Sorita d’Este
Biography
Sorita d’Este is an author and Priestess whose published work includes Circle for Hekate (2017) and Hekate: Liminal Rites (2009), Artemis: Virgin Goddess (2006) and Visions of the Cailleach (2009). She lectures and facilitates workshops internationally for both private groups, as well as pagan, occult and general audiences. When not engaged in writing, or publishing books as the director of Avalonia, Sorita can be found creating a forest garden on a hill in Glastonbury, where she shares a home with her partner, son and a fluffy white cat.
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Programme
Hekate Triformis – The Triple Hekate
The Goddess Hekate continues to inspire awe and devotion in people around the world today. Her worship is closely linked to the Phrygian Kybele, the Ephesian Artemis and that of the Grain Goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone. She was honoured as a Goddess of Crossroads, Childbirth and Magic – and as the Mother of the Gods, the Saviour and the World Soul. In this presentation we will consider the historical and modern depictions of this Goddess, created by generations of devotees.