Letting Go Without Guilt: A Cross...

Letting Go Without Guilt: A Crossroads Release Ritual

Explicit
Salt & Sovereignty: Witchcraft, Hekate, Shadow Work & Spirit... by Ashley Pemble
E23
Sep 3, 2026
27:49

Episode notes

What happens when a relationship, a belief, or a version of yourself hasn't done anything wrong, but it's stopped adding anything to your life?

In this episode of Salt & Sovereignty, Ash sits with the guilt of outgrowing something you still love, the fear of becoming someone who abandons people, and the difference between fading away from a connection versus consciously closing the door on it. Drawing on Hekate as goddess of crossroads and thresholds, she talks honestly about why releasing doesn't require a villain, and why gratitude and grief can coexist in the same ending.

The episode closes with an original ritual, The Release at the Crossroads, a gentler alternative to traditional cord-cutting that works for people, practices, or old versions of yourself, and is written to adapt to any spiritual practice or none at all.

Keywords

shadow work
witchcraft
Hekate
Hekatean witchcraft
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fear of abandonment
release ritual
cord cutting
crossroads ritual