The Order of the White Moon Goddess Gallery Presents
Hekate/Hecate/Heket - The Primordial World Soul / Mother of All
(Hekate Pammetor)
A Level I
Final Project done by Rosemary EverGreen, student of
Moonflower Ministry
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Dark Mother Goddess, Sacred Source
Blog, www.sacredsource.com
Other epithets: Queen of Witches, Mistress of Magick, Witch Mother, Pale Mother, Goddess of the
Crossroads, Keeper of Keys, The Gatekeeper, Rebirther
of Souls, Torch bearer (Dadophoros), Three- Formed (Trimorphos), Saviour ( Soteria),
Night- Wandering Queen, Sender of Dreams, Lady Wisdom, Of the Path, Of the
Three Roads, She of the Crossroads…..just to name a
few as there are many because she is ancient.
Hecate,
Goddess Muse Art, Etsy, www.etsy.com
Hekate is an ancient goddess who can be traced all the way back to the times of ancient Anatolia, tracking her history through Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Europe and then into modern day. She has a very long history. She is ancient and wise, but she is not old.
She is said to be a Titan, Gaia being her great grandmother and Uranus being her great grandfather, giving her ties to the earth and sky.
Gaia, being mother earth, holds the realm of the dead, this gives Hekate a lineage rite to the dead and the underworld. Through Uranus, she has direct access to the sky and the heavens.
Phoebe is said to be her maternal grandmother giving her the association with oracles and prophecies, as well as her paternal grandmother Eurybia; giving her mastery over the sea and all natural forces wind and constellations.
With these associations and lineages, she is
deemed a goddess over earth, sea, and sky.
1
There are many mythologies associated with
her, some say she is the daughter of Asteria and Perses,
others say she is a direct descendant of Gaia, Ouronos,
and Okeanos (Earth, Sky, and Sea). Hekate has been
equated to the Platonic Cosmic Soul, which has come down through her lineage of
sky and earth- she is half heavens and half earth. Able to travel through time,
seeing three different ways at one time, past, present, and future. She dwells
in the liminal spaces, the in-between places, she is a goddess of transition, a
light in darkness, a guide through the underworld and shadow places of
ourselves. 1
Hekate is the bridge between the old and new, because of her age and diverse origins, she has a varied legacy. Some say she is good, others say she is bad, but just like humanity, she can be both at different times for different people. She is a guide, the rebellious child, the distant but caring mother, the strange auntie, the wise but slightly cranky older sister, the conspirator cousin.
She will guide you but will not carry you, you
have to walk the path yourself. 1
Hecate
Plaque,Sacred, Source, www.sacredsource.com
Sacred symbols/objects
Anthems, daggers, candles, cauldron,
cemeteries, crossroads, gates, keys, Hekate’s wheel, masks, sepulcher, skull
and bones, snakes, spears, torches, ropes, and storms. 1
Associations
● Animals: bat, bulk, cow, dog, dragon, vulture, raven, dove, owl, frog, toad, serpent, griffin, unicorn, three headed dog
● Colors: red, amber, black, bronze, copper, purple, saffron, silver, and white
● Earth: green/ brown
● Sky: blue/ gold
● Sea: Blue/ green/ aqua
● Mystical: red- life blood, black- night/ mysteries, white- bone/ death
● Metals: amber, amethyst, bloodstone, emerald, blue goldstone, Garnet, hematite, jet, moonstone, onyx, ruby, smokey quartz, tigers eye
● Trees: Alder, Ash, Birch, Blackthorn, Cypress, Dogwood, Ebony, Oak, Willow, Yew
● Herbs: Bay Laurel, Frankincense, Jasmine, Juniper Berry, Lavender, Myrrh, Mullen, Mugwort, Patchouli, Rue, Saffron, Sandalwood, Sweet Vetivert, Myrtle, Mint
● Baneful herbs: Belladonna, Datara, Hellebore, Hemlock, Henbane, Mandrake, Opium/ Poppy, Pennyroyal, Wolfsbane, Alconite, Wormwood.
