Issue #226 - April 2024ļ»æ |
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Greetings, and welcome to Soul Songs, the official KaleidoSoul Newsletter, focusing on SoulCollageĀ® ideas, resources and cards. Our intention is to fill each issue (and your life) with inspiration, soul-solace and delight.
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to any friends, colleagues, or family members who will enjoy it.
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ļ»æHi! I'm Anne Marie, the creator of KaleidoSoul.com, and a SoulCollageĀ® Facilitator in Massachusetts and worldwide online. |
Editorās Note: I am taking this month off from sharing a new column because at the time this goes to "press,"
I am busy getting ready for one of two home moves that will be happening in the next few months. I hope you enjoy Catās essay below, and here are some more SoulCollagersā Crone cards that you might find inspiring.
Happy Spring š·or Fall š, wherever you are in this beautiful world of ours!
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Anne Marie Bennett is a SoulCollageĀ® Facilitator / Trainer, published author, website goddess, and two-time cancer survivor who was mentored directly by Seena Frost.Anne Marie lives in eastern Massachusetts with her middle-aged husband, one adolescent feline, and a treasury of birds, squirrels and chipmunks who keep them hopping. Her books about SoulCollageĀ® are available here.
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I am Cat Caracelo, M.A., a SoulCollageĀ® facilitator, depth coach and artist from Austin,Texas offering my work individually and in global teaching forums through JourneyPath Institute. This column is for those who are exploring your creativity and are ready to discover more depth in your SoulCollageĀ® journey. |
She stirs the soup on the stove adjusting the heat to circumvent the hot flashes that have haunted her for years. . . Maybe itās just her body getting ready to be the catalyst of disparate dreams, the combustion of right vs. might, the pooled anger that ignites, the rhythm of a wild woman pushing despair into the dustbin.
The crone has lived a long life, she knows that feelings flow in different directions. The crone chooses a different way to play with the twists and turns of life. She digs deep to release unnecessary angst, and is entirely unapologetic in taking a position as she stretches the energies that make her willing, excited, and alive.
Crone is the individuated woman of presence, determination, and empowerment willing to be fully expressed, to know herself, and to speak the truth that lives within her life. She is ready to define a new path when that is required.
Crone can be defined and aligned with powerful experiences yet she is not necessarily harsh or unkind. Sometimes she can seem marginalized by life, yet she is willing to make strong choices to survive and thrive while remaining generally clever. She naturally wants to do things her way and has learned to let wisdom guide her life.
Crone energies sometimes emerge early, activating around age fifty, when the second half of life calls to the possibilities that are ready to be explored. This might be a first birthing or even a reckoning, but the wisdom years stretch and expand so Crone energies will continue to bloom over time. The first blush of Crone reveals resiliency and forges the stories that change her heart. The later deeper Crone energy continues in full bloom, empowered even in winter. The Crone as a witch or wizened elder might be a bit far-fetched, but evokes the special blend of freedom, expression, and focus that is genuinely received in Crone-time.
Crone, like bone, is an ancient expression of discernment, determination, and connection. She may be quiet or subtle in certain seasons, but underneath she is always bold and might be outright audacious with a marked unwillingness to deal with bullshit.
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Claiming Crone can take some time. It can feel like a not-yet-not-me dance, but if you shift your view ever so slightly you can see she is a rebel, a renegade, an energetic allyāfull of verve, interest and instinct. She is ageless rather than ancient. She is any woman in her second half of life: ripe, alive, learning, growing, changing, and enriched with wisdom. However, it can feel downright dangerous to embrace her singular names: Crone, Hag or Wise One.
To claim a name is not how she is defined, after all there is such a dance, rather than distance, between these expressions and parts. Think how they intersect and connect: child and changing woman, lover and mother, queen and crone. Each partners and influences the whole Self. We are all types of a woman all the time: ancient and infant, active and ageless, inert and inventive. Each aspect of the self is important and finds its space within us.
