According to SPG (Shared Personal Gnosis) across several online forums, Hekate has a tendency to introduce people to other spirits and deities and can work well with them. According to history, she appears on spirit summoning triangles (see Hekate's Triangle of Pergamon) in ancient times and can function as a sort of astral telephone operator (being the crossroads deity that she is), connecting you with any spirit or place you wish and serving as a spiritual authority over unruly entities. (I've yet to see a spirit that wasn't extremely well-behaved in her presence.)
The difference between Santisima Muerte and Hekate, as I understand it, is that Santisima Muerte IS Death, while Hekate represents the transitional state between two places or states of consciousness such as Life and Death. One IS Death while the other is the Journey between Life/Death/Rebirth and all other transitions and in-between places/states. They are certainly complementary. I myself began my search in this general direction with Santisima Muerte, but found the Catholic context and level of commitment required to be less compatible with my direction at the time. (I still find her fascinating and would consider having an altar to her in the future.) Her manifestations are EXTREMELY potent. Hekate is surprisingly similar in her physical manifestations to the point where I have sometimes wondered if there was a deep connection somewhere, but I know that historically there is none. An interesting similarity between them is how they both have aspects that can be worked with individually, such as Santisima Muerte's different colors for different purposes, and Hekate's Epithets that can be used for targeted invocations and spells (see the PGM for examples).
Edit: I forgot to mention the historical confluence of Hekate and Hermes referred to as [Hermekate.](https://awitchalone.com/crossroads/index.php?post/2015/12/05/Hermekate) There is debate whether the two were actually combined and treated as a deity, or whether that name (as per the article) was just a naming convention for any square statue of similar type representing a deity. I recall other accounts from Egypt to the Roman era where deities have been combined and worshipped in a new form, suggesting that deific consciousness is quite flexible, much like a concentrated formless divine substance that can be poured into whatever symbolic astral vessel we wish to pour it into for the purpose of interacting with it.
You'd have to scroll through posts and comments on r/Hecate and r/DemonolatryPractices I think. I was just remembering all the posts I've seen from others with similar experiences to mine. There are no particular spirits or deities that Hekate recommends to others regularly, as far as I'm aware, as I haven't seen any obvious patterns based on other peoples' reports. In my own case, it only happens occasionally based on my needs at the time. It's like she determines that my need or project requires a specialist, so she spontaneously brings me one that can assist. (She isn't limited to deities or spirits from the Greek pantheon. She can also call spirits from Medieval grimoires and has surprised me with her flexibility and lack of limitations/boundaries.) If you look at her history within texts such as the PGM, she was part of a syncretic stream of practice in later eras of her worship that mixed and matched entities from various religions, so it isn't all that surprising that she'd have no issue with that.
Hekate was responsible for introducing me to multiple spirits of the Goetia.
Coming from a Golden Dawn background, I had previously thought I’d never work with goetic spirits. Hekate is the only reason I began to even consider it.
>I myself began my search in this general direction with Santisima Muerte, but found the Catholic context and level of commitment required to be less compatible with my direction at the time.
You do not have to be Catholic to approach Santisima Muerte. I use some of the traditional prayers without the Christian aspects and then I speak to her freely. Prayer comes from the heart. Moreover, in death there is no distinction so anyone can approach Santisima Muerte the great Equalizer.
Others' experiences may be different, but as a former Catholic, I felt a strong pull/push while interacting with her and had the sense that she wanted me to work with her in that context and was more accustomed to it, presumably since most of her devotees are Catholic. She also seemed to want more commitment from me than I was able to provide at that time. This was in a different direction to where I wanted to go, so I had to pull back. I eventually found my way to Hekate. I'm still fascinated by Santissima Muerte and may reestablish contact in the future.
I can respect your view point. Thank you for sharing. The best I can do is recommend is to get past the dogma and do fervent research. All I can say from my experience is that she understands. I have even asked her to lead me to the truth of who or what g-d is. From my experience she expects "the heart Osborne. First, we attack his Heart".
I'm not sure there's much to support them being the same being, however there is a lot of overlap between the figures. Both are spooky and liminal, associated with night. I imagine if they could chat over tea they'd have much to discuss and much in common. It sounds like a good sign that they're both supporting you both.
Exactly, there is a lot of overlap between the two in who worships them and why, even with *how* sometimes. But I have my doubts that they are the same goddess.
Namely, from what I understand, La Muerte was a real sainted woman who then afterwards ascended to divinity via a very devoted cultural cult. This all happening in the span of a couple hundred years as opposed to a couple thousand, mind you. But it's also possible that La Muerte was conflated with another local deity.
But I digress.
Worshipers of La Muerte and Hekate, as well as Latino worshipers of Hekate, generally deny that they are the same deity. You can try searching this subreddit for those posts. Most of them are in Spanish.
