In the latest issue of Isian News by the Fellowship of Isis, features a few pieces by me:
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In the latest issue of Isian News by the Fellowship of Isis, features a few pieces by me:
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Part of my practice is to honour my Gods and Ancestors during the astrological sabbat dates with seasonal devotionals, rituals and magick.
Below I have detailed the astrological sabbat dates for the Southern Hemisphere for 2024 with a brief description of what the day symbolises as well as their traditional dates:
Lughnasadh/ Lammas |
February 4 2024 6.07pm |
First autumn harvest festival.
Traditional Date: February 1 |
Mabon/ Autumnal Equinox |
March 20 2024 1.06pm |
Day and night have same length. Days get shorter.
Traditional Date: March 20 |
Samhain | May 5 2024 9.00am |
Veil between worlds thinnest.
Traditional Date: April 30 – May 1 |
Yule/ Winter Solstice |
June 21 2024 6.51am |
Day has the longest night. Sun is at its lowest elevation in the sky.
Traditional Date: June 21 |
Imbolc | August 7 2024 10.14am |
Marks the beginning of spring.
Traditional Date: August 1 |
Ostara/ Spring Equinox |
September 22 2024 10.44pm |
Day and night have same length. Days get longer.
Traditional Date: September 21 |
Beltane | November 8 2024 8.12am |
Halfway point between spring and summer. Fertility festival.
Traditional Date: October 31 |
Litha/ Summer Solstice |
December 21 2024 7.20pm |
Day has the longest daylight. Sun travels the longest path through the sky.
Traditional Date: December 21 |
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) – add 1 hour for Daylight Savings Time when applicable.
(C) T. Georgitsis 2024
Moon magick is a practice I strongly resonate with. I love to create and venerate with the various phases of moon. I love to engage in the moon’s ebbs and flows where I can move with the energies and enact rites with and for my Gods and Ancestors. Regardless of what path I practice, regardless of what sorcery I perform, the moon is my guide through it all – a guiding presence for my workings.
This year we have various unique moons coming up where you can practice your full and new moon rituals and spell-work with added punch due to the added significance of these moons. There are different types of magick you can create during these various significant moon phases which can assist you with your practice.
Listed below I have created various pages explaining the different moons and what magick you can practice in the associated links:
Super New Moon: 10th February 2024 – Super Moon Magick
Micro Full Moon: 24th February 2024 – Micro Moon Magick
Super New Moon: 10th March 2024 – Super Moon Magick
Micro Full Moon: 25th March 2024 – Micro Moon Magick
Super New Moon: 9th April 2024 – Super Moon Magick
Blue Moon: 20th August 2024 – Blue Moon Magick
Super Full Moon: 18th September 2024 – Super Moon Magick
Micro New Moon: 3rd October 2024 – Micro Moon Magick
Super Full Moon: 17th October 2024 – Super Moon Magick
Black Moon: 31st December 2024 – Black Moon Magick
(C) T. Georgitsis 2024
As a magical practitioner I like to work with the phases of the moon. I find these useful for various rituals, devotionals, spells and other magical workings.
