Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls.In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine.Dr. Estés has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., the internationally known poet, psychoanalyst, and author of the seminal classic Women Who Run With The Wolves (99 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, translated into eighteen languages, and a bestseller worldwide), touches our lives anew, rendering in the strong and lyrical voice for which she has become known a powerful series of her signature healing stories.These elegantly interlocked tales of loss, survival, and fierce rebirth center around Dr. Estes's uncle, a war-ravaged Hungarian peasant farmer and refugee, a faithful gardener, and a storehouse of stories who was one of the "dancing fools, wise old crows, grumpy sages, and 'almost saints' who made up the old people" in Estés's childhood.Told with graceful simplicity, deep feeling, generous humor, and profound optimism, The Faithful Gardener is, at its captivating core, the story of an open-hearted child who listened well to her old-country elders and who grew up to remember, to bear witness, and, as one of the premier storytellers of our times, to remind readers and listeners of all ages of "that magisterial life force within all things that strengthens us in times of turmoil or transition, that faithful force which can never die."

A autora do clássico Mulheres que correm com os lobos, que há 14 anos ganha reimpressões sucessivas pela Rocco, está de volta com este pequeno livro sobre a grandeza e a sabedoria da terceira idade. Em A ciranda das mulheres sábias, a psicanalista e poetisa Clarissa Pinkola Estés reverencia a maturidade feminina e faz uma comovente e profunda homenagem àquelas mulheres que souberam acumular sabedoria ao longo de suas existências. O livro tem uma linguagem metafórica, que se assemelha às antigas histórias contadas de mães para filhas, e chega às livrarias na última semana de maio.

"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 in billions of images, but at her center, she is the Great Immaculate Heart." With Untie the Strong Woman, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés invites us to reconnect with "the fierce and loving Blessed Mother who is friendly, but never tame—she who flies to our aid when the road is long and our hearts are broken, ever ready to rekindle the inner fire of our creative souls." In her first book in more than a decade, Dr. Estés illuminates Our Lady through blessings, images, and narrative, including:* Stories of connecting with the Blessed Mother, including "Meeting the Lady in Red" and "Untie the Strong Woman";* Blessed Mother's many images from around the world, including "Litany of The Mother Road: A Chant of Her Incandescent Names", "A Man Named Mary", and "The Marys of Mother Africa";* The wild side of her love, including "Massacre of the Dreamers", "The Maiz Mother", "Holy Card of Swords Through the Heart", and "Guadalupe is a Girl Gang Leader in Heaven"."The Blessed Mother is often 'Friend to the friendless one' and Mother to all—yet too many of us have been estranged from her for far too long." Untie the Strong Woman opens a channel to this sacred and nurturing force—"breaking through walls that have held us back from her presence, and instead, inviting us to shelter under her starry green mantle."

Dr. Estés asks, "Did you know, you were born as the first, and the last and the best and the only one of your kind, and that eccentricity is the first sign of giftedness? These are two of the crone truths I have to offer you." If you have any doubt, come join us at the fireside of The Dangerous Old Woman for the soul-healing wisdom that will ignite your creativity and support your highest calling in life. Three decades in the writing, The Dangerous Old Woman presents part one of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés' masterwork. In six "inspire 'til you're on fire" sessions, Dr. Estés animates the archetypal patterns of the Wise Woman through her original stories, poetry, and blessings.Old While Young, and Young While OldWe are born with two forces that give us every lens we need to see who we really the wild and ever-young force of imagination, which contains intuition and instinct, and the wise elder force of knowledge, which holds boundaries and carries the heart of the visionary. Through captivating stories and insights, Dr. Estés illustrates why this twofold way of being "old while young, and young while old" is the secret to holding and replenishing the center, thus living wildly and wisely ensouled amidst life's travails and triumphs.Your Wild and Wise, Both"If you are not free to be who you are, you are not free," says Dr. Estés. Begin and deepen the work of bringing your one-of-a-kind legacy into the world following the trail blazed by the Dangerous Old Woman. She who stops at nothing to nourish, protect, and guide us in the offering of all our creative gifts.Stories, Poems, and Blessings "The Angelic Ten": Old Guidance for One's Sanity "Standing in My Danger": The Good Meaning of the Word "Dangerous" "Snow White": When Gifts Have Been Poisoned Grandmother "Los Cinco Espiritus, The Five Women Spirits" "The Vashinger and the Return of the Vampires" "The Ruby Red Fox": About Seduction "Las Tres Osas, the Three Old Re-Weavers of Torn Lives" "The Man Who Hated Trees": Nature, the Unrepentant Mother "The Jealous Girls and the Old Woman Under the Lake" "When a Good Mother Dies": What Gifts Ever Remain "The Precious Museum Tree": The Hidden Life "What Did You Dream? What Did You Dream?"

