of relationship with her, yet I also see her as a motherly figure (she stepped in and offered help while I was in the middle of a clearing spell, which was sweet💙). I dont offer to her on a daily basis, but i do light a candle for her at least once a week, which I consider as a gift rather than an offering. I consider her as a close friend rather than a deity, and I treat her as if we had known each other for quite a while. 😊 I hope I can meet other deities whom I can share a similar bond as I continue my practice. Blessed be!

I know this isn't necessarily related, but do you have a video (or a resource) on the difference between hoodoo, voodoo, and "general" witchcraft?

@Ghede888

4 жыл бұрын

Hoodoo works with roots, witchcraft is just Witchery in general.. this breaks down to religion and culture. I do voodoo/hoodoo... but kali ma is my spirit guide... different gods come to me... if anything... I practice light and dark magic with the assistance of papa legba.. he has the keys... good witching.

@Ghede888

4 жыл бұрын

I apologize.. you asked for a video And I’m just running off at the mouth..

@robenkhoury7079

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ghede888 thank youuu!!

@recklessmermaid

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ghede888 dont apologise this is super helpful and i appreciated it. I went to NOLA before starting witchcraft and i loved learning about hoodoo/voodoo...but now that i actually practice it means a lot more to me.

@jewelvibes6765

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandria Samedi hi

LOVE your educational videos. You go into detail, and that is so helpful. Speaking of deities, this calling.. what is it. I can understand dreams and signs, I found my elementalguardians that way. But when it comes to deities, could the calling be that you are interested, read and study and conclude that yes, this seems perfect for me.. and then call out to them? Asking to get to know her better, so to speak? I wonder about this a lot, actually.

I had been having endless insomnia and depression and one night I decided to sit outside and the moon was behind a tree so I sat there and turned my head and when I turned back the moon was front and center. The full moon was 2 days before this night. Selene had been keeping me awake and giving me signs for a month straight and that night I talked to her for at least an hour. I went inside and did research and started building my altar right away. This same night was my first time looking into paganism and Wiccan practices. I’m still very much a baby witch! But I am excited to learn!

I recently found my deity in my dream. I am a baby witch and one day I was doing research of certain gods and goddesses just because I always had a interests in mythology. One goddess stuck in my head the longest and came at me in dreams the loudest. She is the hindu goddess Kali.

@shriyagupta9167

3 жыл бұрын

You should be extra responsible, careful, sensitive and pure when working with her.. She is very fierce and extremely powerful, not to mention angry as well cause when Devi Parvati (who's very calm and chill) heard some devastating news about a powerful demon who was gonna hurt the general population.. She became extremely angry.. As much as that she literally burnt herself and became Kali.. So a little bit more cautious when working with her. Speaking as a Hindu witch

@lisa-db3yp

3 жыл бұрын

@@shriyagupta9167 To be honest even tho Kali Devi is represented as a very scary and angry figure in hindu scripts as a Hindu witch myself we are told she is very angry,when you start working with her she is basically a very loving mother figure . I have also heard others experience of working with goddess Kali they say she is a very loving mother figure . I have to agree with you on being careful not only working with Kali Devi ,We have to be careful working with all deities to .Cause of trickster spirits they act as the deities they can even Cause harm for us :)

I am SO JEALOUS you had a society like that at your uni! Mine was a subsidiary of Hull uni based in Scarborough and it was so small we didn't even have freshers! we had to arrange things ourselves. I wish we had a society like that! Love your videos Hearth! they just seem to get better and better! so glad I found your channel! Brighid is the female deity that called out to me too!

@HearthWitch

5 жыл бұрын

It's such a shame that some uni's don't have similar societies, it was so much fun to meet likeminded others. You could always look out for local moots in the area, they could be good ways of having a similar environment x

@MissLizzy882

5 жыл бұрын

@@HearthWitch You want to know something crazy? All day today I've been followed by the name Brigid. I've been drawn to her as my goddess recently and suddenly today, I've heard the name about 10-15 times!!

my story is similar to yours. i never imagined doing anything with spirits, deities, or anything like that, yet one day a jumble of letters came to me and a voice spoke it too, and i wasn't even sure what it was. so i googled it and it turns out to be a name that was in use over a thousand years ago in Wales. my family tree goes back to that area (i am from the united states) so i asked who it was and she said she was an ancestor spirit who wanted to help me. so i made an altar space, provide offerings, and good things have happened. it's a very casual, laid back relationship but i show appreciation and respect as well. -thank you for all you do; you have been a major influence on my practice.

