Epithets

Epithets

Welcome to Epithets, a bi-weekly podcast where we explore the sacred titles of the goddess Hekate. With your hosts Isaac Vars and Robin Silverman

Episodes

February 26, 2025 28 mins

Have you heard about the Pergamon Tablet and Ameibousa, the epithet written upon it? Well, you're about to! We explore where this comes from, and what it means!

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Finishing our three part series on the PGM names of Hekate, we tackle the mysterious name Neboutosoualeth. The trickiest of the three, we still think that we have a little illumination on this name. Join us!

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December 20, 2024 37 mins

Hmmmm.... Where have we heard this name before?

Robin and Isaac explore who Ereshkigal is and why she is related to Hekate in the Greek Magical Papyri.

Let's visit the Mesopotamian Underworld and see how Hekate is connected in this second of three episodes exploring the strange Hekateaen triad of names found in the PGM!

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November 27, 2024 35 mins

Back into the PGM we go as we explore the three mysterious names used for Hekate! We tackle the first, Aktiophis. While there aren't all that many definitive answers, Robin and Isaac discuss likely possibilities. From Helios, to Pan, with a lot of love spells and gross incense recipes in between, Isaac and Robin dive in to what they've found in research and experience.

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November 13, 2024 37 mins

Robin and Isaac talk about the dead and how Hekate connects to them. We'll talk types of ghosts, necromancy, curse tablets, ancestors, and more!

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October 9, 2024 33 mins

Join us as we go touch grass with the Queen of the Land (and all that is below). We'll discuss Hermes, the Underworld, what's below that, the dead, the nuclei, and more. Get ready to head down to the ground.

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September 25, 2024 28 mins

Look to the heavens and listen to our episode about the Queen of the Heavens, Hekate Ouranian! We'll have you staring at the stars and the darkness in between with this episode. Lots of exploration of liminality and what the heavens means to us.

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September 11, 2024 41 mins

Swim in the depths of Hekate with Robin and Isaac as they explore her oceanic aspects. They discuss the magic of relationship, the terror of the deep, and vacations on the beach. Her mythological lineage comes up, as well as her mythological offspring. Isaac and Robin also dive into their own oceanic gnosis of Hekate.

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August 28, 2024 28 mins

Yes, we have spoken about her scary aspects, but what about her more caring aspects? Here, we talk about Hekate the Caregiver of Children. Or, if you like Child's Nurse, or perhaps even midwife. The Theogeny, Zeus, and Persephone are discussed. We even touch on reasons to not like Agamemnon.

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August 14, 2024 57 mins

We're finally talking PLANTS! Join us as we explore the plants of Hekate and witchcraft! We talk about the garden of the sanctuary of Hekate, we talk Medea and her plant magic, we talk poisons, we talk medicine, we talk about green relationships, and more!! We really have been waiting to infodump about our passion for botanicals, so we are quite excited about this episode. And, believe it or not, we realized that there are plen...

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July 31, 2024 37 mins

Isaac and Robin delve into dragons and their connection to Hekate in the old world. They discuss different dragons from myth, what dragons do in myth, and, of course, Medea.

Will Isaac and Robin ever clear Medea's name? What does Hekate have to do with dragons? What kind of magic can be worked with this epithet?

To find out, you'll have to listen.

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July 17, 2024 35 mins

Robin and Isaac talk about the fierce epithet of Brimo. Who called on this epithet in history? What magic called on this epithet in antiquity? Our hosts delve into the story of Medea, dealing with fearsome forces, mama bears, old magic from The Greek Magical Papyri, and so much more!

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June 26, 2024 38 mins

Today's episode explores Hekate's role as a savior, specifically through the lens of the Chaldean Oracles. We talk thaumaturgy, high and low witchcraft, planets, and more!

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June 12, 2024 34 mins

Join Robin and Isaac as they explore the epithet (and ancient goddess) Enodia, She Of The Roads. An ancient Greek goddess that became syncretized with Hekate, she is an important part of, as Robin puts it, Hekate's DNA.

Why are roads so important to Hekate? Where did her connection with the dead begin? Why are crossroads so magical? Listen in and find out!

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May 29, 2024 36 mins

Join Robin and Isaac as they delve into the epithet of Kleidouchos. They discuss what it means, both in a modern world as well as the ancient. Robin also talks about what she considers ancient history, as Isaac talks about what modern day practitioners can do with both this epithet and keys. Throw in a little side eye at the design of ancient keys and discussion about how symbols and meanings change as society changes, and that is ...

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May 15, 2024 33 mins

Welcome back! Today, we talk about Hekate's epithet Phosphoros, which means light (or torch) bearer. We learn a little about the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Robin tells us about a few Greek plays, and we discuss how the light of truth can be uncomfortable, but, in the end, necessary.

We are still figuring out audio settings and how to get a crisper sound, so bear with us. We promise the next episode will be clearer (and Isaac will...

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April 29, 2024 36 mins

Welcome to Epithets! While the following episodes will each be focused on one aspect or epithet of Hekate, this is our intro episode! Who are we? Who is Hekate? Why are we so excited about her? What is an epithet, anyways?

All this and more will be answered!

We open this episode with Isaac reading the Hymn to Hekate from "The Orphic Hymns" translated by Patrick Dunn.

Robin also mentions her love of Hekate starting with T...

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