Healing for the “Unmothered Child”The pain of abandonment, both real and metaphorical, can cast a shadow over our entire adult experience. Warming the Stone Child investigates the abandoned child archetype in world myths and cultures to find clues about the process of healing the unmothered child within us all. Along the way, this gifted storyteller and Jungian psychoanalyst instructs us about the psychology of abandonment in childhood, how it affects us in later life, and its curiously special gifts and powers. Join her as she The Inuit fable of the Stone Child• Symptoms of the adult “abandoned child”• The story of the Little Red Cap• The English tale of the Stolen Woman Moon• The four types of abandonment• Re-creating the inner mother, and much more.Drawing from many world cultures, Dr. Estés has gathered a collection of deep myths, fables, and fairy tales with the adult listener in mind. Her storytelling creates a compelling picture of the orphan figure through the ages, while helping us understand the meaning of preadolescent abandonment in our own lives. Spiced with wonderful storytelling, Warming The Stone Child is a unique listening experience with a practical edge.

In Search of La Chispa: The Elemental Source of Your CreativityAn expanded edition of the classic on creativity by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, this spoken-word masterpiece guides you through the dark labyrinths of the psyche in search of "la chispa" the ember that is the elemental source of all creative work. Dr. Estes teaches about the hidden aspects of creativity, including the negative complexes that prey upon creative energy. The Creative Fire includes many special insights for people who create for a living: artists, writers, teachers, and others who must depend on their creative instincts every day."

A heartwarming story, perfect for the holidays, is beautifully rendered by the noted storyteller and Jungian analyst who brought readers Women Who Run with the Wolves. Original.

Where is memory of who we really are, who sent us here, and what is our work here, and why are we often so unusual, so different, so eccentric, so belonging often to a tribe of one? Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, published in 34 languages and one of the most far-reaching artist-psychoanalysts of our time, teaches that in archetypal imagination, "Mother Night is the quintessential medial woman, the woman who can walk in two worlds... 'the one who knows' and who can reveal solid ways of living and unleashing creative life in both worlds." The program Mother Night presents a new series of audio teachings from the Jungian psychoanalyst and author of Women Who Run With the Wolves. This six-session learning event invites us to tap the generative power of the goodness of the core self that is, all creativity and understanding that lies out of sight in darkness often called the unconscious. Throughout 11 hours of teaching stories, you'll hear 12 stories and myths told here for the first time.

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés invites listeners to The Joyous Body. Here, she shares original stories, poems, and psychological commentary about the challenges, remedies, and ancient knowings of the holy female body, that which is not a dumb servant but a divine fellow traveler and consort. Six inspirational sessions celebrate and reclaim the mystery and power of the feminine form, exploring: How to Love the Body Truly ; The Midwife Exemplar: The Body as Radiant Being; The Old Woman as The Original Busy-and-Wise Body; The Great Silverbeards: Making Peace with the Body; Life Size story; The Body Bill of Rights; The Ice Queen: The Distorted Mirror ; I Tell Your Beautiful Body to You ; On remarkable life emerging from the midst of the wound; How the White-Throated Sparrow Came to the New World ; The Dancing Grandmothers. As the wise woman gathers years, like an ancient tree, she grows even more arms, even more flowers and fruits, explains Dr. Estés. She is more rooted, more vast, more sheltering developing her callings to be throughout life: maiden mother, medium, crone, elder, healer, teacher, artist, knowing woman. The Joyous Body welcomes all women to discover the body as Radiant Being ever ready to protect, guide, and support us on the journey of the soul.

