Hecate: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery (Second Edition) [Paperback]

Jade Sol Luna (Author)

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Publication Date: May 20, 2009

Re-released 5/22/2010 with two new chapters ........ "One of the most raw and intelligent visions on the Dark Mother or any form of Western spirituality to date!"~ Jyoti Chandranada-Hinduism Today....... This book is a series of discourses from Jade Luna's seminars "The Dark Mother and the Path of God Realization", "La Sera", and "Embracing the Goddess as Destroyer". Hecate: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery, expands upon the path of self realization through the Goddess Hecate. Jade Luna takes you through the difficulties of life including death and how Hecate creates the strength to handle the bigger, inner journey. This book states "Without Hecate, there is no progress spiritually, and without understanding death, you really can not live". Also located in this book are Hecate's ancient hymns and invocations in Latin, Greek and Demotic, and how to work with them.

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About the Author

Hecate devotee and Astrologer, Jade Sol Luna is the first Westerner ever to reconstruct Jyotish (Hindu Astrology) into a Greco-Rorman format. He became certified in Astrology from the A.F.A in Arizona, Dynah Academy in India and the A.I.V.S in Santa Fe New Mexico. Luna has written for several magazines including Hinduism Today and Luna has been featured on several Radio shows across the world. Jade Luna has traveled extensively around the planet, lecturing and conducting workshops on Astrology and Ancient Roman-Greco mysticism. Jade has traveled to India more than 30 times and spent a great deal of time with various teachers, Saints and Sadhu's in Asia. Jade Luna consults with people privately. He usually presents a few seminars each year at various locations world wide. During and after Luna's formal Astrological training, Bhau Kalchuri (disciple of Meher Baba) and Kal Babaji (Khajuraho India), tutored him in advanced mysticism and other forms of classical Indian lore. Jade Luna has now transformed his Indian studies into a Greco-Roman practice, showing the spiritual connection that the Ancient Mediterranean had with India. Jade Luna is the author of Hecate: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery, Hecate II: The Awakening of Hydra and will be releasing a series of Astrology books in the near future. Jade has been one of the most successful Astrologers in the world and has maintained a high level practice for over 16 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace; 2 edition (May 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1442184515
• ISBN-13: 978-1442184510
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jade Sol Luna is a devotee of the Mother Goddess Hecate. A significant part of Luna's devotion can be found in his chanting C.D.'s, with a variety of 9 different chanting albums signed under Legatus Records (Hekate Nyctipolus reached the top 25 on the Greek International Music billboard during it's first month of release). As a young man in his early 20's, Luna went to India to find God and ended up at the feet of Avatar Meher Baba. He was also the first American to train with Aghora teacher Kal Babaji in Khajuraho, India. He became fascinated by ancient spirituality and traveled to India over 30 times. Dedicated to learning, Luna was guided by his teacher on how to reconstruct ancient spirituality for the West. After years of spiritual practice and extensive research, Jade Sol Luna wrote two books Hecate: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery and Hecate II: The Awakening of Hydra.

Jade Sol Luna stands out in the spiritual community due to his path of overcoming fear in order to have lasting peace. His profound phrases like: "It is not your light that reincarnates, it is your dark. If you do not become conscious of your shadow self, you will reincarnate until you do" and "You can not have peace if fear is present, remove fear and peace is everlasting" reveal how Luna is one of the most unique spiritual teachers today.

Although his spiritual path leans toward work with the shadow self, he has approached this form of spirituality with the goal of light and higher consciousness and remains accessible to yoga centers around the world.

Jade Sol Luna is also known as a spiritual guide to public figures and celebrities across the country. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Kali devotees., February 14, 2010

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This review is from: Hecate: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery (Second Edition) (Paperback)

This book , is about Hecate and it has invocations in Latin, but as a kali devotee, it has really drawn me deeper towards Mother Goddess. This book is not so much for people who are just interested in literal side of spirituality - there is no philosophy in it nor it is a lame translation from the vedas, as so many other books are. IT HAS DRY FACTS IN IT- accept it or not.

Mainly for those who are ardent devotees of The Mother ( Divine Mama in my language) and need to hear someone speak who has followed that path. Kali Path is not easy and it is difficult to accept the pain of the heart and fear of death that comes with it- so the purpose of this book, to me, wasn't to tell me how to experience divine bliss- but rather how to deal with what stands in the way.

I have been following heart based meditation for years and it was surprising to me that how little acceptance people have for the pain and fear that their own heart holds- including people doing the same kind of meditation- and how that pain, does not allow them to experience the peace their own soul craves for. We need a little bit more work in this area, and Jade's book forms a foundation. It is definitely one or more steps ahead of the level of spirituality that people are used to, esp in the west. Some of the topics that I really liked were Story of Hecate Chthonia, The wheel of hecate- that refers to shadows around the heart, Death- The next great experience, and the three phases of dying.

It is interesting how most modern spiritual "gurus" try to lay the path in front of people and cant even tell what comes with that path. Thats like disregarding all the work that each one of us has done in all our lifetimes and that Life is the greatest guru. I feel that we need to look at our own work, our own experiences in order to arrive- thats where, Jade's work comes in handy.

Invocations can be challenging ( esp for those who follow different language, like for me, it is sanskrit) and it might be good to have a reference regarding the source of those.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars J.S.L. is truly a blessing!, September 23, 2010

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Wow! What an amazing find this book has been for me. When I first read it, my ego clouded my judgment. I was so wrapped up in the idea of "me" that I couldn't see it for the absolutely amazing blessing it really was/is. This book introduced new ideas to me about an ancient and wonderful goddess whom I call "mother." Jade's writing style is so welcoming that it's hard to put the book down! With hard facts and personal insight which I feel is Divinely inspired, Jade has produced a book that will bring so many answers that it will make you ask yourself more questions. Thanks to Jade Sol Luna, I have a completely new love and understanding of the incredible Goddess that I call "Mother." Thank you Jade, for all that you do!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Completely New look at an Ancient Goddess, April 25, 2011

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Jade Luna has a very unique way of looking at this complex Goddess. I love the fact that he views this Goddess as God and discusses her light and dark aspects. I would not buy this book if you are new to Spirituality because his work is on the advanced side but for the adept mystic, this book is a gem!