Hekate is, without question, one of the most popular goddesses in the world today, worshiped by Hellenic Recons, Wiccans, and Neo-pagans alike. Hekate has many roles and many guises. To some she is a beautiful maiden, to others the dark mother. She has been called the guide of souls; the protector of the home; the giver of wealth; the mistress of powerful magic and frightful witches; the dweller on the threshold and the place where three roads meet. These and other aspects of the goddess are explored in the pages of this unique book, which honors Hekate's diversity by collecting a wide array of offerings from her modern-day devotees, including poetry, essays, short stories and accounts of personal experiences. Whether you've worshiped Hekate for ages or are just now discovering the power of this awesome goddess, you will want to read Bearing Torches.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a series of books brought out by Neos Alexandria honoring the gods of Greece and Egypt.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina is the publishing arm of Neos Alexandria, a syncretic Greco-Egyptian religious group modeled after the ancient city of Alexandria in Egypt. BA publishes single author and anthology titles dedicated to the Gods and Goddesses of Greece, Egypt, and Rome. Each title contains a variety of poems, short fiction, essays, meditations, rituals, and artwork. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of each title are donated to a worthy charity in the name of the Gods.
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This Book, "Bearing Torches" a devotional & anthology for Hekate is more than a devotional book. It is filled with poems, prayers,& personal accounts of people, who pray and interact with this Goddess. Some history about Her is also included, which is a bonus.
I recommend this book for those who love and honor this Goddess. Books on Hekate have been rare, but slowly Hekate is becoming a Goddess more people are interested in and want more information about Her. Happy Reading, Donna Swindells
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[Disclaimer: I have several pieces included in this anthology.] Hekate is an old and extremely complicated Goddess, being associated with everything from conception and midwifery, to the sea and fishing, to material wealth, to ghosts and magic and the Underworld. In this devotional anthology, editor Sannion brings together essays, personal recollections, meditations, short stories, poems and rituals in honor of the Goddess. The wide variety of entries serves to underscore Hekate's complex nature; some devotees are drawn to her more maternal qualities, while others reference her liminality or her links to the Underworld. There are a few scattered typos throughout the text (missing commas, misspelled words, et cetera), but, overall, this is an excellent addition to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina line. Recommended to anyone interested in Hekate and/or the Hellenic pantheon.
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As with other books by this press this is a finely produced volume with good graphics and cover. Among the offerings is a gem of an essay on Hekate and the Chaldean Oracles by Edward P. Butler. It's a fountain of rich theological insights, and shows the pagan traditions offer depths of illumination comparable to those of Hinduism and Buddhism. Check out his excellent henadology website:[...], too. There's an interesting piece by Tim Ward, "Hekate at Longina and Catalhoyuk", personal and at times fervid. And an intriguing one by Phillip Bernhardt-House, "Hekate's Bitch: Hekuba and Other Greek Traditions of Cynanthropy". I hadn't realized that Hekuba, Priam's queen, was connected to animal transformation. Rich, dense, hearty fare. There's a lot of enjoyable poetry, and some practical rituals. This is a high quality volume of diverse material about a complex and seductive deity. One of the many fascinating things about Hekate is how she so obviously changed over the course of time (or if you prefer how her worshipers have held such different conceptions of her during different historical periods). I cannot subscribe to the thesis put forth by Jacob Rabinowitz in his _Rotting Goddess_ (though, it's worth a read) and given credence by Ward that this reflects a degeneration. So she was bright and maidenly for Hesiod, and dark, smoky and chthonically abject for the Alexandrian magicians and hermeticists--why is that a decline? (Of course, this view is redolent of sweet matriarchy.) They are certainly different but I like dark and chthonic. I gravitate toward those who can give me keys to explore the dark and hidden, and I think this a perquisite for real spiritual growth. It also gives the lie to the narrower cast of reconstructionists who are trying to `get' that true historical fix. Gods like humans change. After all Hekate is popular today among many diverse paganisms. So it's good to see a bunch of different points of view in this book. A few highlights: "The Key Bearer" by Michael Routery "Hekate's Bitch: Hekuba and Other Greek Traditions of Cynanthropy" by Phillip A. Bernhardt-House, PhD "Hekate Soteira" by P. Sufenas Virius Lupus "Long Beach, Hekate" by Todd Jackson "Flower of Fire: Hekate and the Chaldean Oracles" by Edward P. Butler "Trivia" by Sannion "Gatekeepers, Way -Clearers, Mediators: Wepwawet (or Anubis and Hermanubis), Hekate, and Ianus in the Practices of the Ekklesia Antinoou" by P. Sufenas Virus Lupus "Hekate's Deipna and Other Devotional Acts" by Venus Clark
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