With Connection, I cast the circle and call your name.
With Meditation, I journey to meet you at the crossroads.
With Divination, I receive your guidance and truth.
Threefold Goddess, I honor your threefold gifts:
The Key that unlocks my power,
The Torch that lights my way,
The Wisdom that transforms my soul.
Hekate, be with me in this daily practice.
May I walk worthy of your mysteries.
So it is, and so shall it be.
Hail Hekate.
This invocation creates the container for a powerful daily practice, and is central to my teaching and writing about Modern Hekatean Witchcraft.
BONUS DOWNLOAD: Quotidia Guidebook at the end of this article.
Quotidia comes from the Latin for “daily,” and it is through a regular sacred practice that we can develop a meaningful attunement with Hekate and her deeper world. Setting intentions and dialoguing with Her helps to align ourselves with the outcomes we will manifest. There are many other strategies built into this course that will help you do the same. These strategies will enhance your personal development, help you lead a magical life and become much more effective with your witchcraft. You’ll also develop a deeper understanding of Hekate and Her energy currents.
Because Hekate is both an external force and the divine within each of us, all devotional work also is personal development. Through meditation, intention setting, self-checks, devotional work, journaling, and other aspects of magical living you’ll change throughout the course. The goal is to make you more you, not change who you are. The activities are designed to take about an hour a day. However, we all live busy lives, so the strategies are designed to take about one hour per day. How you craft your personal daily practice is up to you, here’s some of the activities that can be included:
Dialoguing with Hekate and other guides
Affirmations
Gratitude
Journaling
Intention Setting
Meditation
Divination
Simple rituals
Acts of devotion and service
This excerpt from the second edition of Keeping Her Keys: An Introduction to Hekate’s Modern Witchcraft summarizes the key components of daily practice. This doesn’t need to be elaborate or time consuming, but it is necessary if our objective is to develop our practice. I’ve written about daily practice in all of my books on Modern Hekatean Witchcraft, albeit in slightly different versions to correspond with the themes:
Entering Hekate’s Cauldron: since this book is written as a Book of Shadows, the emphasis is on daily practice as a foundation for all witchery.
Entering Hekate’s Cave: daily practice centered on shadow work, as the reader goes through the process of healing in the depths of Hekate, with chapters dedicated to many of her primary epithets, such as Chthonia, Psychopomp, and Enodia.
Entering Hekate’s Garden: the focus is on connecting daily practice with pharmakeia, the practice of botanical witchcraft rooted in Hekate’s magick, medicine and mystery.
In Covina, the online coven I’ve led for nine years, each season we begin with a live class where I teach a version of Quotidia based on the themes of the coming moon cycles. I say this to emphasize that daily practice is meant to evolve, adapt, and shift according to rhythms - the lunar phases, the aspects of Hekate that unlock for us, the Wheel of the Year, and our personal journey.
There is no one right way to do a daily practice, but there are three core components that I know work based on the thousands of coven members who have shared their experiences in the Quotidia Sharing Circles over the years.
Why Practice Quotidia?
A daily practice is about cultivating a genuine, living relationship with Hekate and developing the intuitive and magical skills that have real-world applications. Quotidia helps you:
Establish and maintain a consistent connection with Hekate
Develop and trust your intuition
Create sacred time for yourself in a busy world
Build the foundation for more complex magical work
Integrate spiritual practice into everyday life
Recognize your own power and sovereignty
Think of Quotidia as your personal period of empowerment—the Witches Hour of Power. This is time you set aside just for yourself, acknowledging that your spiritual life is sacred and worthy of attention.
Connection and Attunement
The Connection phase establishes your sacred space and creates a threshold between the mundane and the mystical. This can take many forms, from speaking to Hekate and other allied spirits, reciting an ancient hymn, or even working with the invocation I began this article with. In my own daily life, and at the beginning of every live event, I start with a one-candle ritual based on the convergence of the three selves with Hekate’s triple nature. Here’s the core structure. Watch just about any recorded class in Covina, and you’ll discover the myriad of forms this ritual evolves into. It’s included in Entering Hekate’s Cauldron, too.
The Daily Ritual: Triformis
This simple ritual serves as your entry point into deeper work with Hekate.
The Practice:
Light a candle (traditional, battery-operated, or work with your hands alone)
Cast a counterclockwise circle with your left hand to release what no longer serves you
Take a moment to set intentions and notice what needs to be cleansed or banished
Dwell in the present moment and honor yourself exactly as you are
Welcome Hekate and any other spirits or deities you work with into your space
Cast a clockwise circle with your right hand to protect and connect
This opening creates a sacred container for your practice and helps you transition from everyday consciousness into a state of receptivity and power. You may also choose to recite a prayer, speak Hekate’s epithets, or simply sit in silence with her presence.
Simply spending time with my altar is a powerful way of connecting to Hekate, the plants, symbols and allies that I’m focusing on. Pictured spell jars: Zero f*cks jar, coven’s spell of the year, personal spell of the year, and a vat of brewing Oleum Spirita. Cauldron is full of soil and moss, rooting me in the depths.
Part 2: Meditation
Watch or listen to The Unifying Three Selves Cauldron of Foundations Meditation or read through the version at the end of this guidebook.
The Meditation phase deepens your initial connection and takes you inward. This is where you truly attune to Hekate’s energy and work with the specific themes or aspects relevant to your current practice. Meditation bridges the outer work of ritual with the inner work of transformation.
Your meditation might focus on connecting with Hekate at the crossroads, journeying to her sacred places, working with her symbols and correspondences, or simply resting in her presence. The key is consistency and genuine engagement rather than perfection.
