The Hekataeon - Jack Grayle

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Grayle finally published this grimoire as a hardcopy, non-limited edition for $75. Couldn't resist. I had considered snagging some used early limited versions for $300+, but wouldn't do it.

I started this in August of 2024, but am journaling it here on 24OCT24. I will be adding entries in here as I go through it. There will be some catch-up involved. I am on night 6 of the inyx procedure (just got done tying it to a tree for the next three days).

I will largely be working through this both as dictated and as I can. I have all of the pieces needed for one of the upcoming ritual items. Took a while, with the multiple pieces involved. It's similar to a rosary, but Hekate specific.

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26AUG24
Day 1 is done. I redid the visualization because I forgot to draw the sigil first.

I didn't like the thought of encompassing her (on the paper in ritual), when doing the initials. It seemed inappropriate as if I was containing her for no good reason. BUT, the book called for it, so I did it. I'm hoping the wisdom of it will become apparent later.

I was going to bleed on the sigil before burning it, but felt HER stop me. I don't know why and I felt she was saying it was inappropriate.

I collected as much of the ash as I could and turned the venting fan low to not pull it away.

I also gave a stick of incense to her before the ritual.

This is the first night of the 9 night dedication ritual one starts with in the book before doing anything else.

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Looks like my hiding spot is okay. I put it up after dark last night when the area quieted down.

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27AUG24
I read the text, but forgot to move the prepared candle beforehand, so I moved the candle and respoke the text.

There is a noticeable vacation (vacate, vacating) of her energies before the calling. Strong, present, interactive. She typically leaves and comes back during the ritual.

I appreciate this. It tells me which parts move me, then the interaction or similar so I can gauge this or that.

My opinion is that people, especially those that have interacted in the past, make the words work. For several reasons, when you look at it. Compellation or Heavenly bullshit aren't involved.

I will reuse the dressed candle (blood, Hecate oil) I used tonight. It's a 3 hour candle and it says you can extinguish.

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Completed the ritual tonight. I live right next to a crossroads so I went ahead and did the ritual in my garage. It was the only way to make sure I didn't attract attention with the amount of people that are outside.

I did record the video and it is finished processing on YouTube. You can find it here.

I did give her a name and the mic was purposefully muffled for that as well as her appearance. Her house is right next to Hekate's statue.

Next up? The 28 names

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Brimo....the formless fire is the first. I did the sigil energetically on my forehead and my hands, instead of using oil. I don't need oil for it. I have energetic skills that surpass that prop.

Not sure how to feel about it. It IS DIFFERENT than the fire I call from below for Pele's Ward or her advanced workings. The symbolism is a little similar, but not the same in approach and this is likely the difference.

I did cover myself in the Firey armor so I could note how it felt. I think it has potential and once practiced, especially with energetic skills, has significant potential as a personal cord cutting and protection mechanism.

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Day 2 is Boukolos. 100% not feeling this one at all. It feels like a stretch. The sigil is fine, but the movement and power is weak as fuck. It is completely dependent upon the person.

Can I feel that this is an aspect? Yes. No question. But when I apply it, the power just isn't there. I can do more with a firm command and pointing a finger.

This could just be me and I am the person that says that things need to be practices (THEY DO!!!). But moving a spirit out of my space doesn't involve me calling on Hekate or her powers. It involves me moving it out of my space by Will and Ability.

And THIS may be where the disconnect is. I have other methods I've used for years. Practiced, tried, and true.

Would this method work? Yes, I do believe so.It just feels "tacked on". Yes, it's more ancient and has been used more than my methods. But it doesn't feel that way and THAT is important.

At the end, it's referenced as a sort of obstacle breaker, but it isn't referenced that way in any meaningful way in the text beforehand. "Inscribe it on your flesh to attract other devotees to you" seems like one of the most ridiculous things I've read in a while from a serious magical text. Fucking stupid. I'm sure there's some caveat where he meant with ink or oil, but why would I care about other people going through this when I'm, the newbie doing this work, less than 30 days into my magical journey with Hekate?

I'm over 1000 days in. I'm not looking for a Mickey Mouse Club. If we find each other, we do. Not sure what he's trying to achieve, but this is ridiculous.

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Day 4, Theremos. I identified strongly with this one and the lines with some of the work I have done with Pele ritual-wise. The calling method is very similar to Pele's Earthquake, though it is done at the end rather than at the beginning.

This aspect is best used for victims identifying as women, children, the oppressed. It can also be used for the person calling such as myself. However, I sent the aspect after someone that I know abuses women, even women magicians, and I suspect would abuse women that are underage, if the opportunity arose.

And the watched is not only that single aspect of Hecate came to answer the call but also a pack of dogs of very different makes and sizes followed her lead.

Hail to you, my Dark Queen.

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Day 5 Agrotera. This is a bit strange in that the text largely talks about hunting and culling, but the sigil given was recommended for protecting young girls. Seems out of place and I wonder if there is more to the background of these words/scenarios historically that is just not being given to save space. It is a large, heavy book, so there's no shade in saving space from my point of view.

The Actions, I suppose one could say rituals, are really light for all of these daily practices. Doesn't mean they aren't going to work, but if you're used to moving larger amounts of energy, then they won't seem like much. What I think it really happening is that they are actions that are acting like a petition, rather than anything else in some of these cases. They are more hybrid than anything else and I am 100% sure they need ot be practiced to gain a sort of fluency and get the real combined power out of them.

