Hekate Queen of the Witches: Ancient Anatolian Cult Goddess Turned World Soul

Hecate: Queen of the Witches — From Torchbearer to World Soul
This week on Discovrse, Abammon the Great and Dr. Anna Stone uncover the ancient and evolving identity of Hecate — the torch-bearing goddess of boundaries, magic, and the dead. Tracing her from her earliest appearance in Hesiod’s Theogony through her role in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, to her powerful presence in the Greek Magical Papyri and Chaldean Oracles, we explore how Hecate transformed from an honored Olympian to a liminal, chthonic force guiding souls between worlds.

Topics include:

The Temple of Hekate at Lagina in Anatolia

Her role as nurse to Zeus and bestower of divine favor

The emergence of the triple goddess form in classical Athens

Her invocation in necromantic spells and spirit bindings in the PGM

Identification with Artemis, Selene, and Persephone

Her esoteric status as the World Soul and divine mediatrix in Neoplatonism

Join us as we illuminate the dark paths of magic, initiation, and divine mystery through the lens of one of the most feared and revered goddesses of the Western esoteric tradition.

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