Conecting with Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, and related experiences with her

 

Persephone, by Aleksandra Medvedenko

Persephone with Erinyes. Goddess of fertility and the realm of the dead.

Well, I'm going to say something similar to my Hades relationship. I wasn't expecting to connect or work with Persephone.

The first time I saw her was on my first trip to the Underworld for my VotU project (Visions of the Underworld). Toward the end of the tour, Hades took me to his palace, and then this gorgeous woman dressed in red appeared. Her energy was kind but strong, bright and curious, and not afraid of showing up.

She came closer, I made a reverence, and then she asked what we were doing, Hades explained to her about "The Architect of Hades" and what we were pursuing, she seemed interested, and then she left.

I wasn't expecting to see her, but I'm already used to seeing things that are not in the plan before entering the meditation!

The second time I connected with her was during the Samhain group ritual of Angelica; at the end, we turn off the candles but my Persephone candle was still burning, and the wick was still bright and creating smoke for another half an hour.

After I cleaned myself and the space I decided to enter into a meditative state to see what was going on with that because I felt such a pull toward the candle; while seeing it I clearly heard "come to the Underworld", and who am I to question the messages I receive?

Hades took me to Persephone's garden, a place I'd already visited in previous meditations relating to Hekate; she was there, Persephone, dressed in gold, she gave me a wide smile, and then she grabbed me from the arms, and we sat and we talked.

She told me that she loved the flowers I bought for her, the gold candle, and the brownies I made for both. We talked about the future, my fears, and the things I want to build, she told me that she saw my difficulties in expressing myself and opening up about my gifts, and she told me that in previous lives I was a Queen and that I'm still one, it's just that now is buried under all that dust and dirt. Then, she gave me a green apple.

Both of them came together and saw me, I felt such love emanating from their bodies and that love filled me completely in such a way that I started crying, my physical body was full of unconditional love and the only thing it could do was cry.

It was the most magical, and blissful moment in my whole life till now.

Now, I have a dedicated space for Persephone next to my altar to Hades, right now is small, only a picture, a golden candle, and a sunshine crystal remain there.

I'm learning on the go, but I'm not stressed about it, I've learned to enjoy this journey and I appreciate the surprises that arise with the passing of time.