Maid, Mother And Crone

It has been said there are three great stages in a woman's life. These are the three faces of the goddess, maid, mother and Crone. For the male this evolutionary stage involves crossing the great abyss and the destruction of the false ego. For the female the great abyss is entering the Crone stage. Her childbearing years are done and she is known for her great wisdom.

In entering this stage she is finally able to develop a strong ego for herself and turn toward the achievement of her own needs and dreams. She has lived so long for other people that living for herself can be a strange and uncomfortable change. It is new and not comfortable at all.

She remembers being a maid and being a mother. Now she is once more developing a more global perspective. She understands completely what it is like to be a woman and is able to help those younger than her get through tough times. She has become Mother Nature.

She becomes a great spiritual sea that embraces all the tiny drops that are others. She is the empty space that supports the stars. She is an illusion, only real through the actions of others. She is illusion and all else is real. She supports the entire cosmos. She seeks harmony and stability. She is inseparable from life. Life is action, she is reaction. She is order, life is chaos, together they create all things.