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Presents Part Two of Her Masterwork on the Dangerous Old Woman“Dear brave souls, I warmly invite you to come be at the fireside with me and the Dangerous Old Woman and the Power of the Crone. Who is the crone? She is the most dangerous, the most radical, the most revolutionary woman in existence. Whether in fairy tales or in consensual reality, the old one goes where she wants to and she acts as she wishes; she lives as she chooses. And this is all as it should be. And no one can stop her. Nor ought they try.”―Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhDWhen Does Wisdom Come?Entering the terrain of wisdom occurs at any age. We sometimes step, sometimes stumble, and other times are pulled into the territory of the Crone when the need for a deeper, larger understanding of our most meaningful paths in life can no longer be denied, and when the gifts that are hidden in our challenges must be brought forth.On The Power of the Crone, Dr. Estés presents volume two of the Dangerous Old Woman, with six sessions of original stories, psychological commentary, and blessings. Join her to meet Las Cacareas (The Old Cacklers), La Misteria (The Seer), La Arbolaria (The Spellbreaker), and the wisdom-wielding Crone in many more of her guises.Fulfilling the Callings of SoulSays Dr. Esté “If you weep, the Crone will move closer to you. Laugh, and she wants to hear the joke. Dance, and she wants to dance with you and in you. She has help for the hurt and for the one poisoned by bitterness. She can pull the thorn from the breast, and tattoo your scars with flowering boughs.” This is the power of the Crone, ready to assist each of us to “fulfill the callings of the souls on this earth―with verve, with style, with critical insights, with wisdom, and with love.”Stories, Poems, and Blessings “The Littlest Giantess”• “The Orcharder Who Tried to Deform the Trees”• “Backwoods Woman … When the Old Woman Comes to Shake You Awake”• “Don’t Make Creator Too Small”• “The 13 Phases of the Cycle of Life-Death-Life”• “The Unrepentant Trees”• “ El Mano and the Monster”• “When ‘The Great They’ Say ‘Stop Acting Up’”• “The Girl Who Had No Story”• “The Checker-Barked Cherry Tree”• “Jack and the Beanstalk”• “The Sitar Player”• “The Rhymer’s Advice”• “Father Bring Me Fire”• “Gratitude Is an Emotion of the Heart”

Volume Four of the Dangerous Old Woman Series with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes "What makes talent bloom? Ask what makes a tree blossom. They are the same. It is not unfathomable. It only takes concentration. Concentration of energies is what makes a tree flower. Not bigger, not faster, not taking up more space. Rather, less space. Density. Pressure in hard places. Often, in the dark. Relentlessly. Freely. For as long as it takes. Hold faith, a gestation can go long and for good reason, and nothing much shows above ground. But then, one day " Clarissa Pinkola Estes, PhD Are you waiting for New Life, for your talents to bloom? With The Late Bloomer, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes presents volume four of her masterwork on the Wise Woman archetype, bringing you six sessions of original tales, stories from her ethnic families, poems, blessings, and psychological commentary exploring the cycles of "burgeoning, blooming New Life." The Ultimate Blooming Takes Time Although we are each created with countless gifts to share in this lifetime, no one is born in full development, begins Dr. Estes. The Late Bloomer the one at the verge of tipping forward into her creative powers speaks to all of us who sense within "great talent untapped touchingly wondrous yet wounded or held back by fate in some way." Meet the wise old woman in the form of The Late Bloomer in her many guises, as she beckons us to ignite the creative fire of the interior life, to burst into bloom time and again. Step Forward into Your True Shape Dr. Estes asks, "What is your reason for being here on earth? What are the promises you made to Creator before you came? That is your original shape the holy shape of how you are meant to go in life, regardless of all crosswinds." The old woman as the wise Late Bloomer calls us to "step forward into our true shapes, and to step onto the open road and blue sky where we can be born into New Life again." Stories, Poems, and Blessings Include The High Tea The Emperor's New Clothes The Maker of Pencils How To Animate The Life-Force La Danzanta-An Old Woman's Rules for Ever-Renewing Creative Jing The Fisherman's Wife The Woman Who Was Eaten by Her Relatives As a Woman Learns to Be Queen of Herself Words for Walking Back to the Strong House The Child in the Ice The Dream of Chac Ma The Dress The Hair-Curler Lady The Ritual of Marzana The Rose Tree Warrior The Smoke Tree Story

