The Unseen Unraveling

The Initiation

Practices

Rituals

Embodiment

Welcome to working with Persephone! Go slow. Take your time. Do what calls to do and come back when needed!

A Prayer To Persephone

**She Who Walks Between Worlds**

Beloved Persephone,
Daughter of Spring and Queen of Shadow,
You who know the turning of seasons
both above and below—
I call to you now.

Guide me to the doorway of myself,
the place where innocence meets truth,
where the girl I have been
bows to the woman I am becoming.

Teach me to hear the quiet summons,
the sacred pull beneath my ribs,
the whisper that says:
“There is more for you here.”

Walk beside me
as I take my first step into the unknown.
Let your presence soften my fear
and steady my trembling curiosity.

May I enter my own Underworld
not as a captive,
but as one who is ready to see.

Show me the path where
shadow becomes nourishment,
where depth becomes power,
where descent becomes initiation.

Persephone, keeper of thresholds,
open my inner gates gently.
Reveal what is ripe, what is true,
what is waiting to be claimed.

May I remember—
as you remembered—
that I was never meant to remain small.
I was meant to rise reborn.

With devotion,
I offer this descent to you.
Guide me well.
Hold me steady.
Illuminate the way.

So it is.

Take some time to welcome in Persephone as your guide. She will help you journey through your initiation. Grab your journal, get comfy and lean in. See what wants to be revealed.

Card 1 — The Invitation
What is calling you into this descent?
This card reveals the spark — the emotional tug, the intuitive nudge, the ache you can no longer ignore.

Card 2 — The Threshold
What you must acknowledge before you take the first step.
This card shows the truth you’ve avoided, the pattern that can’t come with you.

Card 3 — The First Light in the Dark
What Persephone is awakening in you through this initiation.
This card offers the gift or emerging identity that is already forming within the descent.

3 Card Pull - Persephone’s Initiation

Initiation Ritual: The First Step

Materials:

  • A single pomegranate seed (or berry, or red candle drop)

  • A small bowl of water

  • A candle

  • Your journal

Steps:

  1. Light your candle.
    Feel the glow of the surface world behind you — everything you’ve known, everything that’s familiar.

  2. Dip your fingers into the water.
    This symbolizes the river you cross — the veil between who you were and who you are becoming.

  3. Hold the pomegranate seed in your hand.
    Whisper:
    “I am willing to see what has been hidden.”

  4. Take a deep breath and place the seed into the bowl of water.
    Watch it sink or float.
    This is your initiation — an omen of how your descent wants to unfold.

    • If it sinks: you’re ready for depth.

    • If it floats: you’re being guided gently, step by step.

  5. Journal the moment you felt life shifting recently.
    The moment you felt the call.
    The moment something inside you whispered: “There is more.”

Journal Prompts and Reflections

Let these questions guide your awareness deeper:

These tie directly into the moment of first descent:

  1. What has been quietly unraveling beneath the surface of my life?

  2. Where have I felt the subtle pull toward change, even if I wasn’t ready to name it?

  3. What truth have I been circling around, avoiding, or postponing?

  4. In what ways have I been living half-in, half-out of my own power?

  5. If I imagine standing at the threshold of my Underworld, what emotions arise first?

  6. Who is the version of me that senses something is shifting? What does she want?

  7. What is the deeper desire or longing beneath this initiation?

  8. What part of me is afraid to take the first step — and why?

  9. What subtle signs, synchronicities, or omens have been preparing me for this descent?

BONUS Practice

When the Underworld Whispers

Throughout your day, pause whenever you feel a slight internal tug — a moment where something feels “off,” “new,” or “important,” even if you can’t explain it. These are the first whispers of initiation.

When you feel that shift:

  1. Place your hand on your lower belly.
    This grounds you into Persephone’s descent energy.

  2. Ask yourself:
    “What is this moment trying to show me?”

  3. Notice the first sensation or emotion that rises.
    Don’t analyze. Simply observe.

  4. Name the initiation aloud or in your mind:
    “I feel something opening.”
    “A truth wants to be seen.”
    “This moment is inviting me deeper.”

  5. Take one tiny step toward it.
    Send the text.
    Admit the truth.
    Write the idea down.
    Listen to the instinct.
    Move one inch toward the unknown.

This practice trains your body to recognize the moment the descent begins — so you can meet initiations with trust instead of fear.

Embodying The Frequency

To embody the energy of Initiation is to recognize the quiet moment when something in your life begins to shift — before anything on the surface has changed. Persephone teaches that the first gate isn’t dramatic; it’s subtle. It’s the instinct you keep circling around, the truth you feel in your chest, the pull toward something deeper even if you don’t yet understand why.

Initiation appears when you are energetically ready to grow.
It may look like a sudden clarity, a repeating sign, a conversation that shakes something awake inside you, or a choice that asks you to be just a little braver than you were yesterday. These moments are invitations, not tests — doorways opening because your soul is ripe for its next chapter.

To embody this frequency is to say yes to the first step, even when it feels tender or uncertain. It is choosing honesty over habit, curiosity over fear, willingness over avoidance. Persephone reminds us that the descent begins not with force, but with readiness — the quiet knowing that you are meant for more than the surface allows.

Trust the pull.
Trust the timing.
Trust that every initiation carries you toward a truer, fuller version of yourself.

Whenever you move through work this deep, remember that the body is the first place transformation is felt. Initiation doesn’t only unfold in the mind or the spirit — it moves through the breath, the nervous system, and the soft tissues that hold your lived experience.

Pause often.
Breathe into your belly.
Place a hand on your heart or womb space.
Let your body hear: “You are safe. I’m listening.”

Drink water. Stretch. Move gently.
Let your physical self catch up with your inner shifts.

And as you journey with Persephone…

Be sure to visit the Body Temple page for grounding practices that support the body during deep work,
and explore the Integration + Care section within Persephone’s chapter for practices crafted specifically for her descent and return.

Your body is your companion in this journey — tend to her as you walk through the gates.