Hecate or Hekate - The Invocation of The Crossroads Witchcraft Goddess

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Hecate – The
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Witch Goddess Hecate with her Symbols
Hecate, Hecat, or Hekate

(pronunciation: Hê kàh tai) YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
is the most important

goddess of magic. She
rules the realization of
astral forms into Earthly
manifestation, and vice
versa she bridges our
aspirations to the astral
realms and beyond. She is
also the governess of
liminal regions (particularly
gates), twilight and the Asteroid Seeberg and the incubi –
wilderness. succubi phenomena

L
ike most ancient goddesses, Hecate
had a strong connection to
the Earth. In the
Argonautica, a 3rd century
BCE Alexandrian epic, Jason
placates Hecate in a ritual prescribed
by Medea, her priestess: bathed at
midnight in a stream of owing
water, and dressed in dark robes,
Jason is to dig a round pit and over it
cut the throat of a ewe, sacri cing it
Poltergeist
and then burn it on a pyre next to the
pit. He is told to sweeten the offering
with a libation of honey, then
withdraw from the site without
looking backward, even if he picks up
the sound of footsteps or barking
dogs.
All these elements point at rites

owed to a chthonic deity. Hecate was
popular among the lower classes of
Rome and worshipped at home
altars. Shrines to Hecate were placed Witchcraft paintings – Dutch 17th
century
at doorways to both homes and cities
with the belief they would avert the
restless dead and other spirits.
Likewise, shrines to Hecate at three
way crossroads were created where
food offerings were left on the night
of the new moon to protect those
who did so from spirits and other
evils.
The Romans Charms: Potent Clove and Bluestone

The imported
Romans Hecate from
imported Greece, but
Hekate originally she
from was an
Anatolian
Greece,
goddess. Her
but
most important
originally
sanctuary in
she was Greece was
an Lagina, a
Anatolian theocratic city, Astral and aura colors and what they
goddess. state, in which mean
the goddess was

served by
eunuchs. Sacred to Hekate are
deserted crossroads, borders, city
walls, the Moon (especially the New
Moon or Deiphon), the night, dogs,
the polecat, horses, cows, daggers,
wandering ghosts and souls, a
chaplet, the numbers 3, 9, 13, 18, 27,
30, grotto’s, areas which symbolize
the border of two worlds, crows,
boars, ravens, serpents, dogs, the
truth, the key, the red mullet and the
torch.
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Hecate was also a goddess of plant-

lore. The yew (Taxus) was sacred to
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The goddess was said to especially

favour offerings of garlic. A number
of other plants (often poisonous,
medicinal and/or psychoactive) are
also associated with Hecate. These
include aconite (also called hecateis),
belladonna, dittany, and mandrake.
It has been proposed that the usage
of dogs for digging up mandrake is
further corroboration of the
connection of this plant with Hekate;
indeed, since at least as early as the
1st century CE, there are a number of
attestations to the apparently
widespread practice of utilizing dogs
to dig up plants associated with
magic.
Several theories tried to explain the

meaning of the name Hecate. One
states it is derived from the Greek
word for ‘will’. Another explains it
via Ἑκατός Hekatos, an obscure
epithet of Apollo. Hekatos has been
translated as “she that operates from
afar”, “she that removes or drives
off”, or “the far reaching one”. The
name of the Egyptian goddess of
childbirth, Heqet, has been
mentioned as well as a source.
 The Cambridge History of Magic

and Witchcraft in the West
Hecate rules allyou
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including divination. In the Chaldean

Oracles (2nd, 3rd century CE), she is

associated with a strophalos –
usually translated as a spinning top,
or wheel, used in magic. “Labour thou
around the Strophalos of Hekate.”
In todays astrology Hecate is

associated with the Ascendant (the
only link between the
physical/material realm and the
astral realms and beyond), the
Vertex, Saturn, asteroid Hekate, New
Moon, Full Moon, the Black Moons
(Mean & Oscillating) and newcomers
related to magic and the paranormal
as Deucalion, Flammario, 2001
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31, May 7, and August 13 or 14 are
Hecates holy days. The 30th day after
a death or important change is
likewise sacred to Hecate.
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The Hecate – Ritual

