Good Resources on Hekate

Hi. I'm new to the forums. I've been going through Keeping Her Keys by Cyndi Brannen, and I like it, and I've also been reading Liminal Rites. I wanted to know of any other suggestions to help me deepen my practice with Hekate? Spells, rituals, etc. Thanks!

quantum_gypsy said:

Hi. I'm new to the forums. I've been going through Keeping Her Keys by Cyndi Brannen, and I like it, and I've also been reading Liminal Rites. I wanted to know of any other suggestions to help me deepen my practice with Hekate? Spells, rituals, etc. Thanks!

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Some book recommendations for you to dig into:

The Hekatæon by Jack Grayle (a very good book for deepening practice),

Hekate Soteira_ A Study of Hekate's Roles in the Chaldean Oracles and Related Literature by Sarah Iles Johnston (good University level for historical info),

The Rotting Goddess - The Origin of the Witch in Classical Antiquity's Demonization of Fertility Religion by Jacob Rabinowitz (another good one for university level history on Hekate),

Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants by Claudia Müller-Ebeling PhD. Christian Rätsch PhD. Wolf-Dieter Storl PhD. Translated by Annabel Lee (A brilliant book on historical herbal magic with a rather large emphasis on Hekate),

Hekate: Keys to the Crossroads~ Edited by Sorita d'Este (This one gives diverse experiences of practitioners who have worked with Hekate for many years and gives a good view of how she manifests for different people in different ways).

I know I only added one specifically for deepening practice, but all of them will add to it. The more you understand the history and how those who came before us worked with Hekate, the better you can understand your own connection to Her. I hope these recommendations help you out. You can find some of these books in the library section here. I'll add that Hekate- Liminal Rites is one of my favorite books on Hekate. I'm glad that you are starting out with good material. I'll also add that anything on Her by Sorita d'Este is worth picking up.

Circle for Hekate by Sorita d'Este is a wonderful compendium of information about Hekate's veneration in Antiquity. I'd definitely reccomend it.
Also, study Traditional Craft, as well. Hekate is the goddess of witches after all.

quantum_gypsy said:

Hi. I'm new to the forums. I've been going through Keeping Her Keys by Cyndi Brannen, and I like it, and I've also been reading Liminal Rites. I wanted to know of any other suggestions to help me deepen my practice with Hekate? Spells, rituals, etc. Thanks!

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I strongly recommend you DO NOT sign up for Jason Miller's "Sorcery of Hekate", misspelt material with appalling grammar that would embarrass a kindergartener - as to how effective this course is? At least it didn't make things WORSE for me - yet I did NOT encounter ANY improvements.
My having wasted so much money & time on it all hopefully means nobody else will have to subject themselves to such utter trash.
One of the BEST books on Hekate is "Temple of Hekate" by Tara Sanchez, as well as books by Monte Plaisance.

I agree with the books suggested here. I also think learning more about Hekate's epithets can be an interesting way to understand her different aspects. Thea Deinos is pretty terrifying, but Kourotrophos can protect small children for example. One of the best resources was this .

Thebes said:

I agree with the books suggested here. I also think learning more about Hekate's epithets can be an interesting way to understand her different aspects. Thea Deinos is pretty terrifying, but Kourotrophos can protect small children for example. One of the best resources was this

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I quite like the epithet "Pandoteira", meaning "all giving" / "Bounteous" - good for abundance, prosperity, wealth etc, when I was a member of the Covenant of Hekate (just a bunch of drooling fawning oleaginous sycophantic Sorita D'Este guru groupies) - I thought I'd work towards becoming a "Torchbearer" within that organisation & establish a "Sanctuary of Hekate Pandoteira" - many of the "Torchbearers" / "Keybearers" in that group have a "Sanctuary" which is nothing more than a $10 Hekate statue off Aliexpress or Temu with a tealight in front of it, on a shelf in their kitchen or bedroom. Cyndi Brannen runs a membership group that I am VERY GLAD to no longer be part of . . . funny how she NO LONGER practices psychotherapy nor does she lecture ANYWHERE in psychology - why - imagine if she'd been "struck off" for ALLEGEDLY being MANIPULATIVE & NARCISSISTIC . . . imagine that . . . Jeff Cullen's book on Hekate "Liber Kthonia" is very aesthetically pleasing - I won't say anything more about it beyond that. Hekate the Crossroads Dark Goddess by Idlu Lili Regulus looks great. I thoroughly enjoyed Crossroads the Path of Hekate by Greg Crowfoot, & A Year of Hekate by Marcus Black.