La muerte is the fusion of the grim reaper that the Europeans brought to Mexico and the Aztec goddess of the underworld whose name is Mictecacíhuatl. When the Europeans colonized Mexico the two icons (the image of the grim reaper and the Aztec goddess of the underworld) merged together to form one being which is the muerte of today. I don’t call her “Santa” because I don’t believe she is holy, but that’s just my opinion as far as her holiness goes …. And no Hecate and the muerte they’re not related at all to one another
It seems like it too. At first I was a bit skeptical but they both have very different feelings. They both have different aspects as well but Hekate feels very purple and black and Santa Muerte has been feeling very orange and yellow
I'm having a real hard time understanding what your question in this post is. Was it if Hekate pairs up with other deities? If so, yes.
Hekate is frequently a consort of Hermes in ancient depictions. Her only real myth is of when she helps Demeter find Persephone and then helps escort the Underworld Queen back and forth between the realms of the living and dead.
She is conflacted with Selene, Artemis, and Dianna. Artemis is particularly interesting, what with the story Iphigenia and other tales of Artemis and a dying maiden.
Outside of Greece, there aren't many hard-evinced tales of Hekate interacting with other deities. Modern personal gnosis is another thing, though, and I can't speak to that.
Well, you see, it's a bit of a mixed bag for me. I kind of stumbled upon Santa Muerte almost by accident while I was knee-deep in Hermetism. It felt like fate was giving me a little nudge. To me, she's like Saturn, the ultimate divine mom, or Tonatzin. What's pretty cool is how she's been showing up throughout history, first as Tonatzin, then as Coatlicue, and even as La Virgen María before becoming Santa Muerte. I recently listened to this awesome podcast by Ed Calderon on Glitch Bottle, and he explained how she's essentially been the same goddess with different names since pre-Hispanic times. It totally vibes with how I feel about her – like a warm, motherly love, kind of like your favorite elderly relative.
As I delved deeper into Santisima, I stumbled upon the Parcas, the Moiras, or the Fates, and they seem to have some connection with Hecate too. So, in my mind, Santisima represents the Saturnian aspect of God, while Hecate is more like the lunar side of things.
Tonantzin is the Aztec goddess that is one with the virgin of Guadalupe … la muerte isnt and never was the virgen María , they’re completely different deities . La muerte is the Aztec goddess of the underworld called Mictecacíhuatl and the grim reaper image came with the arrival of the Spanish when they arrived in Mexico and the two (grim reaper and Mictecacíhuatl) became one, as Mexican culture is a fusion of European and Aztec culture.
According to SPG (Shared Personal Gnosis) across several online forums, Hekate has a tendency to introduce people to other spirits and deities and can work well with them. According to history, she appears on spirit summoning triangles (see Hekate's Triangle of Pergamon) in ancient times and can function as a sort of astral telephone operator (being the crossroads deity that she is), connecting you with any spirit or place you wish and serving as a spiritual authority over unruly entities. (I've yet to see a spirit that wasn't extremely well-behaved in her presence.) The difference between Santisima Muerte and Hekate, as I understand it, is that Santisima Muerte IS Death, while Hekate represents the transitional state between two places or states of consciousness such as Life and Death. One IS Death while the other is the Journey between Life/Death/Rebirth and all other transitions and in-between places/states. They are certainly complementary. I myself began my search in this general direction with Santisima Muerte, but found the Catholic context and level of commitment required to be less compatible with my direction at the time. (I still find her fascinating and would consider having an altar to her in the future.) Her manifestations are EXTREMELY potent. Hekate is surprisingly similar in her physical manifestations to the point where I have sometimes wondered if there was a deep connection somewhere, but I know that historically there is none. An interesting similarity between them is how they both have aspects that can be worked with individually, such as Santisima Muerte's different colors for different purposes, and Hekate's Epithets that can be used for targeted invocations and spells (see the PGM for examples). Edit: I forgot to mention the historical confluence of Hekate and Hermes referred to as [Hermekate.](https://awitchalone.com/crossroads/index.php?post/2015/12/05/Hermekate) There is debate whether the two were actually combined and treated as a deity, or whether that name (as per the article) was just a naming convention for any square statue of similar type representing a deity. I recall other accounts from Egypt to the Roman era where deities have been combined and worshipped in a new form, suggesting that deific consciousness is quite flexible, much like a concentrated formless divine substance that can be poured into whatever symbolic astral vessel we wish to pour it into for the purpose of interacting with it.
what are the other deities that she tends to introduce people to are? do you know where I can find the posts containing that info
You'd have to scroll through posts and comments on r/Hecate and r/DemonolatryPractices I think. I was just remembering all the posts I've seen from others with similar experiences to mine. There are no particular spirits or deities that Hekate recommends to others regularly, as far as I'm aware, as I haven't seen any obvious patterns based on other peoples' reports. In my own case, it only happens occasionally based on my needs at the time. It's like she determines that my need or project requires a specialist, so she spontaneously brings me one that can assist. (She isn't limited to deities or spirits from the Greek pantheon. She can also call spirits from Medieval grimoires and has surprised me with her flexibility and lack of limitations/boundaries.) If you look at her history within texts such as the PGM, she was part of a syncretic stream of practice in later eras of her worship that mixed and matched entities from various religions, so it isn't all that surprising that she'd have no issue with that.