i AM ENJOYING YOUR CHANNEL AND LEARNING A LOT ,THANKS

I work with Hecate, Nyx and Anubis. A lot of inexperienced witches who havent done deity work yet often assume that because they’re night/death themed, they’re bad deities. They have the kindest hearts and i feel so safe knowing they’re with me always. Thank you for sharing your amazing experience with me :)

I started this path in my twenties but I let it fall by the wayside for a couple of decades but at the time I did have a very vivid dream in which Hecate, of which I knew nothing about came into it so always felt that this was a sign or contact of importance for me. Since getting back into the path recently I have been feeling a calling to Quan Yin also.

It's interesting to hear how other people find their deities. I stumble upon mine mostly by accident. There are only two I really wanted to work with when I started to work with deities. Shiva and Odin, but I found them admirable from the start, for similar and dissimilar reasons (Shiva for some reason really resonates with me spiritually and Odin's wisdom has been a driving force behind why I do witchcraft). Everyone else I either found out about through dreams and meditation or I just stumbled upon them in research (and if I knew about them before, I would find new information that would make me change my perspective on the deity). In fact I kind of started to work with an entity that most consider a folk saint but I would consider either an angel or deity because she showed up in a dream of mine, talked to me directly and I felt a connection to her.

Synchronicity!! I have been revisiting this topic recently. I’ve always been decent at picking out deities for other people, but I haven’t felt any pulls for me. I imagine, if it happens, it’ll probably be similar to yours.

Demeter came to me two years ago in a dream, I was in a sunny wheat field and harvest mom just scooped me up in her arms in a hug. Recently I offered her some art and I was able to finally get a good statue of her... and on Mother’s Day too! This year, like everyone else I’ve been dealing with good old COVID, not only loosing my job but also catching it as well. Suddenly the tree outside my window died and we had to chop it down and suddenly I just started feeling better as there’s so much sunlight coming in now. My aunt has been going on and on how we’re getting so much sun now. Of course who drops by but good old Sunny-D, Apollo. I’ve only started working with him but i can tell that’s working extremely hard with everyone through out all of this.

Another witch KZreadr that I subscribe to posted a video about working with Hecate and suddenly I felt things click. I read comments and stories about how Hecate reaches out to you. I was meditating for hours and asking her if she wanted to work with me and she said yes, but not alone. The name Athena flowed into my head when I felt a breeze. I pulled an affirmation card about balance and my candle had two wicks. It was a sign and I knew that Hecate and Athena both had found me. That night, I woke up when I heard a branch loudly falling on my roof. The name "Hecate!" popped into my hear and I sat upright. I felt a pull down the hallway so I got up. I found that I had left my fairy lights on my Christmas tree on half the night and it could have been unsafe. I have Hecate to thank for that. I knew from that point on, this was the path for me.

You are DEFINITELY my #1 Go-To on KZread! Thank you!

I swear I have a very similarly story for how I came to find Ganesh sounds just as strange out loud. Lol. About 4-5 years ago, I became obsessed with elephants just out of the blue for seemingly no particular reason. It was odd bc I’ve always loved owls and octopi/octopuses and those were my animals I sought out for anything from home decor to jewelry or clothing. And suddenly, everything became elephants. I had progressively been learning and practicing more and more back then and it really was the thing that helped me during some of the hardest and darkest times in my life and it helped me to overcome crippling anxiety and depression. Then I came across Ganesh somewhere and learned that Ganesh assisted in overcoming obstacles and I knew that my deity had found me when I needed it. I typically don’t work with any deities either, but I feel rather connected to Ganesh after that.

Thank you for sharing.

I’ve been devoted to Bríg for two years now. On Imbolc in 2019 I decided to just research the goddess that Imbolc surrounds, and BAM! Brigid literally took over my life in such a nice way. I literally began researching everything about her. I personally follow Brigid of Ireland, but have researched Bride and Brigantia as well as Maman Brigitte. Coincidentally, I was raised Catholic and St. Brigid was my patron Saint. So she’s been here a while lol. She feels like a homecoming for me, like when you sit around a bonfire with friends and family. She’s shaped my life on her anvil so many times, which isn’t always fun, but she’s such a bright and shining light.

