#hel devotee

my first devotional painting for Lady Hel, done with watercolors and chalk pastels ♡

Hi all! Hel always appears with some sort of moon imagery attached within my meditations. As well as I've started to notice whenever she is present in a tarot reading I pull the moon card.

You represent the duality of our existence

To accept life is to accept death, both hand in hand with each other

Welcome me with open arms when I reach your gates

Most of this is upg.

Plants🌱 (most are associated w/death and memory.)

🌹 flowers

White flowers, Lilacs , Roses (esp dark red/crimson, black, dried white), Forget-me-not, Poet daffodil (narcissus poeticus), Fairy bells, mullien, Waterlily, arum lily, big leaf periwinkle, viola, zinnia, snakeroot, Bluebonnet, carnations (pink, purple) mandrake, henbane, anemone, asphodel,

🌿 herbs

Rosemary, thyme, tobacco,

🌲 trees/shrubs

Cypress, Yew, Beech, elder, elm, apple trees, willow, blackthorn, evergreens, oleander, hydragea

Colors

🖤 maroon, 💙, 🤍 ♥️

🪨 stones

Onyx, smokey quartz, quartz, fossils, jet, vulcanite, amethyst, apache tears, carnelian, turquoise,

Animals.🐶🐍

Dogs 🐶 flies, carrion beetles 🪲, vultures, butterflies butterfly 🦋, corvids 🐦‍⬛, snakes 🐍, scavengers,

Other stuff

Mourning jewelry, grave markers, things you inherited, mushrooms, fall leaves, ....

Offerings.

visit/care for cemeteries, pay respects to the dead, playlist, poetry, skulls/bones, food, water, wine, tea, coffee, make art, learn about death traditions (if you're in the right headspace) , things you find comfort in, doing something you've always wanted too, self care, learn about history, tell/read ghost stories, a place of on your alter if you have one, whatever feels right,

👻☠️🖤💀🍂🍄

What do you associate with Hel?

I wanted to make a post about what my devotional days are like. For those new to this blog I worship Hel, the Norse Goddess of the dead. I’ve been honoring her over a year; and this last October I devoted myself to her completely. That being said; Saturdays are the days where almost every part of my day is spent as a devotional to her. I start with my outfit choice of the day; I wear all black, or black-and-white. I veil my hair in addition to my outfit; the veil I wear is also black(though on rare occasion I will wear a blue one). From there I head over to the altar space I have for Hel; I light her candle and do an offering of rose incense and a libation-- today’s libation was coffee. I recite my prayers to her and spend time meditating before her altar which is then followed by divination. The cards I draw are to be my focus for the week to come. Afterwards I devote my yoga practice to her and do so before her altar space, allowing my mind and body to find a grounding and balancing energy. The rest of the day is spent reading books(or the occasional video) and focusing on death specifically and how I’m learning to accept death energy in to my life. I take some time to journal in my home-made Memento Mori journal. (I’ve only just started the journal, but I hope to share ideas pertaining to it soon.)

At the end of the day I once more mediate in front of her altar. This one being much more focused than the morning meditation.