The Many Gods Anthologies Volume I: Hekate
By Vikki Bramshaw
The Many Gods Anthologies is a new series of publications bringing together scholarly papers and accounts of personal gnosis about the deities who hold a special place in our hearts. This is Volume 1 – Hekate.
Of all the ancient deities who have seen a rise in popularity in recent history, the modern day worship of the multifaceted Greek/Anatolian Goddess Hekate is particularly remarkable. Since the early 2000s, Hekate's rising popularity has been accompanied by a wave of publications (both academic and experiential) and emerging spiritual communities and organisations around the world.
This collection of essays draws on Hekate's fascinating and complex history, while acknowledging the diversity of beliefs and practices among modern day devotees. Contributors from Europe to South America cover a wide range of themes from theatre to dreamwork, from hero worship to household devotion, from Orphic tradition to the modern adoption of Hekate in foreign lands. A fascinating mix of research and personal gnosis, this book is a celebration of the modern day cult of Hekate, itself an extraordinary example of a rekindled and global faith.
2024, 178 pages. Paperback & Kindle editions are available.
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The Many Gods Anthology Volume I: Hekate
Foreword 9
Contributor Biographies 13
Many-Named & Faced Goddess: An Introduction to Hekate & Household Devotion 19
Mater Deum Magna Idaea: A Force of Heaven & Earth 31
Iberia at the Crossroads 45
Sacred Shakespeare: The creation of Hekate Genesis 51
Entering the Temple of Medea: Hero Cult, Spiritual Ancestry & Hekatean Devotion 63
Hekate & the Brazilian Crossroads 72
Hecate’s Dreams & Oracles 81
The Lamia: Followers of Hekate 91
Searching for Lamia 102
The Ephesian Letters 105
The Orphic Hymn to Hekate 108
Hekate in the Living Orphic Tradition 128
Kore vs. Crone: History, Transcendence and Respect 148
Hekate Rexchthon: Raising up the Goddess 156
Signs & Symbols of Hekate 170
Vikki Bramshaw is an author and researcher committed to studying folklore, religious history and the esoteric since the late 90's. Some of her passions are theurgy, initiatory rites and folk magic.
Her ground-breaking 'Dionysos: Exciter to Frenzy', was published in 2013 exploring the numerous facets of the god Dionysos, revealing the hidden faces of the thrice-born god and the extent of his influence in the mysteries of the ancient world.
Vikki has also contributed to a number of anthologies, journals and magazines over the years and speaks at a range of events.
Vikki Bramshaw lives in rural Hampshire together with her young son, cats, hens and horses.