Who’s the Crone?

Hello all, I’ve been absolutely swamped in school. Still, I’ve gotten to thinking, who’s the Crone? Now before you think I’ve lost it and don’t understand the meaning of the Triple Goddess, I’m referring to a different issue entirely. Historically, I’ve had no trouble finding goddesses whose Maiden incarnations speak to me and recently I’m connecting more with Mother goddesses, but the Crone still eludes me.

I’ve always known that Artemis was for me, and as a teenager, I identify with the Goddess as she manifests through Maiden goddesses best. Still, I’ve always found it a bit strange that even though I know the Goddess as my Sister and Mother, I’ve yet to find her in her older incarnation. It just hasn’t happened.

Maybe the issue has something to do with my age, but more likely it’s about the goddesses themselves. Most goddesses are either Maidens or Mothers, a few contain a little of both. There are those that are identified as Triple Goddesses, but they are usually best known in their Mother incarnation. Mythology accounts for the youth of it’s deities with everything from their immortality to youth-granting golden apples, and although there are gods and goddesses with grandchildren, they remain Mothers and Fathers in appearance and behavior.

Perhaps the Great Goddess – the oneness of us all – is the Crone, and I have yet to understand and comprehend Her, or perhaps the Crone can only be found in aspects of a Triple Goddess’s personality. Perhaps age and perspective are the only ways to understand either of these things. Whatever the case, I suppose I shall continue my search for the Crone, waiting for time or enlightenment to reveal the truth.

Goddess keep you,

Emma

The World Is My Temple

Now I’ve been asked about this before, and it makes perfect sense that people would wonder, “So, do Wiccans have Churches or Temples or something?” The answer is no, we don’t. Wicca is and Earth-based religion, so it only makes sense that we worship anywhere and everywhere outside. Every Wiccan feels a special connection to nature and understands the beauty of the outdoors. Don’t forget, plants and animals are just as alive as humans beings. Now this is not to say that you can’t worship inside when being outside is a bit daunting (think freezing winter temperatures or sweltering hot summer days), you can worship anywhere.

Yes, that’s right, there is no particular designated building for saying prayers and honoring your supreme being(s). Many Christians have been puzzled by this one and it only makes sense, just think of all the religions that DO have houses of worship built specially; even some ancient Pagan religions had temples for their gods and goddesses. But just think about it, and I know a few Christians who feel this way, do you think that the God or the Goddess would really care that you came to church all dressed up on Sunday morning at a certain time and sat in uncomfortable seats while someone lectured you?

I mean, if I were a supreme being, I’d rather be honored and appreciated every day of the week and I’d rather the people who were praying to me did so of their own accord, not because it was Sunday and everyone else was praying. As for the uncomfortable clothes and seats, I would think that people would only be distracted by these and it gives the impression that the God or Goddess doesn’t want you to be comfortable and demands you have certain assets to be a part of religious practices. That just doesn’t seem right.

So no, Wiccans don’t go to church, they don’t hear the word of the Lord and Lady though an intermediary and they don’t subject themselves to the formal, uncomfortable situation of church-going every time they want to interact with the Goddess or God. Wicca is about who you are inside and how you really feel, not about appeasing the Lord and Lady or about putting on a show of being devout. Wicca is about the little things in every second of every day, about every choice you make and every thought you have. Wicca is a lifestyle that cannot be forced upon anybody unwilling, so really, it doesn’t matter if you’re sitting dressed up in the same place as everyone else every Sunday if you aren’t living by the Rede every other day of the week.

Goddess keep you,

Emma