Fresh Eggs Samhain 2023
Has there ever been a more perfect time for this book? Well, yes and no. Forty years ago, The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries was midwived into being by Zsuzsanna E. Budapest. Born as the Feminist Book of Light and Shadows, it has been reborn several times until arriving at its latest incarnation, The Aquarian Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries and it has saved many lives, including my own.
Ten years ago, I reviewed the third edition of this book in which I said,
“In my own opinion, this is probably as close to ‘scripture’ as any pagan will ever get.”
This still holds true. I can't recommend this book enough. Many years ago, another edition of this book saved my life. I found it, two volumes, one red cover, one purple, in a women’s bookstore in, of all places, Bakersfield, CA nestled between pamphlets on menstrual extraction and New Age topics like astral projection to alien abductions. At the time, I was in a horrible and abusive relationship, like a nightmare from which I couldn’t seem to wake myself. I read these two little books and as I read, I found myself again. I read the words,
Many people ask me why I use the word “witch” so often in The Holy Book. Why don't I call it “Womanspirit” or “Goddess's Inner Guide”? Safe, New Age-ish words that don't threaten anybody. My answer is, I like the word “witch.” It is the only word in English that denotes “woman with spiritual power.” (20)
I realized, I was a witch! I was not powerless. I did the Self Blessing ritual in the book and it was like being reborn. Blessing one’s self ? How is that possible! I’m not in a position to bless myself! How dare I presume …? But I did. I stood naked in front of the mirror with some water and I blessed my eyes to see Her beauty, my nose to smell Her essence, my lips, to speak Her Names … and as I did, I felt lighter. The Goddess was ALIVE and She was in me. “Bless me, Mother, for I am Your child.”
A few months later, I attended a women’s festival in Northern California where Z. led a circle in which I participated. It was exhilarating and confirming. I went home and fled my abuser, who, by the escalation of abuse, might very well have killed me eventually. Daughters of the Goddess don’t tolerate the kind of treatment I was receiving and that’s who I was. By reading The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries, I awoke the Goddess that was in me all along. It led me to other authors and books and then a new edition of the book came out, and just in time, too because my little red and purple books were being held together with rubber bands from being read and studied.
The Aquarian Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries is the fourth and most recent edition. And again, just in time, because my last copy is now falling apart from being literally read to pieces – by both my daughter (who was conceived using the conception ritual I found in this book!) and myself. This incarnation is glorious. The illustrations, composed of Z.’s mother, Masika Szilagyi’s folk art and photos from NASA of our universe perfectly demonstrate the relationship between earth and the heavens, the ancient and the future, body and spirit and the soul which holds it all together. In this book is forty years of Women’s History and an infinity of Women’s Future. Because of Z. and this book, my daughter will never have to figure out how shake off the oppression of patriarchal religions – something with which I still struggle sometimes. She was raised with the knowledge found in this book. It is truly a life-changing, soul liberating treasure and I HIGHLY recommend it.
Forty years ago, the world was a much different place. In 1971, Reed v. Reed, 404 (U.S. 71, 1971), marked the first time in history that the Court applied the Fourteenth Amendment to laws that discriminated against women on the sole basis of sex. The U.S. Department of Education had just codified Title IX, which reads, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Ms. Magazine published its first issue in 1972. Roe v. Wade would not codify the right to abortion, nor was contraception freely available to unmarried women for another year. Women could not get a credit card in their own name. They could be fired for being pregnant. We could not serve on a jury in all fifty states. It was not until Barnes v. Train was found, on appeal, in 1977 to have merit that women could take legal action against workplace sexual harassment. It was not until July 5, 1993, when marital rape became a crime in the sexual offense codes in all 50 states.
Yes, the world was a much different place … wasn’t it? Dobbs v. Jackson 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade. States are passing laws against certain types of contraception (https://www.help.senate.gov/chair/newsroom/press/republican-senator-blocks-bill-to-codify-americans-right-to-contraception-), and the Me, Too movement has exposed how women have still feared to expose powerful men who abuse them in the workplace. According to the Pew Research Center, women earned 84% of what men earned just two years ago. And we STILL don’t have ERA ratified! We have come so far and yet we still have so much further to go. So yes, NOW is the perfect time for the latest incarnation of this book. It is well named, The Aquarian Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries, as the Age of Aquarius is approaching, the Age of Knowing and the Age of Pisces, the Age of Believing is passing. Reading this book is empowering in a world where as women, our power still isn’t equal to that of our brothers. This book was written and curated by the women who marched and protested and wrote letters and MADE the changes that gave us the rights that the patriarchy is trying, once again, to take from us. Don’t let them do it. Read this book and learn how to stop them. Again.