Actually I have four dieties that came to me in my dream visions, Aries, Thor, Posiden, and Hectate. I'm also getting some subtle signs from Artimsis and Bast.

Thank you for sharing, the name-thing happened to me as well

Just had a huge urge a month ago about reading books about Paganism. I hate reading books, and never finished a book in my life, and I'm VERY agnostic. The book, Path to Paganism grabbed my attention and I cannot stop reading it. One night I had a silly dream about building a black barrier to prevent chickens from being burned by the hot sun reflecting off my white fence. During that dream, it went dark (no image like a light bulb that burned out). Then a strange neutral (not to male, not to female) voice kept on saying Artemis over and over for a good hour it felt like. I responded, "WTF is an Artemis! Screw it, I'll look it up tomorrow". It said "NO!!!" and continued to chant "Artemis Artemis Artemis" for what seemed like a very long time. Drove me crazy!!!! But I was persistent to keep on trying to sleep. Then I woke up as if I took a caffeine pill (a very positive feel-good feeling). The voice clearly stated, " Artemis....I am your God". I looked Artemis up and found that I looked up Archimedes by mistake LOL. When I found her in the google search, I was just floored and excited. Not sure why she called herself a God instead of a Goddess, but I don't care. The point was received and have been super excited and happy since then. I used to be very anxious about my eventual death (almost died twice from extensive pulmonary emboli from a Kickboxing leg injury), but now I feel okay about it like Artemis took away that fear. Still not sure why she picked me, a male, but she'll let me know. All I can think to honor her for her time in contacting me is to study her history. I don't feel I know how to pray or meditate, but I like the idea of talking to her (in my head) like a friend or sister and make an altar. Thank you for reading this, and a special thank you for the video. It makes me feel better about my experience that you had a similar experience.

I have never 'put a comment but honestly you are amazing like WOW!

My patron is Ra. I have regular communication with him and honor him, but I don’t work with him too much. I don’t call out to them and if their name is even mentioned in passing, even if I’m not the one saying it, they’ll appear in front of me like, “👀Who’s talking about me??” They have always come to me, even when I’m not practicing... and I know it’s them because they appear in front of me and I can hear them, and feel if it’s them or not. The ones I work with lately is Freya and sometimes Hela. I do work with other ones from time to time, but those are the ones I’ve been actively working with. Deities, although the experience can be rewarding, can be exhausting so my advice to beginner witches is to NOT call out to them. They will come to you if they want to work with you. You’ll know if they do.

one day i had the strongest urge to go outside and stare at the moon. and since that day everyday i’ve had urges to go outside in nature and be out and go on walks at night, and really only at night. i had been interested in deities for a while. but wasn’t actively looking for one in specific. when i would go out on these night walks i felt a strong protection coming from the moon, mother like protection. & i felt like the moon was trying to talk to me. i felt a really strong connection to it. mind you i was severely depressed at the time it was a marcial that i even stepped foot outside for a walk considering i no motivation. i looked up moon goddesses & Artemis stuck with me. i’ve realized that she’s actually been reaching out to me for a while. i’ve recently had a dream of a crescent moon . & jus a lot of things aligned . i now have an altar for her & done a ritual for her. i’ve felt happier, motivated & whole since.

Athena contacted me for the first time through synchronicity while I was watching one of your videos!

Two winters ago, on a Yule holiday week, I was preparing the Yule log and writing runes on it, for blessings and luck for the following year. Suddenly, I felt a strong booming presence that took the whole house, I shook in fear, it was Odin the Allfather who appeared, he demanded to be acknowledged and ask me to put his rune symbol on the Yule log, and respect the holiday's origins ( I researched later, the runes and Yule/Jul are very strongly associated with him). It was completely unexpected surprise. He did the same thing the next winter, the same strong presence, he showed me his true face in a very strong vision, half in darkness with no eye and half in silver moonlight as a old man with gaunt face with white hair and beard, piecing icy-blue one eye, and Norse horned helmet. The following spring season of this year, he told me to buy Smokey Quartz runes on Etsy, to communicate and work with him. He kept pushing the Etsy runes images in my head for a whole month, then I brought them. He can be very pushy and demanding if I'm not doing it the way he wants. He told me to use grey candles and raven statues to honor him on my altar. I noticed he is a god of death, battle, divination, poetry, and shamanism. I have strong ties to shamanism (I can travel between spaces) and many near-death experiences. I play divination on daily basis (tarot, oracle, runes, etc.). Also, I noticed another death goddess is interested in me lately - tapping at my door to speak......but I'm too scared to work with her, but working up my courage slowly. I'm doing my best to respect her presence. She is known as the dark goddess of liminal spaces, witchcraft, magic, death, moon, necromancy, hearth/household.....and many mutli-layerd things.....the lovely Hecate. I have an strong interest in all of those things. I'm very drawn to the Black Madonna and Mary Magdalene as deities.

