Hekate: Her Sacred Fires: A Unique Collection of Essays, Prose and Artwork Exploring the Mysteries of the Torchbearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads
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Hekate Her Sacred Fires is an exceptional book for an extraordinary, eternal and universal Goddess. It brings together essays, prose and artwork from more than fifty remarkable contributors from all over the world. Their stories and revelations are challenging, their visions and determination in exploring the mysteries are inspirational, and their enthusiasm for the Goddess of the Crossroads is truly entrancing and sometimes highly infectious.
Hekate is a Goddess of great antiquity. She is primordial, powerful and sometimes animalistic ? and yet, she is also sophisticated, modern and capable of adapting to different cultures. She is the Torchbearer, the Cosmic World Soul, the Guide and Companion. She is Mistress of the Restless Dead, who rules over the Heavens Earth and Sea. She is the Keybearer and so much more. Her devotees today, as throughout the ages, include philosophers, poets, sorcerers, theurgists, witches, root-cutters, enchantresses and ordinary people.
In her introduction, the author and priestess Sorita d?Este brings together an exciting wealth of material on the history and development of how the goddess Hekate has been seen through the ages. As well as a fascinating discussion of her possible origins and mythological connections, the introduction also includes a timeline providing glimpses into her portrayal through the ages, with extracts from literature and examples of amulets, coins and art. The spectrum of material covered in this anthology is as diverse as the forms of Hekate herself, emphasising her role as lightbearer, keybearer, initiatrix, world soul, child?s nurse, mistress of crossroads and serpent mysteries.
Her devotees describe her role in traditional witchcraft and initiatory Wicca, healing and paganism, her approachability through her angels and trance oracles, her assistance in overcoming traumas and helping the dead continue their journeys. From the reestablishment of the ancient worship of the great mother goddess as Hekate in Thrace (Bulgaria) to meteorites and pilgrimages, Hekate?s presence around the world and beyond is vividly described and illustrated by her torchbearers.
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- Contributor: Raven Digitalis
- Imprint: Avalonia
- ISBN13: 9781905297351
- Number of Pages: 308
- Packaged Dimensions: 210x297x16mm
- Packaged Weight: 743
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Avalonia
- Release Date: 2010-05-27
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Raven Digitalis (USA) is the author of The Empath's Oracle, A Witch's Shadow Magick Compendium, Esoteric Empathy, The Everyday Empath, Planetary Spells and Rituals, and Goth Craft. Originally trained in Georgian Witchcraft, Raven has been an earth-based practitioner since 1999, a Priest since 2003, a Freemason since 2012, and an empath all of his life. He holds a degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Montana, co-operated a nonprofit Pagan Temple for 16 years, and is also a professional Tarot reader, editor, card-carrying magician, and animal rights advocate. www.ravendigitalis.com www.facebook.com/ravendigitalis www.instagram.com/ravendigitalis
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