The Sage and the Crone are related archetypes. A version of the Sage is the mythic character of the Greek Oracle of Delphi. The Sage and Crone are carriers of wisdom and are associated with older women. You won’t find a 13-year-old Sage. There is an earned quality to the Sage and Crone, and in archetypal terms age is associated with wisdom. Their lives become a journey of wisdom that starts with experiences that are scripted for them to learn wisdom, and some of those experiences can range from a privilege of being around wonderful teachers who hand down wisdom to them, as well as horrible experiences where they only survive by looking for wisdom. Their journeys usually include a combination of these experiences so that by the time they are older they have learned wisdom in their body, heart, mind, and soul. Because wisdom comes with age, the Sage, Crone, or Wise Woman represents the ripening of natural insight and the acceptance of what is, allowing one to pass that wisdom onto others.
The Sage is someone you seek out when you have to talk something through because they have a way of counseling you that is clean, free from conditions, and personal agendas. The Sage is not a spell-caster. A Sage is the carrier of wisdom about life choices. Now the Crone is a different type of energy. The Crone is more mythic. A Crone has a very maternal agenda. The Crone carries female wisdom; she is the wise woman, mother, or grandmother. A Crone is the woman girls seek when making their passage into becoming a woman at age thirteen. On the shadow side, the Sage and Crone are always passing on knowledge that would have personal agendas or fears built in.
The Sage is someone you seek out when you have to talk something through because they have a way of counseling you that is clean, free from conditions, and personal agendas. The Sage is not a spell-caster. A Sage is the carrier of wisdom about life choices. Now the Crone is a different type of energy. The Crone is more mythic. A Crone has a very maternal agenda. The Crone carries female wisdom; she is the wise woman, mother, or grandmother. A Crone is the woman girls seek when making their passage into becoming a woman at age thirteen. On the shadow side, the Sage and Crone are always passing on knowledge that would have personal agendas or fears built in.