Persephone's Pathway
Persephone's Pathway

Author: Jennifer Heather

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-24

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13:

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The Goddess Persephone is the epitome of duality; as the Spring Maiden she revitalises the earth with abundance and light, and as the Queen of the Underworld she transforms and rejuvenates in the dark. Persephone's Pathway is one of balance and harmony that teaches us to live with the ebb and flow of the earth, developing our own craft along the way. A devotional book full of wisdom, spells and rituals that shows you how to manifest abundance with the Spring Maiden, and heal your inner wounds through shadow work with the Dark Goddess. Connect with the dual goddess archetype on your journey of spirituality that blends together Goddess wisdom with modern witchcraft. Unify the dark and light aspects together to experience how they shine a light on each other in this celebration of wholeness and authenticity.

Persephone
Persephone

Author: Amie Jane Leavitt

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1496665686

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Goddess of springtime, or queen of the underworld-life or death? Empowering, high-interest narrative text tells the dual story of Persephone from Greek mythology. These core legends show Persephone's double personality as she splits her duties between her mother and the god of the dead. Fascinating myths also uncover Persephone's past, detailing her birth and how she fits into the family of deities. Further explore Persephone's role in Greek culture through her signature powers, symbols, and attire. Additional facts and historical information connect the goddess's influence through popular culture today.

Demeter's Search for Persephone - Mythology 4th Grade | Children's Greek & Roman Books
Demeter's Search for Persephone - Mythology 4th Grade | Children's Greek & Roman Books

Author: Baby Professor

Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC

Published: 2017-12-01

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1541923774

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The story of Demeter and Persephone was all about a mom’s undying love for her daughter. This story also creates a “reason” for the change of seasons. Of course, in the ancient times, such a reason was acceptable due to the lack of scientific truths. Myths are powerful stories created out of the need to explain certain phenomena. Have a happy read!

Demeter and Persephone
Demeter and Persephone

Author: Tamara Agha-Jaffar

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2002-09-12

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780786413430

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The classical Greek myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone as told in Homer's Hymn to Demeter has been used most often to explain the cycle of the seasons. However, a closer examination will reveal insights on living and dying, loss and reconciliation, and suffering and healing. This work demostrates the continued importance and relevance of the myth of Demeter and Persephone to today's society. The first three chapters provide a summary of the Homeric story and examine the myth from the perspectives of the mother and daughter. The following chapters discuss the symbolism of critical objects, the role of female mentoring, the role of Hades and the meaning of the underworld, the subject of rape, and the masculinist perspective presented by Zeus and Helios, and derive lessons useful for healing and knowledge. The Hymn to Demeter as translated by Helene Foley is included as an appendix in order to provide a basis for the discussion in the text. Notes and a bibliography also follow the text.

The Long Journey Home
The Long Journey Home

Author: Christine Downing

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2001-05-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1570626855

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The story of the mother-and-daughter goddesses Demeter and Persephone has seized the imagination of people in every age, from ancient times to the present. Considered today by many to be the archetypal myth for women, it touches on timeless themes in every life, such as the male-female relationship, love between women, initiations into puberty and old age, the mother-daughter bond, death, and ecological renewal. Christine Downing has combined essays, prose, poetry, and even performance art with her own insightful commentary to shed new light on the myth's ancient meanings and to offer new insights in its implications for contemporary men and women.

Persephone Rises, 1860–1927
Persephone Rises, 1860–1927

Author: Margot K. Louis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1351912011

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Over the course of the nineteenth century, the figure of Persephone rapidly evolved from what was essentially a decorative metaphor into a living goddess who embodied the most spiritual aspects of ancient Greek religion. In the first comprehensive survey of the Persephone myth in English and American literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Margot Louis explores the transformation of the goddess to provide not only a basis for understanding how the study of ancient history informed the creation of a new spirituality but for comprehending the deep and bitter tensions surrounding gender that interacted with this process. Beginning with an overview of the most influential ancient texts on Persephone and references to Persephone in Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and Romantic period writing, Louis shows that the earliest theories of matriarchy and patriarchal marriage emerged in the 1860s alongside the first English poems to explore Persephone's story. As scholars began to focus on the chthonic Mystery cults, and particularly on the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone, poets and novelists explored the divisions between mother and daughter occasioned by patriarchal marriage. Issues of fertility and ritual resonate in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Willa Cather's My Antonia, while the first advance of a neo-pagan spirituality, as well as early feminist critiques of male mythography and of the Persephone myth, emerge in Modernist poems and fictions from 1908 to 1927. Informed by the latest research and theoretical work on myth, Margot Louis's fascinating study shows the development of Victorian mythography in a new light; offers original takes on Victorian representations of gender and values; exposes how differently male and female Modernists dealt with issues of myth, ritual, and ancient spirituality; and uncovers how deeply the study of ancient spirituality is entwined with controversies about gender.

Leveled Texts: Persephone
Leveled Texts: Persephone

Author: Stephanie Paris

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 9

ISBN-13: 1425871313

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All students can learn about language usage using a classic mythology passage written at four reading levels. Symbols on the pages represent reading-level ranges to help differentiate instruction. Provided comprehension questions complement the text.

The Long Journey Home
The Long Journey Home

Author: Christine Downing

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2001-05-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 083482888X

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The story of the mother-and-daughter goddesses Demeter and Persephone has seized the imagination of people in every age, from ancient times to the present. Considered today by many to be the archetypal myth for women, it touches on timeless themes in every life, such as the male-female relationship, love between women, initiations into puberty and old age, the mother-daughter bond, death, and ecological renewal. Christine Downing has combined essays, prose, poetry, and even performance art with her own insightful commentary to shed new light on the myth's ancient meanings and to offer new insights in its implications for contemporary men and women.

Persephone Incarnate
Persephone Incarnate

Author: Jin Ni

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-02-15

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1304906612

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Greek myths - true or false? They should be false, and to 16-year-old Sophie Claire, it's never crossed her mind that they aren't. Until one day in History class when her teacher spends a day on Greek mythology and something strange starts happening - her friends and classmates begin to tell myths about certain Greek deities with frightening precision. And for some reason, she's began to feel a certain affinity for Persephone, the Greek maiden who was kidnapped by Hades, the Lord of the Underworld, and forced into a marriage with him. This isn't some coincidence or freak dream, she later finds out from a host of strange individuals who claim they're from Olympus, the grandoise home of the gods themselves. She is actually a modern reincarnation of the goddess Persephone, and she's not the only one. A few of her classmates also happen to represent the gods and goddesses from popular Greek myths, and the fact that all of them are present means that something monumental is about to happen.