From five to seven times each night, we dream and glimpse into a reality not normally available to us. Now Jungian psychoanalyst and author Clarissa Pinkola Estés explores the symbols, themes, and insights of these letters from our unconscious, with the beginning student in mind.From common dreams such as flying, falling, or being chased, to the seven types of unusual dreams, The Beginner's Guide to Dream Interpretation demystifies popular misconceptions and offers concrete techniques for recalling and uncovering the hidden meanings of your dreams for inspiration and guidance.For anyone eager to make sense of these gifts from the Dreammaker, here is an accessible new primer from this eloquent authority on dreams and their archetypal power. what they are―and where they come fromA simple, creative approach to dream interpretationRecall exercises, dream associations, and other tools from psychoanalysis

As a child growing up in a family of cantadoras (keepers of the old stories), Clarissa Pinkola Estés learned firsthand how a story told at bedtime can soothe away the troubles of the day and prepare the way for another night's dreams to follow. Now a beloved cantadora herself, Estés shares this treasured family tradition with you on Bedtime Stories, her own special collection of tales to relax and ease you to sleep.Join this world-renowned Jungian analyst and bestselling author as she explores how to use stories as healing companions that open an aperture into the divine world of our dreams, as well as the meaning of archetypal figures like Mother Night and the Sandman, and themes such as renewal, enchantment and transformation. Includes original tellings by Dr. Estés of her bedside favorites, including "Sleeping Beauty," "The Mouse and the Lion," and more.

The Red Shoes is a dramatic excursion into the realm of the soul with analyst Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Using an ancient tale deeply rooted in our collective psyches, Dr. Estes illuminates how people fall prey to destructive impulses while seeking to balance their inner lives. In our culture, she begins, we may travel life's path in one of two ways: in handmade shoes, crafted with love and care according to the unique needs of the individual soul; or in Red Shoes, which promise instant fulfillment, but ultimately lead to a painful, hollow, and split existence. Drawing from real-world examples such as the tragic death of Janis Joplin, Dr. Estes analyzes the deeply seated needs that lead to addiction. By listening to your instinctive forces, she says, you can free yourself of the exterior traps that torment and destroy the soul. This is the way to construct a life that is uniquely your own; a life made by hand. The Red Shoes is a treasury of ideas and counsel, threaded with magical storytelling, about the complete life each one of us deserves to lead.Additional contents: The Internal Predator; how instincts are injured; learning to say no; the exile; vulnerability and seduction; feral women; and more."

