Hekate's Epithets Part One

 As promised elsewhere, here is a PDF file with the seven Hekate epithet posts I wrote for my Patreon, each with its own prayer. I hope this will be useful to everyone, beginner and devotee alike!

You can view and download the file here.

 

 

 

Aretalogy of Hekate

I am HEKATE.

I am She of the Many Names.

I am Hekate of the Crossroads.

I am the Torchbearing Mistress of the Night.

I am the Keybearer of the Ineffable Mysteries.

I am Hekate of Heaven, Earth, and Sea.

I am at all places and none at once.

I am the Crossroads and its Liminal Heart.

I am the World Soul and from Me the River of Mysteries springs forth.

I am Triple Hekate, Friend of Kore, She who consoles Demeter and soothes the pain of loss.

I am the Kourotrophos, namelessly honoured by mothers with their cries during labour.

I am the Psychopomp for the Lost.

I am the Queen of the Dead and of the Infernal Realms.

I am She who treads Olympus and Hades alike.

I am Hekate, Unconquerable Queen, Daughter of my Father and heiress to His might.

I am Hekate, Veiled with the Starry Night-sky and Bringer of Oracles, Daughter of my Mother and heiress to Her gift.

I am the Initiatrix and the Creatrix and the Mother of All Souls.

I am the Cauldron of the Witch and the Wisdom of the Cunning Man and the fearful prayer upon the lips of the wary traveler.

I am She who provides to the poor and the wealthy alike.

I am Hekate, Many-named, Many-formed, equally honoured by mortals and immortals for eternity.

I am She who births the Witchblood.

I am She who grants the First Flame to the soul of man.

I am Hekate of the Obscure, Hekate of the Renowned, Hekate of the Mighty, Hekate of the Hidden.

I am the Goddess of Liminality and I am found on every threshold.

I am the one that brings all together at the roots of the World Tree which I feed with my own essence.

I am the Witch Queen, terrible in my splendor, mighty in my Craft, teacher of the gifted and the restless.

I am the Mother of Theurgy, who taught humanity how to become like Us.

I am the Mediator of the Mortal and Immortal Realms, for prayers can be heard and answers received in accordance to my Will.

I am Hekate, thrice-adored, thrice-worshipped, thrice-honoured.

I am She of the Darkest Night and the Brightest Day, She of Dawn and Dusk and of the changing Moon.

I am She who holds the universe in Her palm yet sees every single candle flame.

I am the Flame and the Shadow and the Soul Crystalline in the Heart of the World and in the souls of all living things.

I am the Lurker in the Cave, the Keeper of Secrets, and the Wielder of all True Names.

I am the Primary Initiatrix and all Mysteries flow from me.

I am HEKATE.

Update: Pagan Blog Project and more!

As you may have noticed, I haven't posted anything, not even for the PBP, for quite a while. I had a multitude of problems that stopped me from posting (from writer's block to a lot of stress and pressure with life shenanigans) but I am slowly catching up.

Here's what's up:

I chose to write and publish the post for the letter E, so I could stay within the PBP schedule (it's currently Week 2 for the letter E) before I started to post the letters I've missed. I already have drafts for the missed letters (namely B, C and D). The problem is they're rather complex and require quite a bit of effort before I can complete them (including research). Therefore, I can't promise you when I'll have them ready. In any case, I do believe it will be sooner rather than later.

In other news, I'm studying for my upcoming university exam period, I'm working on a new, academic-only, bilingual blog (it will have posts in both English and Greek), I'm taking Comic Art seminary courses (I just finished a four-month long cycle and will begin a second, more advanced, four-month cycle of weekly lessons), I'm working on a small webcomic I have on hiatus, and I'm trying to catch up on my personal research as well as practice my sketching and drawing.

As you can see, I'm rather busy so I really can't promise when I'll be able to write and publish the missed posts for the PBP. Worry not, though: I fully intend to publish them, even if it takes a while. I also want to write a number of other articles I want to post here which will be unrelated to the PBP.

Now time for a little self-promotion:

You can always support me by donating (you can find the Paypal Donate! button on the right side of the screen) or by hiring me for the spiritual services I offer via this blog. As you might already know, I'm an unemployed university student so every little bit helps me alleviate some of my family's burden as well as improve my daily life. :) Of course, even "just" sharing my blog and increasing my readers is a tremendous help!

If you're interested in my art-related work (still kind of amateur-ish), you can check my deviantART profile or my art-only Facebook page.

A note to any of my readers that want to request a service or even an art commission: regardless of my schedule and how busy I might be, the commisions and service requests I accept are my top priority both in terms of time as well as quality. You need not worry - I won't delay your request simply because of any schedule issues. :)

Finally, I want to close this post by thanking all of you, my readers, regular or not, for your support, whether that support is monetary or just reading my writings. Thank you!

Pagan Blog Project

I've wanted to try the Pagan Blog Project for a while and now I can finally begin properly. I'll be participating in the 2014 Project so you should expect the first post (for the letter A) on January 3rd!