Hecate decoupage bottle. Decorated bottle handmade. Hand painted. Altar tool

This is a charged decorated bottle for your living room, or your bedroom, Entryway,
Office even for your craft.

A beautiful gift for you and others.
An excellent idea for birthday or wedding gift

Charged bottle

A great Altar tool, for protection with Hecate.

In the Greek culture, Hekate is associated with the Goddess Trivia, Hekate Trivia was revered as the goddess of the crossroads and the Gatekeeper that allows passage to all worlds. She was the protectress of houses and cities and her statues were found near all doors and passages to guard them. She was always carrying torches in order to truly uncover the identity of individuals and she was depicted as a triple Goddess. Now before we move into further connection with the neo-pagan belief of maiden, mother and crone, the depictions of the Goddess in Roman culture always show her as a Maiden, a young and fair woman that wears the crown. In the beginning, these 3 forms of young maidens looking at different directions were connected as one, only later in history we see her as three separate maidens. This form of Hekate symbolised her omnipresence, her ability to guard all directions and be able to protect the household from all intruders.

Hekate is a Female Power/Entity which exists within the First Paternal Intellect and is the one who mediates between the Soul and the Cosmos, between the world of Men and God(s). Again, Hekate’s is depicted as the one who acts in between worlds. Hekate in this concept resembles Sophia-Wisdom- which is a central concept in many philosophies such as Platonism and Gnosticism. It has also been the main influence for the creation of Theosophy, an esoteric philosophy that examines the mysteries of nature and existence and aims to introduce ways in order for the practitioners to come in direct contact with the divine and understand the nature of Divinity.

Hekate is a great protectress of the house and her statues and shrines existed in many homes placed both near the hearth along with Hestia (Vesta) or at the doors of the house to ward off any intruders, physical and spiritual. In addition, Hekate was worshipped at the crossroads and the places where the three roads meet. She was the Goddess that acted between Worlds and therefore the crossroads were the places that existed between places, the space in between where Worlds are connected.

Qualities of Hecate As already mentioned she ruled over Earth, Water and Sky which shows her omnipresence and her dominion between worlds. This is further enhanced by her reference as “?????? ?????? ?????????? ???????” which means Queen of every world that holds all keys. Hecate is described as the one who is revered at the streets, crossroads and where the three roads meet which further enhances her quality to act between worlds. She is the one who loves the mountains, wilderness, solitude, she is pleased being amongst deers and she is the one who nurtures and grows bulls. She is described as the one who enters into sacred ecstasy and brings joy to the souls of the dead, highlighting her attribute as a psychopomp and the Crone, delivering the souls of the dead to Hades. She is also described as ‘the Nocturnal’ bringing forward her connection with the night, the moon and the stars. Sophocles and Eurypides describe Hecate as the Goddess of Witchcraft, while other epithets which are being used to describe her qualities are ‘psosphoros’, the one who brings light, and draws the emphasis on her association with the moon. “Kourotrophos” referring to her nurturing and mother qualities. She is also referred to as “Kore” the Maiden, the one who has not been married or has a husband, which as we are going to see is the main aspect that she has been depicted in most statues instead of the popular belief of being revered as the Crone. Finally, she is referred as ‘Propylea’ the one who stands before the gate(s) and ‘Sotira’ the saviour, the one who saves the soul of the living and the dead alike. Of course these are only some of the epithets attributed to the Goddess. Let’s further understand her importance through the myths, depictions of the Goddess and her symbols.

• Handmade item
• Materials: glass bottle 
• varnish 
• sealer rice paper, 
• acrylic paint
• napkin 
• clay 
• glitter, 
• Adhesive Mod Podge 
• sealant 
• twine, 
• photos ink 
• brushes, 
• torches, 
• cupress, 
• Hecate the Goddess of Witchcraft, 
• Owl, 
• red ribbon, 
• Three skeleton keys