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Women Who Run with the Wolves
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Women Who Run with the Wolves (1992) (edit title/settings)

Myths & Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Author) (edit contributors)

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Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. In WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES, Dr. Estés unfolds rich... read more

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Dr. Estes breaks down fairy and folk tales to examine them via Jungian psychology and archetypes for insights to the nature of women.

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I must reveal to you that I am not one of the Divine who march into the desert and return gravid with wisdom.

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1. THE HOWL: RESURRECTION OF THE WILD WOMAN
~La Loba, the Wolf Woman
~The Four Rabbinim

2. STALKING THE INTRUDER: THE BEGINNING
~Bluebeard
The Natural Predator of the Psyche
Naive Women as Prey
The Key to Knowing: The Importance of Snuffling
The Animal Groom
Blood Scent
Backtracking and Looping
Giving the Cry
The Sin-eaters
The Dark Man in Women's Dreams

3. NOSING OUT THE FACTS: THE RETRIEVAL OF INTUITIONS AS INITIATION
~The Doll in Her Pocket: Vasalisa the Wise
The First Task-ALlowing the Too-Good Mother to Die
The Second Task-Exposing the Crude Shadow
The Third Task-Navigating the Dark
The Fourth Task-Facing the Wild Hag
The Fifth Task-Serving the Non-Rational
The Sixth Task-Separating This from That
The Seventh Task-Asking the Mysteries
The Eight Task-Standing on All Fours
The Ninth Task-Recasting the Shadow

4. THE MATE: UINON WITH THE OTHER
~Hymn for the Wild Man: Manawee
The Dual Nature of Women
The Power of Two
The Power of Name
The Tenacious Dog Nature
Creeping Seductive Appetite
Achieving Fierceness
The Interior Woman

5. HUNTING: WHEN THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
~Skeleton Woman: Facing the Life/Death/Life Nature of Love
Death in the House of Love
The First Phases of Love
The Accidental Finding of Treasure
The Chase and the Hiding
Untangling the Skeleton
The Sleep of Trust
Giving the Tear
The Later Phases of Love
Heart as Drum and Singing Up
The Dance of Body and Soul

6. FINDING ONE'S PACK: BELONGING AS A BLESSING
~The Ugly Duckling: Finding What We Belong To
Exile of the Unmatched Child
Kinds of Mothers
The Ambivalent Mother
The Collapsed Mother
The Child Mother, and the Unmothered Mother
The Strong Mother, Strong Child
Bad Company
Not Looking Right
Frozen Feeling, Frozen Creativity
The Passing Stranger
Exile as Boon
The Uncombed Cats and Cross-Eyed Hens of the World
Remembrance and Continuance No Matter What
Love for the Soul
~The Mistaken Zygote: The Secret Strength of Exile

7. JOYOUS BODY: THE WILD FLESH
Body Talk
The Body in Fairy Tales
The Power of the Haunches
La Mariposa, Butterfly Woman

8. SELF-PRESERVATION: IDENTIFYING LEG TRAPS, CAGES, AND POISONED BAIT
The Feral Woman
~The Red Shoes
Brutal Loss in Fairy Tales
The Handmade Red Shoes
The Traps
Addiction
At the Executioner's House
Trying to Take the Shoes Off, Too Late
Returning to a Life Made By Hand, Healing Injured Instincts

9. HOMING: RETURNING TO ONESELF
~Sealskin, Soulskin
Loss of Sense of Soul as Intuition
Losing One's Pelt
The Lonely Man
The Spirit Child
Drying Out and Crippling
Hearing the Old One's Call
Staying Over long
Cutting Loose, Diving In
The Medial Woman: Breathing Under Water
Surfacing
The Practice of Intentional Solitude
Women's Innate Ecology

10. CLEARWATER: NOURISHING THE CREATIVE LIFE
~La Llorana
The Pollution of the Wild Soul
Poison in the RIver
Fire on the River
The Man on the River
Taking Back the River
Focus and the Fantasy Mill
~The Little Match Girl
Staving Off Destructive Fantasy
Renewing the Creative Fire
~The Three Gold Hairs

11. HEAT: RETRIEVING A SACRED SEXUALITY
~The Dirty Goddess
Baubo: The Belly Goddess
Coyote Dick
A Trip to Rwanda

12. MARKING TERRITORY: THE BOUNDARIES OF RAGE AND FORGIVENESS
~the Crescent Moon Bear
Rage as Teacher
Bringing in the Healer: Climbing the Mountain
The Spirit Bear
The Transformative Fire and Right Action
Righteous Rage
~The Withered Trees
~Descansos
Injured Instinct and Rage
Collective Rage
Stuck in Old Rage
Four Stages of Forgiveness

13. BATTLE SCARS: MEMBERSHIP IN THE SCAR CLAN
Secrets as Slayers
The Dead Zone
~The Woman With Hair of Gold
The Scapegoat

14. LA SELVA SUBTERRANEA: INITIATION IN THE UNDERGROUND FOREST
~The Handless Maiden
The First Stage-The Bargain Without Knowing
The Second Stage-The Dismemberment
The Third Stage-The Wandernig
The Fourth Stage-Finding Love in the Underworld
The Fifth Stage-The Harrowing of the Soul
The Sixth Stage-The Realm of the Wild Woman
The Seventh Stage-The Wild Bride and Bridegroom

15. SHADOWING: CANTO HANDO, THE DEEP SONG

AFTERWORD: STORY AS MEDICINE

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  1. Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 17, 1992
ISBN: 978-0345383211
Page Count: 520

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Reading Level: Adults

Material focused toward adults--some mentions of sexuality.

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