Hecate with Torches fairy Note the similarity of posture

Note the similarity of posture

Her priestesses were drummers: they spoke to her and she answered in the ancient language of trance-inducing beats

Rich garments underscore her role as spiritual Mother-Queen of the Middle Ages

The sacred marriage (hieros gamos) of the Goddess and the God is traditionally celebrated at Beltane on May 1

Hecate with Torches fairy Note the similarity of postureThe Light Bearer From the Eleusian Mystery School: gate keeper, key holder, she guards the door to the inner sanctuary of the Mysteries. The only goddess powerful enough to travel the three worlds, heaven earth and underworld. Hearing from the utmost depths, the dread Goddess approached, all entwined with fearsome serpents and leaves of oak, amidst a shimmering blaze of torchlight; while all around her chthonic hounds bayed shrilly, all the meadows