Hekate's Sickle Festival
Seattle, WA | October 5-8, 2023
Rituals & Events
Opening Ritual
Welcome back to Hekate's Sickle Festival 2023! In this hybrid event, we will welcome ourselves back to community, and bless the new space at the Hilton Sea-Tac Convention Center! Be sure to be there so you can help set the space!
Ancestor Greetings
Join us as we invite our blessed dead to enjoy the weekend with us. Bring something to place on the ancestral altar, and get ready to party with those we loved most for the rest of the weekend!
Rite of Release
The newly dead often need encouragement and love to pass over. When we long for them to still be alive, they cannot pass. The Rite of Release is to help any who have lost someone since last we gathered, to sacredly let them pass on to their next stage of rebirth.
Skyclad Ritual
The Skyclad Ritual is an 18+ ritual done completely Skyclad. Few Pagans, especially solitaires, get a chance to experience tradition in this classic Pagan garb. This ritual will center around raising our vibration and our outlook of our sacred self. Showers and deodorant are suggested.
Games of Chance at the Carnival
The Temple of Fortuna returns with their game night and silent auction! Every game earns you tickets for the silent auction. Come play the night away in this fabulous fundraiser, where everyone has a chance to win it big!
Main Ritual
What will the world look like when the Gods evolve? What would happen if the Gods of Love took over Law as part of their domain? What would happen if the Ocean had the power to teach us stewardship? What would happen if Abundance saw us all equally? The Gods of Cascadia have been evolving for years. At Hekate's Sickle Festival this year, we will give voice to their evolution and connect them to this new emerging world. Together we will manifest the dawning of a new era where the gods walk with us upon the earth and mankind is connected to spirit.
Pool Party
Weather permitting, come put on your mermaid tails, and come hang out with Poseidon and Aphrodite of Cascadia at the pool! Everyone loves a good pool party, and if the God of Water and She Borne of the Sea are in attendance, then you can bet poolside will be a splash!
Drunken Divination
Moving to a convention center means that the ATC can bring back our classic PantheaCon event: Drunken Divination! This 21+ party isn’t a place to get drunk and get a reading (though there WILL be a bar); it's about getting a reading from a drunk psychic! In vino veritas = In wine is truth. At Drunken Divination, which is only ever offered at conventions, find out the real skinny behind your readings, and experience the message when the veil is at its thinnest!
THE PARTY
Get ready to party down. Music, dancing, dressing up, lighting, displays of ecstatic worship! The Party will bring it all together as we make a joyous noise unto the Gods that would listen.
Closing Ritual
The veil eventually fills back in, and the time to celebrate our sacred dead comes to a close. Come thank the spirits in attendance for their participation, and leave this place in love and beauty, until next time.
After Care
Closing ritual isn’t the end, it is the closing. The end comes after we come back together on our way out, and tell each other how much they and the weekend meant to us. Selfies, hugs, appreciation, and grounding. Together.