Well maybe the term witch is a little dramatic, however, as a young woman the term “crone” was definitely not something I was aspiring to. I obviously had to “grow up” and move into a place of appreciation to be able to adjust my attitude.
My first turn around on the term was when I finished my “bleeding time” at the age of 55, I was very ceremoniously welcomed into the “crone hood” of my older friends. Stories, laughing, completions, beginnings – an entirely new awareness of the honor of the crone time. I liked it!
Jean Shinoda Bolen, who most of you remember in her great book “Goddesses in Everywomen”, also wrote “Crones Don’t Whine, Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women”. What a great title and a fun read.
In her first chapter “A New Perspective on the “Crone” Word”, Jean says that “it is time to reclaim and redefine “crone” from the word pile of disparaging names to call older women, and to make becoming a “crone” a crowning inner achievement of the third phase of life. I say YES to that!
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