RECLAIMING THE CRONE. The Crone is the archetype of the Wise Woman. Before patriarchy took over society, the Crone was the "gray-haired high priestesses, once respected tribal matriarchs of pre-Christian Europe" (Barbara Walker, The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom, and Power). Our society is now obsessed with staying young and looking young, and we see ageing as a curse, while ageing is a privilege. The archetype of the Wise Woman in literature "embodies instinctive ways of channeling…
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