Hekate Liminal Rites: A historical study of the rituals, spells and magic of the Torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads by David Rankine & Sorita d'Este

Author:David Rankine & Sorita d'Este [Rankine, David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Avalonia
Published: 2011-03-11T05:00:00+00:00

The bronze rhombus mentioned in Theocritus’ Idylls, although associated with Aphrodite in the text, also emphasised the power of Hekate through its material and the whirring, as seen in the Chaldean Oracles later in connection with the iynx.

The bronze triple Hekate amulet found at Ostia in Italy, with King Solomon on the obverse side performing hygromanteia (demon summoning) raises an interesting point regarding transmission of ideas and techniques. King Solomon was famous for the brazen vessel containing demons (or genii in the Arabic versions) which was thrown into the sea. This brazen vessel would later occur in a version of the grimoire, the Goetia in the seventeenth century as a means of controlling demons, recalling the earlier connections.[121] Considering the interchangeable use of bronze and brass in the ancient world, we must speculate therefore, as to the possible origins of the brazen vessel from Greek magic being incorporated into the Jewish stories. The cross-fertilisation of Greek and Jewish magic is an area which has not yet been fully explored.

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