Deep Listening Crone
an ON-LINE OFFER:
Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death: Journey to the Fierce Feminine
to Reclaim and Honor the "Juice" of the Transition into Mid to Late Life, Revisiting and Integrating Previous Life Milestones.
Are you feeling exhausted from the toxic ways in which our culture divides us from our true connection to the web of life? Are you yearning to be immersed in a new/ancient way of claiming your identity as an older woman? Do you want to wake up into the adventure of what remains, while celebrating all the facets of your inner self?
Maiden Mother Crone Death is a doll-making e-course and an invitation to take a deep dive to reclaim and honor the "juice" of the transition into mid to late life, revisiting and integrating previous life milestones and coming to an acceptance of the full cycle of all the lives we live as women.
Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death: Journey to the Fierce Feminine
to Reclaim and Honor the "Juice" of the Transition into Mid to Late Life, Revisiting and Integrating Previous Life Milestones.
Are you feeling exhausted from the toxic ways in which our culture divides us from our true connection to the web of life? Are you yearning to be immersed in a new/ancient way of claiming your identity as an older woman? Do you want to wake up into the adventure of what remains, while celebrating all the facets of your inner self?
Maiden Mother Crone Death is a doll-making e-course and an invitation to take a deep dive to reclaim and honor the "juice" of the transition into mid to late life, revisiting and integrating previous life milestones and coming to an acceptance of the full cycle of all the lives we live as women.
Note: Spring 2024 class is now sold out but there is a wait list. Please email me if you would like to be added to the list.
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This workshop is for you if:
In any case, you are curious about the potential in doll making for discovering and mirroring deeper sides of yourself. Through this course, you will:
Course Dates: Enrollment Starts February 12, 2024 Early Bird Deadline March 25th, 2024 Sign up Deadline April 5, 2024 Course Begins April 11, 202 Course Ends June 20, 2024 |
Testimonials for Maiden Mother Crone Death: I found in Maiden Mother Crone Death a great community of making dolls together. I loved the intuitive painting technique also. It inspired me for future doll making. The background information in the e-book and other prompts and inspiration were very helpful and inspired me to look further into mythology. It all stimulated my creativity. Thanks! Nancy Bennett Karasik 
Mother, Protector, Activist, Healer doll, by Nancy Bennett Karasik
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Frequently Asked Questions:
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"Maiden doll, Pandora" She comes from the Pandora story. She is much “prettier” than most dolls I make but since she was reportedly made in the image of the beautiful Athena, I went with “pretty.” …Some versions of the story say she was gifted a golden crown. Others said a garland of flowers for her hair so I gave her both and put the “Maiden Moon” on the front of her crown to tie her into the moon phases… From that point, she diverges from the reported/repeated mythology. You can see that much more positive qualities have spilled out of her jar. The list is not all inclusive, of course, but she gets credit here for many good things. Curiosity was the key to open it and “hope” did NOT stay in the jar. It was also set free and I think we can all attest to the fact that hope lives eternal in our own lives so thank you, Pandora!! Here are some words to describe Erika and this class: Unique, insightful, deep, surprising, creative, artistically fearless! Kathryn Hall My biggest takeaway was about how I can use my dolls, representing the Goddesses, to explore myself, to be honest about what is going on with me, and gain suggestions about how to deal with my feeling and thoughts.
I feel like I now have a "point" to my dollmaking that is all about me. I needed that. My next steps will be to MAKE MORE DOLLS!!! Thank you. You have touched me and taught me more than you will ever know. Jan Calloway Baxter 
Iris Maiden Goddess, Messenger/Warrior doll by Jan Calloway Baxter
Crone Grief doll, by Jan Calloway Baxter
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You will get the most out of this workshop if:
- You are ready to dive deep to work with the feminine archetype of the crone, this can be challenging (and even a bit scary) at first.
- You are willing to commit to participating in all the Zoom calls to the best of your ability. These are precious and intimate sessions. The more we can all show up for these twice a month sessions, the more safety there will be in the group.
- You are willing to try something new. You don't have to have experience with sewing or with doll-making but it helps if you are ready to suspend judgement and let the process develop.
- You are fully committed to supporting and witnessing others going through their own deep process in their own way, (in both the Zoom sessions and Facebook page.)
- You have some experience with sewing or other methods of three-dimensional construction, however this is not essential. You will be guided and supported in your doll-making during this course.
Some examples of the intuitive painting technique that is a part of this course. See Erika's other website, for more images and inspiration.
MORE DETAILS
When you sign up, you will receive a materials list and a welcome introduction to the course, which will guide you in creating your Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death doll. You will also receive the Maiden Mother Crone, Death e-book, which will provide prompts and inspirational stories and images for each of the three months of the course.
There is a limit of 10 spaces in the Zoom session. It will fill up first come, first serve.
Early Bird Pricing: enroll before the deadline and get a discount for either the course itself or the course with an additional private session.
