Does anyone know of any good literature on Persephone? Online or books, doesn’t matter much to me. I’d just like to learn as much as I can about her before I approach her. Thank you!
Books and Devotionals for Persephone:
- Persephone Unveiled, Charles Stein (an academic look at the Eleusinian Mysteries, review by proserpinas-garden)
- Queen of the Sacred Way: A Devotional Anthology in Honor or Persephone, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- The Long Journey Home, ed. Christine Downing (a collection of academic articles)
Articles, Pages, and Noteworthy Posts:
- Theoi.com
- Persephone’s page at Theoi.com
- “The Pomegranate: Marker of Cyclical Time, Seeds of Eternity“ by Matt Bennett
- Kore-Persephone, neosalexandria (basic information, symbolism, academic texts, etc.)
- “Persephone, Hades, and Plant Symbolism: The Nature of the Nature Goddess and Her Natural Mate”, Melitta Benu
- “I Love Her Because of Her Broken Heart”
- “Persephone: Some Thoughts and Experiences”, proserpinas-garden
- “How I Feel About the Rape of Persephone”, a post about rape apologism regarding the Persephone myth, proserpinas-garden
- “The Sacred Pomegranate: A Brief Symbolic Profile”, proserpinas-garden
- “My Wheel of the Year”, proserpinas-garden
- “30 Days of Deity Devotion for Persephone”, proserpinas-garden
- “Kharis: Our Relationship with the Gods”, Baring the Aegis
- Bayoread’s Hellenic resources page
- Bayoread’s extensive book recommendations page
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