Hekate Quotes

“In antiquity, Hekate was loved and revered as the goddess of the dark moon. People looked to her as a guardian against unseen dangers and spiritual foes.
All was well until Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kidnapped by Hades and ordered to live in the underworld for three months each year. Persephone was afraid to make the journey down to the land of the dead alone, so year after year Hekate lovingly guided her through the dark passageway and back. Over time Hekate became known as Persephone's attendant. But because Persephone was also the queen of the lower world, who ruled over the dead with her husband, Hades, Hekate's role as a guardian goddess soon became twisted and distorted until she was known as the evil witch goddess who stalked the night, looking for innocent people to bewitch and carry off to the underworld.
Today few know the great goddess Hekate. Those who do are blessed with her compassion for a soul lost in the realm of evil. Some are given a key.”
― Lynne Ewing, Into the Cold Fire

“Born to destroy kings, born to reshape the world, born to horrify and break and remake, born to endure and never be erased. Hekate Medea, more than god and more than woman, alive now, in the time of origin.”
― David Vann, Bright Air Black

“She was a liminal goddess who was present at all the boundaries and transitional moments in life. She was also an apotropaic (‘evil-averting’) protector and guide, as illustrated by some of the many titles she was given. Hekate’s triple form emphasised her power over the three realms, these being the heavens, sea and earth.”
― Sorita d'Este, Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads

“Hekate has been given numerous epithets describing her roles and qualities over the thousands of years of her worship. Some of her well known titles include:

Chthonia (‘earthly one’),
Dadouchos (‘torch-bearer’),
Enodia (‘of the ways’),
Kleidouchos (‘key-bearer’),
Kourotrophos (‘child’s nurse’),
Phosphorus (‘light-bearer’),
Propolos (‘companion’),
Propylaia (‘before the gates’),
Soteira (‘saviour’),
Triformis (‘three bodied’),
Trioditis (‘of the three ways’).”
― Sorita d'Este, Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads

“The moon was almost full but in its waning phase, hanging in the clear sky. At one time, a night without a moon had made her uneasy, but now she felt a spiritual connection to Hekate, the goddess of the dark— a secret she hadn’t even told her closest friend, Jimena. She wanted to become a mystica, one initiated into the secret rites of Hekate, because she understood the purpose of the dark now. It was necessary for growth. Instead of being something to fear, it needed to be welcomed as a passing from the old to the new.”
― Lynne Ewing, Possession

“The sapphire spun within the gold, creating the soft, sweet chant of an arcane religious song. She paused and listened. The words were in ancient Greek. She translated some of the lyrics into English: “Nocturnal One, Queen of the Cosmos.” She knew at once it was an ancient prayer to summon the Greek deity Hekate.
At the same moment dogs barked and howled, and the night filled with the pure scent of clean winter air.
Serena stopped and studied the Followers, all looking at her now with an apprehensive stare. Some even backed away.
She turned to Jerome. His malicious gaze flickered, and she caught a glimpse of fear. Was there something in the night more powerful than Followers and the Atrox?
The force of Hekate surged through her, and finally she understood what it meant to be the key. She no longer saw light and dark as opposites but as two joining and necessary forces. The strength of both merged inside her with an agonizing clash, but the pain was pleasant and strangely thrilling as it molded her into the goddess she was destined to become.
An insolent smile slipped across her face and she sauntered toward Jerome.
“You said it was the dark of the moon already,” she said. “Followers are most powerful then.” She paused and added, “But so am I.”
― Lynne Ewing, Possession

“Maybe she had always been destined to be like Hekate, a goddess of dark, but was that so bad? It was during dark times that people most needed help from the divine. She understood that now.
“There never was a night that didn’t end,” she whispered.
Stanton looked at her. “You have to make a choice.”
She nodded. Her seventeenth birthday was quickly approaching, and then she had to choose. She could lose her powers and her memory of what she had once been, or she could disappear and become something else, a guardian spirit, perhaps. But now, unlike the other Daughters, Serena had a third choice. She could become a goddess of the dark.”
― Lynne Ewing, Possession