Letting the Crones Loose

Make sure you read all the way to the bottom, as there’s a very special offer to celebrate the release of the crones!!

Today is a red letter day, because today I am (finally!) releasing the last of the goddess guides. Rather than releasing the crone goddesses one by one, I’ve decided just to launch them into the world all at once.

And I can’t actually explain how happy it makes me to be able to share these gorgeous crones with you. Truly they are among my favourites! Let me explain why…

The crone is the female archetype that is accessible to us all, and she has great gifts to share with us if we choose to integrate her into our psyche. She is the wise woman, the woman who has lived, and loved, and learned. She is the sum of her experiences and she honours the path that she has travelled. She does not seek to return to a physical incarnation of pre-pubescence. She loves and accepts the skin that she lives in.

The wisdom of the crone cannot be underestimated. In her archetypal form, she embodies the sum total of the lived experience of all women. She is the one we tap into when we seek guidance, when we get real quiet and listen to the soft cracked whisper of a voice that spirals back through the ages. You know that voice; it’s the one that speaks with such a fierce compassion that it cuts through all of the fluff and all of the bullshit. The voice that strips everything back to reveal the kernel of truth that lies within.

Juicy stuff, hey?

So, I have Cerridwen (goddess of storytellers, inspiration & transformation), Baba Yaga (goddess of challenge & wisdom) and Hecate (goddess of initiation and intuition) now available for £15 each. Please do check out their individual pages for more information and a short excerpt from each of their stories.

So, with their release, it now means that my collection of goddess guides is now complete. There are now 3 goddess guides available for all 4 archetypes: Virgin, Lover, Mother & Crone. Here’s the full collection…

• Persephone: A guide for lost souls and queen of the Underworld, Persephone weaves a tale of transition, initiation & independence to take you back to your own first movements towards independence, to help you make sense of how that huge transition continues to impact upon your choices today.
• Brigid: A Celtic goddess whose narratives have become entangled with that of the Christian church, Brigid offers us a way of integrating the changing cycles of the feminine experience by engaging with both the Celtic & Christian interpretations.
• Artemis: My most popular goddess story, Artemis is a goddess that we find it all too easy to identify with, specifically in relation to our work, our careers, our businesses. I have a feeling Artemis will speak to your heart words to bring you balance and clarity.
• Freya: A beautiful Norse goddess who was not afraid to use her sexuality to get what she wanted, Freya is model for living our sexuality in a way that refuses to engage in narratives of shame. Told through the figure of a völva, a Scandic female shaman, Freya’s story frees us from the shackles of a confused cultural perspective of female sexuality.
• Hera: Much maligned, this queen of heaven is so much more that a vengeful shrew. Hera illustrates that all too common experience of losing ourselves to love. Her story deals with the outcomes of the loss of identity instigated by entering into a romantic relationship, and gives us clues on how to rediscover that essential sense of self.
• Aphrodite: The goddess of love who has been held up as an example of male fantasy, Aphrodite invites you to connect to her to forge a deeper understanding of what she has to offer contemporary women. Singing you back to your senses, this beautiful goddess has the power to lead you back to a loving relationship with your body and your femininity.
• Isis: An Ancient Egyptian goddess to help you mother yourself back to wholeness. Sometimes we experience a fragmentation of self. This tends to happen when we leave a particular phase behind in our life and we are left, for a time, wondering who we are and how do we move forward. Isis holds the space for you to pick up the pieces.
• Haumea: A beautiful Hawaiian goddess who is known as the divine midwife, Haumea is credited with teaching women how to give birth to their children. And yet, this goddess teaches us how to birth all manner of offspring, from babies to businesses, from artwork to a new sense of self. What will you be birthing with her help?
• Demeter: The Ancient Greek goddess who wandered the globe in search for her lost daughter is, perhaps, one of the most well-known of the goddesses included here. A story perfect for recent empty-nesters, but also for all of us who have difficulty letting go of our children (whether these be actual children or creative projects, friendships, businesses, books etc.). Here we learn to release.
• Cerridwen: Ah – the power of story! That’s what Cerridwen, the crone goddess of Wales teaches us. In this retelling we find out all about her dealings with Gwion Bach, the first Welsh bard, and we discover how important our own story is to both teller and listener.
• Baba Yaga: So often represented as the wicked witch or the bad fairy of folk and fairy tale, Baba Yaga is the Slavic crone who gifts us with challenges so that we might grow strong and resourceful. With my retelling of the story of Vasilisa and Baba Yaga, I’m hoping to change your perspective of her from a tormentor to a benefactor.
• Hecate: The most most elusive of all the goddesses, Hecate’s story did not want to be written. Her words eventually came through in a slightly different form, but a form which I think you’ll find just as powerful as the more conventional story. She’ll speak to you of initiation, independence, loss and the humble gift of witnessing.

The ultimate in goddess pick’n’mix! 😉

To celebrate, I am offering a guide of your choice to every new Goddess Guidance group member throughout the month of August. If you want to take advantage of this offer, simply click on the subscribe button below, and I’ll be in touch to add you into the group and to get your request for your goddess guide.

Let the goddess party begin!!