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Friend and priestess, Christina Moraiti, has started a petition in order to try and get a very special and beautiful statue of the Goddess Hekate, on public display permanently.
On Friday 12th of August, I met with Christina and other members of the Covenant of Hekate including Sorita d'Este, to view this statue as part of the Feminine Power: the Divine to the Demonic exhibition at the British Museum.
Taking a cross-cultural look at feminine power and spiritual beings within global religion and faith, the exhibition features a stunningly well-preserved Roman-era statue of a triple Hekate. When the exhibit closes on 25th September 2022, this beautiful representation of the Goddess, - which stands almost 3ft tall - will be committed back to the obscurity of the museum basement, without public access, which whether looking at it from a historical or spiritual point of view is a travesty.
Please consider signing, sharing and supporting this campaign!
The petition - The Statue of the Goddess Hekate Must Remain on Display At the British Museum - is summed up thusly: "This is Hekate, our Goddess, a marble statue presently displayed to the public as part of The British Museum's Feminine Power exhibition, which ends on 25th September. The statue will be placed in the basement's storage again, where it has been for decades with no access to it. Outside the walls of the museum, there is a wave of new worshippers of Hekate who have a keen interest in seeing this cult statue from the Roman world remain available to visit. For us, it is a very important icon, an emblem of humanity's connection since antiquity and across borders on empires and countries. A treasure.
We request that the British Museum kindly find a place accessible to the public for the Statue of the Goddess Hekate. There are signatories below from many countries as well as a wide spread of people across the UK. We think the BM will soon realise the living importance of this particularly stunning item from its collections. We would like the Lady of the Three Worlds to remain above ground, or a space below ground to be made available for her light-bearing presence.
Cultural heritage belongs to us all. Devotee of Hekate or not, please help us keep this unique statue on display for the World to admire the Goddess of the Crossroads.
Signatories: please sign with whatever name you wish, civil or religious, and the town and country (or at least the country) you are signing from. Many thanks.
Cultures/periods: Roman Production date161-200 (circa) Acquired: Rome (city)Europe: Italy: Lazio: Rome (province): Rome (city) Materials marble Dimensions Height: Height: 0.91 metres Photograph copyright to the British Museum