"Grief is alive, wild, untamed; it cannot be domesticated. It resists the demands to remain passive and still. We move in jangled, unsettled, and riotous ways when grief takes hold of us. It is truly an emotion that rises from soul."
— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
"For the Greeks, the underworld was the proper home of the soul, and if we are to have depth and soul, we need some relationship to this underworld, or at least a sense of being partly at home there."
— Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul
"I find myself drawn to the darkness, viewing it as a place of transformation. Going into the dark has become a metaphor for going into the unknown, the unshaped, the unformed. I understand that just as a seed must stay in a dark cool place to sprout, so must I embrace the darkness at the center of myself if I am to find healing, transformation, new life."
— Carol P. Christ, Rebirth of the Goddess
"Havenstate" by Kayla Pichichero