Persephone Dark Moon Bath
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"To she who glides the silver crescent moon boat
through the dark still waters of our becoming"
~Demetrius George"
I recently attended the Waking Persephone Dance Festival in Seattle.
It was a wonderful weekend full of dance, spirituality and change. You can read
all about my experience here. I am
thrilled to have Persephone’s presence back in my life. I have worked with her
before, but she had been silent for several years. She first began to whisper to
me again when my friend first told me about the Waking Persephone festival
during lunch about a year ago. I had looked at the website, but realized that
there was little chance that I would make it all the way to the Pacific North
West. I thought, “perhaps I will apply
to teach next year too and then I will end up there.” I dismissed this first
call back into her embrace. Weeks later I began reading Village Witch by Cassandra
Latham. I absolutely love Cassandra
Latham! I love how she is grumpy, real and
strong. I love how she has been through so much, yet has so much to offer! I
loved every page of her book; it really helped me see that all the trials,
abuses and traumas of my life were for a reason. In her book she speaks of
Persephone’s Children, which she referenced came from the book “Mysteries of
the Dark Moon” This was the second call and I ignored it again. Well the
Spirits do have mysterious ways about them and when they want you to go in a
direction they open doors! Time went on and in a strange turn of events we
suddenly moved from Arizona to Portland Oregon, just 3 hours away from the
Waking Persephone festival. I waited and procrastinated until I couldn’t
anymore! I broke down, I registered for 4 witchy based dance classes. Then in
an even stranger turn of events I was revisiting the Village Witch book and I
decided to finally break down and get Mysteries of the Dark Moon. No
coincidence it arrived right around the time of Waking Persephone!
I opened the book and, like I always do, I flipped around
devouring the information I craved before starting at the beginning and reading
the whole book. I got to the section on Persephone and I began to read, it
spoke of her sexual trauma which I know all too well and as I read through the
book. I began to see patterns and key words appear on the page. I then slipped
into trance through bibliomancy. I saw myself naked, being cleansed with water,
rose and the blood red juice of the pomegranate. The scene changed as if I was
now getting instructions. I saw myself in my sacred bath, filled with black
salts, roses and juicy pomegranate seeds and red blood like juice covering my
body. I understood that this was the healing I had been asking for. She was back
in my life and that this was the dedication to her and to heal through her
ways. I did not hesitate, I grabbed the pomegranate in my fridge and went to
the bathroom, I cleansed myself in warm waters and rose and then without care
for my hair or where the seeds popped and sprayed I covered myself in blood red
juice covering the walls of the shower with red and the floor with pulp…
This is just the beginning. During the Dark Moons she has
asked that I worship her in this way; with her sacred fruit and a journey to
the underworld. So just in time for Samhain and of course on each dark moon I
look forward to spending time in her death like embrace…
Here is my recipe, feel free to tweak it how you feel fit. Working
with Persephone can be incredibly rewarding and powerful for those that have
suffered through traumatic events in their lives. Will you join me in by
honoring this powerful Goddess with a healing bath in honor of the dark goddess Persephone?
You will need...
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½ cup pomegranate juice
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1 apple sliced so the pentagram shows
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1 pomegranate cut into quarters
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1 cup Epsom or black lava salt
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Red Rose petals
