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I know you’ve all been waiting to see this piece completed and here it is— Hecate’s Garden! Seen here as Hecate Chthonia, she resides over the poisonous plants of the underworld. She rests on a crescent moon as a symbol of her reign over the dominion of night. She holds aloft two torches in reference to her aid of Persephone and her illumination of crossroads, thresholds, and areas of transition. Hecate’s association with poisonous plants stems from her legendary herb garden on the island of Colchis, in which she grew poisonous plants in addition to other medicinal herbs. Her skill of working with the volatile nature of poisonous plants was unmatched, and she passed on her vast knowledge to her handmaiden and devoted priestess, the witch Medea.
