Cat Shepard

The following Invocation is in response to an invitation from Kitty Love, a sister-priestess, esoterica-seeker & mutual explorer of the arts & ritual, to participate in a global meditation & visioning of a new world.  A world after the quarantine.  A world that lives up to humankind’s fullest potentials. I accepted the challenge. I consider it a taking part in the collective consciousness’ possible evolution into experiencing true unity while reaching for a world that is bet

It’s been three weeks now since the balance of the Light & Dark at the Gate of the Autumnal Equinox.  A time of marking time. A time to pause.  A time to re-member, to reflect, be grateful, celebrate the victories, grieve the losses, & honor the harvests. This is my record of reflection for this year’s Harvest Gatherings.  Stopping to breathe deeply as I notice where I am & how I got here.  Pausing serves me in that I can rest & regain my bearings during a hectic, somewhat ch

HECATE AT THE CROSSROADS: She has mysterious origins. According to scholars, She has different origins than that of the archetypal Grecian gods’ mythological pantheon.  She is older than the deities of Mount Olympus.  Older even, then those of the Titan lineage, She is a chthonic earth goddess who is omnipresent and omnipotent. She is strange, weird, different, scary, and enduring. Her magic extends into the ancient realms and reaches forward into the realms of the future.  S