A Message Of Hope From Hel’s Pond

A yellow butterfly guided me toBlanke Helle, or “Hel’s Pond” during a recent visit to Berlin, Germany. It darted ahead of me all the way from the bus stop in AlboinStraße, until I reached the entrance to the park where lies forgotten, and hidden from public notice, the ancient pagan site sacred to Hela, or Hel, the Norse-Germanic goddessof death and the underworld. I have been guided by butterflies on a regular basis over the past two years, since the first one appeared to me at the Temple of...