Recommended Reading List

Below is a list of books that the CoH recommends reading that are in line with the aims of the Covenant of Hekate and give background and historical information on the Goddess Hekate.

  • Hekate Liminal Rites – Sorita D’Este and David Rankine (2009) Avalonia, UK
  • Circle for Hekate: Volume I – History and Mythology – Sorita d’Este (2017) Avalonia, UK.
  • Keeping Her Keys – An Introduction to Hekate’s Modern Witchcraft – Cyndi Branner (2019)
  • Hekate: Her Sacred Fires – Edited by Sorita D’Este/ various authors (2010) Avalonia, UK
  • Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds: 2nd Edition- Georg Luck (2006) John Hopkins University Press, USA
  • Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds 2nd Edition – Daniel Ogden (2009) Oxford University Press, USA
  • Evensongs for Hekate – Sara Croft – Hymns, songs, prayers 

There is of course a wide range of other books available on this fascinating Goddess that look at Her from differing perspectives and offer many different ways of working with Her. It is highly recommended that you read and learn from as many different sources as possible for a wider perspective on the subject.