You can also get it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, lulu.com, and many other bookshops.
Seasonal Ritual
Hallowmas: Women's New Year (October
31)
Theme: The Goddess
displays Her third aspect as the destroyer of life. As the Sacred Hag, She represents nature in winter-death, which is organically important for future life. On this day, She returns to Her sisters
to give the wisdom of the ages, to protect, to avenge.
Form the circle as usual. ALL is properly purified and consecrated, and each woman enters the circle with the password. Raise the energy and unify.
This is the time of Hekate, the time of ancestral worship, the time for witches to draw near the Goddess, Who
speaks
directly
to
Her
children. In Europe, people go to the cemeteries with bouquets of chrysanthemums, honoring the dead. The Susan B. Anthony Coven always remembers the witches burned
by the Christians this night. This is also the night of the revengeful
Mother,
Who
is
the
fierce protector of Her daughters when aroused. If you have a blacklist
of women's enemies, the score can be settled this night.
The altar has two black candles and two white ones. Each woman is represented
with one red candle on the
outside
circle
and
one
red
candle on the
altar. Offerings of food are appropriate. All kinds of food with red colorings are used, because
that is the food that belongs to the dead. We often use pomegranates and red apples.
“O Hekate,
Goddess of life and death, beloved by us all, wake up from
Your slumber, Earth Mother Bless this gathering of Your sisters who are present here
tonight. Let this all-holy Sabbat proceed in mirth, in understanding, in love and ecstasy.”
All:
“Blessed
be, Great Goddess!”
This
text
came
to us from
ancient
times,
recited
by matriarchies of old. Let us listen to their visions of the Goddess Hekate.
Lady
of tremblings, the sovereign lady, the mistress of destruction Who sets the world in order, She Who delivers from
destruction, lady of heaven, the mistress of the world Who devours with fire.
Lady
of the altar, the lady to Whom abundant offerings are made. She Who prevails with knives, the mistress of the world, destroyer of the foes of the women, Who
makes the decree for escape of the needy from evil happenings.
Fire,
the lady of flames who inhales the supplications that are made to Her, Who permitted no man to enter at Her
shrines.
Lady
of light, She Who is in front, the lady of strength, quiet of heart Who gave birth to all that is alive, Whose girth is three hundred and fifty measures. The likes of Her has never been found from the beginning.
Lady of might, Who dances upon the blood-red ones, Who
keeps the festival of Hekate on the day of the hearing of
faults.
Terrible
one, lady of rainstorm, Who plants the ruination of the souls of men, devourer of dead bodies; the orderer and producer and creator of the slaughtered. Dispenser of light during Her period of life, watcher of flames, the lady of the strength and of writing. She takes possession of hearts; She has secret plots and
councils.
After
this recitation, the Goddess' presence should be felt. All meditate on the meanings of the words; listen
within. If business is at hand, proceed with the same energy of the terrible one.
The
High Priestess gathers the witches, and all thrust their knives forward. They clank them together and work
them
up
for
action.
The
maiden
reads
the
names
of
the
rapists
or
their
descriptions. The witches requesting these must give a short rousing
speech on why these men deserve the worst, in order to get everyone involved
emotionally.
Take a pomegranate, name the rapists, or just “patriarchy,” to cover a wide range, and chant the witches' chant over it. When the last words are spoken, the High Priestess thrusts her knife into the fruit so that it drips like blood. Do not touch a cursed pomegranate with your hands! Then each witch pronounces a curse over patriarchy as the fruit is passed
from knife to knife. For example,
“So shall he who
hurt my sister bleed
from unknown wounds!” or, “So shall his
guts fall out to nobody's
pain.” Take inspiration from the
terrible one and vent your righteous
anger magically; send it where it belongs!
(Chorus)
They're gonna come,
they're gonna come;
They'll come for us in the morning.
They're gonna come, but
we'll be gone;
We've heard the witches' warning!
They
snatched away our children dear
They took away abortion;
They
wiped the wildflower from the field
And covered us with poison.
Now
childcare costs our weekly wage
We're prisoners in our homes;
The
welfare barely feeds the flesh
And starves our woman's soul.
