Is Demeter/Persephone myth a feature of aging?

Getting older may involve you in yet another Demeter experience: Losing your girl soul to the dark depths, thereby maturing.

— Thomas Moore (@thomasmooreSoul) September 12, 2017

Thomas Moore discusses this theme further in his recent Soul and Spirit blog on Patheos under the heading, "Aging is a Deep Initiation":

"In my book I write about melancholy and sadness as a natural part of the aging process, distinguishing it from depression. My dream makes me wonder if there is, though, a Demeter kind of depression that comes along with the loss of the young girl psyche, my own innocence and purity of heart. Is this a deep part of aging, too: the Demeter/Persephone myth making its appearance in a life, signaling a difficult and painful deepening of character?"

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