What is Croning?
Croning is a ceremonial passage ceremony, once the most common in Wiccan Religions, which commemorates the female passage to the third phase of her life, usually when it is after menopause. Instead of desperately trying to hide their age, a woman who participates in the ceremony for choroning, her age, her wisdom, and the transition of being the creator of life as a mother, a guide and a respected member of her community. Although this ceremony was first practiced in Wicca and reminds some of the ceremonies of earlier indigenous religions, it is now popular for women of many different religions to have such a ceremony. Traditional religion, such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam, may not be involved in ceremonies, but references from the biblical text can celebrate the history of Crone and the female passage. The ceremony may include singing, singing or drumming. After completing the JS ceremonyOU asked to be asked to be asked to leave and the party begins with a celebration of food, drink and music.
women of another religious environment can have very simple transparent parties or quite complicated. Everything focuses on the importance of women wise women in culture and can be timed to match a significant date of birth, such as the 50th birthday. Men and women may be present and the ceremony of Croning can be sophisticated when a woman goes through arches, enters a chair or accepts prayers and good wishes of colleagues. People can again be invited to share their memories of "crone" and the "Cronedom" through wisdom.
other ceremonies are quite simple. A woman, maybe, has a Croning party with several friends, where she is welcomed to the fold of her wise female friends and share their good wishes for their future. The attitude expressed in Croning is oftenQuite against the "Hollywood" American attitude that women have to hide or renounce their age. Instead, it specifically welcomes the special gifts that a woman has achieved through life experience.
Crone in literature is mentioned with a great frequency. Practically no hero or heroine gets across the path of hero, without meeting Crone, who often works as a guide or as a challenge for a hero. Passing around Crone or accepting its help usually proceeds to the hero on his journey, and according to Jungians or Campbell conditions, his individualization process supports his whole and psychologically healthy self.
Such literature is a reflection of the basic wisdom and importance of older women, who unfortunately can be marginalized especially in American culture. Croning allows women to rework and recognize their meaning. Perhaps it may be the key to help align the ideas of the valuable place of an older woman in modern society.