I am the one who knows how to go into the dark void of transformation and return with gifts. I have tasted the pomegranate seed of death and yet I live. I can now guide others on their journey into the underworld, for I have faced the annihilation of all the small selves and am not afraid.  All of life is an evershifting spiral of change: letting go of that which no longer serves, remaining in the pregnant void of the unknown, reintegrating into new life.  Don’t be afraid of this process.  I am with you.

Persephone has been my guide for years.  She has helped me bring three teenage daughters through their trials by fire.  I trust her completely.

Jeanne Marie Merkel