They
cast our Goddess from the earth
Subdued with rape and burning,
But
every spring the new corn sprouts
The old ways we're learning.
The
night watch now, the daylight soon
The struggle brings the glory;
The
lives we lead, the songs we sing
Will be our woman's story.
The
sooner fight, the sooner win;
Why wait a moment longer?
Our
deadliest weapon is our hope
And we are getting stronger!
—Chris Carol
From Grandmother of Time
Rite to Honor the dead
This meditation is the oldest form of worship. I believe the human race invented religion because of the awe death causes in us, the emptiness we feel when loved ones depart and we wonder where they have gone. If they send us a vision, if they return in a dream, we know they haven't gone away, they have just passed over to the other side. In October, this other world comes very close to the world of the living.
Create an altar for your ancestors by decorating a table with a white cloth, flowers, and a small bowl of water. Sprinkle some herbs on your candles. Put pictures of your departed relatives in the middle. Light your white or yellow devotional candles in front of them. Burn a little incense for the ghosts -- one of the oldest of customs. Put out some food, such as red fruit or hard candies. Use your own words to speak as if you were talking to your own mother, father, aunt, or child, saying something like this:
Dear [name], hello! This is your [relative -- daughter, sister, whatever] talking. Happy Halloween! I have set out food for you to eat and water for you to drink. I honor you, my ancestor, because what you were is who I am today and I am all that you could give me. I thank you for my life and ask you for more protection on the street, in my home, and within myself, so that I may reject negative ideas and will not internalize oppression. Rest in the holy beauty of the Goddess; rejoice in your nearness to the source of all life. Extend your powers like wings over the family you have left behind and we shall remember you with reverence on this night every year.
If your parents or relatives are buried where you can visit them, go to the cemetery as well. Make sure all your loved ones' graves are well tended and pay your dues to the cemetery caretakers. Do this on Halloween for sure or November 1, the Feast of the Dead.
Also, Did You Know?
The next time you feel the need to ridicule pumpkin spice lovers (or hide your own love of pumpkin spice to avoid such ridicule), you should know that the spices used in this delectable concoction are spell ingredients.
According to the folks at Green Witch Farm:
- Cinnamon -- In addition to the fire element and a whole host of health benefits, Cinnamon has a high energetic vibration. It draws in abundance and adds a kick of energy that amplifies all other energies in the mix. Kind of like the Quartz crystal of the plant allies.
- Nutmeg -- It offers a protective element, aids in meditation and as a plant of Jupiter, likes to call in good juju for money and luck.
- Ginger -- Ginger is another heat producing spice that has it’s own health benefits and stimulates prosperity. It also increases personal energy, vigor and induces passion.
- Allspice -- Allspice is fire spice that adds determination and energy to intentions and endeavors. It’s one of those uplifting and feel good spices and is also good for healing.
- Clove -- Cloves not only smell good but stimulates the mind while relaxing the body. It is also used to boost self-confidence.
Goddess Book Club!
As some of you may know, I was in a serious car accident
some months ago. My hand was pretty badly mangled, but I did walk away, thank
Gaia! So Tinnekke has graciously taken on yet more work by editing this
newsletter. I want to express my gratitude to her for her excellent work while
I healed. I’m still healing (without going into too much detail, there were a
few fractures and some lacerations and it was my dominant hand, so it’s been a
struggle).
You can also try your local library for a copy. We are getting our feet wet with this one and building up to Z.'s book, The Aquarian Holy Book of Women's Mysteries.
The Goddess Festival 2024 is happening!!!
Half a century and counting!
Women's spirituality is alive and thriving. Our community is creating amazing things all over the world. Z has made the ultimate print edition of the holy book in The Aquarian Holy Book of Women's Mysteries, and is even now bringing together all her living ordained Daughters to turn that most essential of resources into a living, oral herstory of our community. And Zsuzsanna Budapest is calling the women together one more time to howl under the moon and to dance all night to wild women's music. Join her in the sacred redwoods of California for this spectacular event.
Goddess of the Month - October 2023: Hekate
By Tinnekke
WHO IS HEKATE?
