Gods, Idols and Demons: All the Beings I've Worked with..

[@Leroyish]

Santa Muerte, although tied to hispanic and Mexican cultures, can truly be worked with by anyone. She is venerated as a folk saint by catholics, but she is also very much seen as a death deity, a goddess of the afterlife, and a psychopomp. She has ties to the Aztec underworld, necromancy, and has a myriad of aspects, appearing in different colored robes. Like Hecate, She has 3 main images, The Red Robe. The Black Robe, and The White robe. She is a motherly underworld goddess.

[@antwanzhane]

wowzers! when you talked about being trained by Hel to transverse what you’ve been through this last year and how you’ve been to that Bottom; how when you fall in love again it’ll be with someone who has likewise been there; tears sprang to my eyes - i feel like i know exactly what you mean - that recognition - even though what i’ve gone through (and the Legion that has carried me, held me, loved me through it all) has been completely different, your words resonated so deeply - thank you for sharing that which electrifies

[@kelly-annmaddox]

❤️❤️❤️ It doesn't surprise me remotely that you understand exactly what I mean ❤️

[@nishasankaran]

Well said and totally same 🥹❤️

[@thenerdycrone]

I named my daughter 'Athena and she has always been fascinated by Greek mythology as I was as a kid. Now at 17yrs old she is interested in Hellenism.

[@BunnyBug13]

I work with La Santa Muerte and actually had a lot of concerns myself about becoming a devotee when she first called me because my cultural and religious backgrounds were so different. I actually consider myself to be a Celtic pagan, but that really didn't seem to matter to her. I was very careful about starting my work with her and actively looked for others who work with her to ask if it was even appropriate, but what I always hear is that she's death, she comes for us all in the end and that makes anyone worthy to become her devotee regardless of cultural or religious background. She will show you how she wants you to work with her. On a side note, she has to have her own separate altar and it has to be above any other altar in your home or she'll get very offended and she'll make it very obvious that she's not happy until you fix it and apologize! It's because she's death, death comes for us all and will remain even after all else is gone.

[@naturezone6655]

She is OK with me having my angel and st Jude statues on her alter.

[@bethysbarn]

39:00 funnily enough Santa Muerte is prayed to by prisoners and drug traffickers etc also to help them to get through their time in prison etc so that’s like the female equivalent of him and you’ve also been drawn to her! I love Santa Muerte! ❤ I’ve read a few books on her and she’s just amazing and so lovely! ❤❤❤

[@Witchywoodwoman]

Good to know that I'm not the only weird witch, who likes to mix pantheons like crazy. My matron goddess of 20 years is Hekate(I made a ritual to find out which deity wanted to work with me and she showed up), and she wanted me to do more actual witchcraft instead of deity work, so she withdrew from me. But I didn't get it, so I tried to connect with different deitys, because I didn't want to be without matron/patron. But every time I thought I found one (Lilith, Arianrhod, Sekhmet, Hathor, Anubis, Artemis, Aphrodite, Frau Holle, Freya, Frey, Loki - also thinking of maybe connecting with Hel 😉 - or even started with "Lightwork" and connecting with Angels and ascended masters (Michael, Gabriel, Azrael, Lady Nada, Lady Portia), Hekate came back in my life, like with a raised eyebrow. 😂 But especially when I started with witchcraft I was very much anti-christian, although I didn't had bad experiences with the church in this lifetime (except what stands in the bible). I find it also interesting that I mostly wanted to work with celtic deities at the beginning, but that was probably because of the literature available in the 90's, and because I loved the Avalon trilogie. So I was hoping to be able to visit glastonbury, stonehenge or the pyramids and carnak while there are so many barrows all around where I live - and also a former viking village nearby. But as the granddaughter of a Waffen-SS Guy it didn't felt right to connect with nordic deities or work with runes, although I always loved Freya and Hel. Just recently I wanted to work with the Vanir deities, but wasn't sure about it if it was okay as a german to work with scandinavian gods. I started anyway and a little later I made a dna test out of curiosity, and it came out that i wasn't even "stealing culture". As all deities I was ever interested in came from areas in my dna. (Except for egypt deities, but I'm also slightly jewish🤔) Also, I'm totally with you according Kurt Cobain, except I don't have anything around me that would remind me of him (writing this today is weird), because it's would make me just too sad. But as I heard Smells like teen spirit for the first time when I was 10 and was stunned that music that great existed, listened to Nirvana all the time since I was 11, was planning to go to a Nirvana concert when I was 12 and before I turned 13 I knew that this was impossible to happen, it's probably logical that it had a huge effect on me. Looking back it was probably more traumatizing than I realized at the time (not that I wouldn't already have been traumatized a lot at that point). I think he kinda protected me for a while after "it" happened for some reason, or at least he helped me somehow that some bullying stopped. And yes, I did some completely unprotected glass moving when I was 14, and stopped immediatly, after the glass moved into the direction of R after K and U. 😂 One thing more, I got his Journals at some point, although I didn't wanted to at first. And when I glanced over, I almost had a heart attack or so because it was as if I was looking at my english homework or something from my teen years. The handwriting was like 99 % identical. But I thought, maybe it's just in my head, wishful thinking or whatever. So I showed it to my mum without telling her what she was looking at and she thought it was something I made, because the way something was crossed out was the same way I did it - what I didn't noticed, maybe because it is so normal for me. Before this is getting any longer, I just started to read and working with your book and I love it! Very inspiring! 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@labelle9921]

