Profound Grief
How are you? I’m okay, fine, hanging in, managing. All of these are true. Underlying them is a profound grief that makes okay, fine, hanging in, & managing difficult.
Greek Goddess Persephone
The Countdown is on!
I can hardly believe it is almost Spring Mysteries (Happy Equinox, by the way). This coming weekend is the last rehearsal before we are on site for the Festival. Which means I have less than a week to finish my costumes, and my husband’s costumes, and a few other details.
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Pomegranates and Poppies
One of Persephone’s main symbols is the pomegranate. I wondered what some of her other symbols might be. Flowers are an obvious one. Persephone is the Maiden of Flowers. So what do poppies have to do with her?
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Persephone Speaks
I was meditating with Persephone this morning, and my mind wandered. I kept thinking about the things I had to do for work, or how I was going to do a sewing project, or… So I apologized to Persephone, for not being able to stay focused. And she answered.
Book Review: Persephone
One of the things I do when I am preparing for Spring Mysteries is read as much as I can. I read scholarly research, websites, devotional anthologies, and fiction. Yes, I enjoy reading modern fiction about the Gods. I don’t often expect a lot out of the fiction, especially because much of it is Young
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The Journey Begins Once More
This weekend was the first read through for Spring Mysteries. I’m in for a busy spring! I’m tired. And I’m looking forward to next weekend already.
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Coming of Age
The last few weeks I’ve focused on Hades’ abduction of Persephone. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter is really about Persephone coming of age and separating from her mother.
The Rape of Persephone, Part 3
I’ve established that the “Rape of Persephone” refers to abduction rather than sexual assault. Rape by modern or ancient definition aside, Hades still abducted her.
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The Rape of Persephone, Part 2
I have long comforted myself by saying the definition of rape was different for the ancients. As we found last week, it simply meant abduction, or kidnapping.
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The Rape of Persephone, Part 1
Persephone’s mythology centers around her abduction, or rape. Was she raped in the way we understand rape? To understand Her, I need to understand this myth.
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