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.

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

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.

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

There are many books on Hekate now, but Stephen Ronan’s The Goddess Hekate still occupies a distinctive place. It is not a modern devotional book, not a spell book, and not a general beginner’s introduction in the usual Pagan sense. It is a compact, serious and source-heavy study of Hekate’s place in ancient religion, philosophy and magical thought, with particular attention to the Chaldean and Neoplatonic material.

Book Review: Hekate Liminal Rites by Sorita d'Este and David Rankine. Published in 2009 by Avalonia (www.avaloniabooks.com)