YouTube Live tomorrow 12 PM PT with We'll be discussing the mythology surrounding Hades and Persephone.
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The name Hades can be interpreted as "The Unseen One" also "Knower of all noble things", also named Pluton "riches", which evokes 1/
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the idea that there's gold in the ground, i.e. the unseen is fertile and valuable, i.e. engaging with the suppressed, denied, ignored is the path to growth, i.e. the "golden shadow".
Hades is not a villain, and should not be thought of as an analog to Satan/the Devil, but as 2/
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a strict, but fair caretaker and protector of the underworld.
Persephone is at first a maid (Kore), but becomes queen of the underworld, an emergence from maidenhood through interaction with the masculine (Hades). She is a great feminine initiator, bringer of wisdom. 3/
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Together, Hades and Persephone capture a dance of death, rebirth, transformation, contrasexual initiation and play these thematic roles in their mythological universe when interacting with Hercules, Psyche, Orpheus, etc...
Tune into the live stream for further exploration!