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to hear words that transferred hard-won wisdom
and allowed dreams of unlimited possibilities.
In a modern world that limits wisdom to 'facts,'
and women's access even to those, Dr. Estes
has restored the fire-for us all."
Gloria Steinem, author of
Revolution from Within
who believe in spirituality, myth and
medicine of the soul, should read this amazing
work. It is a truly profound spiritual
testimony to the Wild Wolf Woman within!
....Selkywolf...
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strong life force, life-giving,
territorily aware, intuitive and loyal.
Yet separation from her wildish nature
causes a woman to become meager, anxious,
and fearful.
With the wild nature as ally and teacher,
we see not through two eyes only,
but through the many eyes of intuition.
With intuition we are like the starry night,
we gaze at the world through a thousand eyes.
The wild nature carries the medicine for
all things.
She carries stories, dreams, words and songs.
She carries everything a woman needs to
be and know.
She is the essence of the female soul...
It does not mean to lose one's primary
socializations. It means quite the opposite.
The wild nature has a vast integrity to it.
It means to establish territory, to find
one's pack, to be in one's body with
certainty and pride, to speak and act in
one's behalf, to be alert, and to find
what one belongs to. It means to rise
with dignity, to proceed as a powerful
being who is friendly but never tame.
The Wild Woman is the one who thunders
in the face of injustice. She is the one
who keeps a woman going when she thinks
she's done for.
She is intuition, far-seer, deep listener,
and she is loyal heart. She thrives on
fresh site, and self-integrity.
Where can you find her?
She walks in the deserts, cities, woods,
oceans, and in the mountain of solitude.
She lives in women everywhere; in
castles with queens, in the boardrooms,
in the penthouse, and on the night bus to
Brownsville.
Whether you are possessed of a simple
heart or the ambitious, whether you are
trying to make it to the top or just make
it through tomorrow, the wild nature
belongs to you.
She lives in a faraway place that breaks
through to our world. She lives in the
past and is summoned by us. She is in
the present. She is in the future and
walks backward in time to find us now.
Without us, Wild Woman dies. Without
Wild Woman, we die. Para Vida, for true
life, both must live.
© Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D.
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the wolf is one of the most common
animals that human beings dream about.
When some basic thread of a human being's
life has broken or become unraveled, the
spirit of the wolf often shows up in
night dreams. Healthy wolves and healthy
humans share certain psychic characteristics:
keen sensing, playful spirit, and a
heightened capacity for devotion.
Wolves are relational by nature,
inquiring, possessed of great endurance
and strength. They are deeply intuitive,
intensely concerned with their young, their
mate and their pack. They are experienced
in adapting to constantly changing
circumstances, they are fiercely stalwart
and very brave.
The wolf's appearance in a person's dream
may be a reference to the integrity of
living in cycles, a directive regarding
the repair of injured instincts, or a
reminder of one's innate strength, and
knowing.
Psychoanalytically, it is not untoward
to conclude, that if in reality the species
known as wolf were truly eradicated by
humans, that its significant influence as a
predictive and life-inspiring image in
the symbolic language of dreams would be
eradicated also.
One of the matters given no notice in
discussions about the wolf -- or any other
of nature's creatures for that matter --
is this critical psychic fact: When we
eradicate living creatures from our
outer environs, within a few generations
they become desaparecidos, they are
massacred in the dream world as well."
--Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
from Notes for "Women Who Run With the Wolves"
"Wind Walker" CD
Used with Permission ©Elan Michaels
Angie for the beautiful graphics!
From Original art "Blue Moon" by Maija.
Graphics ©Selkywolf's Den!!