The Transformation From Old Woman into Crone
All women have innate knowledge of how to do this
There was a time when older women were seen as crones, the ones who understood the mysteries of life, who felt their own value as way-showers to those ready to listen, and sometimes to those who were not. Their path lay in compassion, cooperation, wisdom, and an awareness of their inner Soul.
Older women were thus seen as the primary keepers of wisdom and truth. For millennia they were the healers who instinctively understood the need for the spiritual experience on the life path.
They were often seen as the visible evidence of goddesses whose presence infused the life force.
In indigenous societies, the tradition has always been to revere older women, for they are seen as the wise ones, the storytellers, the ones who know why we are here.
Western nations see their elderly as a burden. Why else would they stuff them into indifferent nursing homes, out of sight? They appear to view older women as invisible and expendable.
The truth is very different. There is a power in us as older women, and it is created by the crone energy in us. It is a metamorphosis from resignation into identification. It is our Mother Earth connection, our goddess connection. It is the…