Some magickal workings which can be conducted on the following moon phases:
Full Moon (Psychic & Manifestation)
Waxing Moon (Invoking/Bringing In)
Wanning Moon (Banishing/Pushing Out)
New Moon (Psychic & Invoking)
Dark Moon (Banishing & Divination)
Moon Phases in Australia (EST) for 2024:
New Moon | Waxing Moon | Full Moon | Wanning Moon | ||||
4 Jan | 2:30 pm | ||||||
11 Jan | 10:57 pm | 18 Jan | 2:52 pm | 26 Jan | 4:54 am | 3 Feb | 10:18 am |
10 Feb | 9:59 am | 17 Feb | 2:00 am | 24 Feb | 11:30 pm | 4 Mar | 2:23 am |
10 Mar | 8:00 pm | 17 Mar | 3:10 pm | 25 Mar | 6:00 pm | 2 Apr | 2:14 pm |
9 Apr | 4:20 am | 16 Apr | 5:13 am | 24 Apr | 9:48 am | 1 May | 9:27 pm |
8 May | 1:21 pm | 15 May | 9:48 pm | 23 May | 11:53 pm | 31 May | 3:12 am |
6 Jun | 10:37 pm | 14 Jun | 3:18 pm | 22 Jun | 11:07 am | 29 Jun | 7:53 am |
6 Jul | 8:57 am | 14 Jul | 8:48 am | 21 Jul | 8:17 pm | 28 Jul | 12:51 pm |
4 Aug | 9:13 pm | 13 Aug | 1:18 am | 20 Aug | 4:25 am | 26 Aug | 7:25 pm |
3 Sep | 11:55 am | 11 Sep | 4:05 pm | 18 Sep | 12:34 pm | 25 Sep | 4:49 am |
3 Oct | 4:49 am | 11 Oct | 5:55 am | 17 Oct | 10:26 pm | 24 Oct | 7:03 pm |
1 Nov | 11:47 pm | 9 Nov | 4:55 pm | 16 Nov | 8:28 am | 23 Nov | 12:27 pm |
1 Dec | 5:21 pm | 9 Dec | 2:26 am | 15 Dec | 8:01 pm | 23 Dec | 9:18 am |
31 Dec | 9:26 am |
(C) T. Georgitsis 2024
What, When and Why of the Lunar Eclipse
A Partial Lunar Eclipse is happening during the Full Moon on the 29th October at 7.24am EST (Southern Hemisphere) and 1.23pm PT 28th October (Northern Hemisphere).
A partial lunar eclipse happens during a full moon when the earth’s placement falls between the sun and the moon – which casts a shadow across the moon.
This eclipse will be safely visible with the naked eye from everywhere in the night if the sky is clear. To see when you can view the eclipse from your area, go here for more information:
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2023-october-28
Magick of the Eclipse
Eclipse magick is when the energy is amplified due to the moon energies intermingling. The Lunar Eclipse energies transition through the new and full moon phases during the eclipse, which enables the moon to cycle through the various stages of the moon and its magick.
This eclipse is in Taurus therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Taurus star sign.
The kind of magick you can perform during the Lunar Eclipse:
Sorcery of the Full Moon Eclipse
This full moon falls in the star sign of Taurus which symbolises stability. This moon would be ideal for creating and manifesting financial stability as well as solid connections in friendships and romantic relationships,
Below is a Hekate Eclipse ritual I personally created which I have reenacted successfully and which I would like to share with you:
Preparation:
Chose a liminal time and place for the ritual to be set, preferably around the time of the eclipse.
Purify body by showering.
Your working space and offering should be placed on a shrine or working altar and should include: black candle, white candle, purified water, salt, a token or offering you have for Hekate, incense and an image/statue of Hekate.
Welcoming and Opening
Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem, evocation in her name.
Light your incense and waft over sacred space.
Sprinkle purified water mixed with salt over sacred space.
Magical Working
Write or carve on a black candle what you want to get rid of.
Write or carve on a white candle what you want to bring in.
Light both candles.
Push the black candle away from you and the white candle towards you and then say:
“Hekate Queen of Earth, Sky and Sea
Assist me to straddle this liminal time
Guide me through the Darkness and into the Light
With the power of the moon I bless and release my intentions”
Let the candles burn down completely in a safe manner.
Thanks and Closing
Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.
In her name
Sejtataset
__________________________________________________________
© T. Georgitis 2023
The best time to honour Hekate is on the Deipnon and Noumenia. Therefore, every year I create an Athenian Calendar to calculate the Deipnon and Noumenia using the Southern Hemisphere New Moons, to ensure my devotions are on the right evenings for my location. This is calculated by the start off point of the Summer Solstice in Greece of that particular year.
