𝓢𝓱𝔀𝓮𝓮 @iamshwee - Tumblr Blog

🥀 Worshipping Lady Persephone 🌷

Persephone (Kore) is the Goddess of Spring, Queen of the Underworld, Wife of Hades, and Daughter of Demeter.. and she is still SO much more than that!

I’ve created this thread for myself and in the hopes that it maybe helpful to someone else wishing to learn, study, and worship Lady Persephone. 💕

🖤💗 So you want to bring more of Our Lady Persephone's qualities into your life..?

First, recognize that everything you do to nurture your own sensual enjoyment of life will help enlarge the influence of Persephone within most of your personal life! She wants you to remember to stay close to your inner child, to remember

💕 easy ways to worship–

🖤🥀 I • Start by slowing down!

Like Lady Persephone herself, take time to stop and smell the flowers! Make it a point to watch a sunrise or sunset on occasion, even if it means losing a few extra minutes of sleep... She wants you to experience the world with a great big 'WOW' more often!! Allow yourself to soak in positive energies whenever you’re able to reach them, there's so much more in life to enjoy than you’d think.

💗🌷 II • Persephone blossomed from a naive and innocent young child; into a self-confident queen almost overnight!

Find a picture of yourself as a young child, place it in a lovely frame, and set it out where you can see it and admire how vulnerable and innocent you were then. We chose a picture on the railroad tracks, back when we still lived in the Grafton House. Everything felt so much simpler back then, everything felt like… I had so many options open ahead of me, it's crazy to look back and see that now.

🖤🥀 III • Take time to think about your past:

What were the things you did that felt heroic..?

What once caused you embarrassment or pain..?

Write these down and review them frequently and allow yourself to release any negative thoughts that you formed against yourself. You may not have felt heroic, but you’ve learned so much from the past, and you’ve saved more people than you’d think. Embarrassment, like pain, only lasts so long.. You have to be kinder to yourself.

💗🌷 IV • Persephone, as Queen of the Underworld, was known as a gracious and welcoming hostess

Practice really giving your full attention to someone else; listening to them with both your heart and mind.. may it be your child, your partner, or your friend, show them your love! I’ve been trying to practice more than I preach, I want people to feel like they can reach out to me and that I’ll be here to listen whenever they need me.

🖤🥀 V • Find an open weekend, and leave all your adult responsibilities behind for just a day or two; now it's time to PLAY!

Don't worry what other people will think, call it a mental health weekend if it makes you feel better, but whatever you do, just allow yourself to exist! It’s about time we had time with just ourselves, we need to remember how to vibe alone in our own energy.

💗🌷 VI • Move toward letting go of old resentments

if you cannot forgive, at least accept with understanding! someone who you feel betrayed your youthful innocence by forcing you to assume adult responsibility before you were ready (such as my relationship with my bio mother)

🖤🥀 VII • Check that your passions and attention aren't being divided

sometimes you need to channel your energy into fewer and more rewarding directions.. visualize what you want to happen and repeat it until your positive thoughts become a habit and your intentions a reality!

💗🌷 VIII • Work on trusting that it is safe to express your feelings even if it means risking hurt

let others know how you feel about them, even if it's not something good.. often they too may be looking for someone's blatant honesty! the truest of friends are the honest ones.

🖤🥀 IX • Stay young, wild, and free!

pick fresh flowers, go to parks, play on swings, and do silly things like whistling while you work.. focus on developing a free spirit and enjoy the spontaneous pleasures that are so freely available in this life if you know where to look!

💗🖤 X • Surround yourself with Persephone's symbols

share her youthful energy by carrying her favorite crystals, dress in her colors, or spray the scents of lavender and vanilla on all your linens.. embrace Persephone in everything you do to encourage her energies around you!

🖤🥀 XI • Participate in rituals or general celebration of Persephone's beloved sabbaths

there are three main sabbaths that Persephone celebrates: Ostara for her spring rebirth to Demeter, Mabon for her Descent to the Underworld/Hades, and Samhain to celebrate her Dark Coronation.

💗🌷 XII • Practice your independence

Persephone was once a Maiden who generally was not permitted to make her own choices in life, but not as Queen of the Underworld! allow the event of a 'Personal Date' with yourself where you will only do or enjoy things for and by Yourself!