Hecate is invoked in magical
operations involving divination, or
trans-personal objectives, i.e.
changes in the world soul or
Yetzirah, as it is called in the
Qabbalah, or in any case, the
magician or witch has doubts about
the karmic effects of the act. Hecate
is called upon as a magical
supervisor and given the veto in
making the operation successful or
without effect and to protect the
operator. Thus the goddess is
respectfully invoked before any more
speci ed operating invoking or
evoking a suitable entity for the
realization of the actual target.
1. Symbola and sunthêmata

A sunthêma is a token or symbol
agreed upon for communication. It
does not have to be material, but can
likewise be a pledge, vocalization.
Sunthêmata can be entirely in the
imagination. Symbolon is derived
from sumballein (to bring two things
together). The function of symbola
are to connect, via material
representations of the seira of the
invoked
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Hecate are described above (Sacred

to Hecate are deserted crossroads,
borders, city walls, the Moon –
especially the New Moon or Deiphon
– the night, dogs, the polecat, hare,
horses, cows, daggers, wandering
ghosts and souls, a chaplet, the
numbers 3, 9, 13, 18, 27, 30, grotto’s,
areas which symbolize the border of
two worlds, crows, boars, ravens,
serpents, dogs, the truth, the key, the
red mullet and the torch.) Seira
means chain or chord. It connects by
its symbolism one realm or
dimension with it’s astral or divine
counterpart.
2. The connecting
a. Decide whether your magical
operation is aimed at gaining or
increase or at a cutting off or
decrease. In the former case use the
hours or rst two days just after the
Deiphon or New Moon. Just mind the
Moon is direct and not Void of
Course, and
best use the A
nightly hour sunthêma
before dawn. In is a token
the latter case, or symbol
choose
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Moon, when the
Sun has just set communication.

and the Moon It does
rises above the not have
horizon. Also in
to be
this case, mind
material,
the Moon is
but can
direct and not
Void of Course! likewise
When possible be a
perform the pledge,
ritual on a date vocalization.
with the
number 3, 9, 13,
18, 27 or 30. 3 And 30 are best for
materialisation of a thing or process;
13 is for change, cutting off, starting
new and can be used overall; 9, 18 an
27 are most suitable for theurgic
purposes, aimed at the World Soul
i.e. to in uence the general
time/space/consciousness
continuum.
b. Look for a three way crossing in a

sandy or gravel road in a deserted
area, preferable a place somewhere
in nature.
c. On the crossroad draw a large

triangle with a dagger or elderberry
stick or stone. Place the sigil of
Hekate in it, or simply draw the
essential sigil (a Crescent Moon,
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and ends in a cross) in the earth.

Then sit down in front of the triangle
without the protection of a circle and
make a mudra with your right hand
(in case of gaining / increase magic)
or your left hand (in case of a cutoff,
or decrease aimed magic). The sigil
and mudra form the sunthêmata,
together with calling Hekate three
times for help and guidance. Use one
or more of the most proper names of
Hecate (see the 33 names at the end
of this article) for the overall magical
purpose; speci ed in the ritual
succeeding the ritual of Hekate.
Now make
a garlic
offering by
placing it
in the
triangle
and start
Hecate sigillum the
invocation
by imagining the proper
psychosphere for communication.
Your vivid imagination creates a
medium for earthing the goddess as
well as opening yourself up to the
Hekate-channel so to speak. You
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constitute a sort of astral vessel or

magnetic eld to draw in the proper
divine intelligence. No fear or doubt
or cynicism may be felt or expressed.
Take some distance from the triangle

to make it easier to imagine a deep
purple haze above the it.
Imagine the sound of many erce

dogs in the distance coming closer,
sounding louder and louder. Call
upon Hekate again three times and
use proper names in the operation.
Imagine the goddess appearing in
the triangle as a huge female gure,
clothed in a black dress with pink
crescent Moons embroidered on it, a
crown in the shape of a Phrygian
head or castle tower on her head, a
torch in her right hand and a dagger
in her left. Three pink snakes crawl
before her feet and two huge black
dogs position themselves next to her.
She has bright dark eyes and a
crescent silver Moon in front of her
brow.
Hold this image and the atmosphere