Wow! Your list is EXTENSIVE! I was not ready! I will definitely set aside some time to listen to this one.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Believe me.. I was not ready to do the timestamps 😅

[@labelle9921]

@@kelly-annmaddox Sis, you always put the work in. 💖

[@sissymorning2771]

​@@kelly-annmaddox may I just say your experience with leviathan and the other beings is very uplifting to me is it ok for me to ask you for advice? I've been wanting to contact stolas goetia but am very cautious bc I'm only a novice white witch myself.

[@beanbaghagwag]

This was such a lovely guided tour of the god/goddesses in your life and the importance that some of those past iconic artists in your life and how you honor that.. So heartfelt. You are loved darling. You are very much loved by me and many others.

[@quartzmoon]

Hinduism isn't a machine, it's an incredibly diverse Pick-n-Mix in a giant tub labelled 'Brahman'. Everyone is drawn to different deities and scriptures, you only need to invest in the ones that appeal to you. Some people don't work with any deities at all, they just focus on the formless Brahman and the Upanishads. Everyone's path and practices are unique to them. If you do feel called to work with Kali and Shiva, you should go with it. These Beings come to us because They want to connect. They know They can enrich our lives beyond our wildest imagination. At the end of the day what they care about is our intention, respect and humility, not how well we pronounce mantras or the amount of lore we've crammed. 🌞

[@DarthRayj]

I work with Bast more closely than any other deities right now! I definitely also had that very early connection from learning about Egypt when quite young; even though I was Christian at the time, I still found Her fascinating and felt a nearly irresistible pull to learn more about Her. She's been incredible to work with and learn from, and even long before getting to a point of being willing to work with a deity (Christianity scarred me in some ways) I had wound up with several different statuettes and images of Her; *not a single one of which I've purchased for myself.* They've all been gifts. She had definitely decided "I want this one, when she's ready for me" and then I eventually heeded that call.

[@DarthRayj]

Side note, I don't have a dedicated altar space for Her, I just have images and items around my living space that carry Her presence. I think that's a good way of working with Her, so in some sense, you may be working with Her already. I'll sometimes offer Her a little piece of fruit or something, but aside from my active communication with Her, I don't do much else myself. I've had some dreams and other experiences, but I count that within communication; She's pretty laid-back when it comes to what She wants for you to fall under Her protection. She does have Her eyes over you, but will keep the current distance unless you decide to invite Her closer.

[@abbeypeters2765]

I would really appreciate a video about Leviathan, and demons in general. How do you approach and work with them and do you feel a need to be overly spiritually protective when working with them? If you are ok with talking about that? I am interested in working with demons, and I have a very new relationship budding with Lilith. I would love to go deeper but there is that lil bit of "I'm going to hell" fear, just from residual Christianity in me...also I too adore(d) and have a flirtation with Bast and Athena since young! Love them girls, revere them to this day!