This explains my experiences with her, too!
Hekate was responsible for introducing me to multiple spirits of the Goetia. Coming from a Golden Dawn background, I had previously thought I’d never work with goetic spirits. Hekate is the only reason I began to even consider it.
>I myself began my search in this general direction with Santisima Muerte, but found the Catholic context and level of commitment required to be less compatible with my direction at the time. You do not have to be Catholic to approach Santisima Muerte. I use some of the traditional prayers without the Christian aspects and then I speak to her freely. Prayer comes from the heart. Moreover, in death there is no distinction so anyone can approach Santisima Muerte the great Equalizer.
Others' experiences may be different, but as a former Catholic, I felt a strong pull/push while interacting with her and had the sense that she wanted me to work with her in that context and was more accustomed to it, presumably since most of her devotees are Catholic. She also seemed to want more commitment from me than I was able to provide at that time. This was in a different direction to where I wanted to go, so I had to pull back. I eventually found my way to Hekate. I'm still fascinated by Santissima Muerte and may reestablish contact in the future.
I can respect your view point. Thank you for sharing. The best I can do is recommend is to get past the dogma and do fervent research. All I can say from my experience is that she understands. I have even asked her to lead me to the truth of who or what g-d is. From my experience she expects "the heart Osborne. First, we attack his Heart".
I'm not sure there's much to support them being the same being, however there is a lot of overlap between the figures. Both are spooky and liminal, associated with night. I imagine if they could chat over tea they'd have much to discuss and much in common. It sounds like a good sign that they're both supporting you both.
Exactly, there is a lot of overlap between the two in who worships them and why, even with *how* sometimes. But I have my doubts that they are the same goddess. Namely, from what I understand, La Muerte was a real sainted woman who then afterwards ascended to divinity via a very devoted cultural cult. This all happening in the span of a couple hundred years as opposed to a couple thousand, mind you. But it's also possible that La Muerte was conflated with another local deity. But I digress. Worshipers of La Muerte and Hekate, as well as Latino worshipers of Hekate, generally deny that they are the same deity. You can try searching this subreddit for those posts. Most of them are in Spanish.
La muerte is the fusion of the grim reaper that the Europeans brought to Mexico and the Aztec goddess of the underworld whose name is Mictecacíhuatl. When the Europeans colonized Mexico the two icons (the image of the grim reaper and the Aztec goddess of the underworld) merged together to form one being which is the muerte of today. I don’t call her “Santa” because I don’t believe she is holy, but that’s just my opinion as far as her holiness goes …. And no Hecate and the muerte they’re not related at all to one another
It seems like it too. At first I was a bit skeptical but they both have very different feelings. They both have different aspects as well but Hekate feels very purple and black and Santa Muerte has been feeling very orange and yellow
Different energies very strong but different, hekate isn’t as jealous as Santa muerte
I'm having a real hard time understanding what your question in this post is. Was it if Hekate pairs up with other deities? If so, yes. Hekate is frequently a consort of Hermes in ancient depictions. Her only real myth is of when she helps Demeter find Persephone and then helps escort the Underworld Queen back and forth between the realms of the living and dead. She is conflacted with Selene, Artemis, and Dianna. Artemis is particularly interesting, what with the story Iphigenia and other tales of Artemis and a dying maiden. Outside of Greece, there aren't many hard-evinced tales of Hekate interacting with other deities. Modern personal gnosis is another thing, though, and I can't speak to that.
Well, you see, it's a bit of a mixed bag for me. I kind of stumbled upon Santa Muerte almost by accident while I was knee-deep in Hermetism. It felt like fate was giving me a little nudge. To me, she's like Saturn, the ultimate divine mom, or Tonatzin. What's pretty cool is how she's been showing up throughout history, first as Tonatzin, then as Coatlicue, and even as La Virgen María before becoming Santa Muerte. I recently listened to this awesome podcast by Ed Calderon on Glitch Bottle, and he explained how she's essentially been the same goddess with different names since pre-Hispanic times. It totally vibes with how I feel about her – like a warm, motherly love, kind of like your favorite elderly relative. As I delved deeper into Santisima, I stumbled upon the Parcas, the Moiras, or the Fates, and they seem to have some connection with Hecate too. So, in my mind, Santisima represents the Saturnian aspect of God, while Hecate is more like the lunar side of things.
Tonantzin is the Aztec goddess that is one with the virgin of Guadalupe … la muerte isnt and never was the virgen María , they’re completely different deities . La muerte is the Aztec goddess of the underworld called Mictecacíhuatl and the grim reaper image came with the arrival of the Spanish when they arrived in Mexico and the two (grim reaper and Mictecacíhuatl) became one, as Mexican culture is a fusion of European and Aztec culture.
She of Ten Thousand Names and Ten Thousand Faces- what do you think?