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Pomegranate Queen is made for the times you go down into the dark and come back changed. It's traditionally used for transformation, seasonal transitions, balancing shadow and light, reclaiming your choices and grief work.
In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hades carries Persephone to the underworld, and because she tastes a pomegranate seed there, she must return below for part of every year. Ovid retells the story in his Metamorphoses, where she spends half the year with her mother and half with her husband. Even in Homer's Odyssey, she is already the dread queen of the dead. Many modern practitioners read her story as one of sovereignty: the maiden who became a queen in her own right.
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Dress a candle. Anoint a candle for the transition you're in, from the middle toward you for what you're claiming or away from you for what you're leaving behind.
Shadow and light. Dress one black and one white candle and burn them side by side, for holding both sides of yourself with honesty.
Grief work. Dress a petition naming who or what you've lost, and keep it on your altar through the season.
Anoint yourself. After a patch test, touch a drop to your wrists or heart as you begin something new after a hard season.
Bath. Blend a few drops into a carrier oil or a cup of salt first. Never add it straight to the water.
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It opens with ripe fruit and a sparkle of warm spice, sweet with a bite. It softens into velvety florals, deep and romantic. It settles into dark resin, deep woods and soft sweetness, like spring remembered in the underworld.
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A fruity floral blend over resin and woods in a skin-safe carrier, made with botanicals and oils chosen for transformation, balance and rebirth. Full ingredients are listed on the label.
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1mL, ½ oz, or 1 oz amber dropper bottle, suited to ongoing work. Each bottle holds dried botanicals and oils. Every bottle is handmade in small batches, so color, inclusions may differ slightly from the photo.
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Seasons: the autumn equinox for her descent and the spring equinox for her return, as observed in modern Pagan practice. Stones: garnet and ruby zoisite.
PAIRS WELL WITH
Harvest Mother Ritual Oil. Demeter's oil, for honoring the mother whose grief turned the seasons.
Keys of Hekate Ritual Oil. Hekate is Persephone's torchbearer and companion in the Homeric Hymn.
Descent of Inanna Ritual Oil. Another queen's descent and return, for deep underworld work.
Mabon: Autumn Equinox Ritual Oil. For marking the turn of the year, when Persephone goes below.
CARE & SAFETY
Store it cool and dark with the cap tight, and use it within about a year for the best scent. This is a warming oil, so patch test on your inner arm 24 hours before use on skin, avoid mucous membranes and discontinue if irritation occurs. If you have ragweed-family allergies, avoid skin contact. It's not recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding. For external use only. Keep away from children and pets.
