Chapter XII. That They Themselves Taught Men How to Array Their Images for Magical Rites

‘THAT they themselves suggested how even their statues ought to be made, and of what kind of material, shall be shown by the response of Hecate in the following form:

“My image purify, as I shall show: Of wild rue form the frame, and deck it o’er With lizards such as run about the house; These mix with resin, myrrh, and frankincense, Pound all together in the open air Under the crescent moon, and add this vow.”

‘Then she set forth the vow, and showed how many lizards must be taken:

“Take lizards many as my many forms, And do all this with care. My spacious house With branches of self-planted laurel form. Then to my image offer many a prayer, And in thy sleep thou shalt behold me nigh.”

‘And again in another place she described an image of herself of this same kind.’