“Slit the throat of a sheep at the pit’s edge and let the blood drain into the darkness. Place its body on a pyre, right there next to the pit. Burn it whole. Then pour honey into the pit and beg the goddess for her sweet favour. And then you must walk away. You may hear footsteps close behind you; you may hear dogs bark. You must not turn around. Do you understand?”

–Madea, instructing Jason about how to entreat Hecate, in No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes, p. 180