The Western Gate

Toing and Froing, Up 'n' Down in the Earth


The Articles of Witchcraft. The Witchcraft Oracle.


For a pack of cards, 52 in number for each week of the year, and one- the fool, who reigns but for a day. The Oracle of the Year and a day. To the ‘tools’ assigned a Goddess, the feminine divine, and thus each tool when handled is ‘viewed’ not as it is but in place of She, the Goddess unto whom it is bestowed.

These are the format for my own personal ‘Oracle’ cards, I have added a video preview at end, but the images shown are not by my hand- they are generated from uploaded artwork and prompts, this deck is not for commercial rights or sale but to inspire and suggest.

I Raise my Wand for our Brigid.
I hold my Staff , Demeter.
The Stang Sublime The Elphame Queen.
The Sword I Deem, is Iusticia seen.

Boline of Circe, To Harvest thee.
Liliths Athame, Blessed Be.
Our Gaia, The Earthen Shield .
Mother Mary, The Chalice She.

Sekmets Scourge, Lucinda’s Light;
Ring Free Tara, Hail Sophia’s Sight;
The Robe of Nyx, The Morrigan’s Spear;
Lamastu Chained, Hathoor Scent Here.

By Vesta’s Altar, Athena Weighs;
Medusa Reflects as Kali slays;
The Oracle of Isis, and Morgan La Fey
grinds herbs on mortar, pestles way.

Nephythys and the effigy;
as Pomba Gira’s Fetishes energy;
From the priestess~ Marie Laveau
her pouch unbound gives all .

Frigg holds the Orb
and Freya adorns the jewels
around her neck
the old tree lores.

Inannna shows the Ring
and The Cailleach sing
in the sacred circle
That will be done, begins.

Hera wears the crown
and blessed salt of Salacia;
upon the unconquered pedestal
Nemesis stands.

Tiamat the aged Relic
lost and found;
The urn of The Magdalene
A chalice sealed and bound.

Hecate lights the Torch
and Lakshmi gives the boon;
The Girdle upon Aphrodite
dances Muts sacred tune .

The Cymbal rings by Astartes hand
and shows the sigils Erzulie found.
In the well of Coventina,
Santa Muerte’s scythe is crowned.

Pandora eyes the casket
as Cerridwen stirs the slush
in her cauldron ever flowing
to Nenevehs Besoms brush.

Persephone holds the mace
but lost without a trace
in winter underground;
but in spring is refound.

Dianas Bow and Arrow
rides the hunt for the prize;
Clotho, Lachesis, Atropis
Spin, Measure, then demise.

And the Keys of Enodia
reveal the fate that we are;
Life is judged by feather
and Maat our last memoir.





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Wot’s this all about then Guv’nor ?;-
The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.

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