Creating a Hekateion Part 5

Three years ago I started to create a modern Hekateion, you can see the different stages of this project in these articles: creating a Hekateion part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.

Some weeks after I started this project my life began to change a lot and this change continued until this year (divorce can turn the life really upside down) and the process to finish my Hekateion came to rest through all the change in my life. But the statues were used in my private rituals with and for Hekate and in the group rituals of the Sanctuary of Hekate Pasikrateia. After the rite of her sacred fires in Mai 2017 a rush of creativity began to flow through me again and I began to continue to work on the Hekateion and two weeks ago I finished the project.

The statues are now housed in the temple room in my new home and they are completely coloured (the statues of Deities were usually painted and not white as many imagine it today), they are filled with special herbs, stones, snake skin, dog hair, gemstones, sacred objects and oil lamps burn on the round altar when the Hekateion is in use. The statues are coloured in Hekates sacred colours (black, red and white), serpents coil around the shoulders of her, I changed the bowl into a torch (and it is possible to remove the clay flames and burn tea lights or ethanol fires in the bowl that is now the top of the torch), sacred tools of Hekate are on the altar (like the whip, knives, pomegranates, Oinochoe and magical tools as well that i use in my hekatean witchcraft and magic, a statue of Anubis in dog/jackal form is on the altar (for her connection to dogs and the underworld), bowls with incense, water and seeds are around the statues to symbolise her influence over earth, sea and sky, three skulls are on the altar as well, these are filled with dirt from graves and of course offerings are arranged on the altar as well. The pole is coloured in dark violet and is sprinkled with gold colour, to symbolise the night sky and the Axis Mundi and on top of the pole is the statue that I used as sanctuary image, when I opened the Sanctuary of Hekate Pasikrateia several years ago.

The Hekateion is in the centre of my temple room, where i store my herbs, incense, tinctures, oils and the tools for herbal magic and in this room i work most of my magic (when i work indoors) and my devotional rites for Hekate and in the meetings of the Sanctuary of Hekate Pasikrateia the Hekateion is the focal point of the rituals and devotees can spend time near the Hekateion on their own as well to meditate or dwell in her presence.

 

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Creating a Hekateion Part 4

I was quite silent about the progress of my Hekateion, but it evolved throughout the year.

The first statue is almost finished with the colouration. The other two statues are still in the colouration process. But the statues were already the focus point of several group rituals and worked very well as ensouled statues of Hekate.

Creating a Hekateion- a devotional project, donations are welcome

In antiquity Hekate Hekate was often depicted as Hekateion.

Three beautiful maidens depicted around a central pillar.

These figures were quite popular and the Hekateia had several symbols in the hands of the Goddess. Torches, Oinochoe (libation pitcher), Phiale (libation bowl), fruit and dogs to the feet of the Goddess. In roman time keys, serpents, crescent moon, dagger and whip were added as well.

I organise open rituals for Hekate since some years and opened a COH Sanctuary this year in which open group rituals in honour of Hekate are celebrated.

During trance work and meditations I often felt that Hekate wants a statue where she is depicted with Oinochoe and Phiale, for the sanctuary rituals.

But so far the modern statues that are sold don’t depict her with these ancient symbols.

Today I was able to get a very beautiful roman statue that wears an Oinochoe and a Phiale

(I think the statue depicts a nymph).

The statue is quite large (over one meter) and today i was meditating about how to colour this statue as a representation of Hekate.

During this meditation it got quite clear that she wants a Hekateion. So I will buy two of these statues again (so that I have three identical statues) and a fitting Greek Polos (pillar). And will create a Hekateion for the sanctuary room, Thie Hekateion will be used in the group rituals, when it is finished.

The statues will be hand painted by an quite talented local artist and other elements will be added to the Hekateion, for example jewellery, burning torches (oil lamps in torch form),

serpents, dog statues to the feet of the Goddess.

And the statue will be ensouled in a ritual.

At the moment I still need around 300 Euro- for the project and will begin to save money for it.

In antiquity statues, shrines and temples were often erected through donations.

Donations are very welcome for this project. And can be given via paybal with my e-mailadress:

florian-schlie@gmx.net