#185: Eleusis in the Spring (Vernal Equinox Special) feat. Joseph Campbell - The Eleusinian Mysteries, the Rites of Orpheus, Fertility and Persephone, the Descent into Hades, and the Resurrection

Happy Equinox. The Beginning, is at last: beginning.Music Credit: Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" Gernot Schmalfuss / Music Director and Chief Conductor Gwhyneth Chen / Piano Evergreen Symphony Orchestra National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan 13 Nov. 2020 (Creative Commons).Percy Bysshe ShelleyHymn to the Spirit of Nature (1820).from Prometheus Unbound (Act II, Scene V):Life of Life! Thy lips enkindleWith their love the breath between them;And thy smiles before they dwindleMake the cold air fire; then screen themIn those locks, where whoso gazesFaints, entangled in their mazes.Child of Light! Thy limbs are burningThrough the veil which seems to hide them,As the radiant lines of morningThrough thin clouds, ere they divide them;And this atmosphere divinestShrouds thee wheresoe'er thou shinest.Fair are others; none beholds Thee;But thy voice sounds low and tenderLike the fairest, for it folds theeFrom the sight, that liquid splendor;And all feel, yet see thee never,—As I feel now, lost for ever!Lamp of Earth! Wheree'er thou movestIts dim shapes are clad with brightness,And the souls of whom thou lovestWalk upon the winds with lightnessTill they fail, as I am failing,Dizzy, lost, yet unbewailing!