Read Online Women Who Run with the Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype Clarissa Pinkola Estés 8601420340220 Books

Product details Mass Market Paperback 608 pages Publisher Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (November 27, 1996) Language English ISBN-10 0345409876

Women Who Run with the Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype Clarissa Pinkola Estés 8601420340220 Books Reviews

• this book is my go to staple to feed my female soul. if anyone can get it right and deep it is Clarissa. to me, she is like the female version of Joseph Campbell. she totally unfolds the female archetypal characters and souls. if you want a book with meat and bones that talks about the issues of the female character and her relationships with other women ... within her family ... who betray her or abuse her, abandon her or neglect her ... and you have had that happen to you and you need a healing through profound understanding ... then get this book, read it and reread it and digest every bit of hit because there is nothing but soul food in here! thank heaven, God and angels for Clarissa. she is a national jewel and anything she creates speaks to me and i think it will speak to you as well.
• This is the book I return to for wisdom and guidance, that I quote to explain life lessons to friends and grandchildren, that I understand better and differently whatever age I am when I reread it, starting at 38 up til now when I am 67. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, a Jungian analyst and storyteller with a tradition of women storytellers on both sides of her family, tells the original versions of fairy tales and folk tales from around the world and then meticulously, exquisitely exposes the deep hidden archetypal meaning hiding within. From love to anger to finding and learning to trust our wild wisdom, she covers every aspect of women's lives. I buy spare copies whenever I find them to have on hand to give out whenever I find a receptive soul.
• I am still enjoying this book. The stories in it really resonates with me. I had stopped reading it for a couple of months after finishing a story when I had a break down about my life. I had started reading the book again to take my mind off of things and the next story, "The Red Shoes" touched a lot on what I am experiencing. Feeling a need to escape and get to a life that is happier/soulful. The Ugly Duckling is also one of my favorite stories in this book. The way the author takes the symbols and decode the meaning and themes of these stories is amazing. As kids hearing these fairy tales we'd never know that there was a deeper meaning to them. As adults they mean so much more.
• This book could be interesting and I like the concept of it. I've heard so much about how awesome it is and a lot of people in the groups I'm in rave about this book. I decided to finally buy it without reading it first. Big mistake. I should've checked this out from the library first. I am an intelligent person, I have a bachelor's degree, and I've completed research at the graduate level beyond my years because apparently that's where my reading and writing skills are. The author's writing is impossible to follow completely because a lot of unnecessary words are added in, some of which don't add any meaning to whatever it is that she is trying to say. Just no. Check it out from the library if curious.
• Years ago, I would not have given the book, or its title a second thought. But with lived experience, comes a different perspective. The clarity that it has given me is mind blowing. Dr. Estes is totally on point in her narrative and understanding of the woman archetype within...in all aspects and phases of our lives. She brings a wholeness and a healing to those of us who suffered under the yoke of 'expectations' and allows us to live free. Thus, we owe it to our daughters, granddaughters, and daughters-in-law to allow them to 'run with the wolves' and not encumber them with the 'roles' in which many of us were expected to fulfill.
  This is a must read for ALL women and for the men who love them. This isn't a 'fluff' read at all...it is deep and messy at times, but the narrative she paints with her words and stories connect with every woman who has yearned to be free and run with the wolves!!
• Couldn’t get past the first chapter. I’m not sure if I just lost my attention span or have gotten dumber over the years, but, based on the other 1 and 2 star reviews, I’m thinking that the writing is just terrible. I felt like I was trying to read the Bible, if the Bible was written in the style of Alice in Wonderland. So many unnecessary words and long sentences. Pass.
• This book is for all women, who struggled through life because of the pressures and pre-tailored expectations of their families, socieities, religious leaders, husbands, children, etc, and finally saw the light of the moon and could not fight the urge to howl (owwwwwwwwwwwwww).
  
  The basic concept is that everything that goes wrong in women's lives in the modern world is that they have forgotten their wild nature, that place inside their mind which still leads with an animal instict that makes women strong and with much power. The Wild Woman is between bars inside each one of us, howling and scratching her way out, demanding that she has time to create art, to heal, to protect her territory, to guide, to give life, to mourne, to make love, to laugh scandelously with no shame, to live with no boundries, to teach, to carry wisdom, and to trust her intuition and instincts.
  
  Ladies, go find your inner animal and live free... following but the laws of the wild...