Tag Archive for Hades

Chants

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Animal Spirits Animal Spirits Come To Me Now. Vanishing Spirits Come Live In Me. When I Run Let Me Run Like The Deer. When I Fight Let Me Fight Like A Mama Bear When I Hide Let Me Hide Like A Fox. Learn To Strike Like A Rattlesnake Back To The River Back To The River, Back To The Sea Back To The Ocean, One With Thee Back To My Blood, And Back Through My Back To My Heartbeat, One And The Same Back To The Forest, Back To The Fields Back To The Mountains, Her Body Revealed Back To My Bones, Back To My Skin Back To My Spirit, The Fire Within Blood Of The Ancients It’s The Blood Of The Ancients That Runs Through Our Veins And The Forms Pass But The Circle Of Life Remains Bright Sun, Dark Death Bright Sun, Dark Death –Lord of Winds, Lord of the Dance Sunchild, and Winter-born King — Hanged One, Untamed, Untamed Stag and Stallion, Goat and Bull — Sailor of the Last Sea Guardian of the Gate, — Brother and Lover Seed-sower, Grain reborn — Horned One Come Seed-sower, Grain reborn — Horned One Come Seed-sower, Grain reborn — Horned One Come Burn Fire Burn Fire, Burn Bright, Pure Vision Come To Me, Guide My Path Tonight With Your Strength And Light Cernnunos Call Cern-nu-noh-oh-oh-oh-os Stag Horned Hunter, Hunted One – Join Us Now Cern-nu-noh-oh-oh-oh-os Greenwood Lord Of Life And Death – Join Us Now Cern-nu-noh-oh-oh-oh-os Herne And Pan And Every Man – Join

Persephone

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The myths surrounding Persephone has always been my favourites, the mix of love and revenge, of life and death and rebirth. Persephone is the queen of the Underworld wife to Hades (her uncle) she was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. The Myth of Persephone and the Underworld is a myth that if wrote today would probably be a best seller, it is a mix of kidnap, arranged marriage, mental instability and Horror. Not only dose it contain all that it contain the ability to read your own story into it. One of the biggest questions to ask when looking at Persephone is did she love Hades? Was she in on it? Did she choose a life in the underworld rather than returning to an over baring mother? The Basic story states that Persephone was playing with her nymphs in a flowery meadow when the earth opens and out rides Hades and grabs Persephone and carries her to the Underworld. The Goddess Hecate heard Persephone’s cries and informs Demeter and together the search the Earth using Hecate’s torches to light the way. When they cannot find her Hecate suggest the Demeter asks Helios. Helios informs Demeter what happens and Demeter then partitions Zeus to intervene. Zeus refuses to help and lets it slip he assisted by giving his permission for the abduction to place. In a blind rage Demeter refuses to let anything grow on earth until Persephone is returned to her, at that moment all the plants withered on earth. Some say Demeter wander