The Black Rite of Hekate This ritual is held held on the night of of the 31st 31st of October October or on any any other tting tting night, and has as its aim to evoke the Dark Goddess, Hekate, and channel her most sinister energies towards the manifestation of inner and outer changes, in conformity with the collective will and desire of her blessed assembly The !ro!er !ro!er !lace for for the ritual must must be chosen chosen beforehand beforehand by the "riestess "riestess of Hekate and must be a natural liminal !oint of ingress to the darker !owers # relatively relatively big re !it must be dug in the middle of the chosen !lace for the ritual and enough timber must be collected and !laced inside the !it to kindle a holy re that will burn strong during the whole of the ritual !roceedings The best wood to use for the kindling of the re of Hekate is from the dead branches of yew, willow and cy!ress tree The $ames of the !it will, during the ritual, act as the central focal !oint and it is therefore therefore im!ortant to kee! its re strong and steady, as its $ames embody and manifest some of the !ower that is evoked %leven rock crystals are to be !laced in a circle around the !it in order to strengthen and concentrate the astral currents that are brought down and the chthonic forces that are brought u! during the &alling of Hekate The ritual is commenced commenced when when each !artici!ant !artici!ant has kindled kindled the torch torch that they carry in their left hand and formed a circle around the central !it #fter a silent contem!lation of the work at hand the !riestess gives the sign for everyone to ste! forward to the !it and, with the hel! of the $ames of their burning torches, kindle the central re of Hekate 'hen the re is burning all !artici!ants return to their former !ositions around the re !it The !riestess fully o!ens the ceremony ceremony by rst rst chiming the bell bell that she holds in her right hand, one time over each of the eleven crystals !laced around the re, while she internally invokes the Titanic forces of ()os *he then chimes the bell nine times and focuses her will on establishing the internal link to Goddess and e+claims -.n the wordless name of the inner and outer ()os, we banish the !owers of the nite light and invoke the forces of the Divine %ndless /ight and call forth the s!irits of wrathful darkness0 darkness0 'e who serve the /ameless "owers from beyond the cosmic barriers, are now, on this blessed night, ready to o!en the forgotten forgotten and forbidden gates and !artake of the dark force that shall hel! us resha!e the illusions of this world, that by the blind has been called reality, in accordance with our own divine will0 'e who are the living gates to the outer ()os, that with its all consuming res brings both annihilation and resurrection, are now ready to call u!on our Dark other, Hekate, who tonight for the sake of her own delight shall strengthen both our dark magic and the !owers of our will0 The !riestess !laces the bell on the ground ground and !icks u! her dagger dagger *he turns to the western 2uarter and traces, with the $ames of her dagger, the
invoking !entagram of the western throne with a crescent of the waning moon in its middle, and vibrates three times -%4aTe0'hen this has been done all !artici!ants lift their torches towards the sky and e+claim -Trinsoa Hekate0- 5+67 The !riestess then stabs her dagger into the ground in front of where she stands, and brings forth a chalice of libation o8ering containing a mi+ture of red wine and dark honey *he ste!s forward to the re !it and !ours the o8ering u!on the re, while chanting -Gorgo, ormo, %m!usa, 9emures, 9amiae, edusa0- 5+67 *he then ste!s back to her original !osition and calls u!on the Dark Goddess with the following words of invocation -&hthonian Hekate, wake u! from your slumber and cast forth your shadow and darksome light u!on us who are your faithful children0 'ake u!, O you who are the dark re$ection of the world:s soul and with your cleansing and hungry darkness embrace us, who wholeheartedly serve all your lusts and unlawful desires0 'e invoke, beseech and !raise you, &hthonian Hekate, goddess of both the underworld and all the black !hases of 9una0 Hail Hekate0#ll !artici!ants e+claim -Hail Hekate0 The !riestess lifts the torch in her left hand and s!eaks the following words of invocation -O you who are the 2ueen of the darkest night, we who serve the !owers of the ;lack 9ight of Divine ae all of our darkest dreams and bless us, your chosen few, with your endless might0
9et the gates that black &erberus guards now o!en wide and let us undergo the &leansing of the ;lack =ire, which shall grant us the secret stone of your mysteries0 "ro!ylia Hekate, you who guard the hidden mysteries of ()os and #ncient /ight, let now the disharmonic emanations of your menstruum wash over us, who through all !ast lives have carried your hidden s!arks within our selves, and hasten our inner alchemical e+altation and transformation0 Hekate, O you crowned mistress of the dark, hear now your feared children:s invocations and with the black $ame of your torch cleanse us fully from all the weaknesses and limitations of this world and grant us the boon of your own strength and innite might0 O!en wide the gates to your !lace of dwelling, which is within the darkness beyond the light of the conscious mind, and l et us descend down to your !it of abysmal wisdom and thus elevate us to the highest throne0 Hekate0 Hekate0 Hekate0 ;e now with us, O you mighty Trimor!hos, and with the $ames of your lusts and the !ower of your infernal magic ignite the !oisoned arrows of our True 'ill that we, in your name, have