The Crone was never meant to disappear
She was erased.
This page is not about nostalgia.
It’s about remembering what women once knew
and what modern culture taught us to forget.
The Crone
is not an age
THE CRONE IS AN ARCHETYPE
A universal pattern found across myth, ritual, and ancient traditions.
She is the phase of a woman’s life that emerges when fertility is no longer the organising force.
Not because value is lost,
but because perception sharpens, energy shifts, and truth becomes unavoidable.
The Crone is the wise woman.
The elder.
The one who sees clearly.
She is not here to please.
She is here to discern.
Before modern medicine
this transition was sacred
Across ancient and indigenous cultures, women’s lives were understood as cyclical.
Midlife marked a passage. From mother to elder.
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Menopause was not feared.
It was recognised.
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This transition was honoured through rites of passage: time away from daily duties ritual and community support, acknowledgment of the woman’s new authority.
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After menopause, a woman’s voice often carried more weight, not less.
She was no longer bound to constant caretaking.
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Her energy was considered focused, potent, and influential.
For most of human history menopause
did not exist
Women stopped bleeding.
Their lives changed.
Their roles shifted.
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But this was not framed as a condition or a disorder.
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There was no diagnosis.
No treatment plan.
No “symptoms to manage”.
Just transition.
Menopause was created
by modern medicine
Menopause was reframed as:
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hormonal failure
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loss
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instability
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decline
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Western medicine
began to interpret women’s bodies through a pathological lens.
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What was once a rite of passage
became something to suppress, correct, or endure silently.
A natural life passage became a medical problem.
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Women were taught to fear midlife.
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Their experiences were reduced to symptoms.
Their bodies were treated as malfunctioning.
The body was never the problem
THE CRONE IS AN ARCHETYPE
Hot flashes
Rage
Insomnia
Emotional intensity
Sudden intolerance for bullshit
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These are not random malfunctions.
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They are signs that:
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energy is reorganising
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awareness is sharpening
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old ways of living no longer fit
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the body is demanding truth
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Without context or ritual, this transition becomes overwhelming instead of empowering.
What disappeared
wasn’t the Crone
it was the support
What was lost:
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meaning
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community
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language
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guidance​
Women were left to navigate one of the most powerful transitions of their lives alone.
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Ashamed.
Confused.
Feeling broken.
The Crone didn’t vanish.
She was silenced.
This is where
my work lives
My work is not anti-science.
And it’s not about romanticising the past.
IT'S ABOUT BRIDGING:
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ancient wisdom
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nervous system science
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breath and embodiment
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modern women’s lives
Through breathwork, somatic practices, strength, and conscious ritual,
I support women to move through midlife as a rite of passage, not a diagnosis.
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Not to go back.
But to go forward.
Grounded.
Embodied.
Awake.
The Crone is not decline
She is clarity.
She is discernment.
She is truth moving through the body.
If something in you recognises this,
you’re not imagining it.
You’re remembering