Buried into all of us is what Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés refers to as “the one who knows”―the instinctive, intuitive nature. This, she teaches, is the source of creativity and understanding that lies out of sight in darkness, often called the unconscious.On Seeing in the Dark, we join the esteemed Jungian psychoanalyst and bestselling author to learn how to perceive through the eyes of the soul as well as through the eyes of the ego. This dual way of seeing, being, and acting, Dr. Estés explains, is the most direct way to reclaim the gifts of the “healing apothecary” set into each soul at birth.On two CDs of empowering insights, special blessing prayers, and original stories―told here for the first time―Dr. Estés inspires us to find our one-of-a-kind voice and trust in our ability to “see beyond the obvious, to see beyond the cultural,” as she “The Fire Owl””―an all-new tale about reclaiming the fire of enthusiasm when others would try to steal it away• “The Corpse Bride””―an all-new story about the hope which cannot die and the power of redemption• “The Erl König,” “The Rebbe in Prison,” “The Man Who Sought Treasure Afar,” and more“We are weakly linked or else severed from the wild and wise self,” says Dr. Estés. “Yet, deep creative life is informed by the realm of mystery, dreams, sudden knowings; the shadow.” Seeing in the Dark is an inspiring call to “mine the raw gems of spirit, soul, and creative life”―again, or for the very first time. Portions of this program excerpted from the full-length audio course Mother Night .

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Presents Volume Five of the Dangerous Old Woman Series“What makes an elder, a heartfelt spirit, a clear mind, a talented heart, one who is young while old and old while young, an activist for the Soul? Is it formulae, schemas, lexicons? It could be. But also, and often more so, I think it is very like the flowering of the trees in the forest, as we gather more we straggle and stride onward in our better learned ways to give out even more seeds for new life, and to blossom wildly in so doing for self and others … The old ones are yet traveling underground and overland toward us as we meet one more La Vidente , the Seer; La Que Sabe , the Knowing Woman; La Levantadora , the Lifter of Curses―the Dangerous Old Woman in her many likenesses calls to you to 'get down to business.'” ―Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhDHow to Be an Elder presents the culmination of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés' masterwork, inviting us to “come into our own as wiser and wild souls” through six sessions of teachings, stories, poetry, and blessings. In this fifth and final volume of Dr. Estés' landmark series, we will explore how it is that through the gathering of our years we become a beautiful refuge for ourselves, our Souls, and for those who come after us.“Did I mention, dear brave souls,” reminds Dr. Estés, “that you came with all the seedlings needed to do your work, to take your venerable places in life? Now is the just-right time, like Sleeping Beauty, to break the enchantment, to truly awaken and awaken others, as either a rookie Dangerous Old Woman, or a mid-career Dangerous Old Woman, or as Crone with Crown complete!”Stories, Poems, and Blessings IncludeA Simple Prayer for Remembering• El Arbol de la Vida : The Tree of Life• Blessing “Tattoo Your Scars with Flowering Vines”• “Sleeping Beauty”• Blessing “Do Not Fold Your Wings So Small”• “The Shoebox of Tangled Necklaces”• “Rumpelstiltskin”• Blessing “May You See with Three Sets of Creator-Blessed Eyes”• “Rapunzel”• “The Loathly Bride”• Blessing “You Shall Be Like a Volcano Heard from Afar”• “This Little Time Traveler”• “The Stolen Mother Moon”• Blessing “The Hardening off of the Heartwood”• “Distilling Aunt Edna from the Bottle”• “The Rabbi's Advice to the Harried”• “A Handful of Mud”• “Baucis and Philemon”• Blessing “The Mountain for Old Lovers”

For all men and women who thirst to love and be loved by a woman, these words and stories of guidance from Clarissa Pinkola Estés are aqua vitae, the water of life for the soul.Dr. Estés teaches that in love relationships, each partner challenges, nourishes, and transforms the other. To achieve this lifelong love requires an understanding of the mysterious internal cycles that fuel relationships.Through irresistible storytelling, How to Love a Woman shows how every relationship fades and expires, only to be reborn in a fresh and strengthened form.

The Archetypal Power in Women's DreamsEvery night of our lives, we experience between five and seven dreams, each reflecting our most intimate passions and conflicts. Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes compares each one to a riddle. Once solved, it can provide a surprising answer to an unresolved question buried within the psyche. On In the House of the Riddle Mother, Estes surveys the most common archetypal patterns women experience while dreaming. Based on 20 years of work, this audio seminar is a dense, poetic storehouse of information about the dream life of women. Information is divided into 17 instructive sections, each devoted to analyzing distinct dream motifs.