Invite more of your story to be seen, revealed, and welcomed. Seek your own Crone energy that is discovered more fully when it is named, claimed, enlivened, expanded, or expressed. Perhaps one Crone has been working in the world for many years and then decides to live differently; maybe she lingers at the edge of a wood, sticks her feet in the mud and retreats for a time. Another Crone might be quite differentāfeeling unseen, she follows a more public path of expansive expression and chooses a new path of releasing roles that have hindered her wholeness.
As women, we can reclaim and celebrate the truer meaning of Crone as wise and wildāembracing the power of wisdom and how it lives within the skin of our modern lives. Crones always lean into many kinds of delight.
Remember this, Crone is no less herself if sometimes tire or diminished. She will never lose her name once claimed. The Crone may need kindreds, comrades, more purposeful sources of play and pleasure, ample space for expansion and experimentation, and also tender time as well as a special place to feel, heal. and mend when life comes undone.
Here are some suggestions for ways to understand and integrate Crone energy using SoulCollageĀ® and other creative processes:
- Ask your to art to reveal Crone.
- Seek the stories of how Crone is alive in your life.
- Explore the ideas of lifeās ages and stages.
- Invite a new approach to naming and claiming.
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Seek the unique style of your Inner Crone.
- Create your own Crone SoulCollageĀ® card to see how she mirrors and meets you.
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Cat Caracelo, M.A. is a Depth Coach, Artist and a SoulCollageĀ® Facilitator since 2007. Cat guides, coaches and mentors individuals and leads groups worldwide, incorporating expressive arts and transformative process. Cat is the creator of QuestPath and Mythos Journey work. Her dynamic program offerings and destination retreats combine thematic journeywork and art-as-process to explore personal myth. Please visit Catās website to find articles and information about programs, retreats, and more.
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Here are some of our readers' Crone cards: |
Crone
Council Suit
Marianne
Pennsylvania
I am one who is your Crone Guide as you approach your time of transition. Now the opening appears small and far off. But please remember that I am walking with you. I first appeared to you many years ago in a dream. You were journeying toward a time of transition then as well, and you asked me my name. I am Agnes/Agnus, a pure, holy one walking you home through all of your times of change.
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Matriarch
Council Suit
Teresa
Pennsylvania
I am one who is becoming the wise one in my family, and in my world. I am one who pursues the things that I like to do. I am one who nourishes and comforts with my wisdom.
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Healing Crone
Council Suit
Carrie
Wisconsin
I am the one who has my little house in the woods. I spend quiet days walking the woods in search of herbs and other natural treasures. My cat and I sit most evenings peacefully by the warmth of the crackling fire. I have lived a long life full of learning and healing and now I share my gifts with those in need. The folks in the neighboring village think I am a witch and keep their distance - until they are in need of a healing potion. I live simply on the gifts brought in payment for my services. Such is the life of a healing Crone.
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Crone
Council Suit
Anne Marie
Massachusetts
I am the one who is old and wrinkled and pretty darn pleased with myself. I am the one who invites the wild things to nest into my life. It is time to SMILE about growing older. Crone energy is wise, powerful energy. It is time to embrace me!
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Crone
Council Suit
Julie
Oregon
I am the one who has evolved as you see in the mirror. I am the one with a crone's body with reverse-colored clothing... a symbol for life changes we have made together. I am the one holding a light that symbolizes the blessings that have helped us on our journey. I am the one looking away from you accepting the time in which we will no longer exist as physical beings.
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Crone
Council Suit
Debrah
Australia
I Am the Crone, the third aspect of the Triple Goddess; Maiden-Mother-Crone. I Am the One Who accepts my aging and revels in it. I Am the One Who has come fully into my wisdom and power. I Am the woman of many faces and steely strength.
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Crone Wisdom
Council Suit
Susan
Massachusetts
As I hold a mirror up to my aging face, my younger self reflects a youthful countenance.
I am the one who faces a new era of life. I am undaunted and brave.
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Crone
Council Suit
Bethann
Georgia
I am the Crone, the one who has lived many years and am traveling to the end point. I bring you the love, grace and wisdom of a life well lived.