[@maureentaylor4939]

I just love your poetic emotion. It moves me to emotion. My agony brought me to my spiritual walk and in my solitude I have found not just who I am, but who I want to be. The beauty of figuring my shit out in my fifty’s is that a just have no more fucks to give about what anyone thinks of me.

[@teresastorms3774]

Isis has been my fascination since I was maybe 8 or 9 years old. I was reading and studying ancient Egyptian culture as a kid. Her story and what she went through gives me faith to keep gong when life has been black despair. I am actively working with Hekate. She is so multifaceted and I really love the connection we are building. Medusa also since childhood, I am also beginning to work with her and the Gorgons. This was so fascinating, thank you so much for sharing this! ❤️

[@nicholecooper3187]

I wd LOVE the Leviathan vid. Thank you for your generous content 🙏

[@Scarlett-Echo]

I loved this chat! Thank you, Kelly-Ann! I'm coming back from a psychotic break right now, and wow. It's nice to hear, from someone I look up to & respect, talk about mental illness. I'm coming back with much hope & motivation! This list was incredible! I will look into some of the people named to make myself aware of their work. Thanks, love! XX 💙

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Bless you, darling. Sending you all my empathy! ❤ I talk about my psychosis in the video I just uploaded, under the timestamp 'have a safe place to land.' ❤

[@Scarlett-Echo]

@@kelly-annmaddox Thank you, Kelly-Ann. You're such an inspiration & from what I can see, a strong, beautiful & authentic person. XX 💙

[@marestellarum7894]

Ready to learn from Kelly-Ann!! Your spiritual journey is so inspiring! ❤️❤️

[@VenusianRose]

Your list is incredible! Its so varied & well rounded. You are such an oracle of wisdom i learn so much from your insight & experiences. I’m currently working with lady Aphrodite & i really want to work with Snow white’s archetype aswell

[@sophiavinaz]

girlfriend yassss 🙌🙌🙌✨✨ I feel this, I hear you. First of All thank you 🙏 for being you! Truly means a lot to see and hear someone being authentically honest with themselves ❤ much Love ❤️ thank you You have mentioned quite a few people that have sincerely impacted and made quite the impression in my journey. Joan of Arc… wow I found her/ more like she found me during my adolescent years I maybe was 14-15, in a deep depression a dark place and I was moved by her story her courage really lifted me out a mud puddle. I have a deep respect and admiration for her. omg Henry’s Wives I feel the same. I feel that , especially Catherine of Aragon , I believe I have a special affinity for her in particular due to my Spanish heritage and can relate to a lot of the religious and cultural background there. Anne Boleyn, all of them , I have always been very fascinated with their lives and their stories. Virginia Woolf ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Big time Love 🙌🙌🙌 💯 most definitely My wife is a huge Sylvia Plath fan Big time! ❤❤❤ That is her jam!!! We have a special place on our bookshelf for her. She is also a huge Frida fan. Which is interesting as I have always been intrigued by her and am now reading more into her life as she keeps showing up More and more, very timely at this point in my life. Beautiful and a blessing. Along with Woolf she is wow she does it for me big time. I’ve always felt drawn to the Brontë sisters, and have found myself praying and lighting candles for them. I also enjoy Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne and H G Wells. Simone de Beauvoir ❤❤❤ Rosa Parks and other Bad ass women, Women’s Suffrage Movement. Billie Holiday. ❤ This takes me back to my adolescent years my beauties and I growing up would listen to her in reverence and romanticize and paint a picture of us in that jazz bar listen to her ❤ absolute pleasure listening to her. Ella Fitzgerald is a love ❤️ I was just watching a documentary on her the other day. I have mad respect for her. Some others that have always had a special place in my journey is indeed Kurt Cobain. I have had his poetry and pictures on my walls all through teen years and still have a picture of him I carry and an OG picture of Nirvana Nevermind years. I was just thinking about them today , and also reminded this was one of the first cassette tapes I ever owned, given to me by a dear friend. I had a unplugged tshirt with a pic of Kurt in his green sweater with, “the sun is gone, but I have a light. “ I treasure this. It was one of the first band shirts I worked for over summer as a kid to buy for myself. This imagery and Kurt really influenced and carried me through he was as an artist and person. Some others on my altar space. Dedication are RJD Ronnie James Dio, Lemmy 🤘🏽🤘🏽 Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jerry Garcia, David Bowie and Sid Vicious. I too honor special birth days anniversary days. Celebrating their life and legacy and their meaning in mine. My wife also has a love in our home and Vinyl for Nick Drake , John Lennon and George Harrison ❤ Some other artists I admire and honor in my space are Bosch- Hieronymus Bosch, Van Gogh and Salvador Dali ❤

