“Magic takes on the religion of its age – shaped by experiential gnosis at the liminal threshold where myth, magic and devotion becomes the Mysteries.”
Sorita d’Este is an author and independent researcher specialising in ancient religion, mythology and esoteric traditions. Her work combines the study of archaeological and other historical sources with an experiential understanding of contemporary ritual and devotional practice.
Best known for her research and writing on Hekate, she explores the relationship between ancient evidence, later magical traditions and modern spiritual experience. She is the founder of the independent esoteric publisher Avalonia, founder of the Covenant of Hekate, and host of Meeting in the Circle. She is the author / co-author of more than 20 books on goddesses, magic and witchcraft.
Covenant of Hekate
The Covenant of Hekate
Publishing
Our process applies techniques from a variety of disciplines distinction in detail and gives careful attention.
Writing
Our process applies techniques from a variety of disciplines distinction in detail and gives careful attention.
Pilgrimage
Through travel and pilgrimage across more than thirty countries, Sorita has studied sacred landscapes, archaeological sites, temples, shrines and contemporary centres of devotion, tracing the ways in which myth, ritual and religious memory are preserved, transformed and reinterpreted across cultures and through time. This understanding flows through her subsequent work.
Sacredness
Some sacred sites remain places of living worship, while others have been incorporated into later religions or modern cultural identities; visiting them reveals how sacred memory is preserved, reshaped and disputed.
Landscape
Ancient religion was often enacted through procession, ascent, approach and entry; walking the land can reveal insights on its spiritual meaning. Interacting with springs, rivers, hills and mountains provides a very different understanding.
