Veils Before the Void

(A Prayer unto the Queen of Heaven, Earth, and Hell.)

by Patrick Larabee © Shadows of Midnight

Hekate Illustration by Patrick Larabee ©

O' Mother Divine, Celestial Queen!

Thou dost don the Abyss as Thy attire and

upon it shines forth the Jewels of the Firmament,

each shining Sun a blazing diamond for Thy Diadem.

You whom holds within Thine being the Stars of the Void,

the Points of Spirits Light that shine forth through the Bless'd Night.

Matriarch of the Dark who didst give birth to the Son of the Sun.

From Thy Womb in which the Seed of Life did ignite,

came forth the Blackened Light of the Burnt One:

Qayin, the Father of the Illuminated Night!

Mistress of the Mystical Artes,

from the Stars we drawn Thee down to Earth.

In Rites of Congress with Thy Spirit Sublime,

within Thy Empyrean Essence my Self finds Re-Birth:

to soar amongst the Heavens as a Stellar Body Divine!

Mother Benign and Mother Malign,

Thy child am I and my Heart is Thy shrine.

Ruler of the Three Realms and all that lies Beyond and In-Between,

all that I am is yours - the Seen and the Unseen.

Hekas! Hekas! Hekat! Hekate!

 

O' Sovereign of the Underworld, Dame Diabolus!

Infernal Queen and Dark Mother,

in Thee the Dead seek comfort and solace:

from Thy Sunless Abode we come and to you shall be gathered home again.

To sink beneath the Dark Waters of Thy Being,

to witness the Fires of the Spirit-Faceless

in Hell You reign and here it is that we find our Kith and Kin.

Our Lady of Sorrows and of Joy,

in Thee the Living finds repose and contentment,

til the Flesh yields to Death to release that within that is Breathless.

When through the Veil we shall pass to embrace Soul's vast extent,

to walk the Path of the Blessing and the Curse:

to drink deep from Thy Chalice of the Potion-Deathless!

Mother Benign and Mother Malign,

Thy child am I and my Heart is Thy shrine.

Ruler of the Three Realms and all that lies Beyond and In-Between,

all that I am is yours - the Seen and the Unseen.

Hekas! Hekas! Hekat! Hekate!

 

O' Persona of Cosmos, Colassal Creatrix!

In the Beginning there was Naught,

and from this Nothing sprung forth Thy Nebulous-Radiance:

Galaxies, Suns, Energy, Time and Space,

Thou gavest Birth to the Noumenal Secrets of the Void.

From Thy Darkness didst the Light unfurl,

from Your Night didst Thou beget all Life.

Each Star a shining Gem from the Black Treasure Vault of Thy Being,

each a Lantern Guiding our way Home:

to the Place beyond the Beyond,

the Path that leads ever onwards to the Light that Shines-Not.

From the Darkest Places of Wisdom to the Bright Light of Earth,

all is yours and all is divine,

through the unending cycles of Death, Life and Re-Birth.

Mother Benign and Mother Malign,

Thy child am I and my Heart is Thy shrine.

Ruler of the Three Realms and all that lies Beyond and In-Between,

all that I am is yours - the Seen and the Unseen.

Hekas! Hekas! Hekat! Hekate!

O' Thou Noumenal and A-Cosmic Silence, Thou Darkness Beyond the Stars!

Thou art the Goddess of all the Night,

and Persona of the Void:

Ever-Changing,

Always-Remaining,

Mask of the Darkness-Eternal:

Queen of Heaven, Earth and the Underworld

Beautious Blackness shimmering;

Midnight's Brightness illuminating,

Masquerade of the Abyss projecting:

and in passing through Thy Veils of Light,

each one dropping before the Great Beyond,

I bare witness to the Eternal Darkness that shines forth throughout ALL!

Thee, Unnameable One:

Thou art the Void Incarnate and the Vault of Heaven is but Thy Mask,

and only one amongst Many.

Chaos is Thy Name as it is spoken forth from Vulgar Tounge,

and they whose Vision shows Thee speak not at all,

for You are Unmentionable and Unknowable:

yet the Flesh speaks and breaks open at Thy caress,

to utter in Silence that which only the Soul knows.

Mother Benign and Mother Malign,

Thy child am I and my Heart is Thy shrine.

Ruler of the Three Realms and all that lies Beyond and In-Between,

all that I am is yours - the Seen and the Unseen.

Hekas! Hekas! Hekat! Hekate!

Thou art Void - the Beyond of the Beyond, the Darkness Incarnate, the Non-Existent Chaos of the Primordial Abyss, the Noumenal Radiance, Omnipresent, Omnisentient, Omnipotent, ALL and NOTHING, the Reality behind the Mask!

HEKATE! HEKATE! HEKATE!

Hekate Invocation and Illustration granted by permission.