The Athenian Calendar also known as the Attic Calendar was a lunisolar calendar used during the classical period of Ancient Greece during the 4th and 5th Centuries BC. It was exclusively used in Athens at the time and each month starts at the first sighting of the new moon, with the year beginning just after mid-summer. It’s become a modern go to for practicing Hellenics and as such, what we use and have today is a reconstruction of what they used around 300-500 BC. I have superimposed this Athenian Calendar over our modern Gregorian one, to loosely create a festival calendar of 12 months based on the cycle of the moon which starts at the beginning of the Athenian year – on the summer solstice in Athens. The names of the months reflect the gods and festivals honoured at that time and have agricultural links to the planting or harvesting of food in the northern hemisphere.
Here is what the yearly Athenian Calendar basically looks like:
Summer (Θέρος)
1 Hekatombaion (Ἑκατομβαιών) July/August
2 Metageitnion (Μεταγειτνιών) August/September (named after Apollo)
3 Boedromion (Βοηδρομιών) September/October
Autumn (Φθινόπωρον)
4 Pyanepsion (Πυανεψιών) October/November
5 Maimakterion (Μαιμακτηριών) November/December (named after Zeus)
6 Poseideon (Ποσειδεών) December/January
Winter (Χεῖμα)
7 Gamelion (Γαμηλιών) January/February
8 Anthesterion (Ἀνθεστηριών) February/March (named after the festival of Anthesteria)
9 Elaphebolion (Ἑλαφηβολιών) March/April
Spring (Ἔαρ)
10 Mounichion (Μουνιχιών) April/May
11 Thargelion (Θαργηλιών) May/June
12 Skirophorion (Σκιροφοριών) June/July
Every month lasts for approximately 29-30 days in total. Each month is broken up into 10 days of three which reflect the moon phases in the following order: Waxing, Full and Waning Moons.
Days 1 to 8 were all sacred to gods or spirit entities and the last day of the month, known as “hene kai nea” translated as “the old and the new”, is dedicate to Hekate as it’s her Deipnon along with the first day of the month, Noumenia which is also dedicated to Hekate.
Here are the details of those 8 sacred days in the Athenian Calendar month:
Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon)
Day 2: Agathos Daimon
Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
Day 29-30: Deipnon
To help you with adapting the Athenian Calendar to the Gregorian one, here is the Athenian Calendar I created for 2022/2023, calculated for Southern Hemisphere practitioners:
21 June 2021 (5.57pm), = Summer Solstice in Greece
(Winter Solstice in Australia 22nd June 12.57am AEST)
Summer (Θέρος)
1 Hekatombaion (Ἑκατομβαιών)
18th July – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 4.31am AEST
19th July – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
20th July – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
21st July – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
23rd July – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
24th July – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
25th July – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
14th August – 15th August – Day 29-30: Deipnon
2 Metageitnion (Μεταγειτνιών) (named after Apollo)
16th August – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 7.38pm AEST
17th August – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
18th August – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
19th August – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
21st August – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
22nd August – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
23rd August – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
13th – 14th September – Day 29-30: Deipnon
3 Boedromion (Βοηδρομιών)
15th September – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 11.39am AEST
16th September – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
17th September – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
18th September – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
20th September – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
21st September – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
22nd September – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
13th – 14th October – Day 29-30: Deipnon
Autumn (Φθινόπωρον)
4 Pyanepsion (Πυανεψιών)
15th October – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 4.55am AEST
16th October – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
17th October – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
18th October – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
20th October – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
21st October – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
22nd October – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
11th – 12th November – Day 29-30: Deipnon
5 Maimakterion (Μαιμακτηριών) (named after Zeus)
13th November – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 8.27pm AEST
14th November – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
15th November – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
15th November – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
17th November – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
18th November – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
19th November – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
11th – 12th December – Day 29-30: Deipnon
6 Poseideon (Ποσειδεών)
13th December – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 10.32am AEST
14th December – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
15th December – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
16th December – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
