About this title: Two years on the New York Times bestseller list, "Women Who Run With Wolves" continues to draw audiences of men and women alike with its Jungian inspired readings of archetypal stories and myths celebrating the primitive, instinctive power of woman's essential wildness--and its restorative force.
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Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. 'Women Who Run With The Wolves isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows. ' Alice Walker In the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells us about the 'wild woman', the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and ... read more
Edition: 19th ptg
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine, NY
Date published: (1992)
Description: VG in VG DJ. Estes shows how women's vitality can be restored by "psychic archeological digs" into the ruins of the female unconscious. read more
Description: 2 cassettes in red and black pictorial box. Near fine. Myths and stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. Discusses legends and stories of women passed down through the generations from many areas of the world. Describes the deep female psyche and helps a woman to know her soul. Running time about 3 hours. Previously released as "The Wild Woman Archetype". The original audio classic and underground bestseller. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BALLANTINE BOOKS, NEW YORK
Date published: 1992
Description: N/A. Hardbound First Edition published by BALLANTINE BOOKS (New York) in 1992. 520 pages of clean, bright text. The interior is unblemished. The publication is new and unread. The covers and the spine are black in color. The Title as well as the Author's names are embossed into the spine in bright gilt. The covers and the spine are unblemished. The dust jacket is black in color with the gold colored illustration of a female holding a wolf with the universe in the background. The Title and the ... read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Sounds True
Date published: 2001-05-01
ISBN-13:9781564558459ISBN:1564558452
Description: NEW. Spoken Word Compact Disc. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781564558459. read more
Edition: Unabridged
Binding: Audiobook CD
Publisher: Sounds True
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781564558459ISBN:1564558452
Description: New enhanced edition of the original underground classic by Clarissa Pinkola EstA(c)s, Ph.D., features rare interview excerpts with this internationally acclaimed Jungian analyst and cantadora (keeper of the old stories). First released three years b... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ebury Press
Date published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781846041099ISBN:1846041090
Description: New. Presents the 'wild woman', the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. For centuries, the 'wild woman' has been repressed by a male-orientated value system which trivialises women's emotions. read more
Description: 'Women Who Run With The Wolves isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows. ' Alice Walker In the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells us about the 'wild woman', the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. For centuries, the 'wild woman' has been repressed by a male-orientated value system which trivialises women's emotions. Using a combination ... read more
"I bought this book years ago at a garage sale and never could get into it. Until one day I was walking past and had the urge to flip through it. I ended up reading the whole thing. I do agree with both sides of the love/hate reviews as it is hard to read and the author does seem to be a bit over the top but I read it at a time in my life that I really needed a bit of a pep talk. You really need to be mentally ready for this book.
I think this book is for people going through some issues in their life whether it is a separation (what I was going through) or some confidence issues, so that they can relate and take in what she is saying. I definately agree that women have lost a bit of themselves as to what we used to be, but as the author says we a great at adapting and that's what we have done. Whether it is for better or worse is up to the individual.
So if your going through a crisis and need someone to say that you are strong and powerful then you will enjoy this book."
"My neighbor is in a "Women Who Run With the Wolves" book group, and has been highly inspired by it. I didn't think I was too interested, but he let me borrow the companion audio recording, and I did enjoy it, mostly because of Estes's intensely pleasing voice and style of speaking and storytelling. Honestly, I'd love to hire her to talk to me all the time; I've never heard anyone more gifted in the art. Her soothing voice would have been a perfect casting for Meggie's voice in Inkheart (the girl who had the talent to bring characters to life with her impressive read-aloud skills).
About the content, I don't know. It's way too stereotypical feminist b-s for me, but it does resonate a little on a human level rather than a woman's. I'm not oppressed by a patriarchal society right now, really. But I do feel that all humans can relate to some of her ideas as "civilized" society certainly pressures us to contain our wild side, not just women. While most of it seems a bit dramatic, some ideas did strike a chord. However, I think the book has the ability to make people feel depressed, captive, oppressed, when they may have otherwise been happy.... I don't know."
"Let me just start with saying that there are two kinds of people who would NOT like this book: 1- chauvanistic men/pigs(hehe), and 2- women who are uptight with their religious and social beliefs (and the stepford housewives type).
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).
This book contains fairy tales and folklore stories which we were told as children, but never thought about as a tool for empowering women or entering their psyche. I did not give it five stars because the parts after each story in which the author explains the folkloric symbols, the achtypes, and the psychological implications, sometimes were too unneccessarily elaborate. In general, nevertheless, it is a very empoweing book.
The basic concept is that everything that is 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 which 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.
As a child, hearing the traditional fairy tales and reading Russian children's books, I remember never caring for the handome king, or the beautiful maiden, or the innocent mother; i was always obsessed with the evil charachters: the wolf, the vampire, the witch (especialy Baba Yaga), and the devil. I remember thinking of how string they are, how wise, and how cunningly smart, and wanting to be like them, and not like the weak princess who's waiting in her stupid castle waiting for some idiotic rich man with an ugly haircut to come and do all the work. After reading this book now i realize that even as a child, my wild nature was healthy and active, and I did base so many decisions in my life as a kid and now as an adult based on it...i sniff and see if something smells fishy, and i listen for the crack of broken twigs. I have to say though, that i still sometimes forget my canines and my claws, and start to drift into the appropriateness of the mainstream, but now I know how to always pounce right back into my furry, four-legged state with all its glory and pride. And i am thankful that I have a man who would not be surprised if i peed around a tree to mae it mine!! (just a figure of speech, don't ge any ideas, mia :-P)
Ladies, go find your inner animal and live free... following but the laws of the wild..."
The structure consists of chapters which begin with a brief folk story, followed by pages of analysis by Estes, with a strong feminist tilt. While I found the book interesting and inspiring, Estes's single-minded analysis left me skipping entire passages that seemed too redundant or far-reaching. When offered to a male friend, he responded that he resented the villainization of men within the text, and I have to agree that the roles men play in the stories, and in Estes's analysis, are often unfavorable. Certainly, as the title suggests, this is a text aimed at women, but I am led to ask the same question now as I have in the past, watching a group of women complain about boyfriends and husbands: Must we belittle our counterparts in order to celebrate ourselves? Because of her extreme outlook, I would warn a less critical woman away from the book, for fear that she might take Estes's words at face value and kick her boyfriend onto the couch for the duration of this considerable read.
Although the stories were appealing, Estes's analysis seemed oftentimes to reach too far and twist to hard to make her point. I stopped reading about half the way through, and lent the book to another."
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