as vivid as possible and start your
petition:
HEKATE KOILÔMATA –
Holder of Keys – Ruler of the
Daimones, discarnate and
Kabirai, Tenderhearted
Goddess, HEKATE
PROPULAIA;
I (your name) call upon thee
from the centre of DESMOS
KAI EKLUSIS (to take & to let
go) for supervision and
protection. Be the judge of my
aspirations and make my
magic work, when it is justi ed.
Make my magic fail when not,
as thy wisdom and judgement
are greater than mine. Show
me the proper way and action,
and when granting my request,
please send me your omen.
Close your eyes and try to feel the

presence of the goddess in the
silence, stop imagining active and try
to observe your “imagination space”.
The Seira, or link to the goddess has
been attempted and her reaction will
rst enter via your emotions and
intuition. Does the atmosphere feel
supportive and nurturing or hostile
and threatening or is there nothing
but a void? In all cases thank the
goddess for listening and close the
ritual:
HEKAE KRATAIIS, HEKATE

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I (your name) will now close

the gate and wait for your
omen.
Take the sigil from the triangle or

wipe it out, wipe out the triangle and
walk away without turning back.
Start out the ritual out of your head
and focus your thought on daily
issues or any.
3. The omens
Hekate often reacts very fast when a
wish is granted. The most common
omens showing your wish is granted
are a sudden barking of dogs, seeing
a woman (usually with dark hair,
walking with dogs), the sudden
appearance of a dog, crow, three
crows or hare, polecat, a hare
running away, a sudden encounter
with a black horse, a crow shouting
three times, a ghost or apparition, a
group of people splitting up and
wandering in different directions
(wandering souls), a piece of paper
with one of her sacred numbers on it,
etc.. When one of these omens shows
up, not long after the ritual took
place, one is granted to proceed
under her blessing, guidance and
protection.
The follow up ritual for the speci c

magic involving another entity or
technique, like chaos magic, may
then be safely done.
Advice
Advice to overcome your doubt and
make a magical trust fall easier. No
man or woman is a master of its own
entity. We grow in our mother’s
womb because of a divine creative
intelligence, that also rules our
heartbeat, breathing, our digestion
of food etc.. Gods like Hecate
represent sections of this higher
intelligence, our co-entity.
Remember this with respect and
intelligence without acting humble
or expressing spiritual fetishism. ♦
The 33 Names of Hecate – Hekate
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 Artikelen Nederlands (Dutch) (26)

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Hecate, Hecat, or Hekate

is the most important

All these elements point at rites

The Romans Charms: Potent Clove and Bluestone

the goddess was

Hecate was also a goddess of plant-

The goddess was said to especially

Several theories tried to explain the

 The Cambridge History of Magic

including divination. In the Chaldean

Oracles (2nd, 3rd century CE), she is

In todays astrology Hecate is

The Hecate – Ritual

1. Symbola and sunthêmata

Hecate are described above (Sacred

Sun has just set communication.

b. Look for a three way crossing in a

c. On the crossroad draw a large

and ends in a cross) in the earth.

constitute a sort of astral vessel or

Take some distance from the triangle

Imagine the sound of many erce

Hold this image and the atmosphere

Close your eyes and try to feel the

HEKAE KRATAIIS, HEKATE

I (your name) will now close

Take the sigil from the triangle or

The follow up ritual for the speci c

The 33 Names of Hecate – Hekate

Beautiful designed classic statue of

© 2017-2019 Benjamin Adamah

VAMzzz Publishing book:

 Sorceress (the English

Starting in the 13th century the

France, and nally the end of the

Though a solid work of history,

A Study of Witches and their

Interested? Buy this book… 

You may also like to read:

Hecat Hecate hecate magick Hecate ritual

Hekate Heqet how to invoce hecate

Lucifera mandrake moon New Moon

night goddess other names for Hecate polecat

poppy red mullet Sorceress

symbols of hecate taxus

The Sorceress Jules Michelet torch twilight

wandering ghosts witch goddess yew tree

ARTIKELEN NEDERLANDS ASTROLOGY VOODOO

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