Persephone Calling – Persephone Calling https://persephonecalling.org Walking my path as a modern priestess of Persephone. Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:27:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://persephonecalling.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-PC-Tab-Icon-32x32.png Persephone Calling – Persephone Calling https://persephonecalling.org 32 32 Welcome to Persephone Calling https://persephonecalling.org/2024/04/04/welcome-to-persephone-calling/ https://persephonecalling.org/2024/04/04/welcome-to-persephone-calling/#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:59:51 +0000 https://persephonecalling.org/?p=55 Welcome to this cozy little corner of my internet world. I imagine most of you reading this at first will know me already, but for those who might not you should start by checking out my About page. I’ll save the length for later offerings.

For the basics, I’m Lindsay, I’m 40-something, and I live on the outskirts of Cincinnati in northern Kentucky with my partner of over 20 years (and we’ve been married since October 2009). I’ve been a dedicated Hellenic Polytheist religiously since 2004, and a practicing witch for over 25 years.

Athena is my key primary deity religiously and has clearly been with me throughout my life. Persephone has long been another key force in my life, and after much patient guiding throughout that time She recently pushed me to officially commit to Her in a publicly priestess role. This space is going to dive further into that, the work I’ve been doing with and for Her over the last 20+ years, and opening myself to whatever else She seeks from me in this space for all of you.

What to Expect

Fair warning, while I have formal educational background in studying and analyzing the religion of the Hellenistic Greeks I am not a reconstructionist and you will not find reconstructionist practices discussed in detail here. I am of the firm belief that without bringing practice into the modern world and in modern ways they will die out. I have great appreciation and respect for the original practices, and am so impressed with those who carry those practices on to the best of their ability, but that is not the work I am called to do. The gods are timeless and reflective of those who worship them, so I believe my worship should also be reflective of the current world around us.

So what will you find here? Discussion on what it means to be called as a modern priestess of Persephone, of course. Embracing the liminal and what it is to be a person who embraces those liminal spaces. Discussion surrounding death and end of life. Discussion on shadow work, sometimes including shadow work draw offerings with the tarot, as it’s one significant way I honor Persephone and I plan to regularly share some of those readings for you all. Discussion on how the gods have shown up in my life and my relationships with those I am closest to. Discussion of modern media surrounding the Hades and Persephone mythologies and discussion of the mythology both classic and modern. How Persephone shows up to those of us who devote ourselves to Her, and so very much more, including things you might like to see addressed on here. Please don’t hesitate to drop comments with topics you might like to see discussed here–after all, as a priestess I am here to show up for my community and to address the things important to those who count themselves among my community.

I also work full-time in hospitality management, and so my energy gets a little scattered sometimes. I’m not the most fabulous at keeping up with things that require so much writing and attention from me, but this is pretty different from anything I’ve embarked on before so I’m hopeful to keep this space updated regularly. I’m still figuring out the best way to keep followers updated on new additions to this writing, so stay tuned if you want to keep updated.

Hail Persephone, and brightest welcome to you all!

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