Becoming Women of Wisdom

Marking the Passage into the Crone Years

A curriculum in thirteen circles
by Melody Lee
with Karen Edwards and Dorothy May Emerson

TABLE OF CONTENTS

About the Co-creators

Introduction

A Note for Solo Practitioners

Guidelines for Facilitators

Handouts

Thirteen Principles for Crones
Ten Principles for Wise Women Circles
Triple Spiral Labyrinth

Circles

First Circle: Entering the Labyrinth
Second Circle: Preparing the Descent
Third Circle: Remembering Our Childhoods
Fourth Circle: Remembering Our Teen Years
Fifth Circle: Remembering Our Twenties
A Gift for You: Grandmother Moon
Sixth Circle: Remembering Our Thirties
Seventh Circle: Remembering Our Forties
Eighth Circle: Remembering Our Fifties and Beyond
Ninth Circle: Center of the Labyrinth
Tenth Circle: Developing a Personal Vision
A Gift for You: Sage Women: Sixties and Beyond
Eleventh Circle: Developing Grandmother Wisdom
Twelfth Circle: Planning a Croning Ceremony
Thirteenth Circle: The Ceremony

Appendix

Calling the Directions
Music and Dance Steps
Decades Stories
Resources for Creating Your Croning Ritual
Recommended Resources
Bibliography