[@anayrre2062]

This feeling: "I only have this candle for 5 minutes, and it's already telling me what to do!" 😂😂😂

[@candydyhart2383]

Fascinating video. I felt spellbound the whole time.

[@oliviayin6363]

Thank you so much for sharing this video with us. Your fascinations fascinate me, and inspire me too!

[@TempestGetchell]

Oh I am SOOOOOOOO excited and have been waiting for this one!

[@kelly-annmaddox]

It's been ready for ages, but with the year anniversary of Nick's death coming up, I didn't really feel like putting it out. So glad it's finally here x

[@TempestGetchell]

@@kelly-annmaddox that makes a lot of sense. Sending love

[@TarotMagpie]

This video came at such a perfect time, I've been majorly feeling Aphrodite recently (in a kind of, "oh, *that's* what all of this has been pointing at" way because I am nothing if not oblivious) but any kind of deity work is something I feel like so many people claim there is a right or wrong way to go about it, so hearing you break down your journey and approach to it has been really refreshing and inspiring!

[@nikaweres]

As slavic pagan I'm always so happy when people recognise our gods and goddesses in conversation about deities and I'm absolutely ecstatic to learn people pay them respect. Slava!

[@kelly-annmaddox]

❤️❤️❤️

[@KikiYK]

Im early for once for a new video! Excited for this one KAM. 💜

[@rebeccagarner7665]

Kelly-Ann you rock! I have had a rough few months and when I was in the hospital Hecate came to me so I've started 'casually dating' her - but Archangel Michael is my man! And my matron is Anne Boleyn, she's always been with me since I was 12. I'm interested to see if anyone makes an appearance in my life

[@kelly-annmaddox]

I hope you are recovering as much as possible after hospital ❤ And.. wow having Anne Boleyn as your matron is soooo fucking cool.

[@ViolinViolaMasterclass]

So happy to see this✨ fabulous

[@HollarMoonMountain]

Just love your darling glasses!!!

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

I loved this Kelly-Ann. So much food for thought here... It's amazing to think back to childhood - I remember so vividly learning about Medusa and she was sooooo villanised in school by teachers and the kids - of course the full tale wasn't told! I remember Persephone always being a figure I was drawn to as well; and Hekate, though I found her frightening then, because of the teachings. And I also became fascinated with the Egyptians. I had reoccurring dreams throughout my childhood about being a particular person in Egypt and being tortured - it was very strange. But Isis was the goddess who stuck with me from that time. Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene too, having been raised in COE schools. The teaching always focused on Jesus though. Interestingly enough - all of these deities are always around and still part of my practice now; even in the smallest ways; perhaps they come and go and check in; its not like I even ask for their assistance, they just come when I may need support. They are there like pillars. The main deities I connect with are The Morrigan and Lilith. The Morrigan, I've been working with for about 5 years now; just after my son was born; but so often The Morrigan will disappear and thats frequently been when Hekate or Mother Mary might appear again. The Morrigan is like 'okay, yup this is a problem. so sort it out, figure out the answer and let me know when you know!' and then disappears, but Hekate feels firm and stern in a similar way, but she won't just leave to let me get on with it alone, there will be check ins, whether or not I ask for them. And Lilith has been coming through for about a year and a half or so and is way more persistent that I expected at first; its been a lot of shadow work and healing work especially in the womb and heart space. It's a wild ride for sure. In a way, I'm thinking that I shouldn't say those longterm deities who are always there are not my main deities, because it feels a bit rude to them, but I never want to feel or sound like I'm pic'n'mixing dieties, because it's way more sacred than that; and the hours of reading and devotion etc. I think more of what it is is that the relationships are just so different with each deity and there isn't a comparison. 🙏So much love and blessings 💜

[@fairyfortunes9362]

I so appreciate what you said regarding Tyr and Hel. I connect with what you said about going through training with Hel so you would be prepared for the darkness.

