Excavating Your Inner Crone to Navigate the Unknown

The crone, sage, or conscious elder does not shrink away from the unknown; they welcome it and say, "Hello, friend," with a wink and a smile, because they know that the seeds of new life rest in the dark. Or, as one of my real-life crone mentors, Sil Read, often says, "The gold is in the shit".

Fear also dwells in these dark, unknown parts the soul. You've likely bumped up against some of these inner soul gems–those prickly and seemingly impossible inner callings that seem too scary to unpack–that's the shit asking you to alchemize it into nourishment for yourself and others.