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June 8th
⚫️ Acherōn - The River of Pain and the gate to the Underworld
⚫️ The River Acheron was perceived to be a physical barrier between the Underworld and the mortal world, for mortals could not cross it to enter the Underworld, and the dead could not cross it to escape.
⚫️ It’s where the Charon, the ferryman, would transport the souls across the river on his skiff. Transport was dependent upon payment though, for during funeral rites, coins would be left in the eyes, or mouth, of the deceased.
⚫️ Those who could not pay would be left to wander aimlessly along the bank of the Acheron, and could possibly give rise to ghosts in the mortal realm.
⚫️ It is said that even today walking in the Acheron’s banks ( located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece ) you experience awe, you feel like being in a threshold, standing in the middle: between life and death.
https://youtu.be/qZTJcBG2sbg
⚫️ The River Acheron was perceived to be a physical barrier between the Underworld and the mortal world, for mortals could not cross it to enter the Underworld, and the dead could not cross it to escape.
⚫️ It’s where the Charon, the ferryman, would transport the souls across the river on his skiff. Transport was dependent upon payment though, for during funeral rites, coins would be left in the eyes, or mouth, of the deceased.
⚫️ Those who could not pay would be left to wander aimlessly along the bank of the Acheron, and could possibly give rise to ghosts in the mortal realm.
⚫️ It is said that even today walking in the Acheron’s banks ( located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece ) you experience awe, you feel like being in a threshold, standing in the middle: between life and death.
https://youtu.be/qZTJcBG2sbg
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