[@tomlinwilding]

I take it you have seen Six the musical. That rocks in my house so much. Thank you for sharing all of this.

[@katieh6853]

I love this- also I love the movie Basquiat- what an interesting man!

[@Zullala]

This made me think about my spirit court and how big it is... Honestly I can hardly keep up with my physical realm friends I'm not sure how to honor all these spirits too!

[@kellybright862]

Loved this video! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us! Please could we get a Leviathan video? Something struck me when you mentioned him.... I've always been a lover of Cthulu, almost as a protector of the waters and it's residents from human destruction....

[@Cateesi]

This was so interesting, listening to you talk about all these relationships, thank you for the video ✨. I also have some sort of fascination for Kali, since I was a child. I remember being intrigued by some furniture my parent's friends brought from India. One of them had a colorful decor with what I think was Indian gods and goddesses, and Kali, it was truly beautiful. I wanted to know more. And for Bast, well, I liked her since forever too, and she is the first goddess that came to me, 2 years into witchcraft... She gave me so much already, I am forever thankful 🖤

[@jessplanninglife6488]

This was a great video, darling heart. Thank you. Being Australian I don't know a lot about the wives of Henry Viii but I saw the musical Six last year and *loved* it. The show came out of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017 and if you haven't already, I strongly recommend you check out the soundtrack on whatever music streaming service you use. It's such a clever show and I think you'll love it. ❤

[@Chrome166]

The Kurt Cobain thing is really cool to hear about, because I grew up in the small coastal town he was from. He's absolutely a local legend, there's a statue of him and everything. I've never really listened to the music, but he has such a presence there that everyone is just tuned in on him and his life, even the generations like myself that were too young to even remember when he was around. Also I agree with you about the whole humanizing thing, in fact the thing I love so much about polytheism is that it's generally very humanizing of all deities (not even to mention the fact that many may be based on actual people that lived at one point, who knows). Gods and goddesses to me are fundamentally human, but to the extent of divine, and that's how we essentially relate to them.

[@whichcraftnow]

Having had religion shoved at me from every direction growing up in the Bible belt of southern US, I never thought in a million years that working with any dieties, gods, or goddesses would appeal to me when beginning my spiritual/witchcraft journey. Then, during a meditation, I had a vision. I googled what I had seen, and Bast kept coming up over and over. I now work with her during some of my workings, always keep her likeness visible, and thank her with offerings for presenting herself to me in the way that she did. It's beautiful. Now I keep seeing Isis and Kali. So they are next to research and invite into my home and workings. It's a beautiful thing when a diety chooses you to work with them. I also keep seeing the oracle of delphi over and over...constantly for the past several years. I don't how or what I'm supposed to be looking for in regards to that information, but it's continuous. I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. Haha! Edited to mention Freya. She keeps popping up occasionally in a "take me or leave me" kind of way, which is absolutely intriguing. So obviously a deep dive into her will also be happening as well. Isn't it marvelous when they speak to you with no provocation on your part? I've grown to find this absolutely fascinating, it it strengthens my relationship with "god", source, the divine, the creator, the ALL, the universe....whatever you choose to call it, that I wanted NO part of growing up with churches on every corner and a mother who made sure we tried them all. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@TheStitchinWitch]

Egyptian mythology was my first love too, but it was Isis that really captured my heart. Same with Demeter in Greco-Roman mythology. Medusa was one that scared the crap out of me, lol. The snakes scared me away.

[@autumnsmith3585]

I hope you get more Jesus connections. He is truly amazing. Archangel Michael is a true warrior. Kurt Cobain🕯 passed when I was in 8th grade. I will Never forget the Wednesday morning at school after his passing. Very interesting video.

[@naturezone6655]

I am an occult practitioner and Christ has been there for me over and over again.