Come to the stage between two worlds―come to the Theatre of the Imagination . On this six-part live performance series, bestselling author and beloved cantadora (keeper of the old stories) Clarissa Pinkola Estés shares the work of her myths, tales, and poetry with the power to nourish and heal.Contained within Theatre of the Imagination are the great universal themes―tales of loss and resurrection; of love and sacrifice; of the courage to survive―yet it is as if Dr. Estés is speaking only to you. With words that weave in and out of the interior and exterior worlds, she creates an amazing fabric of the purest wisdom―fought for, won, and preserved to teach all generations―that which is most worth knowing.You will hear more than 40 original poems, archetypal insights, and dozens of strengthening stories from Dr. Estés' own family's oral traditions. Dr. Estés teaches that each story holds a key to a deeper "Stories cut fine wide doors in previous blank walls, openings that lead to the dreamland, that lead to love and learning that lead us back to our own real lives."Presented in her one-of-a-kind lyrical style, Theatre of the Imagination seats you in the front row at these performances of a lifetime. More than five hours of signature stories, plus earthy and wise advice, archetypal insights, poetry, and much more.Six Healing Stories Las Tres Osas Viejas (The Three Old Ones)• The Fisherman's Wife• Skeleton Woman• The Crescent Moon Bear• Sealskin/Soulskin• WolfenLearn More The cycles of life and death• How the language of symbols translates into everyday life• Community and healing the homesickness within the soul• How to stop your destructive inner critic• Reclaiming the bodies we were born with• Facing the cycles of change in a relationship• Agelessness and the aerial view of the elder• How to awaken the 1,000 eyes of your intuition• Transformation through the four vital steps to forgiveness• The power of the Divine Child• Finding courage and the sacred center of the psyche• When others try to silence how to claim your strength

The Jungian analyst and storyteller presents six tales of healing.

6-Cassette Audio Set of a PerformanceSeries Given by Clarissa Pinkola Estesin Boulder, CO in 1995. Approx. 7 Hours.

First published three years before the print edition of Women Who Run With the Wolves made publishing history, this original audio edition quickly became an underground bestseller. For its insights into the inner life of women, it established Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés as one of the most important voices of our time in the fields of Jungian psychology, myth, and women's mysteries.Drawing from her work as a psychoanalyst and cantadora ("keeper of the old stories"), Dr. Estés uses myths and folktales to illustrate how societies systematically strip away the feminine spirit. Through an exploration into the nature of the wild woman archetype, Dr. Estés helps listeners rediscover and free their own wild nature.The magical storytelling, myths, and commentary on Women Who Run With the Wolves continue to inspire a new level of self-knowledge among listeners young and old.Note: These CD-ROM-format enhanced CDs contain audio, music, and video clips and are meant to be played on your computer, using an Internet connection, speakers, and Real Player programs, which are free for download. Enhanced content is exclusive to CD version

As an analyst working with the dying, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés has developed seminal methods to help ease the fear that can accompany the dying process. On The Radiant Coat, this bestselling author shares myths and stories first told at the bedsides of the dying to comfort them and their loved ones. For other cultures, Dr. Estés teaches, death holds no terror. It is in fact characterized as an ally, a wise and caring figure, leading departed souls through the starry night into the next day. This application of storytelling as a precious medicine for the terminally ill has attracted worldwide attention to the work of Dr. Estés. Fusing stories with useful psychological analysis, she removes the cloak of fear that surrounds the dying process. The Radiant Coat is a uniquely helpful collection of teaching stories, offered to help all listeners who seek to understand death—not as the end of life—but as another beginning.Additional contents: Death as a companion; consciously preparing for death; the four tasks in crossing between the worlds; dreams of the dying; medical intervention; the split archetype of the doctor as both life-bringer and escort through the doorway of death. Stories include: Godfather Death, The Water Glass, The Radiant Coat, and more.Runtime: 1 hour, 31 minutes.

