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dolls-self-ships · 2 years

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a little splice of how I think Hades and Kassandra meet - Kassandra is engaged to a Roman King, Hercules is sent to escort her and along the way, Hades hears of this and how upset she is with it, decides to use it to his advantage messing with hero boy.

#bees self ships #self shipping #self ship #self ship community #self ships #self insert #hades #self ship art #bees art #pomegranate seeds 🥀#yeah I changed the backstory a little ;-;#I just wanted something a little more simple #Kassandra decides to go with him instead of being kidpanned #of course she’s manipulated not it but that’s just Hades for ya

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chilapis · 3 months

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speaking of. do you ever fuck yourself over immensely

#<- my favourite gemstones to have on me are rose quartz & pearls.#however uh! since i made the childe post where i said he reminded me of garnets i simply need to have a garnet on me at all times.#i fear I may perish otherwise.#it’s his stone. it’s him. the pomegranate seeds resting on my lips; the light guiding many a travellers in the olden times.#the gift with the hope that you’ll return.#it’s all him #kills myse #oh i also adore agates and jade…. i have so many agate and jade pieces.#🥀🍷 — colloquy.

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pomegranatesccds · 2 years

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tag dump.

#🥀 i would've followed all the way to the graveyard || interactions.#🥀 i once was poison ivy but now i'm your daisy || mirror.#🥀 and there's no remedy for memory; your face is like a melody; it won't leave my head || tunes.#🥀 so you wanna talk about power? let me show you power || ask memes.#🥀 breaking all the rules 'cause they were only habits || hcs.#🥀 pomegranate seeds and a flower crown || inspiration.#🥀 i am not a woman; i’m a god || musings.#🥀 i’ve got a lover a love like religion; i'm such a fool for sacrifice || harold.

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flowerprose · 1 year

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writeblr intro ♡ flowerprose

hi there! call me krys. i'm a libra sun, in my late 20s, and i love to escape into writing. ultimately, my goal is to finish my novel, namesake, by the end of march, revise it throughout april, and spend the rest of 2023 querying until i land an agent.

please note that this blog is a side-blog. i follow, reply, like, and send asks from @peresephones!

greek mythology, fairy tales, science fiction, and fantasy have always burrowed closely within my heart, and really shaped the sort of writer i am now.

i chose my username because i write in what others have described as a "flowery, lyrical, or poetic” style.

a little about me: i recently started work at a new job that i love. i have two tabby cats who happen to be sisters and gorgeously precious. my fondness for flowers and plants tends to leak into my writing, more obnoxiously in namesake than anywhere else.

for me, writeblr is a sense of community and i love getting to read another person's craft and talk with them about their process. i'm less receptive to asks these days bc of how busy i am, but i do try to send out asks whenever i see games flooding my dash!

i'm also gay and will probably favour your female characters above all else.

you are always welcome to tag me in tag games or add me to a tag list of your wip if we are mutuals. (in fact, tagging me is a lifesaver bc i can't always check the dash anymore and i'm prone to missing things!) i'm not stingy about who i follow, although i personally try not to follow or engage with minors.

favourite books: lullabies for little criminals by heather o'neill, the girls by emma cline, circe and the song of achilles by madeline miller, all the ugly and wonderful things by bryn greenwood, the princess bride by william goldman, deathless by catherynne m. valente, we are okay by nina lacour, fangirl by rainbow rowell, her body and other parties by carmen maria machado, bunny and 13 ways of looking at a fat girl by mona awad, sharp objects by gillian flynn, writers & lovers by lily king, son of a trickster and dogs in winter by eden robinson, poison study trilogy by maria v. snyder, on earth we’re briefly gorgeous and night sky and exit wounds by ocean vuong, and lastly, red hood and damsel by elana k. arnold.

favourite writers: anne carson, madeline miller, heather o'neill, louise gluck, emma cline, gillian flynn, leigh bardugo, elana k. arnold, richard siken, eden robinson, mona awad, ocean vuong, and maria v. snyder.

works in progress

n a m e s a k e ⛓🏛🌷💀🌿🌾

summary: a hades and persephone myth retelling in which kore, newly dead, is taken to the underworld to rot as mortals do. when hades discovers she is the godly offspring of his older siblings, he tricks her into eating pomegranate seeds and siphons her abilities into his own domain, unleashing a curse that ultimately causes him to start to decay.

wip intro | writing | character intros

at home, with graves 🪦💀🥀🐺🌒⚰️

summary: Nearly eight years prior, Lovey and Olly were rescued from a man they called “Bishop”, a serial killer who imprisoned their mother and raised them like his own. In the present day, a documentary about Bishop and his infamous slayings starts filming in their hometown. As the twins near their eighteenth birthday, true crime enthusiasts begin to reach out, requesting intimate insight of what really happened in Bishop’s cabin. While their grandfather, their now sole guardian, slowly loses his battle to grief, Lovey starts to keep track of how much of Bishop was implanted in Olly, and how to avoid the fate of a victim.

wip intro | writing | poetry

#writeblr intro #reintroduction since i hit a follower milestone!

