Hekate's Cave

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Medea’s Reasons by Salma Deera 

This is probably my favorite poem, and a couple of years back, I illustrated it through a series of portraits featuring women from biblical stories, folklore, and mythology. I wanted to revisit the poem and create something that was more simple and focused on the titular heroine. 

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Hekate, Dark Mother

Devin Forst.

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Inv.-Nr. 1922,  Museo Chiaramonti, Rome triple-bodied Hecate Roman copy (early third century) after an original of the Hellenistic period Ancient chthonic goddess, daughter of the Titan Perses and Asteria, originating from Caria; very diverse in her functions. She helps kings in the administration of justice, people in counselling and war, protects hunting and fishing, helps women in childbirth and raising children, protects gates and paths (often with haunting), therefore with a ghostly character and goddess of folk superstition, accompanied by the souls of the violently dead; according to Hesiod, she is directly descended from the Titans; she is related to the underworld and to magic; she is often depicted as a circular group of three female figures with their backs turned to the centre, each carrying a torch and accompanied by a dog;  howling dogs announced her nocturnal approach; patroness of magic and superstition until the Middle Ages; also represented in the great frieze of Pergamon

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"All nature is a vast symbolism: Every material fact has sheathed within it a spiritual truth." Edwin Powell Hubble

Hekate by Kaysha Siemens

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三相女神-黑卡蒂

Triple Goddess-HEKATE

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Hekate - Ameluria

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HELLO???

love me a maiden goddess who instills fear into men and looks sexy as hell while she does it

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In the Greek pantheon, Hekate is known as a protector of entryways, borders, and crossroads. She is also a Cthonic (underworld) goddess who exists on the peripheries of the pantheon, and teaches witches like Circe and Medea their magical crafts. Therefore, she has darker associations with death, the underworld, the moon, magic spells, and spirits.

In Hesiod’s Theogany, Hecate is the daughter of Titans Perses and Asteria. For defeating the giant Pergamon in the Gigantomauchy (epic battle between Olympians and Giants), Hekate is the only Titan to retain her powers under the rule of Zeus, who gives Hecate a share of earth, heaven and sea. Like Hermes, Hekate is one of the few deities to have the power to move between the realms of the living and the dead, thus, her portrayal holding divine keys.

One of the most famous myths involving Hecate is Hades’ abduction of Demeter’s daughter, Persephone. Hekate assists Demeter in the underworld by leading the way with torchlight, and later becomes an attendant to Persephone. Hecate’s sacred animal ally is a black dog, said to be Hecuba, Queen of Troy, who was reincarnated by Hekate after suicide. For this reason, dogs were sacrificed and eaten in Hekate’s honor. Another sacred animal servant is the Polecat (weasel), who was the handmaiden Galinthias punished for a deception involving the birth of Hercules.

Around the 5th century B.C.E. we see the first sculptural totem figures portraying Hekate in the triple body form surrounding a central column. These votive statues for the protection of travelers would be placed at crossroads with each figure facing a different path.

Hekate is associated with a variety of frightening Daimones (minor divinities or spirits which could be good or evil.) the Empusae was a shapeshifting specter with the body of a woman, and one leg of brass and the other of a donkey, with hopes of devouring a traveler. The Lamia was originally a vengeful Libyan serpentine woman who devoured children, but later was seen to take the form of attractive, voluptuous woman who would seduce a traveler and feast on their fresh blood. The Mormo was another phantom bogeyman said to be sent out by Hekate to nibble on misbehaving children. Hecate was also followed by a retinue of underworld torch bearing nymphs, called the Lampads. These attendants would accompany both Hekate and Persephone on their journeys between the realms, and also symbolically assist initiates of the Eleusinian mysteries.

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Hecate, goddess of thresholds and witchcraft 🔮✨🗡🐍

☆Merch Here☆

[mikeybooch]

“…Hekate, with a torch in her hands, met Demeter, and spoke to her and told her news: ‘Queenly Demeter, bringer of seasons and giver of good gifts, what god of heaven or what mortal man has rapt away Persephone and pierced with sorrow your dear heart? For I heard her voice, yet saw not with my eyes who it was. But I tell you truly and shortly all I know.’

So, then, said Hekate. And the daughter of rich-haired Rhea answered her not, but sped swiftly with her, holding flaming torches in her hands.”

-Homeric Hymn to Demeter

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Hekatean Witchcraft Master List

Hekate Posts

Informational Posts

Recommended Reading List

Common Misconceptions of Hekate

What is Hekatean Witchcraft?

