Hecate

 "The Gods all Serve her at her will; so great her Power is, like fabled Hecate, she doth bind them to her law." (William Blake)








The painting is by William Blake and is entitled "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy" (1795), better known as the "Triple Hecate". 


The Ass, the Owl, the Toad, the Bat;
A Book of Secrets and Forbidden Arts;
A Crossroads in the Dead of Night.
The Rule of Three, Infernal Trinity!


Concerning Hecate, Shakespeare has this to say:


"With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected,
Thy natural magic and dire property." (Hamlet)

In Europe, A Prophecy, Blake writes of her as follows:

Now comes the night of Enitharmon's joy!

Who shall I call? Who shall I send?

That Woman, lovely Woman! may have dominion?

Hecate! The Witch, the Poisoner, the Goddess of the Crossroads. 


What is her law? It is the Law of Chastity and Vengeance. It is the Error of Christianity.
Te salutamus, Ecate la Strega!


MARY BLISS