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cardicoven · 4 months

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🥀Book Review: Pagan Portals: Persephone by Robin Corak

Full Title: Pagan Portals: Persephone, Practicing the Art of Personal Power. Author: Robin Corak Published by: Moon Books (John Hunt Publishing) 2020 Good Reads: Link

My Quick Review: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5) stars. A good Persephone themed self-help book, touching on shadow work, Persephone's Mythos and with some interesting resources. I recommend it but not enthusiastically.

Official Blurb: Embark upon a powerful journey with Persephone, queen of the Underworld and Goddess of Spring, as she helps you discover your personal power and take control of your life. Personal Reason for Purchasing: I was familiar with several other Books in the Pagan Portals and bought this one hoping for a primer on Persephone's Mythology and modern pagan practice. (Bought from Amazon UK).

Overview of the book's contents. Introduction: An Introduction to the Author, their Personal Practice and their Experience Working with/Learning from Persephone. Chapter 1: 'From Helpless child to Powerful Woman'. A basic but welcome introduction to the core Myths of Persephone, The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, and a Personal retelling by the Author of the Abduction of Persephone by Hades, told from Persephone's Perspective and with a core theme of empowerment, self-determination/personal sovereignty. Includes journaling prompts. Chapter 2: 'The Eleusinian Mysteries'. An Overview of the Eleusinian Mysteries with discussion surrounding what they may have entailed and the possible lessons/take-aways initiates would have received. Includes journaling prompts. Chapter 3: 'Descent and Ascent'. Primarily a self-help section, discussing Persephone's personal ascent and descent into the Underworld and her growth from it. followed by an exploration of how such an ascent and descent into the shadow self might promote growth in the reader. Including the script for a guided meditation and journaling prompts. . Chapter 4: 'Persephone as a Psychopomp'. An Exploration of Persephone as a Psychopomp (defined as 'a guide with the realm of souls'), touches on the idea of Persephone as a Triple Goddess, with a description of the Nekromanteion. Followed by a discussion of how to access ancestral wisdom, the wisdom of ones own subconscious. Including the script for a guided meditation and journaling prompts. . Chapter 5: 'Persephone and the Art of Discernment'. Focusing on discernment (defined as 'acute judgement and understanding'), with suggestions on how to develop this skill. Includes several divination/discernment techniques using bay leaves. Includes journaling prompts. Chapter 6: 'Rituals for Persephone'. Includes rituals from the dark and light half of the year (one ritual for each) and the script for a guided meditation with the aim of building personal sovereignty and highlights themes discussed in previous chapters. Chapter 7: 'Forging the Path: Additional Methods for Connecting with Persephone'. Begins with an extensive list of correspondences, several chants/invocations, recipes for a Persephone Incense/Bath Tea and an anointing oil, with some discussion of the ingredients' significance. Followed by an explanation for a unique Divination style using Lithomancy dedicated to Persephone known as 'Persephone's Seeds of Wisdom'. Chapter 8: 'Persephone's Feast'. Contains several culinary recipes incorporating foods sacred to Persephone or with 'Greek Flavour', contributed by Steven Corak. (Recipes are as follows: Greek summer salad : Pomegranate vinaigrette : Pomegranate chicken and kale : Pomegranate reduction : Persephone's Pastries) Conclusion: It is a conclusion, with some final journaling prompts.

Personal Thoughts and Review. While I was hoping for an overview of Persephone's: myths, cults, correspondences etc, what this book is at its heart (imo) is a pagan self-help (maybe shadow-work) book using Persephone as inspiration and theming.

While a generally pleasant and quick read (around 95 pages of text) there are portions where sentiment is repeated and perhaps hammered home a little to hard, however for what this book is rather than what I wished it to be, Pagan Portals Persephone is an excellent example of how to learn from myth and grow from the lessons + experiences therein, and I do recommend it to those interested in Persephone from a Pagan perspective, but it probably shouldn't be your first book on the Goddess.

Books Content in detail. General content: Pretty surface level, but well done given the short page count. Journaling exercise: Themed primarily around shadow work, the questions were In depth and thought provoking (however, as a Masc (he/him) individual I did notice they were written assuming for a Fem reader). I found them useful and have completed the exercise twice so far and have learned more of myself each time. Origin Myth retelling: Interesting and inspiring but undoubtedly written with the lens of supporting the ‘self-help’ personal sovereignty narrative of the book. Persephone’s correspondences: Broad but far from exhaustive, simply a non-referenced list. Rituals and Meditations: Interesting as always to see another practitioner’s approach, I did notice certain Wiccan elements (casting circles, Athame/tools, ‘So mote it be’) not a complaint but worthy of note. Recipes: I’m not qualified to answer this, and food quality is always down to personal taste anyway. However, it is an interesting concept. Persephone’s Seeds of Wisdom: A personal highlight from the book, I use a modified version of this method in my own practice.

