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

 

CONTENTS OF THE CD

READ ME FIRST

Folder: INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS

Title page
Acknowledgements
Thirteen Principles for Crones (p. 13)
Ten Principles for Wise Women Circles (14)
Triple Spiral Labyrinth (15)

Folder: FOREGROUND, READING AND INTENTION

Circle One
Circle Two
Circle Three
Circle Four
Circle Five
Circle Six
Circle Seven
Circle Eight
Circle Nine
Circle Ten
Circle Eleven
Circle Twelve
Circle Thirteen

Folder: STORIES, PLAYS, CHORAL READINGS

Ariadne and the Labyrinth: Reader’s Theatre (Circle One)
The Story of Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld (Circle Two)
Meeting at the Crossroads: A Play in One Act (Circle Ten)
Wisdom from Indigenous Grandmothers: A Choral Reading (Circle     Eleven)
How to Die Laughing: A Short Play (Circle Twelve)

Folder: OTHER RESOURCES

A Gift for You: Grandmother Moon (page 59)
Song of Woman lyrics (Circle Ten, see music on page 130)

Folder: DECADE STORIES

Karen’s Stories
Melody’s Stories
Dorothy’s Stories