PERSEPHONE'S FLOWER

he's the sign, the notice that everything is changing. The doors of the Underworld open to let out its queen,the one who belongs to two worlds,the one who walks on the edge of the abyss,where no one else can. She calls me, I cannot look away from her delicate body, her white skin, the energy she gives off. She speaks to me of the new energy that is growing. Asphodelus fistulosus, her name means "divine talker", now I understand why: her voice bewitches. Her small white flowers announce the arrival of spring, the return of Persephone from the Underworld. She can be toxic, but in traditional medicine her stems and flowers were used to heal wounds and cut hemorrhages. In England she was used to treat jaundice, intestinal and pulmonary obstructions. Asphodelus tincture was used as a diuretic. She's a remedy for the bite of a poisonous snake. The poultice of this plant heals bruises, skin irritations and ulcers. In Tunisia couscous sauce is cooked with the leaves of Asphodelus. In Italy, burratta is wrapped in her leaves, and in Spain purrusalda also includes this mysterious plant as an ingredient. Her seeds are crushed and mixed with flour to make bread. The Libyan nomads made their huts with the leaves of this small plant. Her flowers open at dawn and close at night and on cloudy days. She's a plant related to death and the Underworld. In Greece, Asphodelus was planted around the graves so that the dead would feed on it. The great meadow of the Elysian Fields is covered with Asphodelus, and on the horizon I see her approaching...On her head she wears a crown made of this beautiful flower. She comes from the darkness but brings light, covering everything in her path, she is Persephone and her flower the Asphodelus. The change has come, at dawn everything begins once again, the cycle is being completed..

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