18th December – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
19th December – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
20th December – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
20th – 21st January – Day 29-30: Deipnon
Winter (Χεῖμα)
7 Gamelion (Γαμηλιών)
22nd January – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 7.53am AEST
23rd January – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
24th January- Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
25th January – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Eros
27th January – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
28th January – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
29th January – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
19th – 20th February – Day 29-30: Deipnon
8 Anthesterion (Ἀνθεστηριών) (named after the festival of Anthesteria)
20th February – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 6.05pm AEST
21st February – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
22nd February – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
23rd February – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Erosc
25th February – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
26th February– Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
27th February – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
20th – 21st February – Day 29-30: Deipnon
9 Elaphebolion (Ἑλαφηβολιών)
22nd March – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 4.23am AEST
23rd March – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
24th March – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
25th March – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Erosc
27th March – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
28th March – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
29th March – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
18th – 19th April – Day 29-30: Deipnon
Spring (Ἔαρ)
10 Mounichion (Μουνιχιών)
20th April – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 2.12pm AEST
21st April- Day 2: Agathos Daimon
22nd April – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
23rd April – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Erosc
25th April – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
26th April – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
27th April – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
18th – 19th May – Day 29-30: Deipnon
11 Thargelion (Θαργηλιών)
20th May – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 1.53am AEST
21st May – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
22nd May – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
23rd May – Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Erosc
25th May – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
26th May – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
27th May – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
16th – 17th June – Day 29-30: Deipnon
12 Skirophorion (Σκιροφοριών)
18th June – Day 1: Noumenia (New Moon) 2.37pm AEST
19th June – Day 2: Agathos Daimon
20th June – Day 3: Athena’s Birthday
21st June– Day 4: Heracles, Hermes, Aphrodite and Erosc
23rd June – Day 6: Artemis’ Birthday
24th June – Day 7: Apollo’s Birthday
25th June – Day 8: Poseidon and Theseus (Mikalson 1975: 24)
16th – 17th July – Day 29-30: Deipnon
(C) T. Georgitsis 2023
We have a Super Full Blue Moon coming up on the 31st of August 2023 at 11.35am EST.
A Supermoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the closest distance to the earth in its orbit. This means the moon appears larger than usual from the perspective from earth.
A Blue moon is a full moon which happens to be the second full moon in a calendar month. This is a rare occurrence and thus known as a blue moon as it has nothing to do with the colour of the moon.
This Super Full Blue Moon will be the brightest and biggest moon of the year and the best time to view it will be at sunset.
This Super Full Blue Moon falls in the astrological sign of Pisces therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Pisces star sign.
Pisces is a Water sign which is ruled by Neptune. Pisces is gentle, spiritual, trusting, loving and diverse. This is a negative mutable sign which thrives on music and art. It is a sign connected to the energies of compassion, intuition, wisdom and solitude.
This Super Full Blue Moon in Pisces is all about honouring your inner self. It is an ideal time to open your mind and connect to your higher self whilst acknowledging your deep emotions.
The kind of magick you can perform during the Super Full Blue Moon:
In her name
Setjataset
(C) T. Georgitsis 2023
Noumenia also known as the New Moon is the first day of the lunar month in the Athenian Calender* and a time when the first sliver of the moon appears in the night sky, right after the Deipnon (Dark of the Moon).
Noumenia is the second day in a three day household celebration, which is held each month in the Hellenic tradition. Historically it was considered a time when religious observance occured at home, the temples and in public. This sacred day was celebrated with much frivolity and feasting and acknowledged the household gods. Even though technically Hekate’s day fell on the Deipnon she was also viewed as a deity whose domain covered the home.
Hekate’s Noumenia is a time to:
When it comes to the devotional practice of Hekate, Noumenia is the time to leave fresh offerings after the old ones have been cleared away during the Deipnon rites – as a form of inviting her blessings.
Some traditional offerings to leave out for Hekate’s Noumenia are:
Fresh meat, incense, barley, wine and cakes.
