An Ear of Corn in Silence Reaped

I have participated in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Or, at least as close as four girls in 1895 could come to duplicating them. Little did I know my sophomore year in Classical Literature when Dr. Sexson discussed his thoughts on these mysteries that I would soon be participating. You see, every sorority for the most part has a greek myth they adopt for their purposes. My sorority adopted the myth of Demeter and Persephone. On the final night of initiation we go into a room and close the door. Clearly, being called mysteries I must keep it that way. However, I can say something is said, something is done, and something is shown.

According to Wikipedia (the most reliable source on the internet of course):The

Eleusinian Mysteries probably included a celebration of Persephone's return, for it was also the return of plants and of life to the earth. Persephone had gone into the underworld (underground, like seeds in the winter), then returned to the land of the living: her rebirth is symbolic of the rebirth of all plant life during Spring and, by extension, all life on earth.

Ours certainly does. In fact our ceremony seemingly parallels Wikipedias description perfect and fills in the blanks Wikipedia cannot fill. This will probably mean even more to me when we get to The Tempest.