Mine called has been calling out to me the last maybe few months. This past weekend I finally stopped to listen and since that point I’ve felt so much whole and happier.

This is actually so interesting! Cerridwen did to me what Brighid did to you, and like you, I thought it was just coincidence or just my brain being weird! Three years ago, I even just randomly (I know now not randomly) decided to name a DnD character after her without even knowing who she was/that she even existed. And now that I've been researching her, the experiences of my game character mirror a lot of her lore, which is just *wild.* I'm glad you found them in the same way I did, everyone else I've heard of said they'd gotten like dreams or other signs and I was feeling like... Maybe I'm wrong? But I don't think I am. :)

Hecate came to me in dreams from the time I was basically a toddler. I've recently embraced her and im ao glad I did, she's been there for so long.

yay i was wondering about this

Appreciate your content.

Here on the 10th of December 2020. Just yesterday, I commented on your new video about the difference between paganism, wicca, and witchcraft saying that I consider myself a pagan yet not religious and don't work with deities. Then last night, I was called by Freyja. Sooooo here I am a day later researching deities :P

Awesome video!

@carmmen1384

5 жыл бұрын

Subscribed

My deity is Hecate and she came into my life unexpectedly.She came in my dreams.i love her!

I heard canine howling outside and there’s NEVER howling in my area. A couple days later, I found out that that is one of Hecate’s calls to people.

Brigid recently came to me as a deity (on Imbolc of all days). I'm a kitchen/hearth/green witch so I decided to honor that this Imbolc and I went with more fiery colors on my altar rather than white. Then I had this feeling of like...a motherly figure being really pleased with her young child (me) and I realized that perhaps she was calling to me this year. Before then, I really only had a relationship with Inari.

I practiced for two years before I had a matron goddess. I never felt right trying to pick one out. I felt it was like walking up to a stranger on the street and informing them that they were your new BFF. Instead, I just kept asking if anyone was interested in working with me. And then I waited. And waited. And waited. About a year later, Hekate came to me and told me to follow her. I like this approach because the god(desse)s can take a good look at you and determine if your personality and skill set are a good match for what they are trying to teach.

@SunBunny1111

3 жыл бұрын

SAME feeling with it not feeling right to just pick one!

my matron is Gaia. I had struggled to decide on any one goddess as I like some of all their energies, but didn't feel any goddess fully fit. I am in love with nature so once I found out she was considered an actual deity I was thrilled. As for my patron Ive been exploring Merlin, and I think I'll have a good relationship with him

Could you make a video on the subject of Hoodoo? I've been a practitioner for a few years, started out in Wicca, now Eclectic, but as of late have been soo drawn to Hoodoo, and it's hard to find enough information about it. I have cuban descent and explored Santeria etc but couldn't find much reliable information on Hoodoo, aside from the actual magickal workings (petitions, candles, etc.) But I'd like to know more of the actual history and principles

Same for me - Apollo and Aphrodite have just always been there for me. Hestia recently came into my life!

tip for the hard headed who have trouble sensing and feeling presence or deities: meditate for 10 minutes using a simple 10 meditation, after you're relaxed and in a chill state of mind, visualize yourself in the presence of a deity you're interested in, as vividly as you can. if you can then easily imagine having your love or appreciation for your devotion/offerings returned, might be a good one. highly recommend reading about bhakti yoga for this, too. its a devotional yoga practice and its really helpful for building relationships with deities. its also a beautiful practice in its own right

my matron goddess is sekhmet. she came to me while i was dreaming and told me to make a box and put some flowers in it for her lol. she also talked to me and helps me with stuff, which is cool. I give her flowers and cinnamon and pomegranate juice, which she likes.

my patron is janus, roman god of beginnings, transition, and duality. he came to me either right before or just as something really big and bad happened to me 4-5 years ago that sparked a big transition in my life. i know now it was to warn me and assure me that i wasn't alone when i needed it most. he made himself very apparent, as prior to my being called to by him i didn't know much abt paganism or signs from a deity, so he really had to get bold for me to realize something out of the ordinary was happening and for me to look into it haha. if not for him i wouldnt have gotten into all this. i'm very grateful for him, he's been with me ever since. i worship/work with others now too, but he's definitely my number one.

