The Crone Quotes

“Until the Crone figure was suppressed, patriarchal religions could not achieve full control of men's minds. Such religions tended not only to ascetic rejection of the physical experiences of life, but also to fearful rejection of the Divine Old Woman, and by extension of old women generally.”
― Barbara G. Walker, The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom, and Power – A Probing Account of Ancient Societies Restoring Respect and Self-Value for Contemporary Women

“Our culture's official rejection of the Crone figure was related to rejection of women, particularly elder women. The gray-haired high priestesses, once respected tribal matriarchs of pre-Christian Europe, were transformed by the newly dominant patriarchy into minions of the devil. Through the Middle Ages, this trend gathered momentum, finally developing a frenzy that legally murdered millions of elder women from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries.”
― Barbara G. Walker, The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom, and Power – A Probing Account of Ancient Societies Restoring Respect and Self-Value for Contemporary Women