The Mature Feminine
A Field Guide
A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.
— Maya Angelou
Maiden
Beginning and becoming; the task is to meet life with wonder and discernment.
Lover
Intimacy and creation; the task is to join desire, self-possession, and generative expression.
Mother
Nurture and protection; the task is to sustain life without possessing it.
Crone
Ending and elderhood; the task is to release, reveal, and transmit hard-won wisdom.