● Realms: Dreaming World, Elphame, Elysian Fields, Erubos, Faery, Hades, Netherworld, Otherworld, Shadow Lands, Tartarus, The Fortunate Isle, The Isle of the Blessed, Underworld
● Magic/ Divination: amulets/ charms, blood magic, defixions, Goeteia, Necromancy, Nekuia, Nympholepsy, oracles, Oneiromancy, Pharmakeia, Rhizotomoi, Tarot, Thergia, Voces Magicae. 1
Hekate,
Luna Moonfall, Moonfall
Metaphysical Blog, Discover the Mystical World of Hekate, Feb. 27, 2023, www.moonfallmetaphysical.com
Altars
● Hekataion- a home altar, usually set up outside the front door or the entrance of a space- used to instill Hekate’s protection over the home and those who reside within.
● Chronic- (of the earth) a low earth altar, used for death and underworld deities.
● Ouranian- (of the heavens) most common altar, sits higher up and is used for sky and heaven deities. 1
When working with Hekate, it is appropriate to use all types of these altars because she is a goddess of earth, sea, and sky.
Offerings
● Deiphon: Hekate”s Supper, is a meal offering left at a three way crossroads on the night of the new moon
● Kykeon: a sacred drink made of barley, pennyroyal (baneful), and Water- it is said to induce a hallucinogenic trance.
● Red Meal: used by traditional and hedge witches; consist of red wine and dark bread
● Other offerings: garlic, onions, eggs, dark red wine, coffee, dark chocolate, mushrooms, olive oil, honey, sacred herbs, poetry, cauldrons, keys, pomegranate. 1
Hecate,
The Greek Goddess of Witchcraft, Luna Moonfall, Moonfall Metaphysical Blog, May 1, 2024, www.moonfallmetaphysical.com
Holidays/ Festivals/ special days/times
● Hekate's Wheel
● Dawn/ Twilight- Liminal times
● Dark/ Full Moon
● Last day of the lunar month
● Deiphon: Every dark/ new Moon
● Nomenia: every new Moon crescent
● January 8: Midwife Day
● January 31: Feast of Hekate
● Full moon in May- her sacred fires
● August 13: Harvest blessing
● October 31: Samhien, Shadowfest/ All Hollows Eve
● The whole month of November is sacred to Hekate
● November 16: Hecatesia
● November 30: Day of Hekate at the crossroads 1
Original Art:
Hekate Goddess Candle
Ritual
To get to know Hekate - Taken from Courtney Weber’s book Hekate: Goddess of Witches
(ritual modified)
Need:
● 3 candles- black, white, and silver, or a combination.
● An image of Hekate
● A bulb of garlic
● A libation
On your altar or on a temporary one , add candles, libation, offering, and image.
Light candles and say this prayer while focusing on the intention of being introduced to Hekate.
“Lady of the crossroads, the key keeper, the moon lady. I seek to know you, I seek to hear you.
I am here, I am here, I am here.
Hekate Triformus, be with me now.”
Sit in silence and meditate on your libation for a bit. Thank Hekate and ground yourself. Blow out candles.
Either leave the libation and offering on the altar or bury them together somewhere, or at a three-way crossroads.
This same prayer can be said over a meal intended to be left at a three-way crossroads.
“Sometimes,
people expect a significant experience, thinking the goddess' words must be
loud and profound. This can happen but more often, the work is quiet, and the
god’s voices are muted. Ultimately, they come through dreams, moments of
synchronicity, or a personal revelation or understanding.” Courtney Weber,
Hekate: Goddess of Witches. 2
References
Pictures:
Dark
Mother Goddess, Sacred Source Blog, www.sacredsource.com
Hecate,
Goddess Muse Art, Etsy, www.etsy.com
Hecate
Plaque,Sacred, Source, www.sacredsource.com
Hekate,
Discover the Mystical World of Hekate, Luna Moonfall,
Moonfall Metaphysical Blog, Feb. 27, 2023, www.moonfallmetaphysical.com
Hecate,
The Greek Goddess of Witchcraft, Luna Moonfall, Moonfall Metaphysical Blog, May 1, 2024, www.moonfallmetaphysical.com
Books:
1 Hekate: A Devotional,
Vivienne Moss, Pagan Portals, Moon Books, 2015
2 Hekate: Goddess of Witches,
pg. 33-36 Courtney Weber, Red Wheel Weiser, 2021