Circle for Hekate - Volume I (Circle for Hekate Project, #1)

by Sorita D'Este

[HekArtemis]

Circle for Hekate – Volume 1: History and Mythology, is, as the name implies, all about the history and mythology of Hekate. It has some crossovers with Sorita D’estes previous book, Liminal Rites, because any book that discusses the history and mythology of a deity will inevitably contain information from other books on the same subject.

But it also has a wealth of new information. I was pleased and not actually all that surprised by how much new information I found within those pages. Pleased because new information about Hekate is always awesome, and not surprised because Sorita is, in my opinion, one of the worlds foremost experts on Hekate today.

I would say that there would be something new and of interest to pretty much every Hekatean in this book, no matter your particular interests in Her. There will be something there for you. Because Sorita delves into as many aspects of Hekate as possible, as many symbols, as many syncretisations and conflations, as many lines of history, anthropology, literature, arts, carvings, curse tablets etc as she possibly can – while also still keeping the book easy to read and accessible to everyone.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in Hekate, and indeed anyone who is interested in learning more about ancient Hellenism – because this is not only full of information about Hekate, but also about Hellenism as it connects to Hekate, Artemis, Selene, Demeter, Persephone and more.

I truly believe this is an essential book for every Hekatean bookshelf (but I think that of all of Soritas Hekate books) and I cannot wait for the next instalment to be released.

This is an extract from my blog review of Circle for Hekate.