The story of Demeter, Hades & Persephone as well as the Eleusinian Mysteries were central to the spiritual life of Ancient Greece.
A Goddess is abducted by a God and taken into the Underworld. Her mother’s grief brings about Winter.
As the Winter thaw leads us into Springtime, let us explore the roles that these Gods and Goddesses played in the seasonal shifts. We shall also examine the little that is known of the sacred Rites of Demeter, as told by initiates such as Socrates, Cicero, Plato and Plutarch.
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