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God Plouton

By Eirini Tsotsou on March 01, 2018

Pluto is the brother of Zeus. He rules the underworld, Hades. Hekate has the power to walk in his realm. They both share the same symbol: keys and they are related to dogs. Hekate and Persephone share some common properties, that's why they were unified in ancient times. Let's see the characteristics of Pluto, the king of the underworld.

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Medea

By Constantinos Nt... on March 01, 2018

Hekate is the Goddess of Witchraft. Herbology of pharmakeia is the ancient art of using herbs. A master of this art was Medea. From ancient times, it is said that Hekate herself had taught this art to her witch, Medea.

Medea was the daughter of Aetes and Idyia. Another variations of her myth, say that her mother was Hekate or Neaira or Eurulete or Ipsea.

She was taught by Hekate the art of using herbs and poison making. She was liberating many strangers in her town, Iolkos, that's why her father put her in prison. She escaped and she found asylum in the temple of Helios, which was by the sea. She continued to help strangers.

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First Man in Hellas

By Constantinos Nt... on March 01, 2018

In this -not Hekate related- article, I am going to present some clues of the lifework of the Hellenic top scientist Aris Poulianos. He is the founder of the Anthropological Association of Greece. The following evidence have been presented in the hellenic magazine ΔΑΥΛΟΣ in February 1996, issue170

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God Hermes

By Eirini Tsotsou on March 01, 2018

Hermes, is a God who works well with Hekate. Looking back at the ancient hellenic magick, Hermes and Hecate make a good couple. Let's see who he is...

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Soul's Journey

By Eirini Tsotsou on March 02, 2018

Hades is a spacious place in the center of the earth where the people's souls were going after their physical body's death. This place's main rulers are Plouton and Persephone but other gods such as Hermes, Hekate, Fates and Nemesis have power and duties in Hades. There were five rivers:

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Thoughts on Torch

By Constantinos Nt... on March 01, 2018

Hekate has many symbols. One of the most dominant is the torch. In hellenic the torch is called δαυλός, dhaulos. You know the epithet dadouchos, is the one who carries a daulos, the torchbearer. Dhaulos is the masculine type and dhada is the femimine type. Let's see the meaning of the word dhaulos.

The torch is a main symbol of the Goddesses of Eleusis, including Hekate as well. Nowadays it is used by political parties, athletic teams, occult cults and religions. In hellenic the word is pronounced today at o but the ancient pronounciation is on u. So Δαύλος is the correct one, dau(v)los. It consists of three parts:

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