Initiation Altar

Recently I completed my initiation into the Firefly Outer Circle of the Council of Elders. It was a wonderful and deeply personal experience and I don’t think I can really put in to words how it felt and what it meant to do this. I felt such a sense of accomplishment that all of my hard work had paid off, and I was truly committed to walking this path, alone and with Firefly, to learn and grow and become.

I thought I would post a picture of my altar, how it was set up for my half of the initiation.

There is a candle for each cardinal point or element, and at the centre is a purple candle for spirit. As you can see there is a pentagram on the tile, this is the top of my altar, I took everything else off to perform this ritual. There was a candle for the Goddess (silver) and God (gold) also but since I am not a Witch who worships Deity, they were there more for the symbolism and the representation of balance.

My Initiation

About 2 years ago I joined an online school called The Firefly Academy; it’s a Wicca/Witchcraft school with a fantastic range of courses and a wonderful teaching staff. After doing the prerequisite courses I qualified to be initiated into the Outer Circle of Firefly as a Priestess.

I chose the name Nephthys Darkmoon as my magical and priestess name because I had received it. One night in bed this name kept going through my mind and it felt right, it felt like it was meant to be me, meant to be mine. Nephthys is the Egyptian Goddess of divination, hidden knowledge and dreams, and I have always been fascinated with her, so much so I have part of her name in my business. Darkmoon is the phase of the moon I like best, going outside and seeing a clear sky full of stars is just fantastic!

On March 26th I performed my initiation and it was an incredible experience, it felt amazing to honour those who had taught me and it felt amazing to have achieved something so wonderful. Now I look forward to the path ahead with Firefly and my own spirituality as Lady Nephthys Darkmoon.


(If you are at all interested in checking out the Firefly Academy go to: http://online.fireflyacademy.org/)