Sign up: February 12, 2024.
Most materials for this E-course should be relatively easy to find around the house or to order from a fabric supply store such as Joanne Fabric. You can view the materials list. Please contact me below if you have any questions.
When you sign up, you will receive a materials list and a welcome introduction to the course, which will guide you in creating your Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death doll. You will also receive the Maiden Mother Crone, Death e-book, which will provide prompts and inspirational stories and images for each of the three months of the course.
There is a limit of 10 spaces in the Zoom session. It will fill up first come, first serve.
Early Bird Pricing: enroll before the deadline and get a discount for either the course itself or the course with an additional private session.
Sign up: February 12, 2024.
Most materials for this E-course should be relatively easy to find around the house or to order from a fabric supply store such as Joanne Fabric. You can view the materials list. Please contact me below if you have any questions.
Overview of the Course:
Themes for Each Month
Month 1 Exploring the Archetype of the Maiden
Session 1 April 11 The Maiden: What does it mean to unearth and release toxic patterns of thinking about your younger self? We will look at how unhealthy archetypes of the maiden that we carry in our bodies. Whether or not we are aware of it, we carry within us the ancient stories of goddess such as Persephone, Eve, Pandora, and Philomena. We will explore and revision their stories of being scapegoated, shut down or worse for qualities such as curiosity, agency, boldness. Through Intuitive painting we will begin to reclaim the positive qualities within the Maiden archetype.
Session 2 April 25 Doll Making and Sharing Session #1 Introduction to various techniques to make simple wrapped doll bodies. You will have a chance to practice these techniques in this making session so that you can further explore them over the next month. You are invited to make a representation of a maiden figure as a means of reclaiming the "juice" of the feminine divine in her maiden form. We will explore ways of revisioning the maiden story into a more positive and hopeful archetype.
Month 2 Exploring the Archetypes the Mother/Madonna
Session 3 May 9 The Mother: Exploring, releasing and unearthing toxic patterns of thinking about the mother-the ways in which mothers are unacknowledged, blamed, overburdened, made to be overly responsible? Exploration with Ishtar, Inanna, Isis, Europa, the Black Madonna and the Marys. We will reclaim the aspects of these powerful goddesses from the ways in which they have been shut down, attacked, and ignored by the over-culture out of fear of their power. Intuitive painting with the Mother/Madonna.
Session 4 May 23 Doll Making and Sharing Session #2 We will continue our learning about doll-making, with a focus on the body. We will look at the mother story as an archetype, however and whenever you have experienced yourself as mothering others and yourself. You will be encouraged to create a mother doll, again revisioning the mother/madonna archetype in the old stories.
Month 3 Exploring the Archetype of the Crone and a New Vision of Old Age and of Death
Session 5 June 6 The Crone: The Crone is one of the most powerful archetypes from the ancient stories. We will explore stories of crones from fairy tales and myth such as Baba Yaga, Kali, Hecate, and Hel and reclaim their strength, wisdom and power, from the ways in which they were often ignored, vilified or made into dangerous beings. By integrating our inner crone, we reclaim our place in the Cycle of Life. We will also explore death, both death as an inevitable stage in the cycles of life and death and as a metaphor for those symbolic deaths we experience throughout life, such as losses of loved ones, identities, and illnesses. Explorations with Intuitive painting with the Crone and Death.
Session 6 June 20 Final Doll Making and Sharing Session #3 We will explore embellishments to the dolls, and the way in which runes, symbols and animal spirits can amplify the messages our dolls are telling us. Consider making a powerful talisman doll that integrates what you have learned and explored during the three months of the course.
Month 1 Exploring the Archetype of the Maiden
Session 1 April 11 The Maiden: What does it mean to unearth and release toxic patterns of thinking about your younger self? We will look at how unhealthy archetypes of the maiden that we carry in our bodies. Whether or not we are aware of it, we carry within us the ancient stories of goddess such as Persephone, Eve, Pandora, and Philomena. We will explore and revision their stories of being scapegoated, shut down or worse for qualities such as curiosity, agency, boldness. Through Intuitive painting we will begin to reclaim the positive qualities within the Maiden archetype.
Session 2 April 25 Doll Making and Sharing Session #1 Introduction to various techniques to make simple wrapped doll bodies. You will have a chance to practice these techniques in this making session so that you can further explore them over the next month. You are invited to make a representation of a maiden figure as a means of reclaiming the "juice" of the feminine divine in her maiden form. We will explore ways of revisioning the maiden story into a more positive and hopeful archetype.
Month 2 Exploring the Archetypes the Mother/Madonna
Session 3 May 9 The Mother: Exploring, releasing and unearthing toxic patterns of thinking about the mother-the ways in which mothers are unacknowledged, blamed, overburdened, made to be overly responsible? Exploration with Ishtar, Inanna, Isis, Europa, the Black Madonna and the Marys. We will reclaim the aspects of these powerful goddesses from the ways in which they have been shut down, attacked, and ignored by the over-culture out of fear of their power. Intuitive painting with the Mother/Madonna.
