THE HONED CRONE
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Sacred survivor, mythic storyteller, and prophet of the risen feminine. I turn grief, rage, and trauma into art, ritual, and words that ignite courage, truth, and divine power in others.
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Manipulator
Narcissistic abuse often begins cloaked in tenderness, fragility, vulnerability, and a seeming “evolved” self‑awareness. The manipulator presents a version of themselves that feels almost too good to be true: sensitive, insightful, attuned. This creates a fast, intoxicating sense of intimacy and safety. A survivor may feel seen, understood, and validated in ways they’ve longed for. But behind that carefully curated mask sits calculation, strategy, and eventually, the potential for violence.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
No Category for Women?
I have been sharing my articles on Vocal for several months now—pieces about the divine feminine, feminine rage, women’s health, cycles, and all the messy, miraculous, chaotic, powerful aspects of womanhood. I expected to select a category and keep writing. I didn’t expect to hit a wall: there is no category for women.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Men
FEAR IS THE VIRUS: How Narcissists Try to Hack Your System
Imagine, for a moment, that your body, your mind, your very emotional operating system is a pristine, high-end laptop. Sleek, efficient, fully updated. You take care of it. You keep it charged. You even splurge on antivirus software now and then – self-care routines, therapy, meditation, that sort of thing.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Geeks
Serotonin Studies Don’t Define Women
Women Are Resilient, Not Deficient: The Real Threat Is Abuse and Ignorance , Not Mood Disorders I recently read a study published in PNAS claiming that men produce 52% more serotonin than women, particularly in regions like the cortex and hippocampus. Serotonin – the so-called “feel-good chemical” – is linked to mood, memory, and stress resilience. According to the researchers, this difference could explain why women are supposedly more vulnerable to mood disorders.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Humans
The Rapture Isn’t a Joke
Many people enjoy making jokes about the rapture – floating suddenly to heaven, getting trapped like a helium balloon in a ceiling corner, skipping the hard and necessary parts of life. These jokes are common, shared in memes, casual conversations, and social media threads. They often generate laughter, nods of agreement, and the easy relief of humour. But beneath the surface, they reveal a profound misunderstanding of spiritual concepts, of alchemy, and of what true transformation truly entails. They reduce something sacred to a punchline, an event to anticipate without effort, a mystical shortcut that bypasses responsibility, growth, and the deep work of the soul.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Education
If you’re not all the way in, you’re all the way out
A womanifesto on consent, deception, and reclaiming your union – Lilith’s fire for survivors. ⸻ A true union demands annihilation of the separate self – not the destruction of one, but the willing dissolution of two into a third: God, Spirit, and the new life they create together.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Humans
God, the Narcissist, and the Shadow That Saves
This is not a story about good versus evil. It is not light against dark, or God against the Devil. It is the myth of oneness: how God uses shadow to teach, how the predator becomes the teacher, how the abyss itself can become the threshold to your rising, your refinement, your rebirth.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
When Consent Is a Lie: The Hidden Rape of Coercive Control
He was hunting where I was healing – at an AA recovery event, a veritable predator buffet. With the help of a little minion who knew me, he put a plan in motion: charm, mirror, over-disclose, locate my soft spots, normalize boundary-tests, then accelerate. Warmth and humility in public; escalating demands, derision, and isolation in private. He praised my recovery while he harvested it. He used his profession to breach my personal space, his flattery to disarm me, his “vulnerability” to catalogue my wounds. By the time sex, my money, and marriage arrived, the groundwork had already been laid.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Potent
