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What you’ll need:

• A red or black candle

• A small bowl of water

• A pinch of salt

• A small piece of paper

Persephone 🌿✨ (pronounced per-SEF-uh-nee)

Persephone is the Goddess of both bloom and shadow — the Maiden of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld. Daughter of Demeter, she was taken to the realm of Hades… and in that descent, she transformed.

Her story is not just one of loss — it is one of initiation. Of stepping into sovereignty. Of discovering that the underworld is not punishment, but power. Each spring she rises and the earth blooms. Each descent invites rest, reflection, and deep inner alchemy.

Persephone reminds us that transformation often begins in the dark. The grief. The shedding. The unknown. And yet — we return. Wiser. Crowned. Rooted in our own magick.

Say her name like an invocation — per-SEF-uh-nee — and honor the parts of you that have walked through shadow and come back radiant. 🌸🖤

I began diving deeply into witchcraft as a way to support my healing journey with Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorder—conditions I’ve lived with since being diagnosed at just six years old.

I struggled deeply with the death of a very close relative at a young age, and I didn’t yet have the tools to understand or process that kind of loss. While GAD runs genetically on my father’s side of the family, I believe this early grief is what awakened my anxiety and panic disorder.

As I grew older, walking the witchy path became a gentle, grounding way of finding my way back to myself.

But when you experience something traumatic, this trauma can live in the body, the nervous system, and the unseen layers of our energy.

It’s not just a memory—it’s a pattern of protection that once kept you safe. Magical practices don’t “erase” trauma, but they can…