Session 4 May 23 Doll Making and Sharing Session #2 We will continue our learning about doll-making, with a focus on the body. We will look at the mother story as an archetype, however and whenever you have experienced yourself as mothering others and yourself. You will be encouraged to create a mother doll, again revisioning the mother/madonna archetype in the old stories.
Month 3 Exploring the Archetype of the Crone and a New Vision of Old Age and of Death
Session 5 June 6 The Crone: The Crone is one of the most powerful archetypes from the ancient stories. We will explore stories of crones from fairy tales and myth such as Baba Yaga, Kali, Hecate, and Hel and reclaim their strength, wisdom and power, from the ways in which they were often ignored, vilified or made into dangerous beings. By integrating our inner crone, we reclaim our place in the Cycle of Life. We will also explore death, both death as an inevitable stage in the cycles of life and death and as a metaphor for those symbolic deaths we experience throughout life, such as losses of loved ones, identities, and illnesses. Explorations with Intuitive painting with the Crone and Death.
Session 6 June 20 Final Doll Making and Sharing Session #3 We will explore embellishments to the dolls, and the way in which runes, symbols and animal spirits can amplify the messages our dolls are telling us. Consider making a powerful talisman doll that integrates what you have learned and explored during the three months of the course.
What's Included?
What's included in Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death:
Dates and Times:
April 11-June 20. Every second and fourth Thursday, from 3-5 PM EST. Note: we will meet the first and third Thursday in June (for consistent alternate week sessions.)
Session #1 - April 11
Session #2 - April 25
Session #3 - May 9
Session #4 - May 23
Session #5 - June 6
Session #6 - June 20
Sessions will be recorded.
Prices:
Early bird price for MMCD course before March 25th-$250
Regular price for MMCD after March 25th-$290
Early bird price for MMCD plus individual deepening session with Erika-before March 25th-$300
Regular price for MMCD plus individual deepening session with Erika-after March 25th-$340
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are no refunds once you have signed up for an e-course. I am a one woman show, doing my best to create a small group, intimate and nourishing experience for you. Thus I am unable to offer refunds.
What's included in Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death:
- Two-two hour-intimate, no more than 10 participants, sessions a month on Zoom, one to explore archetypes of the ancient feminine and do intuitive painting, the other to work on making a doll or dolls representing your Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death.
- Informational and monthly two hour Zoom sessions on the topic of Maiden, Mother Crone
- Monthly making and sharing sessions about the Maiden Mother Crones dolls being created by participants
- In-class Instruction on a variety of doll-making techniques
- Detailed e-book with stories, images and inspiration about the archetypes of the Maiden, Mother Crone and of Death
- a Facebook group to share your progress on doll-making and share with other doll makers
Dates and Times:
April 11-June 20. Every second and fourth Thursday, from 3-5 PM EST. Note: we will meet the first and third Thursday in June (for consistent alternate week sessions.)
Session #1 - April 11
Session #2 - April 25
Session #3 - May 9
Session #4 - May 23
Session #5 - June 6
Session #6 - June 20
Sessions will be recorded.
Prices:
Early bird price for MMCD course before March 25th-$250
Regular price for MMCD after March 25th-$290
Early bird price for MMCD plus individual deepening session with Erika-before March 25th-$300
Regular price for MMCD plus individual deepening session with Erika-after March 25th-$340
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are no refunds once you have signed up for an e-course. I am a one woman show, doing my best to create a small group, intimate and nourishing experience for you. Thus I am unable to offer refunds.
Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death 2024
$290.00
$250.00
An Invitation to Take a Deep Dive Maiden, Mother Crone, Death: Journey to the Fierce Feminine to Reclaim and Honor the "Juice" of the Transition into Mid to Late Life, Revisiting and Integrating Previous Life Milestones.
Course includes:
Two-two hour-intimate, no more than 10 participants, sessions a month on Zoom, one to explore archetypes of the ancient feminine and do intuitive painting, the other to work on making a doll or dolls representing your Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death.
- Informational and monthly two hour Zoom sessions on the topic of Maiden, Mother Crone
- Monthly making and sharing sessions about the Maiden Mother Crones dolls being created by participants
In-class Instruction on a variety of doll-making techniques
a Facebook group to share your progress on doll-making and share with other doll makers
Maiden, Mother, Crone, Death 2024- Additional Private Session Level
$340.00
$300.00
An Invitation to Take a Deep Dive Maiden, Mother Crone, Death: Journey to the Fierce Feminine to Reclaim and Honor the "Juice" of the Transition into Mid to Late Life, Revisiting and Integrating Previous Life Milestones.
Includes everything in the course, plus 1:1 deepening session with Erika, course facilitator, to be arranged at your convenience.
