"Virgin Mother Crone is a gorgeous, clear, informative, original! I was deeply impressed and moved by Donna’s effort and commitment. Such a rich gift!"

– Olympia Dukakis,
Actress

VIRGIN
Mother
CRONE
Myths & Mysteries
of the Triple Goddess

"A magnificent, gorgeous book that does important work on behalf of men and women—for all of humanity."

– Jean Mountain Grove,
Publisher of WomanSpirit

Reviews

"A profound, powerful and stunningly beautiful book. Like no other on the subject, it opens the door to our Inner Wisdom."

– Buffie Johnson,
Artist and author of Lady of the Beasts

Dynamic theatrical portraits
(meant to be read aloud)
combine with
a visual feast of Divine Female images
to convey the power the Oral Tradition has
to transport and transform us.
Scholarship, poetry, and ecstatic rituals
evoke the Goddess
in Her many forms
and celebrate the timeless wisdom
in female bodies.

310 pages of text, 100 original drawings of prehistoric Divine Female artifacts

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"Virgin Mother Crone is overwhelming! An important book, as well as a delight to read! I have long needed such a book for my own thinking."

– Thomas Berry,
Author of Dream of the Earth and The Universe Story

"A warm, inspiring, irresistible read."

– Jennifer Macleod, Ph.D.,
Editor, Partnership News

"The centerpiece of Virgin Mother Crone is the delightful, exuberant verse, accompanied by stunning images, stage directions for mime and dance and typographic play. The dramatizations leap off the page! In reading them, I could hear the voice and feel the pacing of the storyteller. ... The entire book is lush with black-and-white charcoal drawings, reproductions of ancient goddess figures and symbols that add to the sensory feast. ... Wilshire weaves together elements from various mythologies, but does so with such grace that the links have an organic, natural feel. The book offers much food for thought, delightful word-spinning and truly marvelous ritual drama."

– Parabola (Journal of Myth and Ideas)

"Wilshire excavates and explores the myths of Hera, an indigenous pre-Greek Goddess, honored as the exemplar Model of women’s lives from girlhood through croneship. An intriguing, well-researched, passionately wrought study."

– Booklist

"Virgin Mother Crone takes us back, vividly, dramatically, through the magic that only storytellers, like the bards of old who were also performers, can evoke. Donna Wilshire is such a storyteller-bard-performer, and Virgin Mother Crone has grown from her many years of honoring and perfecting this ancient art."

– Riane Eisler, Author of The Chalice and the Blade.

– Companion Audiocassette –
"Invoking the Triple Goddess"

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"In an unusual format of anthropological text followed by poetic script, actress and playwright Donna Wilshire explores the myths of the ancient Great Mother Goddess Hera. ... Wilshire gives this format wings in her powerful performance scripts. ... On a fascinating par with the excellent text is the splendid trove of images and icons."

--Publishers Weekly

"I was riveted by the extraordinary voice-cision on your VIRGIN Mother CRONE cassette. Not only is it a compelling performance - marvelous and enchanting, powerful and evocative - but it is also a superb piece of writing! Thank you for sharing your most thoughtful creativity in this manner."

--Brian Brown, Ph.D., J.D., Professor, Iona College

"Donna Wilshire's presentation is sheer inspiration, a veritable meditation in motion! Her work is total, meaning it is academic and emotional, intellectual and poetic, soul-shaking, breath-taking! Brava!

-- Sisters for Christian Community

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