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| Medusa Self-Portrait by Liliana Kleiner |
Medusa
also embodies the crone aspect of the triple Goddess. The crone is
associated with the themes of being timeless, detached, fearless,
free, beauty, guide, wisdom, surrender, spontaneity, and paradox.1
The crone is the woman who has gone through the crossroads in her
life and is in a place where she has surrendered her ego demands to a
higher will; having accepted her own destiny, she is free and
fearless; no longer needing to justify her existence; nor fearing the
judgement of others; she has learnt to trust herself.2
The crone is a mature woman who has a sense of truly being herself.3
This aspect of Medusa paints a clear picture of the wisdom, power and
beauty available to me as mature conscious woman and the prize for
undertaking the inner work required to be a crone and step into my
full sovereign power.
I
also know that the qualities of the crone are not automatically
bestowed “following menopause, any more than growing older and
wiser go hand in hand.”4
The crone is a potential I can develop, and to do this I need to
recognise, practice and listen to it. Accordingly, Medusa is inviting
me to look below the surface to shed old ways of perceiving this
stage of a woman’s life and to grow into my full creative and
spiritual potential. To understand, that until this span of my life
is over, I am still in process; in the midst of an unfinished story;
and what I say and do makes a difference. This is an invitation to
access the fullness of the power and wisdom that is my birthright.
For when this potential is activated I know it will help me to act as
a counterbalance to the frenzied ambition, competition and
materialism that drives much of the patriarchal world I find myself
living in.
An excerpt from ''The Invitation'' in Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom.
Maureen
Owen is an internationally accredited
coach and facilitator. She holds a Master’s degree in
Organisational Development and Training. For the last 20 years, she
has worked as a consultant, change agent and senior manager in the
areas of human resources and organisational development. Maureen
lives in Brisbane Australia with her husband Nick and their enigmatic
cat Stefan.
Concerned with the number of people (particularly the number of women) she encountered in her corporate work who were drained of energy and exhausted from the endless striving, Maureen grappled with ways she could provide a service that would address these challenges. And from these early musings Lotus Space was conceived to focus on the whole person and to support women to live unapologetic lives of passion where their individual uniqueness can shine through.
LotusSpace, using the Chakra System as the guiding framework, supports women to embark on a journey of self-discovery to renew, rediscover and reawaken powerful aspects of themselves. Maureen knows from her own experience, the power of working with the chakras and their capacity to return us to balance and provide us with an expanded and enriched experience of being alive. She believes that the chakras provide a profound formula for wholeness and the blueprint for the evolution of the soul that enables us to look at life with fresh eyes; to see beyond our conditioning that limits what is possible for us; whilst learning how to deepen the connection and relationship we have with ourselves.
Notes:
1 Marion
Woodman & Elinor Dickson, 1996, p 10.
2 Marion
Woodman & Elinor Dickson, 1996, p 10 & Marion Woodman,
1983, p 87.
3 Jean
Shinoda Bolen, 2003, p 4.
4 Jean
Shinoda Bolen, 2003, p 8.
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