Meet The Cultivated Crone

The Cultivated Crone was born from an era of Cara's life that was saturated with worry that she'd gotten so far off her intended path that there was no way to right her course. Hearing in her readings for others that time was not linear, but more of a spiral, Cara began looking at her own life, from the perspective of her much older, wiser and world-weathered self. A part of herself that was much further up on the spiral of time, but yet visible to her, now.

After becoming comfortable with this newfound process, Cara asked this part of her future self what she'd like to be called. The response was somewhat off-putting: 

"The Crone", she said, deeply, from her belly. 

Cronehood was something then younger Cara thought to be a time in life where women became old, used up, slow and irrelevant. And she minced no words in telling The Crone that. The Crone's lips curled up at the corners, her eyes twinkled, knowingly. The Crone replied softly, "Not at all. Quite the opposite, my dear. That is what the shadows want you to think of us. We are, in fact, the opposite of irrelevant. We are that which you've desired to be your entire life. We are that which you were long before you forgot who you were. We are that which you already were and will be again. We are the infinite, never ending you."

Cara sat struck by this. There were many words her clients used for this part of themselves. Some call it the soul, some spirit, some even call this part of being human God, the Universe, Gaia. And she knew, it did not matter what her clients called the we that we are before and after being human. What mattered to the clients is that they realized and found access to communicating with that part of themselves now, while in a body. In that moment of realizing who The Crone was, she softened.

Her body became relaxed, open and receptive.

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The Crone went on and explained how if Cara would allow her to advise her on her path, not only would she experience what she was here to actualize for her own unique path, she would also experience many things that would bring her more happiness and freedom that she'd not dreamed of since childhood. The Crone told her that if she'd be willing to listen and observe life's nuances, and to focus less on the circumstances surrounding the nuances, that not only would she become what she always wanted to be, she could actualize it much sooner and with seemingly little effort. Cara became excited by that. This was something she had advised many clients and businesses in her own intuitive and coaching work. But at that time, she didn't have the experience of fulfilling for herself.

She clarified with the Crone: "You mean if I do as you ask, I will be able to quite literally cultivate my own life and perceived experiences, now?" The Crone laughed, the way one might laugh at a small puppy discovering his reflection in a mirror for the first time;  "Yes." Said The Crone.

There it was. The exact thing Cara longed for her whole life; a wiser, present, all-knowing, trustworthy guide to show her the way through life's inevitable, perceived challenges. The Crone explained she was here to provide discernment when the ways of the world became confusing or miscorrelate to the way Cara thought life should be experienced. And through that, The Cultivated Crone became not just an idea on how to live life, but a real, practical way of showing up for her own life; impacting her past, present and future instantaneously and simultaneously. 

And so it is. And so too can it be for you.