Creatrix Rising: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women

The patriarchy has imposed painful and inaccurate definitions on women, such as maiden, mother, and crone. In Creatrix Rising, Stephanie Raffelock explores the past fifty years of women's empowerment and invites us to embrace the new archetype of the creatrix, who will lead the way in saving the world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 24 August 2021
Publisher: She Writes Press

Since Eve's banishment from the garden, women have endured the often painful and inaccurate definitions foisted upon them by the patriarchy. Maiden, mother, and crone, representing the three stages assigned to a woman's life cycle, have been the limiting categories of both ancient and modern (neo-pagan) mythology. And one label in particular rankles: crone. The word conjures a wizened hag—useless for the most part, marginalized by appearance and ability. None of us has ever truly fit the old-crone image, and for today's midlife women, a new archetype is being birthed: the creatrix.

In Creatrix Rising, Stephanie Raffelock lays out—through personal stories and essays—the highlights of the past fifty years, in which women have gone from a quiet strength to a resounding voice. She invites us along on her own transformational journey by providing probing questions for reflection so that we can flesh out and bring to life this new archetype within ourselves. If what the Dalai Lama has predicted—that women will save the world—proves true, then the creatrix will for certain be out front, leading the pack.

Weight: 236g
Dimension: 163 x 346 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647421632