[@NJ-cj6sd]

Very interesting video. I love hearing about other people's idols as it makes me reconnect with my own, which is very comforting and exciting and makes me come alive. Yes, we shared a few too - Alexander McQueen, Ian Curtis, Nina Simone and Baldr, just off the top of my head 💛 x

[@AlexGreeneHypnotist]

Honey, it was such a pleasure listening to you. It felt like you were in the room with me, just talking, me just listening, while we have a full-on vegetarian meal straight from The 8th Day in Manchester. :) And chess afterwards, or you reading out poetry from your fave poets while I read out some of mine.

[@yunglynda1326]

i was drawn to kali too!! i did see shiva natraj (the dancer), but she was not seen in the type of hinduism i grew up in(or maybe not shown to me by the folks i grew up with🤔 still unraveling that!), but i was instantly enamored as well❤️

[@TITARNYA]

When I was in college, I was in theatre studies and we did the Bacchae (I was part of the chorus and the Maenads ). It was my introduction to The Dionysian cult. At the time I was practicing my craft so it was spiritual for me hahahah I haven’t worked much with masculine energies but AA Michael was the first spiritual being I came into contact with. His energy is important to me (especially when I was in an abusive home) As a non-Christian I have a weird relationship to Christian deity - I have a lot of respect for Christ the humanitarian. Great video 💜🌈

[@pajamaslam3083]

omg dionysus came into my life in the last year too 🤯 wow 2022, year of the lad 😂🥂

[@LouValcourt]

Loved this video! I also felt a connection to Joan of Arc since I was young and to the 6 wives of Henry the VIII. As for people that have passed on Lemmy and Tom Petty, also Jane Austin and the Brontë sisters.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

OMG YES the Brontë sisters 😍 Three diamonds. I had a journal with that painting of them on the front when I was a kid and I filled it with wistful poems. ❤️❤️❤️ Love how many people are connected to Lemmy. 😋 The statue of him at Hellfest with his ashes under it 🙏✨️

[@LouValcourt]

@@kelly-annmaddox oh I didn’t know that statue had his ashes under it. That’s amazing!

[@AmyLlew]

Yes Medusa! Her and I have been playing spiritual phone tag for a few years now. Have you listened to Medusa by Emma Ruth Rundle? Goodness sakes that song! ✨🥰✨

[@ladysmall9853]

I was introduced to Greek Mythology in 4th grade through an activity called Odyssey of the Mind. My group created and performed a drama of the God's arguing about the Trojan War. I played Athena. I have had an interest in the Greek pantheon since. I attended a guided journey with Lilith in 2019. She winked at me while appearing rather Medusa like. In 2020 I worked with Freya for a time and She helped me during the early times of the Covid pandemic.

[@tourmalinequeen5252]

Hi Kelly Ann could you possibly do a video on how to do a devotional to a deity? Thank you

[@paperstorycraft]

Thanks for sharing. I’ve just started my journey two years ago. I haven’t worked with anyone but I do dream and work with animals.

[@aprilkeroack5283]

In my new office I have this odd spot that I plan on making my personal “column of saints”. Pictures of all the people or characters people have played that I feel have played a part in who I am now 💜

[@lilyrose1529]

Thank you for sharing Kelly-Ann 🖤 And absolutely about Henry VIII wives! Many informational rabbit-holes taken around those fascinating women…Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon especially 👑

[@nelle734]

I work with Athena, she is amazing. My UPG is that her domain includes technology and she is helping me a lot with studying IT.

[@sanrigansan1441]

Hello! I'm super interested what do you thinks about working with fictional characters? I encountered a story about gods but it's not actual panteon, they're all fictiobnal, but I am soooo drawn to one of them! So many times I've catched myself on a thought, yeah, that's the kind of deity I'd want to be my patron. I know characters like that, especially, popular ones can make strong egregor. But as far as know egregor doesn't equal deity. So like it would be really nice to hear your thoughts about this. Thank you!

[@kelly-annmaddox]

100% a good idea to work with fictional characters, yessss. I am obsessed with Aslan and The White Witch from Narnia Chronicles. I reckon it's fair to say there is a spiritual connection there. I have journeyed with Aslan in the air. 🦁 And I feel connected to some movie star characters ❤

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Which ones do you work with?

