HELENA.– ¡Qué tarde llegas a las manos de tu esposa! MENELAO.– ¿De qué esposa? No toques mis harapos. HELENA.– A la que te dio Tindáreo, mi padre. MENELAO.– ¡Oh Hécate, portadora de antorchas! ¡Envíame visiones propicias! Euripides, Helena 569. Phosphorus (Φωσφορος) Originalmente, Phosphoros es el nombre dado a una deidad menor del panteón griego, nacido de Astraeus y Eos según Hesìodo. El nombre significa “portador de la luz” y refiere reiteradamente a la estrella de la mañ

Review: The Temple of Hekate by Tara Sanchez By Lisa May Enodia Books on Hekate often focus on history, devotion or practical magic. Tara Sanchez’s The Temple of Hekate: Exploring the Goddess Hekate through Ritual, Meditation and Divination brings these strands together within a structured system of modern practice. It considers not only what Hekate has meant historically, but how practitioners might approach her through ritual, divination and disciplined magical work. First

August is a very special month for devotees of Diana, who are preparing to celebrate the Nemoralia, the great festival of Diana Nemorensis. Celebrated every year around August 13 at the sacred Lake Nemi (also known as 'Diana’s Mirror'), south of Rome, it is a highlight of the season. While Sorita d'Este has already provided a wonderful analysis of the link between the Nemoralia and the Hecatean Ides in her article that I highly recommend reading, my aim today is to build on t

Hazel joined the Covenant of Hekate in 2011 and subsequently became both a Torchbearer and Keybearer. She is a prominent advocate for the oceanic path of Hekate Enalia, Hekate “of the Sea”, and has devoted considerable work to exploring the goddess’s connections with the ocean, coastlines, maritime journeys and emotional depth. She also encourages the development of emotional intelligence as an important part of spiritual practice.

We don't know the dark like we used to. Before electricity our relationship to the dark was much differnt. There wasn't the extreme light pollution like today. The dark was...well, darker which made the stars brighter. If you've ever been out in the wilderness without a city nearby, you know that the stars are uncountable, we just can't see them like we could in the past. Each one of those stars a torch of their own. Now imagine walking down a path or road at night trying to

Oracle of the Hekatean Path by Kenn Payne, with artwork by Christopher Butler, is a beautifully conceived oracle deck devoted entirely to the Goddess Hekate. It is not simply a general oracle deck with a Hekatean flavour added on top. It is clearly built around her symbols, titles, mysteries, and paths, which gives it a strong devotional centre.

Pagan Portals - Temple of the Bones: Rituals to the Goddess Hekate by Jennifer Teixeira is a concise and atmospheric book focused on Hekate, ritual practice, the dark moon, herbs, offerings and honouring the dead. It is part of the Pagan Portals series, so it is not a large study, but it uses its shorter format well.

The Many Gods Anthologies Volume I: Hekate, edited by Vikki Bramshaw, is a rich and varied collection that brings together different approaches to Hekate through scholarship, devotion, myth, place, personal experience and contemporary polytheist thought. It is not trying to present one fixed image of the goddess. Instead, it offers a gathered circle of perspectives, which feels entirely appropriate for Hekate.

El termino Propylaia o propileos en español, es el nombre que se le da a las puertas monumentales o entradas a un espacio específico, generalmente a un templo o complejo religioso y, como tal, actúan como una partición simbólica entre las partes seculares y religiosas de una ciudad Los ejemplos menos complejos con una sola entrada se conocen como propylon. Los propileos fueron una característica de la arquitectura minoica en el siglo XVII aC Creta (por ejemplo, en Ayia Triada

Book Review: Hekate: Prayers & Devotions for the Crossroads by Justin Bennett By Lisa May Enodia There are many different kinds of books about Hekate. Some explore her history, some focus on magic, and others offer mythology, scholarship or personal reflection. Justin Bennett’s Hekate: Prayers & Devotions for the Crossroads is a shorter book with a clear devotional purpose: it offers prayers for those who wish to speak to Hekate directly. This is not an academic study, and it

The reason I have started as a Keybearer and Membership Centre is to guide people on their path with Hekate, and to be the person I needed when I was looking for guidance myself. I want to encourage people to keep learning about Hekate and themselves, and to keep developing myself too.

I had a history in paganism and was initially drawn to the Dianic traditions for its female-focused and empowering energy of the feminine divine. Being a lesbian, the idea that a group of women could come together in the face of patriarchal control was exactly what I needed in my life and felt drawn to all personifications of female power.

There are books about Hekate that are useful because they explain her history, and there are books that are useful because they speak directly to devotion. Hekate: Her Sacred Fires is one of the books that does both, but its real power lies in the way it captures a living moment in Hekate’s modern revival.

Our next spotlight is on Sandra Maria Streit, a Torchbearer of the Covenant of Hekate, founder of the Sanctuary of Hekate Kourotrophos, and an Ovate within OBOD. She lives in northern Germany. A priestess, witch, druid, and Tarot reader, she has been walking pagan and magical paths for over 30 years. Her work focuses on devotional practice, accessible community spaces, and making well-researched information about Hekate available to German-speaking seekers and devotees.

This is the first of a series of Voices of the Covenant: 13 Questions, and the first spotlight is on Maby Leite, a Brazilian witch from the northeast of that beautiful country. She is a devotee with a deep love of the Goddess Hekate and serves as a Torchbearer with the Sanctuary of Hekate Ouroboros. She is also a Reclaiming Witch and Pronaos on the Orphic Strix Tradition. When did you first join the Covenant of Hekate, and what inspired you to become part of it? I joined in 2

Art by Marco Baldi @marcobaldiart Marco Baldi is an extremely talented Italian artist from Liguria. Drawing inspiration from the timeless beauty of Greek and Roman art and guided by Hekate, he is an emerging voice within the contemporary neopagan art scene. His works, which captures his personal understanding of the gods, are the result of endless dedication, study, devotion, and artistic practice. Marco kindly agreed to be interviewed and shares with us his thoughts on art,

Channelling the Goddess Hecate #1 4 June 2026 By Hazel Dark times are coming my children But do not live in fear Let your heart lead you And your strength guide you.

There are a lot of books about Shakespeare, and there are a lot of books about magic, but Emily Carding’s So Potent Art: The Magic of Shakespeare does something rather special: it brings the two together in a way that feels both intelligent and alive. This is not just a book about witches in Macbeth or fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Those familiar examples are here, of course, but Carding goes much further. The book explores the magical, occult and esoteric currents t

There are a lot of books about witchcraft now, and there are also many books about psychic development, but Mat Auryn’s Psychic Witch stands out because it brings those two streams together with real clarity. It is not just a book about intuition, and it is not just a book about spells. It is a practical training manual for developing the inner senses and applying them directly to magical work.

There are a lot of books about Hekate now, but Circle for Hekate - Volume I: History & Mythology by Sorita d’Este is one of the ones I keep coming back to when people ask where to begin. It is not a book of quick spells or fashionable claims. It is a source-rich, accessible and deeply considered introduction to Hekate’s history, mythology, symbols and many faces. I recommend it alongside Hekate: Liminal Rites as first books to read before continuing on to others on the Godde