It’s Bast and Sekhmet for me ^^

I suddenly decided I wanted to grow a mushroom garden and work harder with the herbs and plants I had been gifted in my yard. Then I went around identifying new plants like I usually do... went to dig up common greenbrier and lo and behold I was sadly but, happily gifted the mushroom of immortality. (sad because that mushroom grows on dying hard woods, turns out my tree has a common parasitic disease that they are having trouble with out here :( It took me hours to identify as I had zero knowledge of mushrooms. Turns out I had a fairy ring too. I got a calling from Fauna. It was a calling so hard I got this overwhelming energy within and around me that no joke brought tears to my eyes. It was CRAZY! Flung myself into hard research and was very disappointed that there is not much about her. She hung around until I noticed the tree. She pops in and out from time to time. Got one from Pan which made me nervous, not gonna lie. And his energy was REALLY strong! I don't know who it was but, I was heavily praying one day and said how I would never harm anyone. and a voice said:" She doesn't want to harm anyone, that's no fun." and whatever energy that was is how do I say not gone but, further away? Like it's waiting for me when I'm ready? I make sure I am learning all aspects the good and the bad because you cannot have the light without the dark. There must always be a balance. Diana too who has always appeared in and out of my life over the years. When I first started officially practicing witchcraft it was Venus I consecrated tools and such too. But, strangely recently it's been Aphrodite calling. Same thing. The name. It's odd how certain counter parts come around. I suddenly wanted more feathers because they are so beautiful and I love the birds. Oddly they have never dropped feathers in my yard that I have seen. (I feed the birds) But, recently the mourning doves have gifted me feathers. I can say that I have had many other deities pop in and out but, as I am new it's as if they are all waiting for me to learn more first. My current ones are teaching me and helping to guide me down the path that is most suited for me and I couldn't be more grateful. Now I just have to do more for them. That's currently where I'm at, lol I have been working with the elements for a couple of years and not really deities so deities coming around is something that just suddenly started happening almost a year ago. And I feel very connected to the earth so I have always given my respects to mother earth.

I can't remember if it was 2014 or 2015 but after performing my Imbolc ceremony on one of those years i began looking into semitic paganism out of curiosity. After looking at a list of Deities i said one of they're names out loud to make sure I understood the pronunciation. After saying her name out loud i felt a gentle almost feathery tug at my heart and i immediately reached out to one of my more experienced pagan friends and asked her what it means when you get a reaction like that. She told me that it usually means that said Deity is reaching out to you and recommend that i listen for more instructions. The Deities name is Asherah and she has been apart of my life ever since.

I came here after I think Brigid has been around me since I was a kid. I always had these dreams about this tall red-haired Motherly figure (often time with her hair on fire). She was there when I was having issues with my family. I thought she was Hestia at first, I am trying to do some research so I thought I would come here to understand your experience with her. I agree with what you said about her, happy I finally found out who she was after all this time.

The Morrigan came to me gradually after I was experienced enough in my practice to work with her. Arianrhod came to my dream with a big flashing billboard with her name on it.

@SunBunny1111

3 жыл бұрын

I was gifted a book abut her but, got this insane energy to not touch it until I was ready. I read it for a bit months later when I felt a little ready and was drawn but, how do I say...? Told no until I was ready.

@YveRosewood

2 ай бұрын

Hi! Curious if you still work with The Morrigan and what your experience has been with her

Hearth, thank you so much for the video. I haven't been practicing witchcraft too long. Maybe about 7 months. I think my Diety may be Brigid, as well. I have an altar set for her. She came to me as I meditated, and dreams and from what you describe of her- I definitely do feel a Motherly connection. I feel she's there, but not hovering, if that makes sense. Any advice, as what I can do to please her or work with her? Thank you for any advice .

I found Artemis (my Matron) through meditation sessions randomly one day she just showed up, and she seems to have always been there. Athena i found through a dream a few days later, and Apollo came to me through him showing up during a meditation i was trying to contact Artemis through.

