HECATE - The Goddess Of The Mystical And Mysterious

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

Ancient Greek Goddess of Moonlight, Underworld and the Supernatural.

Positive features:

- tends to look for a mystical explanation of events;

- Often engaged in occult practices, goes to magicians;

- is fond of astrology and horoscopes;

-strong intuition;

- is engaged in extreme sports or mystical rituals, she is attracted by the extraordinary and incomprehensible, which sometimes frightens others;

- achieves the set goals;

- does not like frames and conventions.

Negative traits:

- Feels detachment from life and complete loneliness due to a lack of understanding of her behavior and values;

-insufficient emotional sensitivity;

- shows aggressiveness towards others, which is rather self-defense than aggression;

-cannot express feelings.

Myths about Hecate:

Hecate is the goddess of darkness, night visions and sorcery. Received from Zeus power over the fate of the land and sea. After the victory of the Olympians over the Titans, Hecate managed to maintain influence, although the inhabitants of Olympus considered her presence undesirable. Zeus respected Hecate so much that he did not dispute her right to fulfill or not fulfill the deepest desires of mortals. Hecate called on Demeter for help, forcing the all-seeing Helios to confess that Hades had kidnapped Persephone.

Hecate patronized hunting, shepherding, horse breeding, public activities of people (in court, popular assembly, war), protected children and youth. The gloomy goddess of night witchcraft, Hecate was terrifying, wandering in the dark in burial places and appearing at intersections with a flaming torch in her hands and snakes in her hair. They turned to her for help, resorting to special mysterious manipulations. She brought out the ghosts of the dead, helped abandoned lovers. Orpheus is the founder of the mysteries of Hecate in Aegina. She suggested how to return Eurydice when Orpheus appealed to the goddess.

In ancient Greece, the number "3" was inextricably linked with the goddess Hecate, who has three guises (or even three bodies) - a mare, a dog and a lion, to be seen from the sides. Hecate ruled over the triad of human existence - birth, life and death - and the three elements - earth, air and fire. The three whips of power that ruled over humanity, time and space made her an indispensable ally for wizards who sought to find a means of changing the seemingly unchanging physical world. Those who boldly pronounced the name of the goddess in spells received a portion of terrible supernatural power as a reward.

Legend has it that the famous Statue of Liberty is Hecate, who wore a spiked crown. And the torch for the symbol of freedom is needed to illuminate the way for people. A path in the darkness that Hecate commands.

In the image of Hecate, the demonic features of the pre-Olympic deity are closely intertwined, connecting the two worlds - the living and the dead.

Zone of Nearest Development: Development of sensitivity and empathy.