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Agriope is today's word and the given translation is "Fierce-Face" It goes into detail about the defensive and offensive nature of Hecate a little bit. There is a little ritual at the end to call on the listed "Restless Ones" which are named members of the "Jealous Dead".

Unfortunately, I can't really do it at the moment. The ritual lists timing and I need to do it both with and without paying attention to that to see if it's genuinely needed. I suspect that it really isn't if the magician understand what the ritual is doing. It does add to the "preparation factor", which is why it's more valuable to newer magicians.

I'll try to remember to do this when the timing part is "ready". I'll also have to think of a target.

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Day 6 Azostos (Ungurt, Unbound, Unchonstrained)

The tone in the entry was very religious and this had a lot of religious references in it. One thing I'm not very sure about the Grayle is where he's getting his references from. It's hard to simply swallow a lot of the claims he's making here.

This IS a religious book for Hekate, which is apparent from the beginning. Worship wasn't what she asked of me in the beginning and I haven't seen any change in that with my interactions with her now. The...fervor...of the prose can be a bit off putting in a way. It reads more like blind devotion than anything else and that will always get my hackles up a bit. Doesn't mean I'm reading it in the way it's meant - just the way I do.

The gesture was all right, similar to shaking off shackles. The ritual that goes with it is an interesting one in that it's largely a whirling dervish approach to Hekate. I don't know if that was a legit practice in Ancient Greece or not, tbh.

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Day 7 Speirodrakontozonos (Clad in Serpent Tresses)

So, this is a bit of my critique on day 6-like material. This feels religious. I think Grayle forgets that there are older myths or is conflating the two when he talks about Hekate. I don't suffer from "All Females are from the Same Source" because it isn't SOURCE if it's male or female. It's a derivative.

The links between the snake and this name seem tenuous without sources and having a relationship with Tiamat as a (mythical) creation serpent, it makes it makes one more likely to challenge how much of this scholarship is legit and how much is just the author's fancy.

I'm not saying it is incorrect. I'm saying conflating her into every possible thing is likely fanciful. Other paradigms, older paradigms, are also valid and I have experienced some of these, too. If this book was my first intro into HER, I woud wonder why I would need anything else.

Yet, that's where she has sent me - other places - by her direction. Perhaps this has led me to understand that, once again, this level of worship is NOT what she is asking of me. It was soundly rejected. Multiple times and I even offered it at other times, from a much more advanced perspective. Nope.

It must be for some, though.

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Day 8 Thea Deinos (Goddess of Fear)

This entry is about the more fearful aspects of Hekate and the gesture for it is one of a fearful posture.

Ironically, it reminded me of the first time I encountered her. Or rather, she sought me out and wouldn't let me walk away to bury my head in the sand as I had been. That was real, genuine fear, the likes of which I hadn't felt since Iraq.

Day 9 Kratais (Strong One)

The gesture for this is a strike, but the description is one of standing firm and eternal. Sometimes Grayle skips too much of the connections between the gestures, the name, and the accompanying text. It feels shortened for brevity, but in doing so, there is a lot of lost context and the context there doesn't quite add up properly.

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Stil doing this, but don't see much point in posting a similar argument for each day. Scant on evidence for these, unless it's in the back of the book somewhere. No point in boring everyone with my open questioning of where these associations are coming from.

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So, Day 14. Halfway through the daily readings and contemplations. And today's entry was just too messy for me to not say something.
AOROBOROS - Eater of the Restless Dead. But the word is likened to a sword, because yesterday's was a shield. But the wording for this talks largely about Hecate being a net weaver, before going off on an unrelated, probably unsubstantiated tangent about Hecate being that which we come from and go to. This guy stays on topic about as much as some political figures I've heard speak recently.

Then, the sigil and "ritual" is about speaking with the dead - with NOTHING to do with the word or any of the tangents he went off on.

WTH?

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https://youtu.be/j-H97YDF88w

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Created Hekate's Ladder this past Saturday, after hanging up the Christmas lights. I didn't want to do it, to be honest, but said I would.

This was the initial attempt and it fell well below my standards, even knowing I would be fixing some parts of it.
https://youtu.be/hY3kDdM-IU0

This second video is where I made some of the changes I was wanting. Much higher quality.

https://youtu.be/CAM1YNgGcgA

I will be doing the creation of it as a living ritual device on the Full Moon to keep with the book (Hekate said it wasn't really necessary). It'll be a week and a half before I get to the next part of the creation ritual.

Some higher quality photos here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDBLQCvvwdE/?igsh=MTV4azhkZGZsMzJ0

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Finished doing Hekate's Ladder tonight. There's a Code Red for fire hazard and has been for a while now so outdoor flames in the nearby rough patches are out of the question. Nevermind the doubling of the homeless camps in this area due to them removing several larger ones just North of here and the rougher, uninhabited patches are to the South, just to the North of where I live. Construction just removed another quarter mile of this area they usually hide in to get out of the Sun.

But, the ritual went well. I did notice that the order of the beads and bones are given, but only in the calling of the ladder, not in the dedication or the description of what items you will need. I'm sure they're just as arbitrary as everything else that isn't given a reason in this book.

Prep

Go Time

Celestia

Love the purple lighting! 💜

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Celestia Thanks. It's a multicolored light. I wish it has a darker hue to it, but it doesn't, really.