Aceste povestiri care se întretaie cu eleganţă vorbesc despre pierdere, supravieţuire şi renaştere, fiind construite în jurul experienţelor unchiului scriitoarei, un ţăran fugit dintr-o Ungarie devastată de război, devenit ulterior, refugiat grădinar credincios şi un tezaur ambulant de poveşti, unul dintre „saltimbancii puşi pe şotii, bătrânii lăudăroşi, înţelepţii ursuzi şi bărbaţii atât de aproape de sfinţenie” din copilăria lui Estés. Scrisă cu simplitate, sentimente profunde, ironie din belşug, dar şi cu optimism, Grădinarul credincios este, în esenţă, povestea unei fetiţe cu inima deschisă, care ştie să-i asculte pe bătrâni şi care a ajuns la maturitate ca să povestească ceea ce a văzut. Ea a devenit una dintre povestitoarele de prim rang ale zilelor noastre, mereu gata să le amintească cititorilor de toate vârstele despre „extraordinara forţă vitală ascunsă în miezul lucrurilor, care ne dă puterea să mergem mai departe în vremuri tulburi sau de tranziţie, o torţă stăruitoare ce nu piere niciodată”.Aceasta este una dintre vechile binecuvântări care circulau în familia mea:„CEL CARE VA RĂMÂNE TREAZ LA CAPĂTUL UNEI NOPŢI DE DEPĂNAT POVEŞTI VA DEVENI, CU SIGURANŢĂ, CEL MAI MARE ÎNŢELEPT!”S-ar putea să fii tu. Sau s-ar putea să fim noi toţi. „Cum să definesc această forţă spirituală a credinţei, a seminţei care cade pe pământul gol îmbogăţindu-l? Nu pot pretinde că înţeleg exact cum se manifestă, însă ştiu că, în grija ei, ceea ce pare pierdut se întoarce la noi, ceea ce pare imposibil ajunge să se realizeze, ceea ce pare pustiu şi gol se odihneşte de fapt şi aşteaptă ca seminţele sale binecuvântate să ajungă la noi, purtate de vânt vegheate de harul divin.” „Poveştile care educă, modelează şi vindecă oferă un confort vital psihicului, care nu poate fi obţinut prin nicio altă metodă. Ele demonstrează că oamenii dispun de trucuri specifice şi neo­bişnuite care îi ajută să depăşească obstacolele din viaţă. Le oferă în acelaşi timp sprijinul de care au nevoie pentru a duce o viaţă liberă şi plină de sens, de care merită să-şi aducă aminte.”Dr. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS În Darul povestirii veţi găsi câteva povestiri aşezate, la fel ca păpuşile ruseşti, una într-alta. Toate alcătuiesc un testament emoţionant al tri­umfului iubirii asupra pierderii şi suferinţei. Autoarea amestecă cu măiestrie răul şi binele, întunericul şi lumina, disperarea şi speranţa, într-un cadou minunat care lumi­nează şi fortifică, un dar ce va fi preţuit de toţi cei care îl primesc. Dr. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, poetă distinsă cu numeroase premii, psihoterapeută de formaţie jungiană şi o cantadora (păstrătoare a vechilor poveşti) din tradiţia hispanică, este autoarea lucrării deja clasice Femei care aleargă cu lupii. Poveşti şi mituri ale arhetipului femeii sălbatice (care s-a menţinut 99 de săptămâni în topul New York Times şi a fost tradusă în 18 limbi, printre care şi română). Volumul a adus în vieţile oamenilor o vibraţie nouă, din care transpare o voce puternică şi încărcată de lirism, devenită ulterior punct de referinţă pentru o altă serie de povestiri tera­peutice, purtând semnătura autoarei.Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés a fost director executiv al Centrului pentru Educaţie şi Cercetare GG. Jung din Statele Unite.

