#hekataeon

Two-sided talisman with an image of Hekate on one side -- "O Six Hands crowning a flaming eye,/ Extending in every direction;" from Jack Grayle's Hekataeon, Rite 4: De Forma -- and her crossroads sigil, name, and six epithets in Greek -- "Hekate, Atalos, Apotropaia, Soteira, Rexichthon" -- on the reverse. * Made of solid .925 sterling silver, shibuichi (an art metal alloy made of 3:1 copper:silver), yellow brass, or red bronze. * Available as a coin, with an upeye for use as a pendant, or with three jump rings for use in a rosary-style necklace.

Each piece is hand-made to order in my home studio, with unique variations and defects as a result of the fabrication and casting process.

These talismans are NOT consecrated. That is your responsibility.

Jack Grayle. The Hekataeon. Grayle Press, 2024. Media trade hardcover edition. 496 pages. Sigil and illustrations by Rowan E. Cassidy.

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𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.

Adapted from Sophocles Hymn to Hekate and Helios, and ATALOS (an epithet from the Hekataeon by Jack Grayle). Written by yours truly.

ATALOS - Kind one, One Who Helps Others

Incense: Frankincense and Myrrh

Offering: Libation of Milk and Honey, Round Cakes (Brownie Bites Work)

Candle: White

Best location: Crossroads or Altar

Inscribe the ATALOS sigil on papyrus (or paper) and place under candle:

Incantation:

O Master Helios and Sacred Fire,

Propitious Agathos Daimon, for whom heaven has become the way of revelry.

I invoke you by your sacred and great and hidden names, for which you rejoice upon hearing them.

ĒI, LANKHUKK, AKAREN. BAL MISTHREN, MARTAMATHAH, LAILAIM, MOUSOUTHI, SIETHO, BATHABATHI, IATMON, ALEI, IABATH ABAOTH, SABAOTH, ADONAI

AKRAMMACHAMAREI

O spear of Hekate of the Crossroads

Which she bears while approaching Olympus And dwelling on Earth's holy Crossroads.

O Mighty Hekate,

Many Named Mother of the Gods,

Whose children are fair.

She who is crowned with oak-leaves And the coils of wild snakes.

I invoke you by your sacred and great and hidden names, for which you rejoice upon hearing them.

BOUORPHORBE PANPHORBA PHORBARA

AKTIOPHI ERESCHIGAL NEBOTOSOUALETH

ARARACHARARA ÊPHTHISIKÊRE

NEBOUTOS

ATALOS, both are you. You both helped Demeter as she wept for the loss of Persephone. Kindly Come, Oh please, by my offerings and help me too. Please oh kind ones, grant me my desire. (State wish, desire, or prayer).

ASKI KATASKI, LIX TETRAX DAMNAMENEUS AISION.

IO HEKA IO HO

Pour Libation and leave offerings.



I finally got the chance to make my witch’s ladder/rosary! It is beautiful and I’m really proud of it. I opted for the real snake vertebrae, and used black and white stone beads that look like moons. For the coin, I used a strophalos keychain. I didn’t find a metal flower, so I used a ram skull charm instead. I already had an antique key that I got at an oddities fair. I threw in a few extra beads for aesthetics; the red one is just plastic, but I used it to represent the Philosopher’s Stone as a kid, so it felt appropriate.

The iynx was surprisingly easy to make. I found an ideal-sized disc at Michaels, used tracing paper to draw the strophalos on it (the crossroads sigil from the book is on the other side), and drilled two holes in it. Really simple. It’s legit fun to play with! But I think my ritual to ensoul it didn’t really work, so, I’ll probably have to try that again.

A recent acquisition, Jack Grayle the poet that you are.

Going into Jack Grayle's Hekataeon, I can say I had high expectations for the book. From the poetry shared online, to the snippets and glimpses of the book I could find in other practitioners posts and reviews, I must say that the idea of having it became a slight, very mild obsession for me.

My body was filled with excitement when I was finally able to start reading it, and the material did not disappoint. Jack's poetics really are something else, and I find his perspective not only on Hekate, but also on magic, to be really valuable.

There is a very noticeable influence from the PGM in the way he works the magic of the book, and while I have not yet done any of the rituals or spells contained in the texts, the way he words and manages those things have definitely seeped into my own way of directing power into the world.

An example of that: I have recently strung together a necklace in the form of a coral snake, as directed by Hekate. When imbuing it with magical power, one of the first things I did was to call for Helios to enter and leave the necklace to purify it with his solar, fiery power, a move inspired by the Dagger Rite of the Hekataeon, in which the witch is expected to call forth the Fates, the Furies and Helios into a dagger which will house the infernal spirit Bainkhookh.

The is no Bainkhookh in my necklace, of course, but the Dagger Rite did expand my understanding of magic and what are the limits of this way of working power.

Though I have a lot of good to say about the book, I was actually a bit surprised to find out that Hekate, while directing most of the workings, is only talked about until about halfway through the book. After that, there is a section talking about Selene, Artemis and Persephone, understood as aspects of Hekate, and then another that talks about Helios, Dionysus and Apollo, which are followed by a final section that talks about Kirke, Medea and Pasiphae. Thoses sections, which have many rituals in between them, mostly focused on the powers of the spirits mentioned.

By the end of the book, Grayle speaks much of Dionysus in a way that seems to blend british-derived tradcraft and his understanding of the PGM. He also speaks of Hermes and Hermekate. I'm still not sure how I feel about both of those things, personally.

Im so excited! I just got my copy of The Hekatæon!