Walking with Persephone

by Molly Remer

Midlife can be a time of great change - inner and outer. How do we journey through this...and what can we learn in the process? Molly Remer is our personal guide to the unraveling and reweaving required in midlife. She invites us to take a walk with the goddess Persephone, whose story of descent into the Underworld has much to teach us. This book is a journey of soul-rebuilding, of putting the pieces of oneself back together.

Walking with Persephone weaves together personal insights and reflections with experiences in practical priestessing, family life, and explorations of the natural world. It advocates opening our eyes to the wonder around us, encouraging the reader to both look within themselves for truths about living, but also to the earth, the air, the animals, and plants we share our lives with.

Part memoir, part poetry, part soul guide, Molly's evocative voice is in the great American tradition of sacred nature writing.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality

300 pages, Paperback

Published September 21, 2021

Reviews

[Danielle Pope · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a breath of fresh air! Themes are things I'm noticing in my own life, and while there are not really "answers" there is a recipe that has been helping even before I got this book. The Book however, has some great tidbits, and I feel less alone in the dichotomy "pulls" in my own life. I savored this book and I know I'll come back to certain passages over time.

It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I felt better reading it, and less lonely in my thoughts and emotions. I'm 39 so the "I am nearly 40" hit me hard.... (AND my Mother passed at age 37, so this in many ways feels like "bonus years".... that are all messed up due to world events *sigh*)

I loved how it was kind of like a personal journal of sorts, mixed with poems and lovely descriptions of flora and fauna

[Victoria Jeschke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is different and refreshing. It is a diary about life and learning deeper about yourself. I wish there was more focus on Persephone. It was wordy at times and jumped at times. It is a good, soft bedtime read. I’m glad I read it.

[Sarah B · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed some of this book but found it hard to read in places. Some lovely poetry and practices that I will renew but at times it felt like someone's diary with too many words. That said, I'm glad I read it.

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all time favorite books. It’s both a walk through a year in midlife as well as using the goddess as our companion, though it’s brilliant for one of any spiritual path to read. The poetry scattered within is stunningly beautiful.,

[Mizzy Mint · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is beautiful and poetic, I didn't know what I was ordering when I got it other than it was nature-y and memoir-y and had my lady Persephone in the title. It's deeply personal and inspiring and a great book to read in fall. I loved seeing her growth and her advice about looking at the world around us. There are so many reflections to learn from in this book, I found myself stopping every so often, putting the book down, and just taking in the world around me and contemplating life.