Calling on Persephone, by Penn Kemp
Blessed be the lost ones, those who
left, in our opinion, too soon, whose
time, they say, had come. Blessed
Tag: Persephone
Triple Luminosities
Swept into Hades’ Hummer, she feels her hairdo take a tumble.
Voodoo conjures up an ice palace of perpetual frost
where uncle Helios, sun god, never dips.
Hecate’s Supper
You know these roads –
Here at the crossroads,
Where Hecate’s hounds
Howl at night.
“The Eleusinian Mysteries: A Modern Pilgrimage”, by Sheila Rose Bright
“Thrice blessed are those mortals who see these mysteries …”
Read MorePersephone
You come
with the budding
of the crocuses, sprung
from Athenian depths,
Demeter’s Story of Spring
My body struggles to unfreeze from the frozen wastelands of winter, as the snowdrops open fully to the still-freezing north winds.
Read MoreGrieving with the Goddess
When we are mourning the recent loss of a beloved person, animal, object or situation, we often feel like hell. Frequently we feel that life isn’t worth living any more, that there is no point to life, that we’d rather die, that we’ll never stop feeling as miserable as we currently do, and that we’ll never get over the loss or feel happy again.
Read MoreThe Nine Nights of the Winter Solstice Hallowing
As a Pagan, Goddess-worshipping witch and priestess, I have over the past thirty years celebrated the Winter Solstice in a variety of ways. As my path evolved, I made appropriate changes and adjustments, but never quite found that which truly felt right. In 2007 however, I came across a rite for Helios on one of the Hellenistic reconstructionist groups I belong to which provided the inspiration I needed.
Read MorePersephone Hears a Layered Singing
Flanked by milling shoppers
jockeying for positions in line ups,
I walk through a labyrinthine, underground mall,
past elegant makeup counters, robotic joggers,
