When beginning to learn about Hecate, I recommend a lot of reading. This is a list from the Facebook Group - Hekate's Crossroads.
Historical and Greek Religion Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion ~ R.Von Rudloff Hekate Liminal Rites ~ Sorita d'Este and David Rankine Hekate Soteria ~ Sarah lles Johnston The Goddess Hekate ~ Stephen Ronan Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds ~ Georg Luck Magic in the Ancient World ~ Fritz Graf Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds ~ Daniel Ogden Magika Hiera: ancient Greek Magic and Religion ~ Christopher Faraone and Dirk Obbink (eds) The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation ~ Hans Dieter Betz (ed) Religions of the Ancient World:A guide ~ Sarah Iles Johnston. A great book for understanding the context of Mediterranean religion as a whole, with lots of information on both Greece and Rome. The Chaldean Oracles. Text, Translation and Commentary by Ruth Majercik, Brill, Leiden, 1989. Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion - Rob Von Rudloff Devotional, Prayer Books and Anthologies Hekate Her Sacred Fires ~ numerous contributers from around the world. Edited by Sorita d'Este Hekate Keys to the Crossroads ~ numerous contributers from across the world. Edited by Sorita d'Este Bearing Torches ~ A Devotional Anthology ~ Bibliotheca Alexandrina A Paean of Hekate - Shani Oates Books on Specific Practices and Traditions Hekate 1: Death, Transition and Spiritual Mastery ~ Jade Sol Luna Hekate 2: Awakening of Hydra ~ Jade Sol Luna Hekate The Witches' Goddess ~ Gary R. Varner Crossroads, the Path of Hekate - Greg Crowfoot. Queen of Hell - Mark Alan Smith ( limited issue) Lunatik Witchcraft by Shay Skepevski The Temple of Hekate ~ Tara Sanchez Witchcraft Medicine ~ Muller-Ebeling, Ratsch and Dieter Storl....This has a brilliant chapter on the Garden of Hekate, her sacred plants and overall symbolism, association and resource. Hecate : Queen of the witches or wise crone ? ( celebrate the Divine Feminine; Reclaim Your Power with Ancient Goddess Wisdom) - Joy Reichard Hekatean Magick - B. Morlan The Dance of the Mystai - Tinekke Bebout Thracian Magic - Georgi Mishev Rotting Goddess: The Origins of the Witch in Classical Antiquity by Jacob Rabinowitz it is a comprehensive study from the time of Homer to the Greek Magical Papyri and examines the slow stages of how Hekate was demonized and the mythology of the evil witch arose. Restless Dead, Sarah Iles Johnston, Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece, University of California Press, Berkeley 1999 See, in particular, chapter 6 "Hecate and the Dying Maiden", pp. 203-249 Mysteries of the Dark Moon: The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess - Demetra George Classic Texts Aeneid by Virgil - Robert Fagles (trans), Penguin Classics, 2010 Aeneid by Virgil - Stanley Lombardo (trans), Hackett Pub. Co. 2005 (6 references) Argonautika by Apollonios Rhodios - Peter Green (trans), University of California Press, 1997 Description of Greece Vol.1-2 by Pausanias - W.H.S. Jones(trans), (Loeb Classical Library), Harvard, 1918, (5 references), (vol. 3 likewise makes a brief mention of Hekate) Diodorus Siculus: Library of History Vol. II, Books 2.35-4.58 - John Henry Mozley (trans), (Loeb Classical Library no. 303), Harvard, 1935 ------------------Diodorus Siculus: Library of History Vol. III, Books 4.59-8 (Loeb Classical Library no. 340), Harvard, 1939 Fasti by Ovid, - Anne Wiseman and Peter Wiseman(trans), Oxford, 2013 Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes - David Barrett (trans), Penguin Classics, 2007 Greek Magical Papyri in Translation - Hans Dieter Betz, University of Chicago Press, 1997 Homeric Hymns - Apostolos N. Athanassakis (trans) Homeric Hymns: A Verse Translation - W.H.D. Rouse (trans), WW Norton & co. 1975 Library of Greek Mythology by Apollodorus - Robin Hard (trans), Oxford, 2008 (2 in-text references to Hekate) Medea by Seneca - Frederick Ahl (trans), Cornell, 1986 Metamorphoses by Ovid - Charles Martin (trans), WW Norton, 2010 (9 references) Nonnos: Dionysiaca, vols. 1, Books 1-15 - W.H.D. Rouse (trans), (Loeb Classical Library, No. 244), Harvard 1940, (5 references), (volumes 2 and 3 each have one reference to Hekate) On the Nature of Animals by Aelian - Gregory McNamee (trans), Trinity University Press, 2012 Orphic Hymns - Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow (trans), John Hopkins Uni Press, 2013 Phaedra by Seneca - Frederick Ahl (trans), Cornell, 1986 Strabo: Geography, Books 10-12 - Horace Leonard Jones (trans), (Loeb Classical Library No. 211), Harvard, 1928 The Chaldean Oracles - G.R.S. Mead, Book Jungle, 2007 Thebaid: A Song of Thebes by Statius - Jane Wilson Joyce (trans), Cornell University, 2008 Valerius Flaccus, vol. 286 of the Loeb Classical Library - John Henry Mozley (trans), Harvard, 1936. (11 references) Works and Days, and Theogony by Hesiod - Stanley Lombardo and Robert Lamberton (trans), Hackett Publishing Co, 1993 Works and Days, Theogony, and Shield by Hesiod - Apostolos N. Athanassakis (trans), John Hopkins Uni Press, 200
I also recommend checking out the YouTube channel for Sorita D'Este. She has a great deal of information related to Hecate.
My final suggestion is to listen to the Goddess. She may come to you as a lion or as a dog. No one can tell you how you should or should not relate to a deity. This is your journey. It will be very different from another's.
Originally published on Blogger - 8/1/14 8:00 AM
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