aimed at the heart of our darkest desires0One of the !artici!ants that has been chosen beforehand retrieves the black dog that before the start of the ritual has been tied u! to a tree close to the !lace of the ritual The !riestess of Hekate elects one of the !artici!ants for the honour of giving the animal:s life force as a sacrice to the goddess The chosen one is granted the sacricial dagger by the !riestess and awaits her signal before the killing of the black animal hallowed to Hekate The !riestess lifts her torch u! to the sky and says the following !rayer before the sacrice is given to the goddess -O you who are the mistress of the blackest magic and of all forms of forbidden necromancy, we, who illuminated by our own inner light have without fear or hesitation entered the darkness of the unknown, invoke and beseech you0 'e call u!on and rouse you, O mighty Hekate0 ;e now with us, your eternally faithful worshi!!ers, and acce!t the o8ering that we are about to give to you0 O!en the gates to your dark realm and acce!t the warm blood that we are about to s!ill in your name and in return strengthen the black magic of our will0 The !riestess of Hekate retrieves a bowl in which the blood of the animal is to be collected and signals to the chosen one to slit the animal:s throat The blood is collected in the bowl, which the !riestess lifts above her head as all !artici!ants chant the name of Hekate nine times The !riestess ste!s forward to the re !it and !ours the blood, in a anti clockwise fashion, over the eleven crystals surrounding the re, while all !artici!ants vibrate three times
-#nTan.a0*he then !uts aside the bowl, retrieves her torch and return to her original !osition *he !oints the torch towards the re !it, which now has become as an o!en gate to the acausal streams within the earth 5ie the chthonic re7 The !riestess recites with a !owerful voice the following calling of the twenty names -&rataeis, O you whose beauty and might is without both limit and end, grant us now the *ce!tre of "ower and make us as one with your own essence0 %nodia, goddess of all hidden !athways, o!en wide the roads to ecstasy, freedom and victory and make us as one with your own essence0 #ntania, goddess of hate and enemy of mankind, bless us, who share your rightful contem!t for the s!iritless fools of this world and make us as one with your own essence0 "ro!ylaia, you who guard the forbidden gates, let us now enter your bountiful darkness and make us as one with your own essence0 "ro!ylos, show us the right way through the darkness of life and guide our ste!s on your left !ath towards illumination and make us as one with your own essence0 "hos!horos, mother of illumination, banish all lies and illusions that obscure our mind:s sight and make us as one with your own essence0 9ucifera, torch bearing goddess, through the light of your dark $ames bring us evolution, wisdom and transcendence of s!irit and make us as one with your own essence0 *oteira, !rotect us against the enslaving and stagnating forces of the false light and make us as one with your own essence0 "rytania, uncon2uerable goddess of the mighty dead, let your undead shadows grant !ower to our dark magic and make us as one with your own essence0 Trioditis, goddess of the crossroads, let your !ower from above and below unite within us and make us as one with your own essence0 /octicula, let your thousand shifting forms reveal their mysteries to us and make us as one with your own essence0 4l?idouchos, you who hold all keys and grant all answers, im!art to us the forbidden Gnosis that we seek and make us as one with your own essence0 Trike!halus, tri!le headed goddess, show us now that which was, that which is and that which, in accordance to your divine will, shall become and make us as one with your own essence0 #!hrattos, nameless and formless mistress, grant us the chaotic !owers of the >eroth dimension and make us as one with your own essence0
"andeina, you who are feared by all, annihilate all who dare stand in our !ath of lawless becoming and make us as one with your own essence0 9ycania, bloodthirsty *he'olf, unleash the chained beasts within the darkness of our souls and make us as one with your own essence0 ;rim@, O wrathful and forceful goddess, ree a black !illar or vorte+ of energy rising u! through the re !it and !enetrating the black sky above This black :Hekterion "illar: is the manifestation of the chthonic !ower of Hekate, and is a force that links the underworld, the world and the heaven %ven when the names are no longer chanted, the visuali>ation of the black !illar of chthonic !ower is maintained as the ritual !roceeds #t this !oint the !ower that has been called forth, established and manifested must be directed to create the magical changes that are willed by the !riestess and the rest of the !artici!ants of the ritual This is done according to tradition and through the use of visuali>ation, talismans, sigils, sym!athetic magic, sonic magic, se+ual magic or other methods for the focusing, directing and letting go of the manifested currents .t is also at this !oint that fetishes consecrated to Hekate can be charged with !ower and later !laced in her tem!le in order to strengthen all future rituals done with her aid 'hen all follow u! rituals are over, the twenty names of the goddess are once again !raised by all and the ritual is closed by the !riestess who cla!s her hands three times and e+claims -.t is done0 The body of the dead dog is buried within the re !it as an o8ering to the mighty dead and their sinister goddess The eleven crystals are collected by the !riestess and ke!t hidden until the ne+t ;lack Aite of Hekate TOTBL – 218
