Contents

Introduction: How to Be a Juicy Crone

Part 1     Her Name Is Wisdom

Goddess of Practical and Intellectual Wisdom

Metis in the Belly of Zeus

Goddess of Mystical and Spiritual Wisdom

Sophia Hidden in the Bible

Goddess of Intuitive and Psychic Wisdom

Hecate at the Fork in the Road

Goddess of Meditative Wisdom

Hestia as the Fire at the Center of the Hearth

Part 2     She Is More…than Wisdom

Goddesses of Transformative Wrath: Her Name Is Outrage

Sekhmet, the Ancient Egyptian Lionheaded Goddess Kali-Ma, Hindu Destroyer Goddess

Goddesses of Healing Laughter: Her Name Is Mirth

Bawdy Baubo Uzume, the Japanese Goddess of Mirth and Dance

Goddesses of Compassion: Her Name Is Kindness

Kuan Yin, She-Who-Harkens-to-the-Cries-of-the-World The Virgin Mary and Lady Liberty

Part 3     She Is a Goddess Growing Older: Goddesses in Everywoman, Revisited

Artemis, the Goddess of the Hunt and Moon

Sister, Feminist, Goal Achiever

Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and Crafts

Strategist, Warrior, Craftswoman

Hestia, the Goddess of the Hearth and Temple

Hearthkeeper, Anonymous Woman

Hera, the Goddess of Marriage

Archetype of the Wife

Demeter, the Goddess of Grain

The Mother Archetype

Persephone, the Maiden and Queen of the Underworld

Eternal Girl, Inner Guide

Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love and Beauty

Lover, Creative Woman

Part 4     She Is a Circle

Circles of Wisewomen

Clan Mothers, Grandmother Circles, Crone Circles

Conclusion: This Is Act III

Notes

Searchable Terms

About the Author

Praise

Copyright

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