She was the Mother of God, the Nurturer of God, and, as a Crone, the Slayer of God.
As a symbol, the Crone had to be suppressed by patriarchal religions because her power ‘overruled the will even of Heavenly Father Zeus.’ She controlled the cycles of life and death.
She was the Mother of God, the Nurturer of God, and, as a Crone, the Slayer of God.
While Christianity retained the feminine as Virgin and Mother, it eliminated her role as Crone. — Marion Woodman Dancing in the Flames, Page 134
Since she has not been present in the culture, she has not been readily accessible to the conscious awareness of modern women.
Without her, even the dynamic symbols of Virgin and Mother are distorted.
The Crone is a woman is that part of her psyche that is not identified with any relationship nor confined by any bond.
She [The Crone] infuses an intrinsic sense of self-worth, of autonomy, into the role of virgin and m0ther, and gives the woman strength to stand to her own creative experience. — Marion Woodman, Dancing in the Flames, Page 134
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