Divine Feminine » Crone http://www.ourdivinefeminine.com Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:42:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Crone at the Crossroads http://www.ourdivinefeminine.com/2009/12/the-crone-at-the-crossroads/ http://www.ourdivinefeminine.com/2009/12/the-crone-at-the-crossroads/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:52:45 +0000 Silver http://www.ourdivinefeminine.com/?p=19 kali-crone
Ruling over both life and death, the Crone holds within her all aspects of the Triple Goddess. She is the mature and aged Maiden and Mother now possessing the wisdom and experiences of youth, adulthood and old age.

She stands at the crossroads, at the bridge between death and rebirth.

She makes herself known in the horrifying aspects of our deepest fears, the fears we have yet to face and the mysteries that we have yet to know.

She is often portrayed as Kali, holding a sword and a freshly severed head dripping blood. As the story goes, this represents a great battle in which she destroyed the demon Raktabija.

We shudder at the thought of Kali with her bloodlust, but we cannot deny the presence of the Crone.

We dread to look into the eyes of the Crone but, if we could learn to truly face her and in doing so face our own dark natures, we would see the wisdom of the Ancients.

From death comes rebirth.

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