"Harken to my words with your inner ear: and see with the Eye of Vision. The
seed falls from the plant into the depths, there to draw within itself the
elements of growth. When spring comes the plant grows through the earth into the
bright air. The great trees and the small wild flowers alike give their gifts of
colour and scent and good food. The birds make their nests in branches and the
bees and butterflies are enchanted by the many coloured flowers. But when the
autumn comes what then of the plants and flowers? Their seeds fall into the dark
earth, as I did: and they are reborn on earth, as I was. But their true Selves
enjoy eternal beauty with Demeter and all Deities: as I do, now and for ever
more." Oracle of Persephone, by Olivia Robertson.
(photo of the Shrine of Persephone, Foundation Center, copyright Durdin-Robertson, Huntington Castle.)
