Tonight, we begin our 28 Nights of of Dark Devotion. This is a soft-spoken reading of The Descent of Persephone, drawn from the ancient myth told in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. The text scrolls slowly as it’s read, allowing the words to move at the pace of my breath for, hopefully, a more intimate experience 🖤

Persephone’s descent is not only a tale of loss, but of balance — of love that exists across seasons, worlds, and thresholds. She walks two paths: one beneath the earth, and one beneath the sun. And when she descends, the world remembers what it is to long.