The most interesting hot takes from the book. Triple Goddess Persephone: While a throw away comment in Chapter 4, the idea of Persephone embodying all Three aspects of the Triple Goddess (namely the Maiden, Mother, Crone archetypes) is interesting, and has inspired me to explore the idea further. Personal Myth Retelling (Mythic fanfic): It is definitely decisive to rewrite myth within pagan circles, but isn’t that what Humanity have done from the Dawn of time, and perhaps by personally retelling Persephone’s transition from Kore to Queen, we might learn which aspects of the Myth, Goddess and their role in our practice are most influential to us as individuals. (Obviously attempting to masquerade one’s personal retelling (myth Fanfic essentially) as the one true version is mind numbing, but on a personal level it may be useful.)

Final Thoughts. While not what I expected, Pagan Portals Persephone has taught me alot, and added to my personal practice, but I am glad I got the this book while equipped to recognise what the text is missing.

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snootyfoxfashion · 3 years

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PERSEPHONE—Loose Herbal & Crystal Blend from LunaInvicta

👩🏻‍🦱 The myth of Persephone has long entranced us mortals. Persephone, once a Spring Maiden, is taken down to the Underworld to be the Queen and wife to Hades. While there she eats pomegranate seeds and must now spend part of the year there and part of the year with the living. While she is in the land of the dead, we have winter. And when she returns, life returns and we have spring. 💀🥀👸🏻What is fascinating about Persephone is that she is seen as both the goddess of spring, but also rules over the land of the dead as their queen. She shows us all that we may be many things, wear many hats, and have a little darkness underneath a polished exterior. She is a symbol of inner strength and adaptability, and making the most of any situation. She’s the ultimate when life gives you lemons—story. She’s also the queen of contradictions. Maybe you love warm sunny days and a mimosa, but also love a cold dark night with a deep red merlot—Persephone literally doesn’t give a damn.

#incense #potpourri #herbal blend #herbal #persephone #greek goddess #goddess #pomegranate #crystal #crystals #floral #witchy home #witchcraft

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hiiiorhey · 3 years

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i was upset that she had been upset we didnt do anything because i thought i tried my best with the limited time and money we had. i got her a gift which took longer to get here than expected, and she knew that. we got her a cake she didnt like. it all just made me sad and under appreciated. i began to cry. it is not the first time. i feel like i am constantly feeling under appreciated. specially by my family, i do so much. i do. shit isnt easy and as the oldest i feel like ive had to work my ass off more than everyone else, and to see that /my siblings/ are just reaping the rewards of my hard work and dont really see how hard i work for the things i have. they want things easily at their command, and don’t understand that you have to work for it. it was all too much i felt hurt, and started crying in-front of them, slowly and then it all came pouring down and i couldn’t breathe. and then i thought of Hades, and i felt immensely happy. as if his hand was on my should telling me it would be okay, is this what it feels like? to be healing? as soon as i thought of him i felt relieved; a breath of fresh air i could finally take after choking on nothing. and then i cried so much more because i felt such immense joy! and i couldn’t stop crying.. and i wept in-front of the two of them. my sister kept saying she felt guilty but at this point i wasn’t crying about that anymore— i cried more tears of joy then sadness in that moment. i told her of course, but how to explain? i couldn’t. i began but i didnt get much anywhere. these words can’t explain my feelings quite to the t. i felt at peace, i felt confort in the thought of Hades beside me, i felt at home. as if here was here to tell tell me it was okay and that i could let go of this pain. let go of pieces of my trauma. last night i opened two pomegranates i bought in portland. one had a worm. can you believe it? i thought about offering it to Hades.. that worm made me think of him, coming from the earth something about it.. i set out some seeds to dry. i will grow a pomegranate tree. from here i fully intend to grow my relationship with Hades, this is where my journey begins. thank you for standing beside me. thank you for your presence, King. —today, i finally set myself up to make an altar for him. i have some carnations i bought a while ago that i just had around this house, while i would prefer to have grown some myself or gotten fresh ones this is all i had at the moment, a glass geode i bought years ago in austin that had been put away has finally found a home by Hades, a glass box where i intend to lay all my offerings, a snow globe of Zero the ghost-dog and finally my favorite tarot deck that i used for the first time. this deck will sit here for my purposes with Hades.. i pulled some cards.. “Did i do the right thing by choosing to work with Hades?—King of Wands” “Should i follow through and begin with Persephone as well?—Queen of Wands” “What can i do coming forward to guide/help me in my spiritual journey with them both?—Death; reversed. “Follow up to the Death card—Five of Cups; reversed.

I don’t think i could’ve pulled better cards.. —i will edit the rest of their meanings later.