The Hekataeon
by Jack Grayle
The Hekataeon by Jack Grayle is a remarkable grimoire presenting a complete system of self-initiation into the mysteries of Hekate, the Maiden-Serpent-Wolf who stands at the crux of the crossroads of all realms and realities. As such, it presents dozens of rituals, rites, spells, songs, scripts and sorcerous workings to ally oneself with the Lady of the Crossroads, as well as the witch-queens of late antiquity which embody her current of chthonic magic, to include Medea, Kirke, and Pasiphae. It also contains hymns to win the blessing of goddesses and gods such as Artemis, Selene, Persephone, Apollo, Helios, Hermes and Dionysus. Within its pages are consecrations for tools of art, by invoking powerful daimons such as Kerberos, Orpheus, the Fates, the Furies, and the Greco-Egyptian underworld spirit BAXYXSYXYX.
Through the labyrinthine path laid out in this work, the reader first becomes a Devotee, then an Adept, and finally a Hierophant of Hekate’s mysteries. In the end, the book itself is enlivened through these workings, so that with the final rite it awakens, and becomes the reader’s spiritual assistant, to guard, guide and aid in the arte forevermore.
Note on the MEDEA Edition Trade Hardcover
The Hekataeon has sold out thousands of copies in five separate editions, and has been translated into Spanish and Russian, making it one of the most popular books of its kind for devotees of Hekate. Due to overwhelming demand for another edition, Grayle Press is now re-issuing this popular grimoire in a trade edition volume that contains a complete self-initiation into the mysteries of Hekate. It includes Jack Grayle’s hymns, prayers, invocations, incantations, scripts, and initiatory rites and more.
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Table of Contents (abridged)
BOOK I: THE CALL
RITE 1: DE SIGILI
RITE 2: DE NATURA
RITE 3: DE POTENTIA
RITE 4: DE FORMA
RITE 5: SENSIBUS
RITE 6: CANTICUM
RITE 7: FATUS
RITE 8: ARBITRIUM
RITE 9: INVOCATIO
IYNX
BOOK II: WHITE FLAME
HEKATE'S LADDER
BOOK III: RED BLADE
THREE INCARNATIONS
HORSE OF THE AIR
DOG OF THE EARTH
SNAKE OF THE WATER
RITES OF THE MOON: THREE LUNAR GODDESSES
FIRST EMANATION: ARTEMIS
SECOND EMANATION: PERSEPHONE
THIRD EMANATION: SELENE
THREE BEASTS
THE BEAR OF ARTEMIS
THE HOUND OF PERSEPHONE
THE OWL OF SELENE
THE HEADS OF KERBEROS
THE CALL TO KERBEROS
RITES OF THE SUN: THREE CTHONIC GODS
THE PHYLACTERY OF HELIOS-AION
THE BLADE OF ZAGREUS-SABAZIOS-DIONYSUS
THE ARROWS OF PHOIBOS-APOLLON
FIRST ARROW RITE: THE CROW'S FOOT
SECOND ARROW RITE: THE RAVEN'S FOOT
THE LYRE OF PHOIBOS-APOLLON
FIRST NIGHT JOURNEY
RITES OF THE EARTH: THREE SORCEROUS QUEENS
QUEEN PASIPHAE: LOVER OF THE BULL
PASIPHAE RITE: THE GODFACE
PASIPHAE RITE: HIEROS GAMOS
SECOND NIGHT JOURNEY
QUEEN KIRKE: THE SHAPE-CHANGER
RITE 1: THE BALM
RITE 2: THE BANE
QUEEN MEDEA: THE DRAGON RIDER
RITE 1: THE DRAGON BOX
RITE 2: THE DRAGON ORACLE
DEIPNON
RITES OF THE STARS: THREE BLACK DOGS
THREE TOOLS OF UNBECOMING: CLAW, JAW & LASH
BOOK IV: BLACK MOON
WAXING HALF - MOON HYMN TO HEKAHERMES
WANING HALF - MOON HYMN TO HERMEKATE
CONSECRATION OF THE HEAD OF HERMEKATE/HEKAHERMES
CULT OF THE GOAT
GOAT RITE
CULT OF THE GOAT
GOAT SONGS
GOATSONG I: THE DESCENT
GOATSONG II: GIGANTOMACHIA
GOATSONG III: HIEROS GAMOS
DEDICATION
ACTIVATION
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Illustrated by Rowan E. Cassidy.
MEDEA Trade Hardcover Edition
496 pages. Grey silk-touch hardcover with red foil inlay on front and spine. Coloured endpapers, two ribbon bookmarks (black and red) and head & tail bands. Full colour photographs of ritual tools.
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Press, reviews, endorsements
Book Review by Foolish Fish (prev. edition, different cover) - watch on YouTube here
Interview with Jack Grayle on the Glitch Bottle podcast - watch on YouTube here
Interview with Jack Grayle on the Hadean Press podcast - watch on YouTube here
Interview with Jack Grayle on Weird Web Radio - watch on YouTube here
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About the Author
Jack Grayle is a devotee of the goddess Hekate. He teaches online classes on ancient spirituality at The Blackthorne School, including ‘Hail Hekate: Walking the Forked Path.’ He also publishes books on myth and magic through his imprints, Araxes Press and Grayle Press. His grimoire The Hekataeon – a self-initiation into the mysteries of Hekate – has sold out thousands of copies in five separate editions, and has been translated into Spanish and Russian, making it one of the most popular books of its kind for devotees of Hekate. He is also the author of ‘Sigrun & the Mist,’ a full-length Valkyrie verse-play that was named as one of the top three occult books of 2024. Jack has written numerous essays for publications such as Hadean Press, Aeon Sophia Press, Anathema Publishing and Sirius Publications, and has led presentations and rituals all over the continental United States.
