Women Who Run with the Wolves

myths and stories of the wild woman archetype

by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Paperback, 606 pages

English language

Published May 7, 1998 by Rider & Co.

ISBN:: 978-0-7126-7134-7

(10 reviews)

Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., Jungian analyst and cantadora storyteller, shows how woman's vitality can be restored through what she calls "psychic archeological digs" into the ruins of the female unconscious. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Estes uses multicultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories chosen from over twenty years of research that help women reconnect with the healthy, instinctual, visionary attributes of the Wild Woman archetype. Dr. Estes collects the bones …

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2 stars

My true rating for this book is 2.5 stars.

The author makes a good interpretation of the historical wisdom passed through the fairy tales. Many things she says are right on point and are very astute.

However, I found it hard to read this book because the author is overly verbose and repetitious. She also sticks to what I feel dated psychological constructs which do not provide enough insight and depth. Case in point, she keeps referring to "inner predator" which she labels as inner part of us that is just pure evil and means us to do only harm. I strongly disagree with that. We would not evolved to be as we are if things did not work or have some sort of benefits for us. Even things like neurosis and psychopathy are defense mechanisms that are developed in childhood to protect a child. To others such adaptations are …

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5 stars

This is one of those books you'll want to add to your list for the girls in your life. I wish I had read this book as I was coming of age, as I would have learned so much in advance. However I also know my headstrong and wilful self would have ignored it and gone on my own path, thinking I knew it all - and that's the point.

You are what you have learned. You are what you will continue to learn, and that's the point. The question is, what will you do with what you've learned, and who will you teach?

Every single girl of age, and woman of ANY age, should wake up and find this book next to them. You'll need several copies. One for you to inhale, and several to gift to the girls you want to see flourish.

It's one of the most …