Hekate as the Cosmic World Soul

Crowned with Snakes and Branches of Oak: Hekate Brimo

Hekate as a Witch Goddess

Hekate’s Plants/Herbs

Offerings for Hekate

Signs From Hekate

Crossroads and Hekate

Hekate Oil Recipe

Small Ways to Incorporate Hekate Worship/Devotion into Your Everyday Life

Zeus and Hekate

Hekatean Home Protection

Hekate Prayers

Prayer to the Many Faces of Hekate

Hymn to Hekate Pharmakeia

Prayer of Devotion to Hekate

Prayer to Hekate on the Dark Moon

Prayer to Hekate for Vengeance and Justice

Medea’s Invocation of Hekate

Prayer to Hekate for Guidance

Nightly Prayer to Hekate

Prayer to Hekate Soteira

Prayer to Hekate of the Foxes for Guidance

Prayer to Hekate When Crossing Thresholds

Prayer to Hekate to Avert Evil Spirits

Spells and Rituals

Hekatean Circle Casting

Full Moon Ritual

Hekate’s Deipnon and Dark Moon Ritual

Rite of Dedication to Hekate

Invocation of Hekate for Rites of the Dead

Invocation of Hekate and Helios for Aid in Witchcraft

To Prevent an Enemy’s Progress and Success

Hekate’s Open Pathways Spell

Hekatean Witchcraft Curse

Ritual to Banish a Malignant Spirit

Medeia Posts

Introduction to Worshipping Medeia

Medeia Epithets

Prayer to Medeia for Women’s Empowerment

Prayer to Medeia for Aid in Witchcraft

Prayer to Medeia for Vengeance

Prayer to Medeia for Guidance

Pan Posts

Offerings for Pan

Invocation of Pan for Aid in Witchcraft

To Pan in the Fall

To Pan in the Winter

Prayer to Pan for Easing Depression

Pan’s Love and Sex Charm

General Posts

Shrines: A Moderately In-Depth Look

Witchcraft History Book Recommendations

Deities, Worship, and Magic

Prayer Candle Divination

On Substitutions

A Note on Priesthood

Witchcraft and Hellenic Polytheism

A Cunning Man Who Liked Men: A Bit About James Thomas

Spells and Rituals

Kirke’s True Colors Spell

Rite of Blood

To Curse a Bigot

Halloween Ritual

To Strengthen a Distant Relationship

Stop Gossip Spell

For Protection Against Witchcraft

Gay Love Spell: To Conjure Love from Another Man

(To be continuously updated)

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🏛Hellenic cheat sheets🏛

In construction

Here are some cheat sheets with general information about the Greek Gods which you might find useful in worship but not only!

There is plenty of information I did not include. These are just simple cheat sheets. I could not fit everything in there but this might come in handy if you’re just starting out or want to get to know the Hellenic Gods.

For more information about them, I highly recommend you check out the websites or books I listed in sources!

PSA: Some of the things listed in offerings and associations section are more modern, thus could be regarded as UPGs/SPGs

⚡ The Olympians ⚡

Zeus

Hera

Poseidon

Demeter

Athena

Apollo

Artemis

Ares

Hephaestus

Aphrodite

Hermes

Hestia

Dionysus

Mount Olympus - Home of the Gods

Hyperborea

🦴The Underworld🦴

Hades

Persephone

Hekate

Hypnos

Thanatos

Erinyes

House of Hades & the Afterlife

🌱 Minor deities & daimones 💫

Nemesis

Eris

Phobos & Deimos - bonus info

Eros

Nike

Asklepios

Pan

Iris

Hebe

Priapus

Amphitrite

Aristaios

Thetis

Tyche

Mousai [Muses]

Moirai [Fates]

Charites [Graces]

Anemoi [The Winds]

🌾 Titan & Primordial Gods 🌌

Helios

Selene

Hekate

Eos

Leto

Themis

Rhea

Cronus

Nyx

Gaia

👑 Heroes & deified mortals ⚔

Achilles

Heracles

Asklepios

Ganymede

Dioskouroi

Adonis

Hyacinthus

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Prayer to Hekate for Guidance

Oh great Hekate Dadouchos, torch bearer of Persephone and the Underworld, I appeal to you in my time of confusion. As I am stuck, I ask that you shine your torch light on the way to happiness.

Oh great Hekate Enodia, mistress of the ways, as I approach this crossroads in my life, I pray that you show me the right road to travel on.

Oh great Hekate Propolos, leader and guide, please be my companion and lead me on the roads to success and prosperity.

Oh great Hekate Phosphorus, bringer of light, please shine your sacred fires to illuminate the darkness that is my current confusion so that I may see clearly what to do.

Oh great goddess Hekate, to you I pray. Blessed be thy name, and blessed be thy will.

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She comes in our darkness with the bright light of her torches and she shows all that is hidden. All that we fear the most, all that we think it wasn't there, that we don't want to deal with, but we need to see it. We asked her to be our guide, but most of the time we didn't know exactly what we were asking for, but she knows. She is the Wise One. She is the Key. She is the Portal, and she is in front of it. She walks between worlds and she transport us there, because she is the Way, and she guides us along it.

She is the Worker from Afar because she will not do the work for us - we can do it by ourselves. That is why she chose us, she knows we are prepared, even though sometimes it feels like we are not. But she is there, and she is here at the same time, in the threshold, standing at the crossroads. She is the Cosmic World Soul.