Noctilucent Hekate by Tinnekke Bebout
Hekate (also known by the more common but inaccurate spelling Hecate) is the Goddess of witchcraft and magic, protectress of children, guardian of the home, and keeper of the mysteries of life, death, and rebirth. Daughter of the Titans Perses and Asteria, She is also a Titan, whose power reigns in heaven, on the earth, and in the sea. She bestows upon humanity wealth, victory, and wisdom. She was invoked for good luck by sailors and hunters. When the Dorics and their Olympian gods conquered the Greek mainland, She was one of the few early deities to retain all Her original powers and glories. Hekate was originally an Anatolian Goddess of the wilderness and childbirth, who was introduced into Thrace and Greece in pre-historic times. One of the earliest written records comes from Hesiod's Theogony, written in the 7th to 8th century BCE, in which She is referred to in this way: "Hekate whom Zeus the son of Kronos honoured above all. He gave her splendid gifts, to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea. She received honour also in starry heaven, and is honoured exceedingly by the deathless gods . . . For as many as were born of Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Heaven) [the Titanes] amongst all these she has her due portion. The son of Kronos [Zeus] did her no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privilege both in earth, and in heaven, and in sea. Also, because she is an only child, the goddess receives not less honour, but much more still, for Zeus honours her." Later She was brought into Egypt by the Macedonian Ptolemy and his followers after the death of Alexander the Great and had a large center of worship at Alexandria. It is interesting to note that Her earliest depictions were not tri-formed but singular in nature. Pausanias states that Hekate was first shown in Her tri-form by the sculptor Alkamenes as part of the work he did for the temple of Nike on the Athenian Akropolis during the late fifth century BCE. So strong was Her worship in the hearts and minds of the people that as late as the 7th century CE the Christian Patriarch Eligius had to admonish his recently converted flock against making offerings to the Goddess of the Crossroads. Some of Her titles include:
Khthoniê, Of the Underworld
Krataeis, the Mighty One
Enodia, Of the Crossroads
Kourotrophos, Nurse of the Young
Propylaia, the One before the Gate
Propolos, the attendant who leads
Phosphoros, the light-bringer
Prytania, Invincible Queen of the Dead
Trioditis, Of the Three-Ways
Klêidouchos, Keeper of the Keys
Tricephalus, The Three-Headed
Perseis, Daughter of Perses
Brimô, Terrible One
Aidônaia, Lady of the Underworld
Trimorphis, Three-Formed
Zerynthia, Of Mount Zerynthia (in Samothrace)
Nyktipolos, Night Wandering
Atalos, Tender One
Skylakagetis, Leader of the Dogs
Kourê Mounogenês, Only Begotten Maiden
Liparokrêdemnos, Bright-Coiffed
Anassa Eneroi, Queen of the those Below
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| Noctilucent Hekate by Tinnekke Bebout |
Hekate (also known by the more common but inaccurate spelling Hecate) is the Goddess of witchcraft and magic, protectress of children, guardian of the home, and keeper of the mysteries of life, death, and rebirth. Daughter of the Titans Perses and Asteria, She is also a Titan, whose power reigns in heaven, on the earth, and in the sea. She bestows upon humanity wealth, victory, and wisdom. She was invoked for good luck by sailors and hunters. When the Dorics and their Olympian gods conquered the Greek mainland, She was one of the few early deities to retain all Her original powers and glories. Hekate was originally an Anatolian Goddess of the wilderness and childbirth, who was introduced into Thrace and Greece in pre-historic times. One of the earliest written records comes from Hesiod's Theogony, written in the 7th to 8th century BCE, in which She is referred to in this way: "Hekate whom Zeus the son of Kronos honoured above all. He gave her splendid gifts, to have a share of the earth and the unfruitful sea. She received honour also in starry heaven, and is honoured exceedingly by the deathless gods . . . For as many as were born of Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Heaven) [the Titanes] amongst all these she has her due portion. The son of Kronos [Zeus] did her no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privilege both in earth, and in heaven, and in sea. Also, because she is an only child, the goddess receives not less honour, but much more still, for Zeus honours her." Later She was brought into Egypt by the Macedonian Ptolemy and his followers after the death of Alexander the Great and had a large center of worship at Alexandria. It is interesting to note that Her earliest depictions were not tri-formed but singular in nature. Pausanias states that Hekate was first shown in Her tri-form by the sculptor Alkamenes as part of the work he did for the temple of Nike on the Athenian Akropolis during the late fifth century BCE. So strong was Her worship in the hearts and minds of the people that as late as the 7th century CE the Christian Patriarch Eligius had to admonish his recently converted flock against making offerings to the Goddess of the Crossroads. Some of Her titles include:
