Free to be alone at last, Rachel finally made her way up to her room and set her bag on her bed. She unzipped it and began pulling books and papers ou...t to place them on her desk. As she flipped through everything, she opened up an orange folder with ‘CHEM’ written fancily in thick, black sharpie on the cover and ran her fingers over the papers inside. As she pulled the papers out and set them in a pile on the desk, she sighed again. Beyond the boy-related misdeeds she was hiding from her. Astarte, Ishtar, Demeter, Rhiannon, Artemis, Blodeuwedd...you will find your own name for Her through the practice of your devotions, a more personal one. What we did, while wonderful in and of itself, also has a ritual significance. It is how we commune with the Female Principle at the heart of all Creation, how we render her her due. It is necessary work my child. How would the young tree burst from the tiny seedling without the Creatrix? How would the Earth become pregnant by the Sun and. He would accompany his rich friends all over the world, Europe, North Africa, Mexico, pursuing a drug and alcohol stupor with as much drive as the poor crazy junkies in the Bowery. Only the background changed, albeit spectacularly. Throughout his adventures he clung to fellow artists. He enjoyed their intellectual inebriation thoroughly. He found them in both worlds, the bum and the affluent, though in the affluent world they were more respected, successful artists. She could tell he was a wild. ”I glanced over at Demie. She had confirmed as much after we captured Eros after the Snuggle Bottom mystery. When I died, she would torture me endlessly in Hell. I gulped.“So what does this have to do with Shepherd’s baby?” Eros asked.Eudora looked uncomfortable. “Some demons get destroyed and have to be replaced, and they aren’t just created from nothing. The method is complicated -- I won’t go into it -- but somehow Cassandra knew it and directed Demie and Tom to undergo the ritual with.