🖤🥀 XIII • Be unapologetically you!

there is no wrong way to be YOU! we don't have to limit ourselves between choosing a pretty feminine aesthetic or a dark romantic one.. if Lady Persephone can be the Goddess of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld all at once-- so can you!

💗🌷 XIV • Truly believe in yourself and your own divinity

it takes a lot of digging emotionally in order to truly believe in yourself and your own magic.. and just as Persephone learned, taught, and guided herself through challenges-- with her by your side, so you can you!

🖤🥀 XV • Always follow your heart

it goes without saying that Persephone's story in and of itself is vast and complicated, but the truest thing about Persephone regardless of the telling (outside of her kindness) is her drive to have self-love.. and she wants that for us too!

💗🌷 XVI • Harness dark goddess energy

create physical comfort within the knowledge that your own personal Underworld is a space in which you should find the most self-understanding! your shadow holds wisdom, gifts, and lessons that will lead you to your fuller self

🖤🥀 XVII • Learn how to stand with, not behind

it's incredibly important that we are able to learn how to coexist in equality with all and any masculine energies within our lives.. whether they be our masculine traits or partners, coexisting with feminine energy is a must

💗🌷 XVIII • Persephone's shadow work

learning how to embrace her shadow side with shadow work but without rejecting her childlike self is something we all struggle with.. her myth is a wonderful lesson about how to integrate your shadow self without overhauling your life!

🖤🥀 XIX • Youthful energy and sovereign grace

Persephone went from her maiden self to a queen partially overnight and she reminds us that we have to find balance in the idea of standing in our maturity and power without losing any childlike joy and wonder with time and age

💗🖤 XX • Don't ever apologize for being complex

both the floral maiden and the queen of death are complex and extraordinary lifetimes hidden under two names but sharing one actual self-- just as the goddess herself is uniquely beautiful, there is beauty in your diversity too!

💗🌷 Little Devotional Acts to Lady Persephone🥀🖤

• celebrating halloween, spring equinox & fall harvest

• visit graveyards & leave flowers at an empty grave

• wearing lace & leather together

• tending to a garden or plants

• meditated walks in nature

• learn about herbalism

• fill bird feeders & baths

• cleaning up nature trails

• drinking coffee with honey

• welcome her into your home

• having mini-adventures in nature

• donate flowers to funeral services

• baking with fresh ingredients & from scratch

🖤🥀 Persephone's Preferences 🌷💗

Up next is a list of all Persephone's preferred things!

From crystals to favorite flowers, these items provide extra Goddess vibes when used correctly and incorporated properly into your current routines and practices.

🖤 The Goddess Of 💗

Death

Reincarnation

Destruction

Curses

Necromancy

Ghosts

Spring

Grain

Vegetation

Rebirth

Fertility

Favorite Scents • almond, vanilla, bergamot, lavender, narcissus, frankincense, hyacinth, pomegranate

Uses: incense, body spray, body wash

Favorite Colors • yellow, light blue, purple, magenta, indigo, green, and black

Uses: candles, clothes, objects

Favorite Animals (Symbols) • bats, black rams, doe/deer, talking birds, bees, monkeys/apes

Favorite Plants (Offerings) • lavender, daisies, maidenhair fern, oriental lily, lily of the valley, willow tree, narcissus, pomegranates, asphodel, wildflowers, wheat, grains

Crystals • apache tear obsidian, brecciated jasper, lepidolite, carnelian, agate, black onyx, pink tourmaline, sapphire, lepidolite, rhodochrosite, carnelian, garnet, pyrite

Other • spring/fall, flower wreaths, fire torch, bonfires, waterfalls, rivers, mornings, midnight

Images or Associations • jewelry/diamonds, bones, iron crowns, flower crowns, fresh fruit, a sheaf of grain, pomegranate everything, pearls, coins, bells, thorns, poisonous plants

Representation in Tarot • The High Priestess, The Hermit, Death

Food and Drinks • red wine, tequila, ambrosia, floral tea, bubble water, milk, pomegranates, seeds, grains, corn, bread, chocolate, olive oil, honey, nectars, sugar cane

🖤🥀 Blessing and Prayer 🌷💗

Finally, these are my own personal prayers that I use as often as I remember to! I love a quick mini-blessing, and both of these are a combination of other prayers I have re-worked.

💗🌷 Morning Blessing to Persephone 🌷💗

Bless me, Goddess, on this day

Help me as I work and play.

To reflect your beauty now,

Lend your strength, and please allow,

This day to be all it should be.