Some modern offerings to leave out for Hekate’s Noumenia are:
Incense, wine, cakes, bread, honey, barley, olive oil, cheese, salt, items from nature (shells, flowers, herbs, fruit, rocks/stones/crystals water from the ocean/river/lake) or magically created crafts such as art in her name.
Light follows darkness and so Noumenia comes after the Deipnon which is the darkest night of the month. This shows us that there is an ongoing dual nature of the universe and that one can’t survive without the other. As The Gods children, we celebrate our triumphant progression through life’s cycles of death and rebirth which we see emphasized through nature all around us and which we revel in during sacred days like the Noumenia.
Traditional practice of Noumenia in Ancient Greece found in academia shows us that there was a public ritual on the Acropolis, whilst in Sparta food and drink were freely given to the populace by the King. In the common man’s home a family meal gathering was the focus and it included cleaning and decorating the household shrines with garlands of herbs and flowers. No other events or celebrations were held in Ancient Greece on this day, such was its significance that it needed to be focused on completely.
Current modern devotees practice similar to their counterparts in Ancient Greece. They make offerings upon their home shrine which can be in the same form as the ancients and include modern favourites such as cheese cake and honey bread. The Noumenia is also the perfect time to embark on new projects, trips, partnerships, work on goals and set new tasks.
I personally recommend you write your own Noumenia ritual ensuring it consists of the following basics:
Noumenia is the perfect time to create or replenish a kathiskos*** with purified water, barley, olive oil and food remnants from the day’s meal. Here is a simple way to make one for your own practice.
How to make a Kathiskos for Hekate © T. Georgitsis 2014
Ingredients:
Method:
1. Ensure the glass jar is clean and dry.
2. Place the offerings in the jar in the following order: pearl barley, salt, olive oil, leftovers and then top up the rest of the jar with purified water.
3. Seal tightly with the lid – just as a heads up the contents of the kathiskos might spoil and rot before its thrown out during the Deipnon and replaced during the Noumenia, so be warned to ensure that you have sealed it tightly.
4. Tie a ribbon, cord or thread looped with a key or coin around the lid of the jar.
5. Place upon Hekate’s shrine.
Whatever you decide to do for Hekate during the Noumenia, ensure it is pure of heart and effort and that you do your best with what you have or can acquire.
* Also known as the Attic Calendar.
** Sacred water which is pure like from a sacred spring.
***Was traditionally made for Zeus and means “small bucket” in Greek. It’s a small sealed jar which is used to contain a portion of your home’s food prosperity to Deity.
(C) T. Georgitsis 2014 – Updated 2023
We have a Super Full Moon coming up on the 2nd August 2023 at 4.31am.
A Supermoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the closest distance to the earth in its orbit. This means the moon appears larger than usual from the perspective from earth.
This Super Full Moon falls in the astrological sign of Aquarius therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Aquarius star sign.
Aquarius is a Air sign which is ruled by Uranus. It is a sign which is unique and independent. This sign thrives on change, momentum and movement forward. Aquarius is connected to the energies of justice, compassion and connection.
This Super Full Moon in Aquarius is all about letting go and moving on. It is an ideal time to remove and detox that which no longer is required in your life whilst using the space created to plan for the future.
The kind of magick you can perform during the Super Full Moon:
1. Cast spells for supercharged effects.
2. Create some magickal crafts.
3. Charge your magickal items.
4. Clean and cleanse your shrine/altar.
5. Leave new offerings on your shrine/altar.
6. Perform healing rituals or spells.
7. Write a letter of release for any heartbreak and grief you hold.
8. Focus on things you want to remove from your life and create a plan to let them go.
9. Divination featuring the element of water such as scrying.
10. Cleansing rituals to banish and remove stagnant energies.
11. Honour the rising of Sirius.
12. Plant the seeds for the future and what you want to achieve.
13. Hold a rite in honour of a Moon God/dess such as Hekate.
In her name
Setjataset
(C) T. Georgitsis 2023
As a child I was obsessed with the moon and the first form of moon magick my mother taught me, was to sing to the moon. The first song she taught me was a nursery rhyme she was taught by the priests in secret school during the Nazi occupation of Greece. This rhyme was created and used by children at secret school at night, when Greece was under the Ottoman occupation between the 15th through to the 19th centuries, due to not being allowed to learn the Greek language. I believe through continuous repetition over many years and many children, there is a lot of power within it especially because in Greek it rhymes – which is tinged with magick itself, due to it flowing off the tongue.