[@sanrigansan1441]

@@kelly-annmaddox yesssss, thank you for inspiration, I am NOT holding back now xDD

[@sanrigansan1441]

​@@kelly-annmaddox I usually work with wiccan god and goddess, Hermes and Venus. I also have few peculiar stories of deities hopping on and off, sometimes seeming for no reason at all. But, just a few month before the war started (I'm from Ukraine) I had the brightest dream of Athena, like so bright and clear and full of sunshine, so I'm 100% sure this lady is on our side 🥰 Also I recently started getting thoughts about Hell, though I don't really even know anything about her, but since it's coming I guess I need to start doing my studies 😅

[@kelly-annmaddox]

@Sanrigan San For a Ukrainian to connect with Athena in this time is pure poetry, darling. ❤️❤️❤️ I hope you end up close to Hel too. 💋

[@Merlynoflore]

And Sir Thomas Mallory and Arthurian lore, Dickens and Christmas Carol, and finally Doyle and Sherlock Holmes

[@robertbradley8309]

I am fascinated by Joan of Arc. How did you make the connection to her. Was it by divination?

[@heatherb7565]

vivienne westwood was one I thought might be in your list - too many to name, I know! 😀

[@MagentaMauve]

Please do, I'd like your take on Dionysus:)

[@Scentyland]

Great video and so interesting. I was raised Catholic so Jesus and Mother Mary were first. But as soon as I grade 6 witchcraft was available to me via encyclopaedias and by the time I hit Highschool the internet led me down a rabbit hole. Hel was the first goddess I was interested in but I feel I was too young to work with her (I was 14-15).

[@kelly-annmaddox]

That's fascinating. Has Hel come back to you since then? ❤

[@bogbuns]

Looooved to hear all you had to say! We have many in common! but you also inspired me with honoring the Leviathan! Got me thinking about a dream I had a few weeks ago! Also Talks about how Carl Jung inspired my own philosophy: S h a k I n g 😂he is THE DADDY c’mon 💜🤣 So much love

[@dawnlightening]

@Kelly-Ann Maddox - I am just starting my magical/spiritual/occult journey and I have a question for you Kelly-Ann. I noticed that you are queer (43:43), as were Crowley (bisexual), Bishop Ledbetter (Theosophist), David Conway & Phil Hine to name those that I know of. I'm a hetero man. Am I at a disadvantage for being so? Would my journey have been easier if I were queer? Also, have you looked at Ishtar/Innana for inspiration?

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Hi there. 👋 No, straight people are defo not at any disadvantage. I think you happen to find a lot of queer people in magick because subversive/atypical ways of thinking, living and loving tend to find each other and mesh together. One's instinct when they are different is to go in search of what is different; you look for the stuff on the edges when you're already living on those edges, and queer people in previous generations were more sidelined than they are now in many cultures. Straight magicians are all over the place. They just don't mention it, since being straight is the default, so the conversation never comes up and they don't see fit to highlight it, you know? Ishtar/Inanna is a great myth but not one I have personally connected with much yet.

[@aprilkeroack5283]

One day we need to have a tea so I can tell you about my experience with Mother Mary when I was going through my psychotic break. Way too much for a KZbin comment but I wouldn’t be here without her help for sure

[@anthonycoyle2889]

The Green Man, he is a part of me, and I am a part of him. He is birth. Life and death. The balance

[@ViolinViolaMasterclass]

Have you read the Immortality Key or The Road to Eleusis?📚

[@gypsy1588]

Love all that you have said here, and I identify with so much.

[@naahhhhHHHHHHHHHH]

I am loving all the modern retellings of Medusa, from TV (like the new Charmed), to novels (Stone Blind by Natalie Hayes, or Medusa by Jessie Burton).

[@TITARNYA]

People need inspirational figures - and every person has a unique signature IMO. Tapping in to a part of that persona/energy allows you to bring that energy through your own energy signature (if that make sense). A soul recognition maybe….

[@pamelajackson4356]

I've heard people say that they believe Jesus was a witch can I ask your opinion on that?

[@kelly-annmaddox]

He was THE Magician archetype personified. I love it when people call him a witch. It's ostensibly true PLUS it's blasphemous. What's not to love? 😅

[@Merlynoflore]

Hades, Poseidon, Poe, Lugosi, George Washington, Houdini, Archangel Uriel, Eric Carr, Ulysses Grant, Persephone and Anubis for me.

