by Melitta Benu (Editor), Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Author)
She is the Young Grain, Daughter of the Harvest QueenShe is the Iron Queen, Beloved of the UnderworldShe is the Great Revelation, the Secret of the MysteriesShe is Persephone. Known today primarily as the Spring Maiden, ancient peoples knew her as so much more. It was Persephone they called upon to watch over their marriages, and guard their unmarried daughters. It was Persephone they called upon to curse their enemies and avenge injustices. It was Persephone who offered them a peaceful afterlife through the revelation of her great Mysteries at Eleusis.Today, we are rediscovering the complicated, complex nature of this wise and awesome Goddess. Within these pages are hymns and poems, essays and rituals, artwork and fiction in honor of the Harbinger of Fruit, the Goddess of the Narcissus, She Who Tasted the Pomegranate, the Queen of the Sacred Way.Persephone.Come. Follow her path.