In love, I ask this,

Blessed be!

☀️

🖤🥀 Evening Prayer to Persephone 🥀🖤

Goddess sister bless thy keep,

Watch over us as we sleep.

Mother goddess protect thy home,

Bless our dreams as the spirits roam.

Guide me in your loving light,

Hold our hearts in yours this night.

In love, I ask this

Blessed be!

🌙

"Aren't you embarrassed you were a cam girl? Aren't you a little concerned about that coming back to haunt you?"

Oh I'm sorry, you want me to be worried about some sexy ass photos from my 20s surfacing as if I wasn't proudly and loudly doing it to begin with? As if I even cared at the time? As if I didn't have jealous bitches showing them to my BOSS to try and get me fired?

I'm 32. If my Lewd/Nudes resurfaced in anyway, my smartass will literally just be talking about how sexy I was when I was younger, how wild seeing myself with almost no tattoos would be, and OH that these are also the same pictures I SENT TO MY HUSBAND a decade ago before we even started talking.

I'm not worried -- so why would you even care?

To anyone who happens to see this, Merry Christmas ❤️

justanapparatus

haven't you heard?

collage inspired by Lucky by Halsey and The Star from the major arcana of the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck

h-f-k

my favorite stripped songs by halsey

allamericansbitch

But I'm so lucky, I'm a star But I cry, cry, cry in my lonely heart Halsey - Lucky (Stripped)

I will never forget the day my Elementary School Best Friend -- a girl who had basically been my eldest sister my whole life -- decided to throw away 29 years of friendship in the name of being "a Born Again Christian who cannot be friends with 'someone Wiccan' anymore" because we are "simply too divided in our beliefs"

She really has the nerve to say, "It never used to bother me but it has been" bitch we ripped on your family for being brainwashed Mormons our entire lives. You married some Conservative Old douchebag and suddenly I never fucking knew you. Everything you were fucking vanished.

It's been two years and honestly still Fuck You for doing that shit to us. At the time I played it off like I didn't care, but I did, because we mattered, at least to fucking Me. I still can't believe YOU threw me away like that. YOU.

Lastly:

#1 - I'm a Hellenic Pagan and a Witch -- I hate nothing more than being called Wiccan, especially in such a belittling way, and I know that's how you meant it

#2 - How Fucking Dare You??

#3 - The fact that your oh so 'loving god' requires this type of shit is disgusting and if it's not even for him that's just fucking pathetic

#4 - See you while we rot in the Hell you're so scared of because I know who you really are

--and for what it's worth? Thank you for the push of proof that Christians are full of shit. Thank you for reminding me how wrong you really are. Thank you for being the reason I dug even further into my spiritually than I ever could have dreamed of.

Okay? Okay.

crazycatsiren

My advice for beginner Hellenic Pagans

I get many questions regarding the how's and why's of a Hellenic Polytheism practice. And I think that's a good thing. As an old dog who's been doing this stuff for a while, I'm still asking questions. Some of them may never be answered, and that's ok. The day we stop asking questions is the day we stop learning, and it's not ok to ever stop learning, in my opinion.

I have a confession to make: many of the how and why questions I get, I actually have to think about. When you've been doing something for long enough, it becomes as natural as breathing. It's like driving a car. The truth is, I don't even remember the exact moment when Artemis came into my life. I don't remember the exact time when I decided to follow the Hellenic gods and embark on the journey of Hellenic Polytheism. And truth be told, I don't think it matters much in the long run. The years before I had the Hellenic gods in my life feel like a lifetime ago now. It was another time, another life, and I was another me.

However, what I do remember, is that more than a decade ago, I was so much younger and less confident. I didn't have close to the amount of knowledge and life experience that I do now. But I followed my instincts, and just went with it all. What I can tell you now, as someone who's read, searched, and figured out a whole bunch on her own, is that there's no such thing as knowing "enough". There are historians, archeologists, and anthropologists who have dedicated decades of their lives to these studies, and even they will tell you that they still don't know enough.

