Keeping Her Keys: At The Crossroads of Modern Life and the Deeper World

May 08 2024 109
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Join me as I explore the healing journey through psychology, personal development, mythology, and transcendent experiences at the crossroads of modern life and the deeper world. Claim, and keep, your unique keys. Devoted to the ancient goddess Hekate as World Soul. About me: Cyndi Brannen is an author, herbalist, psychologist, and teacher, merging her years of experience studying health and relationships with the traditional wisdom of the goddess. https://keepingherkeys.com/ Learn more about Cyndi's work at keepingherkeys.com

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Demeter: Ancient Goddess of Getting It Together

May 08 2024 45 mins  
We had a fabulous deep conversation about Demeter, who often comes to us when it's time for us to "get it together," whatever the "it" may be for us personally. Demeter, the mother of Persephone, is a significant goddess in Greek and Roman mythology. She represents the natural cycle, agriculture, order, civilization, and the ruling of the home. The Homeric

Beltane Meditation

Apr 27 2024 18 mins  
Beltane kindles the sacred flame of growth and generativity, igniting our personal journeys and the natural world. To join the Beltane Retreat, go HERE. Subscribe to either Hekate's Keys or The Mystai. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepingherkeys/message

Hekate: The Meaning In The Maiden

Apr 18 2024 38 mins  
Join Dr. Cyndi and all the Key Bearers from Covina: The Coven of Hekate for this fascinating discussion about Hekate's ancient titles referring to her as a maiden to what this means for us as modern witches. We explore the different meanings of the terms 'maiden' and 'virgin' when applied to Hekate in ancient Greek and Roman texts. Then we flesh this out by exa

Hekate: Goddess of The Eclipse

Apr 04 2024 13 mins  
Eclipses are such a powerful time to explore darkness, so very Hekatean in their essence for they not only either dim the world or occur at night when they are visible, but are also liminal times. As Hekateans, the MOON will always be highly influential since we are naturally attuned to it's powers: emotions, intuition, magic(k), mystery. They are sacred events when we can be

Spring Equinox Ritual and Meditation: Gathering In Hekate's Garden With The Goddesses

Mar 20 2024 31 mins  
Welcome to the season of Spring. Through a meditative journey, we will explore the myth of Persephone's emergence from the underworld. I recommend reading the chapter "Kore Reborn," in Entering Hekate's Cave to fully immerse yourself in the meaning of emergence. Get your candle ready for the opening ritual. In the meditation, we start by attuning the Three Selves,

The Magick of Liberation: Exploring The Past Fifty Years of Goddess Witchcraft

Mar 07 2024 54 mins  
Join me and Christen Bennett (she/they) - Coven Key Bearer as we review how Goddess Witchcraft has evolved over the past five decades and how we are creating our own religion, both as a movement and personally. I'm calling this The Goddess Liberation Movement, as the Spirit of Rixipyle has certainly liberated us spiritually. The Goddess Liberation Movement celebrates the freedo

Hekate Rixipyle: The Chain Breaking, Gate Crashing Liberator

Feb 21 2024 39 mins  
Shake it up, Witches! Hail Rixipyle! Join Cyndi and Christen for this discussion on Hekate's aspect known as Rixipyle, the chain-breaking, gate crashing liberator. Cyndi starts us off with a meditative being check-in exercise to assess physical and emotional states. We breakthrough seeing all emotions as sacred, and how liberating expressing emotions is, particularly anger. We

Artemis: Wild Mysteries of The Moon

Feb 08 2024 79 mins  
It is nights like tonight,She finds me.Slipping in through a crack in the curtains.Riding on pale moonlight.It is nights like tonightThat I long to be her.To have no familiarityWith words like,“diagnosis,”“mortgage,”and “grief”.It is nights like tonightShe reminds meOf who I was before,And who I could be.Shooting her arrows into my heart,Putting the wild back in me. Ar

Imbolc, Hekate, and Soul Retrieval With Guided Meditation

Feb 01 2024 78 mins  
Entering Hekate's Cave: The Journey Through Darkness To Wholeness by Cyndi Brannen, PhD, can be purchased wherever books are sold. This is a guided class and meditation that introduces the listener to Soul Retrieval. Join my soul school, The Covina Institute, for the in-depth eight week journey that takes place between the first and third new moons of the calendar year. If yo

Hekate Psychopomp: Following Her Back To Soul

Jan 18 2024 46 mins  
Perhaps to me the most enduring way that Hekate presents to me is as Psychopomp, The Soul Guide. So much so that this entire moon month is dedicated to exploring the mysteries of Psychopomp, from connecting with a past life to experiencing the transformative Animarum Recupero (Soul Retrieval Ritual). Hail Hekate, Psychopomp.Guide us, light our journey. Check out my windy day musi