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.
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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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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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.
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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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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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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Now that Hekate’s Sickle Festival is over, it’s time to start preparing form Spring Mysteries Festival. This year, I’m holding the role of Kore/Persephone.
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I’m home. And yet I feel like I am in a strange place. It’s always difficult returning from extended magical space. Returning from Eleusis is no different.
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I’ve created a schedule for myself that is very demanding, which means it is also exhausting. I’ve been feeling guilty about many things that I haven’t been doing.
