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A Month of Prayer 4

Hekate Chrysosandalos, You gentle Goddess, Sappho places you in Love’s company For even Golden Aphrodite heeds your wisdom Lovely Handmaid Blessed of all the Titans Radiant and True you are My devotions pale in comparison To the peace you bring. My gratitude is as bright as the stars, Which adorns your mother’s gown.

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A Month of Prayers: Master List

Prayer in preparation

Prayer to Hekate and the Agathos Daimones

Prayer to Hekate, with mention of the Kharites

Prayer to Hekate, with mention of Aphrodite

Prayer to Hekate, with honors to Artemis as well, also, an apology to Them both

Prayer to Hekate Aglaos, on Her presence in my life

Prayer to Hekate Antaia, asking a boon

Prayer to Hekate Einalia, with mention of Poseidon

Three phrases for meditation focused on Hekate

A poem to honor Hekate’s role in the story of Demeter and Persephone

Prayer honoring Hekate as the companion of Persephone

A short poem to Hekate, and a prayer asking Hekate’s blessing on the home

A simple prayer to Hekate

A Litany, part 1

A prayer to the Kourotrophoi

A Litany, part 2

On ineffable prayers, when the heart hurts too much

A Litany, part 3

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A Month of Prayer 14

Part 1

Hekate Trimorphos Golden sandaled and saffron cloaked Your hair woven with serpents bold

Hekate Dadophoros In your hands Bright torches, whips, a libation bowl

Hekate Kleidoukhos A silver key hangs upon your girdle Rising up above us You stride between the boundaries of worlds

Hekate Kourotrophos You reside in the hearts of midwives Easing the labor of mothers Soothing the cries of babes

Hekate Brimo You are of wolf, of lion, of horses free With ghosts in your wake Howling spirits sending chills on your night

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A Month of Prayer 8

Hekate Einalia You are Arrhetos, Soteira, and Zoophoros And Great Poseidon smiles when your light enters his watery kingdom. Your gifts are as plentiful as the sea, And your beauty as grand as the waves upon the ocean. Ephemeral, you are, Shimmering in the reflection of the waters, When you stand upon the sacred shores. Hekate Einalia I pray that my simple devotions be a light Let it shine between us Weaving our relationship close That I may revel in your presence and your good will.

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A month of Prayers 1

A Preparatory Prayer: 

Saffron-cloaked and arrayed in starlight You span all boundaries You open all doors You pour forth both life and virtues upon the world Hekate, many are your names, that both Gods and men speak To seek your blessings And I, meager devotee, who gives to you your due. Who bears your light within.  Who works in your honor. I come before you in hope That you might be generous Open my sight Bless this rite Which I have prepared In your honor.

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A Month of Prayer 11

Hekate of the shining brow Delicate hair, tumbling, Tangled with serpents And with branches of oak And laurel At the crossroads You watch all paths, Know all limits Keybearing queen Titaness, Before whom we bow The living and the dead Hekate, steadfast companion Of Persephone, Many are your gifts, Many are your ways, May these devotions honor you.

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A Month of Prayers 15

Litany part 2 

Hekate Pyriphoites Holy fire is in your heart Lighting the world with your torches Horned Goddess of the Night

Hekate Limenitikos Watching the ocean Crash upon the shore You overseer of the harbors Hekate Indalimos Tender and Lovely Erototokos and Knowing you are A blessing upon the world you are

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A Month of Prayer 3

Hekate Trioditis, Gatekeeper, You who stood before the Propylaia You before whom the Kharites play You beautiful Goddess Unto you I pray, I lift up my voice in your honor.  You, most beloved, who shines light within my life. Even in my darkest hour. You have graced my path, As a blessing, and many are your gifts. Hekate, blessed Goddess, for whom the Kharites spritely dance and play. For thousands of years, it has been your name whispered in adoration and awe. May it be thus for a thousand more.

Images:  “Hekataion: The Triple Body Goddess with Three Kharites Dancing Round,” from Attika, 3rd c. BCE,  photo by Bibi Saint-Pol, via Wikicommons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hekate_Kharites_Glyptothek_Munich_60.jpg