#persephone devotee

[nikkas-cottage]

Special spring tapers I made in honor of Persephone’s return 🌸

[assistedbytherats]

Zeus and Hera devotees who feel intimidated by them

Poseidon devotees who live far from the sea

Demeter devotees who live in the city

Hades and Persephone devotees who fear death

Dionysus devotees who are perplexed by madness

Aphrodite devotees who struggle to love themselves

Apollo devotees who struggle with inspiration

Artemis devotees who are saddened by animal death

Ares devotees who are too tired to keep fighting

Athena devotees who are easily manipulated

Hestia devotees with unstable home lives

Hermes devotees who get anxious over new things

Every one of you is so valid and so loved by your gods. They love you, and they want you to know it.

[tadpoles-and-daydreams]

Amongst many other things in witchcraft, I uh...

I was not prepared to have to tell people I'm giving free readings "Sorry, my deities aren't letting me have my cards back until I address a personal issue. They're hijacking my cards."

Loki, Persephone, and Hades have all confirmed through card imagery and such that yes; they are hijacking my cards. Like.... I recognize that if I truly told them "no, respect boundaries" they'd let me have them back but....

I find it hysterically funny that I'm experiencing what it's like when your deities essentially stage an intervention.

[inside-absinthe-dreams]

You want to fall on your knees.

You want to scream and beg about everything, that's wrong. Everything that's right and still wrong. What you should be. What you want to be. How your whole body hurts and the pain seems to go beyond. How it makes the whole world hurt. You plead for death or life or anything but this. You are chocking on your words as you realize... This is not how it works.

And your deity takes your hand. They hold you tight as they say

Do not kneel.

I walk with you. Help you. Teach you all I can. I care for you. But do not kneel in front of me and plead.

You have to stand so I can walk with you.

[that-ikea-alien-plush]

did you guys know that Hades and Persephone are a package deal 🥹 did you know when they speak together they use two of cups as their joint card did you know that wherever Hades pops out Persephone is always with him did you kno-

[blessedqueenofthedamned]

Persephone teaches me that mothers are distant downpours, and mothers are shelters from storm. nothing can stop the hard freeze when she rains ice. some flowers will die and others remain steadfast, unshaken by cold shoulders and cold fronts. relationships with her will always be a cycle. even her warmth can be devastating. unseasonal temperatures teach us about loss and about rebirths, about fruitless expectations and unpredictability and forgiveness and beginning again. you will see new colors every year, golds and pinks and greens most dazzling- nurture what you can, be grateful for the fleeting time you have with what you cannot. mothers are nature, raging, cradling, impossible to live without and impossible to understand. I learn this from Her. I hold this knowledge close.

[dumbass-fae]

So I recently (like yesterday) set up an altar for Lord Hades and Lady Persephone and today I got offered a free labradoodle puppy! I'm not sure if it's a sign or a thank you or what but I'm just happy I'll be getting a new friend soon :3

Any thoughts?

[wolfhowlwitch]

today I feel Persephone tugging at me to rest, to recover, to relax. I hear Her whispering to me “even the ever-moving cycle of life and death finds it moments to pause. you are not greater than the cycle, you need your pause too.” and She’s right. there is the moment where the apple hangs from the branch, ripe to be picked but yet unplucked. there is the moment where the water is unmoving, the waves not crashing but murmuring. there is the moment, however brief, where the moon has found its space in the sky and dwells. and in all of these moments, there is beauty. in all of these moments there is growth. stillness is not a backwards motion- it is simply stillness.

She is inviting me to lie on a bed of pillows. She is inviting me to rest my weary feet. She is inviting- coaxing- me to take a moment where the only needs I meet are my own. while others may be pushing me- albeit with encouragement and support- to seize each moment, to push myself to new heights, She tells me that this minute of repose is taking hold of the moment in its own right.

and She is right, of course. though my racing mind reaches out to act, to move, to serve- my tired feet long to unwind, my soul sighs in relief as my head touches the blankets. She reminds me that in moments of stillness, there is growth. and She is right.

[artemis-potnia-theron]

Personal prayers based on epithets 🩷

Persephone 🥀 🔥 🌾

Praise to life-giving Persephone. First-born daughter of Demeter. Maiden of the Earth. Great goddess by the way-sides and the crossroads. Exalter of justice. Bringer of fruit.

She who exacts retribution. She who roams by night. Holy one. Savior. Trustworthy queen of all. Mistress of the seasons. The fire which transforms the soul. Bright and happy.

She of the blossoms. She of the flowers. She who knows. Torch and fruit-bearer. Holy and revered. Almighty deliverer. Praise to blessed Persephone, noble and strong.

[unhallowedwitch]

✨ Them ✨ now with new candles

[witchyshit123]

Not my best but definitely my favorite herb! All of these are from my own experience working with and growing so it will be different for you!

[nikkas-cottage]

Floral pomegranates to burn on the Spring Equinox!

[hail-our-lady-underground]

I’m a Persephone devotee, of course I get excited everytime I see vultures!

I’m a Persephone devotee, of course I work in death care!

I’m a Persephone devotee, of course I mix other patterns with florals!

I’m a Persephone devotee, of course I thank her and Demeter everytime I drive by a pasture of cute cows!

I’m a Persephone devotee, of course I advocate for green death legislation!

I’m a Persephone devotee, of course I stick my face into my house plants to closely observe them!

I’m a Persephone devotee, of course I can identify my native wildflowers!

[tadpoles-and-daydreams]

Things are so alive :D

To the other witches of tumblr, and especially Persephone devotees; holy crap do you ALWAYS feel like this???? Y'all spring has me SO EMOTIONAL this year. I love the world so much. Things are so alive, they're blooming and the weather can't decide if it wants to be sunny or pour rain and I'm not even upset about it because it's all so pretty. I wanna sit under an overhang and listen to the rain. I wanna sit and feel the sun warm my back.

During winter, I had a personal event that essentially snapped me into awareness. I'm so much more in-tune than I was even last year, I've grown a lifetime in the past few months. I felt winter. I felt quiet, introspective, honestly a little sad like everything around me was dying a little because it was. But spring has hit and I felt it. I'm wanting to move, take action, I'm feeling alive and everything around me is ALIVE again???

Like, holy shit I just love everything right now and it's all thriving and for once so am I. I feel like part of the cycles of the earth and it's so... fun. I'm so full of love and sentiment right now it's honestly so nice.

[that-ikea-alien-plush]

did i ever tell yall how my practice looks like a sleepover party

other witches: oh the great dark lord please bless me with the knowledge of unknown and guarantee prosperity on my family

me: *pulls a pendulum* so like do you guys wanna watch a horror movie and get some popcorn and then we can play 20 questions *the pendulum swings in "yeah"* lmao cool cool

[jordanraye47]

i’m a persephone devotee, of course my favourite colour is berry red

i’m a persephone devotee, of course i get annoyed when someone mispronounces her name

i’m a persephone devotee, of course my mood subconsciously changes through the seasons

i’m a persephone devotee, of course i get mad when someone says Demeter is a bad mother (she’s an amazing mother wtf are yall on)

i’m a persephone devotee, of course pomegranates are important to me and a significant sign

i’m a persephone devotee, of course i try to be as nice as possible

i’m a persephone devotee, of course i relate random things to persephone