We met to celebrate our Ancestors, to meet with them, as every year at this time. This is the time when the gates between the worlds of the living and the dead open. When Persephone, the Goddess of Passing, descends into the underworld.. Thus, Her story was recalled. The myth of the Double Goddess – Demeter and Persephone, Mother and Daughter was retold. A moving story – how one woman searched for the other, how the daughter returned to the mother – a story full of pain, and then laughter and surprise. The Mysteries of Eleusis were evoked. We asked ourselves – why is this myth returning right now, why does it resonate so in this transition time? Years ago for us too the myth of Demeter and Persephone became a sacred initiation story. We listened to the account of how the dream became reality, when the Mother called her Daughter.

Then women from the Dakini Association shared their lessons from their mutual experience of being, passing and rebirth. We demonstrated the power of coiling and uncoiling spiral. Then Somebody else appeared too... waiting, locked underground throughout the times of war, now calling, calling to be freed, the one whom Mother Demeter had found... Earth’s Son. A little boy found him, Staś, who heard the Earth’s calling. They beat the drums together, sang together...

Let me free, let free

Time has run its course

Let me free, let free

The time of war is over

Let me free, let free

It’s time for me

Mother Earth’s Son

From the Darkness I come

A living Earth’s dream

It’s me, it’s me it’s you, it’s us, it’s me

After a short break we invited our guests to participate in the Mysteries of the Double Goddess. Through our bodies we gave life to Demeter, to Persephone. Demeter – Mother Life danced, whirled the dance of life. We saw her Daughter tasting Sweetness of Life in the Garden. Then Mother gave her the gift of Passing. The Daughter was reborn from the Darkness and the Serpent Power helped her discover her new name – Persephone. .. it’s me .. it’s you you are Persephone today the Daughter of Mother Life Goddess Demeter ..

Persephone led us to meet her Mother, so that each of us could feel their seed held tight in their palm, take it to the Darkness, which is the beginning and the end of all life. It was a joyful serpent, full of song and dance. We felt the presence of the Gate and then the Darkness and what she has for us... Mystery, the Power of Passing, which teaches how to celebrate life with its rhythm of birth and death. Now came the time to free the Power of Passing, to respect It, to give It space in our everyday life. Otherwise the Earth - like Demeter in the myth brought by us to life – won’t give birth...

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