Khthoniê, Of the Underworld
Krataeis, the Mighty One
Enodia, Of the Crossroads
Kourotrophos, Nurse of the Young
Propylaia, the One before the Gate
Propolos, the attendant who leads
Phosphoros, the light-bringer
Prytania, Invincible Queen of the Dead
Trioditis, Of the Three-Ways
Klêidouchos, Keeper of the Keys
Tricephalus, The Three-Headed
Perseis, Daughter of Perses
Brimô, Terrible One
Aidônaia, Lady of the Underworld
Trimorphis, Three-Formed
Zerynthia, Of Mount Zerynthia (in Samothrace)
Nyktipolos, Night Wandering
Atalos, Tender One
Skylakagetis, Leader of the Dogs
Kourê Mounogenês, Only Begotten Maiden
Liparokrêdemnos, Bright-Coiffed
Anassa Eneroi, Queen of the those Below
Worship of Hekate
The most important sanctuary to Hekate in the ancient world was in Lagina, a theocratic city-state in which the Goddess was served by eunuchs, and where Her famous temple drew great festal assemblies every year. This city lay close to the originally Macedonian colony of Stratonikea, where She was the city's patroness. There was a shrine to Hekate in the complex of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, where the megabyzi, eunuch priests, officiated. Hekate was worshipped in Eleusis as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Worship of Hekate was also very important in Aigina, where tradition held that the legendary Thracian poet Orpheus had established the Mysteries and had a temple built where there was a celebrated statue of Her created by the famous sculptor Myron. In Italy at Lake Averno, an extinct volcanic crater, the thick, dark forest surrounding the lake was known as Hekate's sacred grove. Other centers of Hekate's worship include Thessaly, Thrace, Delos, Samothrace, Karia, Lydia, Rhodes, and in the Greek colony of Sicily, where tradition held that the first shrine was erected by Odysseus during his wanderings. Most homes in the ancient Hellenic world had a shrine to Hekate near their entrance. These small shrines were called Hekataion, and are referred to in many sources from the time. Of all the animals, the one most associated with Hekate in ancient tradition is the female dog, and Hekate is often referred to as "The Black Bitch". Unlike most other Greek deities, dogs were often sacrificed to Her, along with sheep and honey. Another common form of offering was to leave meat at a crossroads. At Kolophon in Thrace, Hekate was said to manifest as a dog, and the sound of barking dogs was considered to be the first sign of Her approach in Greek and Roman literature. Her priestesses were often mystai who communed with the Goddess in trance-inducing rites. They were often accompanied by the Korybantes who were male dancers. "Already the bird of morning was cutting the air with loud cries [on the island of Samothrake]; already the helmeted bands of desert-haunting Korybantes were beating on their shields in the Knossian dance, and leaping with rhythmic steps, and the oxhides thudded under the blows of the iron as they whirled them about in rivalry, while the double pipe made music, and quickened the dancers with its rollicking tune in time to the bounding steps. Aye, and the trees whispered, the rocks boomed, the forests held jubilee with their intelligent movings and shakings, and the Dryades did sing. Packs of bears joined the dance, skipping and wheeling face to face; lions with a roar from emulous throats mimicked the triumphant cry of the priests of the Kabeiroi, sane in their madness; the revelling pipes rang out a tune to honour of Hekate, divine friend of dogs, those single pipes, which the horn-polisher’ s art invented in Kronos’s days." - Nonnus, Dionysiaca.
Other priestesses were depicted as witches and sorceresses, most famously Medea and Circe, who was a Goddess in Her own right. It was this aspect of priestesshood which carried on in Alexandria where She was regarded mostly as a Goddess of sorceries who was frequently invoked in Egyptian magical texts from the time of Ptolemy onward. In the Chaldean Oracles that were edited in Alexandria, She was also associated with a serpentine maze around a spiral, known as Strophalos of Hekate or Hekate's Wheel. There Her most potent symbol was the serpent, which was associated with Her powers over death and rebirth and with Her ancient wisdom. "The life-producing bosom of Hekate, that Living Flame which clothes itself in Matter to manifest Existence" - The Chaldean Oracles. There is some speculation that the Goddess Diana as She is referred to in Charles Leland's book "Aradia or The Gospel of the Witches" is actually a distillation of Hekate, since the Romans associated Her with Diana as a Moon Goddess and the rites and attributes of Diana in the book much more closely resemble those of Hekate than they do the Roman Diana, especially since Hekate was known as "Queen of the Witches" in ancient times, an epithet which the Romans never ascribed to Diana, but which is given to the Tuscan manifestation of Diana in the book.