There isn't a threshold of "I've made it past this point and now I'm a true Hellenic Polytheist". Thousands of years ago, the Hellenic gods were worshipped by children and by people who could not read. Many of the myths and practices passed from region to region and generation to generation by oral traditions, songs, and poetry recitations. Even back then, people learned by doing, and worshipped the gods by simply worshipping. It's true that we worshippers of the 21st century are at a disadvantage compared to the people of ancient Greece. We don't have access to the living traditions that those people would grow up in and spend their whole lives immersed in. We don't have people alive today from that time and place to pass any of that down to us. We don't have the elders, oracles, priests, and priestesses like the ancient Greeks had to guide us. We don't have friends and neighbors to share our practices with, like the ancient Greeks did. As much as we wish that more things were written down from the ancient times for us to study today, there is a reason why they weren't. "Research" wasn't much of a thing when it came to the common people and religion in the old days. They were born into it and raised in it. They lived it and breathed it. I suppose, my point with all this is: studying and researching are so very important, and we modern worshippers have to make do with what's available to us in our time. It's up to us individuals to expand our knowledge and learn as much as we can about this ancient religion that has so much to it in order to truly understand it and fully appreciate it. But don't let the fear of not having enough information in the beginning deter you from starting and moving forward in your practice. Even the most seasoned practitioners among us today can only hope to achieve a portion of the knowledge that an average ancient Greek possessed with regards to this religion that had spanned across lands and millennia. We're talking about thousands of years' worth of history here, and sadly, much of it has been lost to time.

As you're just starting out, a lot of the information you come across might not even make sense. Take comfort in the fact that over time, you will grow to understand more and more. And some of them may never make sense. Religions and deities are never going to be 100% open books. There will always be matters that seem beyond our reach and comprehension. Learn to embrace the mysterious. It's part of the beauty of our faith and our gods. You have your whole life ahead of you to explore, discover, and put pieces together.

Worshipping the gods is the most important thing to do for a Hellenic Pagan. Just worship them. Find the gods that you connect with, and start building relationships. The gods are not going to care if you've read this or that book already, or if you know this or that yet. They simply want to be worshipped. They have much love to give, and they want to be loved in return. Get to know them and learn about them as you worship them. When you make a new friend, are you going to know everything about them right away? And are you required to know "enough" about them before starting a friendship? No one is required to become a scholar in order to be a life long practitioner of Hellenic Polytheism. Once you get started, just keep going. With time and experience, more will come. And you will know things, simply by doing them, by gathering experiences, by trial and error as you go. Just keep asking questions, keep learning, keep digging, and keep studying. Do as much as you can, at your own pace, in your own time. It will be a lifelong pursuit of history and knowledge, and it's going to be so worth it the whole time!

You lied to me today.

For the most part, this is incredibly new. We tell each other everything because judgment isn't a trait we have towards each other. What makes it worse is simply how unbelievably stupid the lie is, how unnecessary, and how this little lie took a simple situation of misunderstanding to a new level.

You lied.

I don't know if I feel hurt because the lie is coming from you, or if the hurt is mostly hidden in my past trauma. My ex's always lied. They lied straight to my face and told me I was crazy when I knew I wasn't. When I knew I was being lied to and couldn't prove it, when I knew the truth was right in front of my goddamn face but still told it was false.

Why?

I want to let this go, and I most likely will. But now I have a guard up that I didn't need before... because you lied about something so small, so stupid, so unnecessary... so what does that mean for the next lie?

Hopefully I won't find out.

#thoughts of ashlee #juggie #lie #rant

perfectquote

“How a person reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they’re going to be in your life.”

— S. Z.

795 views, 70 likes, 3 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Reels from Ohio Wedding Videographer. fullemfilms · Original audio

Our wedding video preview by Fullem Films.. I could SOB right now this is amazing!!! 😭💍🥺🖤

thepersonalquotes

superspookyjanelle

OC PAIRING: Persadney - Lainey Reid, Persephone, and Hades

Persphone: Hades is actually quite the sweetheart.

Lainey: Sure. Hades the sweetheart, it's what you hear in all the myths

TAGGING: @witchofinterest @fiercefray @sweetenemyfire @eddysocs @arrthurpendragon @villanele @bookstorebunny @roseygirl203 @valdrinors

witchesversuspatriarchy

me making a love potion to love myself

iingezo

underworld horses <3 <3 <3

muriyome

does this mean we’re gonna get an updated family portrait 🥺

secondlina

Please check out Crow Time on Webtoons!

You can also help my out by voting for my comic as best Comedy comic of 2022 by clicking this link. If you have the webtoon app, you can also vote by clicking on the canvas tab, followed by the Canvas Awards 2022 banner.

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

𝓢𝓱𝔀𝓮𝓮