[@pleasureisgood5957]

Mine were : Gaia, Aphrodite, Prometheus, Nemesis, Hestia, Athena. The way I praticed that at the time was more close to hellenism, so I had two different altars. The altar for the olympians where Hestia, Athena and Aphrodite statues were. And the altar to cthonica where Nemesis, Gaia and Prometheus were. Nowdays I'm in a different path, one that doesn't require much work with deities at all and not much rituals either. Mostly chaos magik I'd say.

[@LavenderHazelwood]

Not bypassing your topic at all but I just have to say that I have glasses just like yours! xo

[@HazelJaneTarot]

Oscar Wilde. He was the first and probably most lasting figure who hit me the way you describe. From an English teacher at school first introduced him to us. He wrote brilliantly in every mode. Genius doesn't cover it. His life and work have fascinated me. When I went to his grave it was a pilgrimage. And to L'Hotel where he lived his last days and died. And the house he was born in Dublin. And his mum Speranza's house in Merrion Square. And and... I love being able to pilgrimage to the places these great artists lived. It's absolutely humanising. Anyway, thank you for another fascinating video.

[@thedragonsknow]

What was the Joan of the Arc biography you’d read?

[@mariettebaker269]

ive always been drawn to Anna of Cleves

[@LaGuerra02061989]

I've always been connected to Anne Boyleon

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Ooooh hell yeah! 💗

[@Merlynoflore]

When the Aphrodite stuff happened did any form of love enter your life?

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Yesss. 😍 A very significant romantic beginning.

[@Merlynoflore]

There you go! That's why she came into your life.

[@sankofm8024]

All is okay for now!.

[@Merlynoflore]

Ronny James Dio & Elvis Presley are also special spiritually for me.

[@5Raven]

It’s so strange how deities come to you Tyr came to me and I can’t understand why because as you said the God of war and justice. But you need to listen and be thankful. I would love hear more about your experience with Tyr I connect with ravens I have 5. So I would thought Odin the all father. Because I love learning and knowledge or Floki the raven god.

[@tourmalinequeen5252]

I was working with dyonisus when I started questioning my relationship with alcohol. I think he had a part to play in making me realise I was too much of a pleasure seeker abd I had to reign it in a bit lol

[@sirenpheonix626]

"why am I in England?" 😂 😂 😂

[@theblackberryhag]

I loved this video so much! Thank you for sharing all of this, and especially thank you for emphasizing that it's possible to have many connections that are just there, not necessarily active or needing anything from us at the moment. I tend to get anxious about who may be coming back or who may be wanting attention, and this was a helpful reminder that it's okay to just relax and let it all happen organically--or not, as the case may be. Odin has been my patron for twenty years, but he comes and goes--which is his nature, but it took me the longest time to accept! The deity I'm working with most actively right now is Poseidon (for a little over a year) and the first one I ever made contact with was Isis (when I was a small child--and she became strongly merged with the Virgin Mary for me in my teens). Others I've had in my orbit but who are not exactly active are Aphrodite, Hekate, Santa Muerte, and Lucifer. Oh, and for humans, the mighty dead, I've loved Cleopatra since I was about five, and in my thirties I became very enamored of Anne Boleyn--but Katherine of Aragon and the other wives of Henry VIII have been growing on me since then; I did a little squee when you mentioned them! Oh, and Eleanor of Aquitaine; what an amazing person she was!

[@HollarMoonMountain]

Have you ever been to India?

[@leonie366]

Encarta 😂 early neurodivergent hyperfocus friend

[@yunglynda1326]

thank you so so much for sharing your queer altar🙏🏾🌈🙏🏾

[@studionightshade]

I've always gotten a dark feminine/androgynous energy for Leviathan. I always feel them when near the sea though.

[@kelly-annmaddox]

I know lots of peeps relate to Leviathan as a female energy or genderfluid. So interesting ❤

[@candydyhart2383]

Have u ever been to United States?

[@kelly-annmaddox]

Yes I believe Kelly-Ann visited NYC once before 🥰 - Dani 🦡🦡

[@generalragnarr]

Levi is dual .