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Please feel free to submit one of your cards for a future issue by sending a reply email to this newsletter.
Future themes include:
May: Imagination
June: Authenticity
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The 3 S's of SoulCollage:
Sacredness, Surprise, & Synchronicity
Are you eager to discover more about the Transpersonal energies of your deck- Source, SoulEssence, and Witness?
Would you like to experience the surprising importance of the Fool archetype in your own life's journey?
Do you ever wish you could be more aware of synchronicity as it plays out in the SoulCollageĀ® process and in your life?
If so, please join us for
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an all-new three-part SoulCollageĀ® Zoom series
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Youāll receive: three 120-minute video classes, lots of handouts, new card ideas,
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New 7-Week SoulCollageĀ® & Art Series with Cat Caracelo
Starts April 21, 2024
Are you a SoulCollageĀ® or mixed media artist who loves stories, collecting books, playing with threads of memories & meaning? Do you delight in image and symbol, paint and paper, glitter and glue, colors and shapes that inspire the senses? If so, you will love this new online series!
New truths will be unlocked as you journey with Alice and othersāmoving through symbolic riddles, muddled myths, and stale stories, and finding enchanted places that nurture wonder and offer āaha-delight.ā
You will be working with a variety of modalities such as art journaling, altered art, assemblage, fiber arts, intuitive painting, and paper arts, including specific collage forms such as SoulCollageĀ® and JourneyCirclesā¢.
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MASSACHUSETTS- Limited Spaces Available
*** Registration Deadline April 24 ***
In-Person SoulCollageĀ® Facilitator Training
May 22-26, 2024
Westfield, Massachusetts
Trainer: Isabel Phillips
This is a four-night, four-day, in-person SoulCollageĀ® Facilitator Training held in a beautiful retreat setting in western Massachusetts. Participants in this Training will develop the skills needed to share the powerful SoulCollageĀ® process in the world: how to prepare and offer a variety of workshops, how to create brave space to empower participants, and how to adapt workshops to match the needs of different audiences. The Training covers business and ethical considerations, and new Facilitators will leave with the clarity, competence, and inspiration to become part of a global community of over 5,000 Facilitators serving the world! More information here.
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ENGLAND- ONLY 1 ROOM LEFT!
Return to Avalon Goddess Retreat and Pilgrimage
Glastonbury, England
May 9-17, 2024
Facilitator: Cat Caracelo
Travel to the place of myth and memories, where the landscape is a mirror of the Soul. Glastonbury, the ancient isle of Avalon is rich with sacred and ancient sites. Explore the earth-based, mystic energies; honor the Goddess in the bounty of Spring. Make inspired art with SoulCollageĀ® and more as you deepen your story in this all-inclusive women's retreat! We will celebrate the lingering Spring with Beltane Energies still influencing our hearts. This is a special season that evokes soul growth and beauty.
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Just look for whatever SoulCollageĀ® topic you are interested in,
and read to your heart's content!
SoulCollageĀ® is a trademarked process created by Seena B. Frost.
For more information about Seena and the origins of SoulCollageĀ®,
SoulCollageĀ® cards are made either from one's own art or from images found in materials which have been bought by or given to the SoulCollageĀ® card maker. These collaged cards are used only for the cardmaker's own inner exploration. SoulCollageĀ® cards are not sold, traded, bartered, or copied (except as a back-up for the cardmakers own use) as is stated in the "Principles of SoulCollageĀ®."
Where SoulCollageĀ® cards are available to be seen by others, it is for the purposes either of demonstrating the SoulCollageĀ® process or of sharing the cardmakers' inner process in the context of community. SoulCollageĀ® is grateful to the artists and photographers who make this deep awakening process possible and in all ways SoulCollageĀ® seeks to be respectful of their rights.
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All articles in SOUL SONGS are copyrighted 2024,
by Anne Marie Bennett, Cat Caracelo, Linda Woolfson,
Michaela Daystar, or Michele Manos.
Articles may be reprinted by permission only.
Image of singing birds Copyright: Kudryashka from Deposit Photos.
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