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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than 2.7 million copies sold! • “A deeply spiritual book [that] honors what is tough, smart and untamed in women.”—The Washington Post Book World
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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. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls.
In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine.
Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (November 27, 1996)
Language : English
Mass Market Paperback : 608 pages
ISBN-10 : 0345409876
ISBN-13 : 978-0345409874
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 4.19 x 0.93 x 6.88 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book thought-provoking, inspiring, and life-changing. They enjoy the stories and myths from various cultures. Readers describe the book as a premier book for women to read and tap into their inner strength. However, some customers report that the pages are falling out. Opinions are mixed on the writing quality, with some finding it wonderful and uplifting, while others say it’s wordy and hard to read.
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