The Temple of Hekate by Tara Sanchez

The Temple of Hekate by Tara Sanchez

The Temple of Hekate is a vibrant and exciting collection of modern rituals and practices exploring the mysteries of the Goddess Hekate. In this book Tara Sanchez draws together her knowledge of ancient practices and literature merging it with her personal experiences and ideas.

Thoroughly modern, but steeped in history, this is a book of rituals, meditations, divinations and other techniques through which the reader is invited to explore the magick of this ancient goddess of the crossroads, sorcery and witchcraft. The reader is introduced to essential practices such as keeping a magickal journal, setting up the altar, ritual purification, sacred space, preparing incenses and making a ritual robe; as well as more advanced practices such as ritual gestures, sacred vowels and dream incubation.

Other techniques covered include knot magick and phylacteries, psychic development and the use of banishing rituals. The exercises in this book present the beginner with everything they need, and the experienced practitioner with a new and fresh perspective. Divination is a very popular area of study amongst those interested in modern witchcraft and magic, and this book presents a unique Hekatean approach to using and interpreting the Major Arcana of the Tarot.

Through drawing together ideas from ancient literature and applying it to modern works, the author has created the Oracle of Her Sacred Fires. This oracle is a system of divination by dice and draws on the writings of dozens of modern priests, priestesses and mystics who contributed to the anthology Hekate Her Sacred Fires (d'Este, 2010) - a wonderful blend of old and new

The comprehensive appendixes provide additional reference material which can be used to enhance workings with the Goddess Hekate. They include material on Hekate and the other Gods, herbs, plant and animal correspondences, other spiritual beings such as daemons, the winds and the four elements - as well as techniques for reduction sigils and planetary hours. Filled with a blend of ancient and modern wisdom, ritual, technique and theory - this book is essential reading for complete beginners, intermediate students and experienced hands who are looking for relevant 21st century insights and ideas, which also honour the past - and in the process it opens up entirely new ways through which to explore the magick of the Goddess Hekate today.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who believed everything the other kids said about fairies appearing if you went to the playground at midnight and skipped around the swings three times backwards. So she set her alarm, crept out of the home, and did as she was told; however, the other kids didn't believe her when she told them her story. But, as a result, that tiny girl grew up to be just a slightly bigger girl with very wild hair and sometimes rather wild eyes, who never stopped looking for fairies in the playground and trolls beneath bridges, and who listened for things that went bump in the night and sometimes pondered the source of those half muttered secrets in the silent period just before awake and sleep. She launched on a mission to understand the meaning of life, the world, and everything when she was in her twenties, and was very surprised to realize that one answer could be the number 42; it's been pretty much downhill since then. Tara, a Kentish Maid by birth (NOT a Maid of Kent), now lives on the Cheshire/Derbyshire border with her long-suffering husband, gorgeous and precocious daughter, and a slew of cats, and can frequently be found getting pixie led in the peaks or spinning on her beloved spinning wheel, in the hopes of one day getting some genuine work done. She welcomes correspondence from anyone who is sincerely interested in the Mysteries and can be reached by email at enquiries@templeofhekate.net.