Myths and stories of the wild woman archetype. A complimentary guide, specially prepared by the author.

Coletânea de contos selecionados e prefaciados pela dra. Clarissa Pinkola Estés.

"In un mondo che è al contempo da crepacuore per l'orrore che presenta e mozzafiato per la bellezza che mostra, è davvero sacrosanta la ragione per andare in cerca di questa grande forza ammaestratrice nota come Nostra Madre. Per volerla trovare e restarle vicino." Così inizia il nuovo libro di Clarissa Pinkola Estés, un viaggio nell'universo femminile più profondo: quello spirituale. Dopo aver stimolato il risveglio della Donna Selvaggia attraverso racconti, fiabe e miti, la psicoanalista junghiana che ha conquistato milioni di lettrici con "Donne che corrono coi lupi" ci guida adesso alla scoperta dell'aspetto più intimo della psiche femminile, quello legato alla spiritualità intesa come forza creativa e feconda. In tutte le religioni e culture ancestrali, infatti, esiste una potenza fertile e prolifica riconosciuta come Grande Madre, nel cui grembo il mondo è stato concepito e a cui tutti apparteniamo. Una Grande Madre, benedicente e compassionevole, che accetta e supera la sfida di affrontare il mondo così com'è, bello e terribile allo stesso tempo.

«Nelle fiabe sono incastonate le idee più infinitamente sagge che nel corso dei secoli si sono rifiutate di farsi potare, logorare o annientare. Le idee più imperiture e sagge sono raccolte in quelle reti intessute d'argento che chiamiamo storie. Dai tempi in cui si radunavano intorno al primo fuoco, gli esseri umani sono stati attratti da storie mistiche. Perché? Perché tutte quelle storie additano un unico fatto capitale, e cioè che se l'anima nel suo cammino può incespicare o perdersi, alla fi ne ritroverà il suo fulcro ardente, la sua divinità, la sua forza, la sua via, il suo stretto ma divino sentiero di liberazione.» Nessuno meglio di Clarissa Pinkola Estés può dire l'essenza di questo libro, antologia «affettuosa» (un regalo alle sue lettrici italiane in anteprima mondiale) di saggi, nella quale l'autrice rivela le verità nascoste dietro immagini note a tutti, fin dall'infanzia: quelle delle fiabe. Dopo aver reso famoso il mito della Donna Selvaggia grazie al grande successo di Donne che corrono coi lupi, ora racconta e spiega i personaggi inventati dall'uomo fin dall'antichità. Dagli dèi greci ai personaggi delle favole moderne, dagli animali favolosi agli immortali innamorati, l'autrice ci accompagna in una vera e propria storia dell'immaginazione, svelando quali aspetti della nostra psiche si celino dietro quei soggetti leggendari. Perché i miti nascono nella notte dei tempi e raccontano i desideri più profondi di uomini e donne. Quelli dell'anima.

Women Who Run With The Wolves, If Women Rose Rooted, Wild Power 3 Books Collection Set. Women Who Run With The Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman 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 of time-honoured stories and contemporary casework, Estes reveals that the 'wild woman' in us is innately healthy, passionate and wise. If Women Rose Rooted : A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging A life-changing journey from the wasteland of modern society to a place of nourishment and connection.If Women Rose Rooted has been described as both transformative and essential. Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a quest to find their place in the world, drawing inspiration from the wise and powerful females in native mythology, and guidance from contemporary women who have re-rooted themselves in land and community and taken responsibility for shaping the future. Wild Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power The menstrual cycle is a vital and vitalizing system in the female body, yet our understanding of and respect for this process is both limited and distorted. Few women really know about the physiology of their cycle, and many do not see it as an integral part of their health and wellbeing, let alone as a potential guide to emotional and spiritual empowerment.