When I first heard of MMC, I thought it provided a way for women to embrace better the crone aspect of their lives, especially since our culture rejects that entirely. But that’s just my own limited perspective. It always did seemed tied to much to the uterus. This reminds me of reading “Fire in the Belly” years ago, a book closely tied to the emerging men’s spirituality movement in the early 90s. At the end of all the lovely writing and thinking, the author basically concludes that we men are here to have children and to pass on our wisdom, and that makes it all worthwhile and will fill any voids in our lives. Ok, gee, thanks for leaving out MILLIONS of people, dude, not just GLBT community but also anyone who for whatever reason can’t have kids or simply chooses not to. A good book in many ways but ultimately disappointing.

Ok, enough of me being pissy. Thanks for posting this!

It doesn’t go into the roles of MMC, just details how Maiden/Crone really aren’t connected in Scottish lore. I’m excited to see where you go with this. Hope the info is revealing.

Also–random tangent –Donna Hennes has rewritten her own version of MMC to include the Queen–MMQC–women past childbirthing who are quite empowered by that fact. http://www.thequeenofmyself.com/

But, life cycles and wheels–Yes!

Part of the problem is that aforementioned obsession with gender duality. While pagans tend to be somewhat more friendly to a gender continuum, there are still plenty who are freaked out by any deviation outside of masculine men and feminine women. That and people also like nice, neat categories to put themselves in because it’s a lot easier than introspection.

Heh–now that’s all I’m ever going to think of with that acronym!

xxoo

I’ve done the breeding thing, and didn’t feel anything ‘newly spiritual’ or a special connection to “The Mother” during pregnancy or parenting. I later had a hysterectomy without a twinge of feeling it diminished me ‘as a woman’. I’m not saying that some women might not get something wonderous from all things uterine … but, to quote Sojourner Truth, ain’t I a woman? Yup, I’m just one that finds social roles different than archetypes and spiritual roles, and that I’m not defined by my uterus.

Besides – am I the only person who sees MMC and thinks Mickey Mouse Club?

Frondly, Fern

Everything in here was awesome – I heartily agree, and am going to go order Nature and the Human Soul now…