Hekate Liminal Rites - A historical study of the rituals, spells and magic of the Torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads eBook: Sorita d'Este, David Rankine: Amazon.fr: Boutique Kindle

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At the crossroads of life, death and rebirth stands the Goddess Hekate. Honoured by men, women and gods alike, traces of her ancient provenance reach back through the millennia providing clues about her nature and origins along the way. Depictions of her as three formed facing in three ways, sometimes with the heads of animals such as the horse, dog and snake hint at her liminal nature, as well as the powers she holds over the triple realms of earth, sea and sky.

The sorcery of Medea and Circe, the witchcraft of the women of Thessaly, the writings of philosophers such as Hesiod and Porphyry all provide glimpses into the world of those who honoured her. Her magical powers were considered so great that even King Solomon became associated with her, she was incorporated into Jewish magic, and merged with other goddesses including Artemis, Selene, Bendis and the Egyptian Isis. Whilst for some she was the Witch Goddess, for others she was the ruler of angels and daimons, who made predictions about Jesus and Christianity.

Wherever you look, be it in the texts of Ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium or the Renaissance, the Greek Magical Papyri or the Chaldean Oracles, you will find Hekate. The magical whir of the strophalos and the barbarous words of the voces magicae carry her message; the defixiones, love spells and charms all provides us with examples of the magic done in her name. She was also associated with the magic of death, including necromancy and reanimation; as well as prophetic dreams, nightmares, healing herbs and poisons. The temples dedicated to her and the important role she played in the mysteries of Eleusis, Samothrace and Aigina all provide us with clues to her majesty. The popular shrines at the doorways of ordinary people, offerings left at the crossroads and guardian statues of her at the entrance ways to cities and temples all attest to her status in the hearts and minds of those who knew her mysteries.

In this book the authors draw from a wide range of sources, bringing together historical research which provides insights into the magical and religious practices associated with this remarkable Goddess. In doing so they provide an indispensable guide for those wishing to explore the mysteries of Hekate today.

Table of Contents
Foreword
1. From the Three-Ways
Literary Sources
2. In Her Service
Hesiod
Empedocles
Porphy
Circe
Medea
The Witches of Thessaly
Lampads
Hekate’s Vegetarian Followers
3. Sacred Eleusis
4. Images of Hekate
5. Voces Magicae
6. Charms from the PGM
List of Charms in the Greek Magical Papyri
Symbols from the PGM
Bear Charm
Charm of Hekate Ereschigal
7. Charms for Love
8. Defixiones
9. The Armour of Hekate
10. Glimpses of Initiation
11. Herbs & Poisons
Aconite
Ebony
Garlic
Mandrake
Oak
Saffron
Yew
Unspecified Herbs
Herb Gathering
12. Sacred Bronze
13. Iron Nails & Rings
14. Hekate & The Angels
15. Coins
16. From Sleep
17. Oracles of Hekate
18. Offerings
19. Hekate Suppers
20. Invocation
21. Hymns
Proclus Hymn to Hekate and Janus
Prayer to Selene for any operation
22. Animal Formed
Cow-Headed/Bull-Headed
Dog-Headed
Dragon-Headed
Goat-Headed
Horse-Headed
Serpent-Headed
23. Necromancy & Reanimation
24. Death Magic
25. Underworld
26. Black Dogs
27. Serpents
28. The Strophalos
29. King Solomon
30. Fusions
Artemis-Hekate
Bendis
Bona Dea
Brimo
Despoina
Ereschigal-Hekate
Isis-Hekate
Physis
Selene-Hekate
Bibliography
Index

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Format : Format Kindle
Taille du fichier : 711 KB
Nombre de pages de l'�dition imprim�e : 194 pages
Editeur�: Avalonia; �dition : Kindle Edition (11 mars 2011)
Vendu par : Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Langue : Anglais
ASIN: B004RUXOE8
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5.0 �toiles sur 5 Excellent Study on Hekate 16 f�vrier 2012

Par Mica Simonian - Publi� sur Amazon.com

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I say "excellent" in my title as if I'm comparing it to something else or have the authority as a historian. I'm not a historian, but I appreciated the historical representation of Hekate in this book. It uses mostly sources written from the Greek Classical period into Antiquity (the Christianization of Greece) to delve into Hekate's functions, symbols, rites of worship, and relevance in Greek society. It's important to note that this is a *study* of Hekate and covers several topics relating to her.

