Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
Her foundational and most influential work, introducing the mythic, folkloric, and Jungian themes that shape the rest of her bibliography.
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Clarissa Pinkola Estés Books in Order
Clarissa Pinkola Estés is an American poet, author, spoken-word artist, and Diplomate Senior Jungian psychoanalyst. Her writing draws on Jungian psychology, folklore, oral storytelling, cultural tradition, and spiritual reflection, with recurring attention to creativity, healing, female development, and the life of the soul. Her work has been published internationally in more than 40 languages.
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- Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
nonfiction · 1992
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…
- The Gift of Story: A Wise Tale About What Is Enough
fiction · 1993
The telling of several interlinked stories to illustrate the theme that love can triumph over loss. This book guides the reader to the realization that of all the gifts that people can give to one another, the most meaningful and…
- The Dancing Grandmothers: To Be Young While Old, Old While Young
nonfiction · 2007
- Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul
nonfiction · 2011
"Call her Our Lady, La Nuestra Señora, Holy Mother—or one of her thousands of other names," says Dr. Estés. "She wears hundreds of costumes, dozens of skin tones, is patroness of deserts, mountains, stars and oceans. Thus she comes to us…
