Echoes from the Temple

Ritual to be performed on the final day of the Lunar Month

Opening Prayer to Hekate

Hail Hekate, I call to you,

She who is crowned with oaken wreaths and coils of serpents,

Bless on this, the last day of the month,

the offerings in which I am about to prepare for my ancestral foundation

and keep all evil away.

Pour Milk to the Restless Dead

O you restless Dead who follow Hekate,

I pour this gift of milk that you taste the gift of life

and not be a hindrance.

Prayer to Ancestors

I call to you and honor you,

O venerable ancestors, with my prayers.

Come forth to this Rite,

Oh, ancestors of my family,

to you known and to you unknown,

the roots of my roots.

Come forth into this place by the blood in my veins,

which was forged by you.

oh beings, whose names are forgotten by time

but remembered by blood.

Offerings to Ancestors

Come for these offerings of wine.

Pour Wine

Come for these offerings of flame.

Light Candle

Come for these offerings of food.

Offer Food

Come for these offerings of incense.

Light Incense

Prayer to Hekate

Hekate! Hekate! Hekate!

Great Goddess and Greatest Titan, I call to you,

infernal, earthy, and supernal Bombo.

Brilliant Titan who strays by night,

Wandering with the restless dead.

Your ankles are wolf shaped,

Fierce dogs are your friends,

And you rejoice in the howl.

Great mistress of thresholds

Come, graciously hear my call,

You who oversee the wide world of the night.

You traverse the broad and boundless abyss,

You are the beginning and the end,

You alone rule all.

You who roams the mountains,

Nocturnal Goddess of the netherworld,

You of the chaste darkness,

Quiet and frightening,

You alone hold the feast of the graves.

O Great Hekate, Accept these offerings.

Place your Offerings

Closing Prayer to Hekate

Hail Hekate!

I leave these offerings for you

And to the restless dead on this night.

As I leave, let no shade, soul,

Or spirit trail behind.

Keep me from harm

And my home in harmony.

Σελαθαη!

Leave the area and do not look back, for to do so, is to invite the restless dead