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Hekate's Ritual of Purification in February

In some magickal traditions, February is considered a propitious month for purification. Today, meditating with Hekate, she sent me a ritual to be done this month for 13 days in a row, starting at the full moon (so from 9th to the 21st of February). It can also be done for 3 or 9 days. If you are going to do it, adapt it to your case and choose the number of days according to your availability.

Preparation: During this period, the recommendation that Hekate told me is that in addition to the daily rituals, you should drink plenty of water, eat as natural as possible (with lots of fruits and vegetables) and practice physical activity, preferably that includes contact with nature. Also that you can have at least a bath with purifying herbs of your choice (I suggest the same ones from the incense below). Altar: You can set up a simple or elaborate altar to Hekate, as suggested below (if you cannot set up an altar, just do the visualization, which I describe in the end): Simplified altar: 1 white or black candle; 1 glass of drinking water; 1 stick incense from some herb linked to purification (suggestions: rosemary, lavender, sage, rue or basil); 3 cloves of garlic (offering to Hekate). . Elaborated altar: 3 candles (1 white, 1 black and 1 red); purifying incense (1 part of each herb: rosemary, lavender and bay laurel. It can also be substituted by rue, basil or sage, as long as there are 3 herbs in total); 1 cup of drinking water; 3 heads of garlic (offering to Hekate); Hekate representation (statue or drawing/image).

Ritual: Assemble the altar intuitively. One suggestion is to follow the photo I posted. When you're ready, say: "Hail, Hekate! I invite you to this ritual that begins now, in your aspect as a goddess of purification". If you only have one candle, light it now. If you have 3 candles, light them when evoking each epithet: (Light the white candle) "Hekate Drakaina, Serpent-Dragon! Help me to release what no longer serves me, like a serpent that sheds its skin, I leave the past behind". (Light the red candle) "Hekate Alexeatis, Averter of Evil! Help me clean up everything that doesn't add to me. Take away negative spirits and energies around me and in my home ". (Light the black candle) "Hekate Borborophorba, Eater of Filth! Take everything that pollutes my being to the depths of the earth, whether it be in my physical, mental, emotional or spiritual body". Look at the candle flame and say: "May the fire of Hekate purify my actions!" . Lift the bowl/glass of water in front of the altar, saying: "Beloved goddess Hekate, I ask you to place your blessings of purification in this water. May your water purify my emotions!" Close your eyes and feel Hekate sending her blessings to the water. When you feel that it is finished, drink it visualizing that the water radiates a bright light, cleaning you from head to toe. Light the incense, saying: "Hekate, I ask you to place your purification blessings on this incense. May your smoke purify my thoughts!" Pass the smoke around you (being careful not to burn yourself), visualizing the smoke purifying your aura and negative thoughts. Visualize what is being eliminated by returning to earth. Stay a few more moments with Hekate, feeling her energy and listening to her messages, in case she sends it. You can finish now or continue with the visualization below. If finishing, thank Hekate and blow out the candle(s).

Visualization: If you choose to do the visualization, read the script below before you start, to help guide you through it: Sit comfortably, close your eyes, take three deep breaths, feel your body relaxing more and more. Visualize that you are on a deserted beach, where you can enjoy the meeting of the three domains of Hekate: land, sea, and sky. You feel a breeze, look to the side and see Hekate coming towards you. She takes your hand and leads you to the entrance to a cave (earth) behind the beach. Inside the cave, she lights your way with her torches. You walk until you reach the heart of the cave, and Hekate lights a bonfire (fire) right in the center. You see that there is a small altar made of stone beside the bonfire, with a saucer with incense (air) and a bowl with pure water (water). Hekate takes the saucer with incense and begins to pass the smoke around you. Then she takes the bowl of water and spills it on your head. Finally, she asks you to enter the bonfire, without fear, to complete your purification with her fires. Throughout this process, pay attention to what she says to you, or whether she remains silent. When you feel like you're done, thank Hekate and head back to the beach. Return from the visualization first by moving slowly, and then open your eyes. Thank Hekate and end the ritual by blowing out the candle(s). Repeat the same process the next day, until you complete 3, 9, or 13 days, according to what you set out to accomplish.

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Hekate’s incense, created by me

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"Clean My Senses" Hekatean symbol

I received this symbol a few months ago in meditation with Hekate, but it was only during the Night of Hekate ritual (November 16, 2019) that I received it again and understood its meaning. This symbol can be used by Hekate's devotees. It aims to eliminate blockages in your third eye that prevent you from clearly receiving the messages Hekate sends you. It can also be used to connect with your true self, especially for shadow work with Hekate. . The key in the center represents your true self. The surrounding flame represents Hekate's torches guiding you, before the gate and on your personal path. The eye represents the opening of your third eye and connects with the middle world. The inverted triangle, besides representing Hekate's number (3), is the connection with your shadow self and the underworld. The crescent represents your higher self and the upper world. Finally, the serpent is one of Hekate's animals and here it represents the cleansing of all your chakras, starting from the root chakra up to the crown chakra. . This digital version was made by me. You are free to use and share it if you feel drawn to it, but please give me the credits. Hail, Mighty Hekate!