Festivals of Hekate
The Greeks observed two days sacred to Hekate, one on the full moon of Hekatombaion (July/August of the modern calendar) held to aid in keeping the storms from destroying the harvest, and one on the dark moon (Deipnon) of Maimakterion (November/December modern calendar) where She was honored as Lady of the Crossroads. The Romans observed the 29th of every month as Her sacred day when eggs and fish were offered to Her at crossroads shrines. The Macedonians honored Hekate in a midwinter festival, praising Her as the "Divine Midwife". Hekate was also honored in Eleusis as part of the Thesmophoria, which marked the end of the hot, harsh summer months when nothing would grow and the beginning of the fall planting season in the Greek month of Pyanopsion, which is roughly during the middle of October to the middle of November. "Silence! Silence! Pray to the Thesmophorai, Demeter and Koura [Persephone] ; pray to Ploutos, Kalligeneia, Kourotrophos [Hekate], Ge (the Earth), Hermes and the Kharites (Graces), that all may happen for the best at this gathering, both for the greatest advantage of Athens and for our own personal happiness! May the award be given her who, by both deeds and words, has most deserved it from the Athenian people and from the women! Address these prayers to heaven and demand happiness for yourselves. Io Paean! Io Paean! Let us rejoice!" - Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae.
The Greeks observed two days sacred to Hekate, one on the full moon of Hekatombaion (July/August of the modern calendar) held to aid in keeping the storms from destroying the harvest, and one on the dark moon (Deipnon) of Maimakterion (November/December modern calendar) where She was honored as Lady of the Crossroads. The Romans observed the 29th of every month as Her sacred day when eggs and fish were offered to Her at crossroads shrines. The Macedonians honored Hekate in a midwinter festival, praising Her as the "Divine Midwife". Hekate was also honored in Eleusis as part of the Thesmophoria, which marked the end of the hot, harsh summer months when nothing would grow and the beginning of the fall planting season in the Greek month of Pyanopsion, which is roughly during the middle of October to the middle of November. "Silence! Silence! Pray to the Thesmophorai, Demeter and Koura [Persephone] ; pray to Ploutos, Kalligeneia, Kourotrophos [Hekate], Ge (the Earth), Hermes and the Kharites (Graces), that all may happen for the best at this gathering, both for the greatest advantage of Athens and for our own personal happiness! May the award be given her who, by both deeds and words, has most deserved it from the Athenian people and from the women! Address these prayers to heaven and demand happiness for yourselves. Io Paean! Io Paean! Let us rejoice!" - Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae.
Orphic Hymn 1 to Hekate - (trans. Forrest) (Greek hymns Circa 3rd B.C.E.)
To Hekatê
Hekatê of the Path, I invoke Thee, Lovely Lady of the Triple Crossroads,
Celestial, Chthonian, and Marine One, Lady of the Saffron Robe.
Sepulchral One, celebrating the Bakchic Mysteries among the Souls of the Dead,
Daughter of Persês, Lover of Solitude, rejoicing in deer.
Nocturnal One, Lady of the Dogs, invincible Queen.
She of the Cry of the Beast, Ungirt One, having an irresistible Form.
Bullherder, Keeper of the Keys of All the Universe, Mistress,
Guide, Bride, Nurturer of Youths, Mountain Wanderer.
I pray Thee, Maiden, to be present at our hallowed rites of initiation,
Always bestowing Thy graciousness upon the Boukolos.
To Hekatê
Hekatê of the Path, I invoke Thee, Lovely Lady of the Triple Crossroads,
Celestial, Chthonian, and Marine One, Lady of the Saffron Robe.
Sepulchral One, celebrating the Bakchic Mysteries among the Souls of the Dead,
Daughter of Persês, Lover of Solitude, rejoicing in deer.
Nocturnal One, Lady of the Dogs, invincible Queen.
She of the Cry of the Beast, Ungirt One, having an irresistible Form.
Bullherder, Keeper of the Keys of All the Universe, Mistress,
Guide, Bride, Nurturer of Youths, Mountain Wanderer.
I pray Thee, Maiden, to be present at our hallowed rites of initiation,
Always bestowing Thy graciousness upon the Boukolos.
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