HEKATE: The Light of All Darkness.

A Celebration of her Feasts, Myths and Rituals

by Shani Oates

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Hekate: The Light of All Darkness, is a solemn tribute, a poignant song, and a vibrant celebration of all She was, is, and will be. In word, vision, art, poem, invocation and theurgic rite, this work is both a pilgrimage to Her feet and a literary dance of origin that explores Her many faces and forms. Combining personal gnosis with erudite research, this unique work reveals the light within Her darkness. Her liminality between the living and the dead is profoundly articulated, while demonstrating with clarity Her singular presence amongst other goddesses mistaken for Her. Using original material extrapolated from the Orphic Hymns and The Chaldean Oracles, the true gnostic vitality of the real Hekate emerges triumphant in the Light.

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Deus est unus et Trinus  et omnia in omnibus [God is one and Triune, and all in all]

"A combination of ancient textual and iconographic source material, personal gnosis, and creative occult design, this Hekate grimoire demonstrates contemporary methods for mystical exploration of this ancient goddess. Asking ‘Who is this arresting presence and what force compels us to follow her?’ (p. 79), Shani Oates, Maid of the Clan of Tubal Cain, provides inspiring examples of group and solitary rituals – and importantly, the effects they have had on her – to aid the reader in traversing the path toward Hekate themselves. Powerfully evoking the excitement of – the desire for – knowledge outside the usual human limitations, this book goes beyond the Roman figure of Hekate the witch, to invoke Chaldean Hekate as world soul."
Dr Caroline Tully, witch and archaeologist.