Φεγγαράκι μου λαμπρό,
Φέγγε μου να περπατώ,
Να πηγαίνω στο σχολειό
Να μαθαίνω γράμματα,
Γράμματα σπουδάματα
Του Θεού τα πράματα.
My little shining moon,
Light my way so I can walk
To go to school,
To learn my lessons,
Reading and writing,
God’s wishes.
After this initial induction into moon magick, I learned various techniques to harness the power of the moon and utilise it. One which I became enamoured with was Drawing Down the Moon because its so beautiful and powerful. Drawing Down the Moon is exactly what it appears to be, by the wording – you are drawing down the energies of the moon.
Over the centuries many magickal practitioners have drawn down the moon in various fashions – from ancient witches like Medea to modern witches like Doreen Valiente. The Drawing Down the Moon rituals which are used repetitively, I feel have more potency, due to the re-occurrence of said ritual which brings more power to it.
The image below from a lost Greek vase painting, shows two witches Drawing Down the Moon believed to be from the 2nd Century BCE. This version of Drawing Down the Moon was first ascribed to Thessalian women who practised witchcraft. The same image was used in Margot Adler’s well known book called Drawing Down the Moon where the term was popularised by modern witches. The word on the left *KALE (kah-lay) means “beautiful” and the words on the right mean *POTNIAS “who are of the moon mistress”.
Being a devotee of Hekate and a practising Hellenic, I have combined the elements of singing to the moon and Drawing Down the Moon in a Hellenic ritual I personally created and have found much success in. When collected I use this charged moon water to divine, for various types of sorcery and rituals, as an ingredient in a health tonic and watering my magickal garden.
Here is the ritual below you can use as a Hellenic Hekate ritual of Drawing Down the Moon:
Items needed: Purified water such as Khenips, incense, offerings for Hekate, Invocational hymn to Hekate, ritual knife/sword/wand, barley grains, libation in the form of wine/juice, silver bowl and the light of a full moon.
Ritual to be held outside under the full moon:
Wash your hands in Khernips before assembling your ritual items, whilst saying:
“Αφήστε όλα αυτά που είναι βλαβερά να φύγουν! (Let all that is profane be gone!)”
Gather and place all ritual items on a altar/shrine or on the ground (beach, park, garden etc).
Prepare and create a working area around you and your items using barley grains to create a circle boundary, whilst saying:
“Xerniptosai! (be purified!)”
Light Incense
Pour Libations on the ground
Give Offerings
Magickal Working
Place silver bowl in an area which holds the light of the full moon.
Stand with your left hand raised up to the Moon – holding your knife/sword/wand in this hand, whilst holding your right hand over the bowl of water before you and repeating the following:
“Hekate, Beautiful Mistress of the Moon
I your (sorcerer/devotee/priestess/witch) sings to you with this tune
I ask your luminous moon to come down with force
I call for your shining spirit to be brought forth
I have the gift of magic within and without me
I pull the bright light of the moon to see
I am a conduit for your glory to enter
I have placed the vessel before you to centre
I conjure your energies to enter this water wild
I do this in your name as your devoted child”
Thank Hekate
Dis-assemble circle by using your right foot to sweep an opening in the circle for you to exit from.
Gather ritual items and walk away without turning back.
**Agape
* Potentially means as the letters are not clear and the translation itself is iffy due to the low quality of the image.
** Ritual feasting can commence.
(C) T. Georgitsis 2020, Updated 2023