Highly recommend anyone interested in Greek religion and mythology pick up a copy.

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5.0 �toiles sur 5 Hecate 13 juillet 2011

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This is a must read for any devote to Hecate. Finding ancient symbols not only takes work but they are so powerful. The herbs and the amulets will only help person continue to grow on a spiritual path. It is wonderful to see so many books coming out about this Goddess that for to look has been forgotten or ignored. Maybe simply passed off as the Goddess of Witches and nothing more. But there is more and this book will show you the way and illuminate your path. Do the rituals and learn from the Goddess herself.

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5.0 �toiles sur 5 Rites of Hekate 18 novembre 2011

Par S. Cranow - Publi� sur Amazon.com

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To know Hekate is to love Hekate. Scholars David Rankine and Sorita d'Este do an excelent job of informing us about who Hekate is. This awesome book tells us the origins of Hekate and inform's us about the rituals that were dedicated to Hekate. The book comes fully armed with a bibliography and references.

Hekate the liminal cthonian Goddess was extrmely popular in Greece. There were several temples dedicated to her and shrines dedicated to her in Temples dedicated to Demeter and Persephone. A common sacrifice tyo Hekate was dogs. Dogs were not usually sacrificed to Greek born deities but were regualarly sacrificed to deities who came from abroad. Where was Hekate from origninally? THe fact that she was often depicted with lions might hint that she came from the Middle East? In fact she did come from elsewhre. Her origins are Thracian mostly from the city of Caria. She was considered a Titan that was allowed to remain after Zeus and cohorts asserted their supremacy over the Titans. She is mentioned in several different texts and their are several different accounts of her parentage. The most commonly accepted is that her parents are Parceles and Arestia. Parceles is the Persian sun God and Aresstia is the star Goddess.

He daughters or priestesses are Circe and Medea. They have the power the to draw lunar power from the sky. They also had the ability to work with Herbs and cast spells. In addition to these there were several pertinent follower, Emphedocles was a well known follower who urged vegetarianism as did several of his other followers. He is famous for having informed the world about the elements of air, fire,water and land in the use of magic. He also believed himself to be immortal and he tried to prove this by jumping into a volcano. He was never seen again and al that was left was a bronze sandal.

Porphrys was another follower of Hekate who was of Phoenician descent. He alos advocated vegetarianism and he even changed or improvised some of the rituals and sacrifices for Hekate. He turned the worship away from the use of animals towards the use of incense atr certain times of the day.

Hekate was usually invi=oked in loves spell and binding spells. Many spells involving her were used to call upon spirtits who had met a violent death. It was believed thpower for magic was extremely powerful. Poppets were used as were herbs. The withces of THessaly were often known for their root work and their devotion to Hekate.

Hekate was linked to many Goddess and she also aborbed many Goddesses. She aborbed Brimo and Baubo as lunar Goddesses and many times she was summoned using these name. In certain other works she is linked to Isis, Erishkigal, Selene, Cybil and Diana just to name a few. When linked to another Goddess she is called upon using a hyphenated name like Isis-Hekate.

Hekate is ofent called a three faced or three headed goddess. THe head in many of the illustrations were animals heads such as a dogs head,goat heador a snakle head to name a few. Hekate is also unique in that she is named in charms that invoke Hebrew names for deity and also angels and king Solomon. This is indicative of a crossover between Greek and Jewish Magic.

THis is one incredible book one that I stongly advise getting.

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Hekate Liminal Rites - A historical study of the rituals, spells and magic of the Torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads [Format Kindle]