I highly recommend Selene, Friet and Thor as a trifecta if you are Germanic. Anubis, Imoteph and Seth are great in Egyptology.

I found two of my deities (Persephone and Hades) when after awakening I became drawn or interested in blogs with witches working them. I didn't get any special signs or voices and I was wondering if I was just forcing it because I've been interested in their story since elementary school. So out of curiosity I went to a youtube video that did a which God or Goddess is calling you (two separate videos by Alyssa Marie) and I got tingling sensations when picking my cards. And Persephone was the first card to pop up in which Goddess was trying to contact me 😂. So I had a tarot conversation with her and she was really nice and she also mentioned that Hades also wanted to work with me (he's a lot more noticeably warm and mild tingles. Not as much tingles as his wifey). And funny thing is that when I was talking with my friends and I was asking him questions on their behalf, majority of the time the tarot cards that would pop up made more sense for them than with me (I've learned he's the kind of deity who makes the one asking the question the main interpreter. A lot of the time I was just the messenger 😂).

My Deity Hestia, came to me outside in a form of shadows and gave my quite a fright and i mentioned this to my friend and they asked me to ask if it was a goddess and it said yes which i was surprised because the figure was a male but not going to question it too much. I went outside and talked to her and she said she didn't mean to fright me and she wanted me to bake so i talked to her and baked. I made an little alter for her of a tiny rose drawing and a bundle of wild flowers surrounded by white stones. I don't work with her because I'm not ready but she said we could talk for now which is amazing, I just have to fix her alter because it was discreet on a small table but we painted the house and it got destroyed :( I'll try to find a new place for the alter. I'm a baby witch also, I've been practicing for like 5-6 days now so I was quite surprised she came to me so soon. It looks like she wants me to do something because this video was recommended so maybe I'll go and try to fix her alter. She also took my rose drawing I did for her which is amazing.

im only 2 minutes in and this is honestly so helpful. Coming from Christianity i find the pantheon to be overwhelming and a little intimidating. knowing that i don't NEED to find my deities right away helps.

the way you speak about Cerridwen is EXACTLY the way i speak about The Morrigan. Ive had many instances where i would be doing a working and she would show up and literrally Slap the shit out of me being all: WHAT IN ALL THE SEVEN HELLS ARE YOU DOING? I want you to do THIS instead. Alot of the time, my rituals would COMPLETELY take a turn from the start. I would start the working having a specific idea in mind and Morrigan would just completely change it and i would end the ritual way off from what i had planned and envisioned. and honnestly, it always turned out better and more powerfull. I also work with Hestia, which is kinda like Bridgid in your case. More kind, more watching over. BUT MORRIGAN KICKS THE SHIT OUT OF EVERYTHING LIKE BITCH IM HERE AND THE SHOW CAN START. Ive also had many instances where i would plan a protection against someone, Hestia comes in, tells me in doing great and to keep going t it, leaves, and then Morrigan shows up, slaps me and the next thing i know, im skyclad, binding a poppet in a coffin. Ahhhhh the wonders of polar opposite deities xD

@maggiethedruid9010

4 жыл бұрын

The Morrigans name just popped into my head one day and feel drawn to her but I've been hesitant to work with deities since I had such a horrible experience with my parents religion/deity. I would love to hear more about what it's like to work with her and any good recourses you may have about her!

@HORSEZZZZZzzzzz96

3 жыл бұрын

AAAA I love the Morrigan! She takes absolutely zero bullshit, and though she intimidates me, I respect the hell out of her. She's been hanging out in the periphery of my mind as of late and demanding I do shadow work, sooner rather than later. It's freaky but I'm happy to do it so long as it pleases her.

Loves, this just happened to me as I was watching this video. I had a name plant itself into my head loud and clear which I've never heard before: Branwen. Never heard of her, but I feel almost frantic and euphoric in the need to research her. Time will tell if she's calling me!

I’m a baby witch that tends to follow Wicca I really love the moon goddess though I once requested a sign to see if any deities we’re willing to work with me then I went to sleep and was blessed with an image of a blue lotus which is a Symbol of Ra

EXCELLENT

That's something! Today Mother Gaia just came to me in a meditation I was doing(not related to that) and told me to reach out to the gods( in plural) and "appear". And now this video came....

