The Triple Goddess Calling

You have been hearing Her name everywhere.

You keep feeling Her energy around you so strong!

She’s been calling you more and more this month.

Her name carries power: Hecate, Hecate, Hecate!

But have you wondered why She is calling you now? Why on this summer month? Why you feel Her more than ever?

Because your soul remembers what I am about to tell you!

There is an Italian festivity called “Ferragosto.” It is celebrated on August 15th, marking the passage from the end of summer to autumn. It is the celebration of the “Assunzione”, when Mother Mary was welcomed into Heaven.

If you visited Italy around this time, you may have witnessed a Catholic ritual called “processione,” where the statue of the Virgin Mary is carried around a village, adorned with beautiful flowers, while people are chanting and praying Her name.

But before ‘Ferragosto’ became a Catholic tradition, it was also celebrated during the Roman Empire under a different name.

This Roman festivity marked the end of the harvest season and it was also dedicated to Emperor Augustus’ victories in the wars of that time.

August 15th was also the day of the Goddess Diana, and She was worshipped with a 3 day celebration.

There is a lake north of Rome called “Lago di Nemi” (also known as Goddess Diana’s Mirror in ancient Rome). It is a small circular volcanic lake on the Alban Hills. Around the shores of the lake, the Romans built temples in honour of Goddess Diana.

They celebrated Her in August around the time of what we now call “Ferragosto”, during the “Nemoralia”.

Before Mary was Diana, and before Diana there was another Goddess.

The cult of Hekate in Italy remains shrouded in mystery. Ancient sources tell us that the festival known as the ‘Nemoralia’ was also referred to as the ‘Hecatean Ides.’ While our knowledge about this festival is limited, there are indications of a celebration in honour of Goddess Hekate, which took place during mid-August.

Without going into many details about geography and history, I can share what came through for me while working with the Dark Goddess.

Before Diana, and alongside Diana, was Hekate. She was the Guardian of Women, Healers, Oracles, and Midwives. She was once worshipped in temples across the land we call now Italy and Turkey.

Despite the rise of Christianity, her influence never vanished.

She lives in our collective unconscious, in the tales of our ancestors, and under different names and traditions.

Lake Nemi, a sacred site of worship, initiation, and healing, played a crucial role in the cult of Hekate. It was a mirror of the Goddess, the Moon, the Dark Mother, and the powerful forces of alchemy and transformation we hold in the darkness of our Womb, in the Earth, and the Night. Sacred Rituals, Rite of Passage ceremonies, Initiations, Healing, and Transformation were all part of the cult of this powerful Goddess.

She was also the triple Goddess of Life, Death and Rebirth.

I was born and raised in a small town less than two hours north of Rome. My town sits on the shore of an ancient volcanic lake (Lago di Bolsena), where the worship of the Goddess flourished before Christianity and even before the Roman Empire. The land is filled with the energy of Her worship, the mysteries and legends, the prayers and rituals dedicated to Her.

Sadly, the energy is still shrouded by a veil of fear and amnesia, but it takes time for humanity to find its way back to Her. I don’t know if Hecate was ever worshipped on my land, but I feel She was, even if it was under a different name. Every time I journey back home, I feel this energy pulling me towards an invisible force hidden under the churches, in the forests and hills surrounding the town, in the darkness of the lake’s depths, and hidden behind the stories of women from the Christian tradition: Mother Mary, Magdalene, Christina, Margherita…..

So, while sitting with Her I couldn’t stop thinking about how much of Her power we have hidden away deep inside our being, in a place where we seldom look, and when we do look, it is with fear.

With the Blessings of Perimenopause, the Dark Goddess, in Her many forms, called me to journey to those places where there is darkness, mystery, and a lot of pain and discomfort.

Her stories and Names are many, and Her power is full of Love and yet sometimes feels it’s unbearable.

But in my experiences with the Dark Mother, I can assure you that there is profound Bliss when you surrender to that energy. There is nothing to fear because holding the darkness in balance with our light allows us to move beyond duality and find Oneness within.

Love

Michela