The Crone Zone
How to Get Older with Style, Nerve, and a Little Bit of Magic
Nina Bargiel’s wild, magical self-help guide The Crone Zone is about embracing aging and accessing elder wisdom.
About the life-changing benefits and joys of claiming cronehood and its “permission slip” to jettison society’s expectations and be as outrageous and free as one would like, this book suggests creative, empowering rituals, meditations, spells, and affirmations designed to awaken crone energy. It also addresses topics ranging from physical and emotional health to dressing to attract or intimidate others.
For older women who were taught to believe that their worth was tied to physical beauty, the book is realistic about how aging can be cause for despair, giving the example of looking in the mirror and finding “laugh lines that don’t disappear when she stops laughing.” It suggests adopting a liberating viewpoint to focus on what the body can do rather than on its appearance, declaring that “our crone era is about committing to our purest selves, banishing what no longer serves us, and embracing what does.” Even cooking crone-style can be fun with the book’s suggestions for communing with the spirits via cocktails and manifesting intentions by calling for takeout.
The Crone Zone is a celebratory self-help guide about the wisdom, freedom, and fun of old age.
Reviewed by
Kristine Morris
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