Description:
An exceptional book for an extraordinary, eternal and universal Goddess, with essays, prose and artwork from contributors from all over the world. Their stories, revelations, experiences and visions - shared here.
Brief description: Sorita d'Este is an author, researcher and priestess who has devoted her life to the Mysteries. She is the author of numerous books on both the practice and history of magic, plus mythology, folklore and witchcraft. In late 2000 she co-founded the StarStone Network with David Rankine, which was dedicated to the study of Initiatory Witchcraft, Ceremonial Magic and the Mysteries of Hekate. With him she co-authored Hekate: Liminal Rites (2009), a compendium of magical practices historically associated with Hekate. With contributions from students, friends and practitioners from around the world she compiled Hekate: Keys to the Crossroads (2006) and Hekate: Her Sacred Fires (2010). In 2010 she wrote the Rite of Her Sacred Fires, a simple devotional ceremony which has become a worldwide annual celebration in honour of Hekate, celebrated at the Full Moon of May each year by many hundreds of people and now translated into 30 languages. She is also the Keybearer and founder of the Covenant of Hekate - www.hekatecovenant.com.Sorita lives on a hill in Glastonbury from where she works as a publisher and writer. She is often distracted from work by her son, her love of gardening, and interesting visitors from different spiritual and esoteric persuasions. To find out more about her work visit: www.sorita.co.uk
Review Quotes:
"This book is possibly the best anthology I have ever read! It certainly blows the heads off all other Goddess books out there, regardless of which way you look at it. With this book Sorita d'Este and the other contributors have marked a new generation of mystical and magical thought and practice. One which will hopefully continue to move forward and achieve ever better things with each year that passes.
This book introduces many writers, magicians and witches to the reader. Some of them are well known in their own right, such as Sorita d'Este herself, but also Raven Digitalis, Jade Sol Luna, Vikki Bramshaw and Emily Carding. A few of the others are also published authors or artists, but I had not heard of them previously. The artwork is phenomenal, it covers such a breath of emotional and visionary experience! The essays however is the heartbeat of this book. Each writer contributed something which was personal to them, an experience, a vision or an understanding. This is not something I have ever seen done, apart from in Sorita's previous anthology on Hekate (Hekate Keys to the Crossroads), but this book is far more than that!
The contributors come from all over the world. It seems to me that most of them did not even know each other, but blindly contributed with the faith and knowledge that this was for a greater cause, a desire to create and share their passion for the Goddess Hekate. It is clear to me that Hekate is the Goddess of this time! Never before has she been so diversely seen and worshipped. I love this book because it shows how in their differences, the contributors still share a passion which is unmistakeably for the same Goddess.
The highlights for me was Sorita's timeline (part of the introduction) which shows how Hekate was seen throughout the ages. The essays which really stood out were those by Andrea Salgado-Reys, Connia Silver, Diane Champigny and Dorn Simon-Sinnott. I felt a personal resonance with much of their own words. I found it refreshing to see work by people with a more traditional Craft leaning too, in particular John Canard, Trystn Branwynn and the lovely Shani Oates.
But to be fair, I think I learned something from each and every essay. Its difficult to imagine that anyone out there - whether interested in paganism, wicca, witchcraft, druidry, thelema, ceremonial magic or just good old fashioned mysticism would not feel the same way!
Absolute awesome! - Scarlet River, Amazon reviewer