I'm going through a similar situation but with Morrigan lately I've heard and seen her name very much, besides dreaming about it or running into crows everywhere.

@magicalmandiatpunkydoodlew9840

5 жыл бұрын

I LOVE The Morrigan!!!! 🖤🖤🖤

@maggiethedruid9010

4 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is old but did you ever start working with The Morrigan and do you have any good recourses where I could learn more about her?

@benkent301

3 жыл бұрын

@@maggiethedruid9010 Lora O'Brien on KZread is a good source

i know i don't need to contact deities,espacially as a baby witch, but strange things happened to me and i told that smth is calling me out and it was Cronos or smth really him-lookalike, so i don't really wanna work with him as a baby witch and also he is Cronos... so once if been"called" by Apollo so I really wanted to find out about expieriance.

Lol awesome, Brigid is my family guardian and Ceridwen is my patron deity

I am a newbie witch and as I draw most of my energy from the forest and nature I love Gaia as my deity

I still don't work too much with deities. I have always been very interested in the duotheistic view in Wicca and I still follow the "old ones" even though I am not necessarily Wiccan. In my practice, I work with primordial Goddess and primordial God. I see personified deity ultimately as aspects of Goddess and God. I see them as parental, brother/sister, grandmother/grandfather, lovers...all of my human experience I believe is the result of their union. As a gay person, I can still find complete solace in this heterosexual duality. Because ultimately at the end of the day, I think we are all brought into this world by male and female energies and regardless of how we identify, we still live in a world of masculine and feminine energies. I have seen many people denote the idea of fem/masc balance and imply that it is rigid and non-inviting to LGBTQ...to me I find the contrary. I believe that their union, which manifested all planes (spiritual and physical), created dynamics in nature throughout (human beings included) that are meant for celebration. That from the union of their polarity, all experiences are unfolding in a dynamic and diverse way. It's like all of nature as we know it is a rainbow, and at each either end of the rainbow is black or white. Without both light and shadow color would not be possible... But it is because they [Goddess and God] are a unified whole Just thought I would share my views!

@HearthWitch

5 жыл бұрын

This is such a wonderful way of looking at it xx

Thank you by my Heart 💙

@mandeepstan

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your heart, it means a world to me. 😊😊😊💙. Can you please tell me how and where to use Runes?

I was talking to other witches about their patron deities. They were all Greek or Norse pantheon. I was casually researching deities of lakes because I am a water witch, and the name Thoth kept forcing itself into my head. It was odd. So I started vetting through asking questions and for signs and let’s just say it’s clear to me. Thoth (or Djehuty) is the patron of scribes and wisdom, and all my life I’ve wanted to be a writer and a teacher. I am both a teacher and a published author. When I realized it was him I felt this… incredible presence that even as a writer I find hard to describe.

Kali maa . Mother Kali. She’s my matron she at first was like get with the shits. Do your work . Meditate slay things that don’t serve you. No whiny BS and I was actually scared of her because as soon as she entered and I didn’t know anything , didn’t create any boundaries because again, I didn’t know any better , my life for two weeks was awful. I was trying to ignore her until I found more research . She doesn’t really want in on my craft as much as she does for me to improve myself and meditations and stuff what I get from her is I NEED to do these things before my Magick can be as best it can. Which is extremely helpful.

Diana came to me ,I can't remember how but I went to the thrift store and asked Diana to please let me find some things for her altar. I found a picture of Diana from a gallery in San Francisco, and a large painting of a heron, one of her symbols, with a very large moon in it. Tell me the chances of that especially since I live in a tiny town where I can't imagine anyone having those things! It blew my mind!

Welsh Pagan here and I work with Ce rridwen and Briant (Brigid). Briant has a river named after her in North Wales. Cerridwen is motherly for me as my mother passed when I was a teenager.

Freya sent me damselflies and they chilled on my arm for like over and hour so I googled what gods or goddesses are related to damselflies and the second I read about Freyja I felt a really deep connection, we have a lot in common and it’s been really nice to communicate with her so far

I have been feeling connected to Hecate and Persephone I am new to all of this stuff but a video about Hecate popped up on my phone which caused me to find out more and more about her and then Persephone as well I went into a spiritual store and saw statue of Hecate and I felt this connection and a feeling of love and respect I keep thinking about her now and Persephone and with Persephone