The Crone
The Crone
The color most associated with the Crone is black, followed by dark purple and grey. The Crone symbolizes death and the end of cycles, winter, night, menopause, age, wisdom, counsel, and the waning Moon. The Crone Show us the way to death and reincarnation. The Crone is past menopause, she has the mystery of time behind her. In the aspect of the Crone we understand that death is a part of life, not something to be feared. She is the teacher of the secret and the hidden.
Ancient European pantheons (a group of gods originating with a certain people), are dominated by the Goddess. She is the creator of the universe, generator of all life. All agricultural societies appear to have worshipped a goddess at one point in their history. In the earliest known creation stories, the Goddess, Mother Nature, call her what you wish, is said to be the source of all being. The Goddess surrounds us, to be found in the earth, moon and stars. She is found in the ebb and flow of the tides, She is found in the bud of a flower. She is found in the creatures of the world. And the Goddess is found inside us. The bodies of women are sacred and holy, not a thing of revulsion that some of the religions of man would have us believes. If the Goddess is inside us and all that surround us, shouldn’t we treat all lives as sacred, including ourselves? Still, she is a mystery never to be fully known.
Why do Wiccans/Witches have so many Goddesses and Gods? Each brings a different strength or attribute to help us in what we are doing. When we work with a goddess we have her power to draw on. For example, Athena will bring creativity and assertiveness, Hera her motivation in new endeavors. Call upon these goddesses when starting a new project. Some Wiccans draw upon the energy of the goddess by tapping into the power of nature. The goddesses and Gods can be seen as real beings or as archetypes, (prototypes). The power of all the goddesses and gods of the world are in the very nature of us all. It is within us and in the other inhabitants of this planet; we just have to learn to access that power.
It is the power to conjure and create. The diversity of the gods and goddess may help to express the diversity of creation. In Wicca, the Goddess and the God are seen as equals, neither can exist without the other. Female and male are needed for true life. The Great Mother giving life and giving birth to the world, the God by her side, at times part human, part spirit, part animal. The Goddess and the God each contain a bit of each other, neither is complete without the partner. They complement each other and are necessary for proper balance.
The Crone is a being of age old wisdom. She is shrewd and counsels well. She cares for the Maiden and the Mother. As well as the off-spring thereof. She's logical and can be terrible in her vengeance. She stands at the door to the dimension of death. In human years she is approximately 45 or older. The crone is the most difficult of the three to place in human age. All too often the crones traditional colors are black, grey, purple, brown, or midnight blue.
The color most associated with the Crone is black, followed by dark purple and grey. The Crone symbolizes death and the end of cycles, winter, night, menopause, age, wisdom, counsel, and the waning Moon. The Crone Show us the way to death and reincarnation. The Crone is past menopause, she has the mystery of time behind her. In the aspect of the Crone we understand that death is a part of life, not something to be feared. She is the teacher of the secret and the hidden.
Ancient European pantheons (a group of gods originating with a certain people), are dominated by the Goddess. She is the creator of the universe, generator of all life. All agricultural societies appear to have worshipped a goddess at one point in their history. In the earliest known creation stories, the Goddess, Mother Nature, call her what you wish, is said to be the source of all being. The Goddess surrounds us, to be found in the earth, moon and stars. She is found in the ebb and flow of the tides, She is found in the bud of a flower. She is found in the creatures of the world. And the Goddess is found inside us. The bodies of women are sacred and holy, not a thing of revulsion that some of the religions of man would have us believes. If the Goddess is inside us and all that surround us, shouldn’t we treat all lives as sacred, including ourselves? Still, she is a mystery never to be fully known.
Why do Wiccans/Witches have so many Goddesses and Gods? Each brings a different strength or attribute to help us in what we are doing. When we work with a goddess we have her power to draw on. For example, Athena will bring creativity and assertiveness, Hera her motivation in new endeavors. Call upon these goddesses when starting a new project. Some Wiccans draw upon the energy of the goddess by tapping into the power of nature. The goddesses and Gods can be seen as real beings or as archetypes, (prototypes). The power of all the goddesses and gods of the world are in the very nature of us all. It is within us and in the other inhabitants of this planet; we just have to learn to access that power.
It is the power to conjure and create. The diversity of the gods and goddess may help to express the diversity of creation. In Wicca, the Goddess and the God are seen as equals, neither can exist without the other. Female and male are needed for true life. The Great Mother giving life and giving birth to the world, the God by her side, at times part human, part spirit, part animal. The Goddess and the God each contain a bit of each other, neither is complete without the partner. They complement each other and are necessary for proper balance.
The Crone is a being of age old wisdom. She is shrewd and counsels well. She cares for the Maiden and the Mother. As well as the off-spring thereof. She's logical and can be terrible in her vengeance. She stands at the door to the dimension of death. In human years she is approximately 45 or older. The crone is the most difficult of the three to place in human age. All too often the crones traditional colors are black, grey, purple, brown, or midnight blue.