I ran across this in Barbara O'Neal's book, The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue about the goddesses Hecate:
Hecate completes the goddess triad of the Maiden (Persephonje) the mother (Demeter) and the wise woman (Hecate). She walks between the seen and the unseen world but resides in neither, carrying a flaming torch so she can see where others can’t—into the human psyche.
She is accompanied by her dog (or horse), her sacred animals, and offers her magical protection in times of danger. If you have that sense of foreboding sitting in your solar plexus, it may be that you are standing at a crossroad and are unsure about where you need to go next.
Rest assured that Hecate is walking alongside you, carrying her torch with which to guide you.”
--www.goddess.com.au
I questioned O'Neal's use of the goddesses, not as sorcery, but as representations of the stages of a woman's life, maiden, mother and wise woman. Perhaps that is why it stuck with me.