I have probably guided witches through at least a thousand different evocative meditations at this point. I’ve added the fundamental Quotidia version of Unifying The Three Selves below. However, a meditation can be centered in an image, opening up to the imaginal journey to discover what the image holds. This also works well with a passage or quote that speaks to us, such as this one:
Part 3: Divination
The reading phase provides guidance from Spirit and Hekate through divination. This practice helps you develop and trust your intuition while receiving practical wisdom for your path forward.
You can use tarot cards, oracle cards, runes, bay leaves, bibliomancy, or any divination method that resonates with you. The reading helps consolidate your practice and offers insight for the day, week, or month ahead. Over time, you’ll notice patterns and deepen your understanding of how Hekate communicates with you personally.
Left to right: lower self/root/underworld (Hekate Chthonia) - 10 of Wands - risk of burnout from excessive emotional labor; middle self/heart/middle world (Hekate Enodia)- The Magician - bring the magickal into the mundane; higher self/crown/upper world (Hekate Ourania) - 2 of Wands - contemplation of tension between my thoughts - how to avoid emotional burnout while bringing magick to the mundane.
There’s no one way to work with divination as the concluding phase of the daily practice. This component serves to consolidate connection and meditation, while providing guidance for the day. In all of my books, I share different reading methods, including:
The Enodia Oracle: found in the Keeping Her Keys second edition, known as Approach/Avoid in the first edition - this is a two card pull, one for what to approach (move towards, manifest, illuminate) and one for what to avoid (release, ignore, diminish).
The Three Selves/Realms Reading: rooted in the core teaching that merges our three selves (root, heart, crown) with Hekate’s triform nature, this reading can be adapted to focus on specific queries or themes, and also for general guidance.
In Entering Hekate’s Cauldron, and in the monthly live group readings in Covina, this three card spread is expanded to include a fourth “keycard,” that reflects who the querant is currently or becoming.
Building Your Practice
Remember that Quotidia is meant to support you, not burden you. Some days your practice might be five minutes; other days it might be an hour. What matters is consistency and genuine engagement, not perfection or elaborate ritual.
As you develop your practice, you’ll find your own rhythm and style. You might discover that you prefer morning meditation and evening readings, or that you like to break the three parts throughout your day. You might develop your own prayers, create personal correspondences, or find new ways to connect with Hekate.
This is your practice, centered in your relationship with Hekate. Trust yourself, trust the process, and trust that Hekate walks with you at every crossroads.
Unifying The Three Selves With Hekate Meditation
Begin this meditation after completing your Connection ritual. Find a comfortable position where you can remain alert yet relaxed. You may sit, stand, or lie down—whatever allows you to be present without falling asleep. Watch this video to guide you through, and work with my tips below to inspire your practice.
Body Scan and Grounding
Take a moment to scan your body from head to toe
Notice any sensations, pains, or areas of comfort without judgment
Check in with your physical state—are you hungry, tired, energized?
Take a deep breath and release it fully
Feel the tension in your muscles begin to dissipate
Allow a softening throughout your entire body
Affirm to yourself: “All is well. I am in safe space. Nothing will interfere with my experience of this meditation.”
Continue taking deep, intentional breaths
Calling Upon Hekate
Reinforce the connection you made with Hekate by welcoming her into your meditation space. You might visualize her at the crossroads, holding her torches, accompanied by her hounds. You might sense her as a presence, a feeling, or simply know that she is there. There is no single correct way to experience Hekate—trust what comes to you.
Activating the Three Selves
Work with the three centers of your being, aligning them with Hekate’s guidance:
Root (Lower Self):
Breathe deeply into your sitting bones, down to your energetic root
Activate your connection to the earth and the underworld
Exhale fully and feel the root awakening
Sense it naturally stretching down, grounding you
Connect to the richness of intuition, emotions, and instinct
Heart (Middle Self):
Turn your breath and attention to your heart center
Take a deep breath into the heart
As you exhale, open to Hekate’s presence in your life
Feel your capacity for action, courage, and authentic expression
Recognize your power to move through the world with intention
Crown (Higher Self):
Take a breath that rises to your throat and crown
Activate your connection to wisdom, knowledge, and the mysteries
Feel your consciousness stretching upward and outward
Connect to the celestial realms, the moon, and the vast unknown
Open to divine guidance and higher understanding
Unifying The Three Selves: Integration and Harmony
Feel the harmony between root (intuition, grounding), heart (action, strength), and crown (wisdom, mystery)
Sense the state of flow between all three centers
Feel Hekate’s energy flowing through you, connecting all aspects of your being
Allow any excess energy to be released
Notice yourself feeling energized, connected, yet free
Standing at the Crossroads
Align within yourself, with the spirits, and with Hekate
Remain practical and functional in the everyday world
Recognize that as witches who walk with Hekate, we abide at the crossroads of the tangible and the etheric, the mystical and the pragmatic, the magical and the rational
Stand at this crossroads with confidence and clarity
Know that you carry Hekate’s torch forward into your daily life
Returning to Physical Awareness
Take a deep breath and bring yourself back into your physical self
Pay attention to different parts of your body that became activated during meditation
Notice any tingling, warmth, coolness, or other sensations
Recognize that energy works on you spiritually, energetically, and physically
Take notes about your experience if desired
Thank Hekate for her presence and guidance
However you choose to engage in daily Hekatean practice, may she always meet you at the crossroads, arm extending keys, encircling you in her protective torches.
Find the PDF guidebook for Quotidia:
Become a student in the Hekate’s Keys program to access more Quotidia resources, plus a rich curriculum exploring the crossroads of Hekate’s deeper world and modern witchcraft: