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The lessons and activities will help students gain an intimate understanding of the text; while the tests and quizzes will help you evaluate how well the students have grasped the material. Jean Shinoda Bolen M. The Seat of the Soul.
Ask And It Is Given. Esther Hicks Jerry Hicks. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. Robert B Cialdini PhD. All the Birds, Singing. The Art of Belonging.
And so we begin. The title should be at least 4 characters long. Stories set the inner life into motion, and this is particularly important where the inner life is frightened, wedged, or cornered. Typically, there are questions per chapter, act or section. Bluebeard shouts for his wife and begins to clomp up the stone steps. This destructive force becomes murderous, and says the woman has violated the holy of holies and now must die. The way the author takes the symbols and decode the meaning and themes of these stories is amazing.
A Course in Miracles. The Power of Now. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying. The Power of Habit. A Return to Love. Don't Say A Word. Think and Grow Rich. A House in the Sky. The Light Behind The Window.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Never Let Me Go. All My Puny Sorrows. And the Mountains Echoed. A Spool of Blue Thread. The Secret of the Blue Trunk.
The Nature of the Beast. The Aliomenti Saga Box Set. To Kill A Mockingbird. In the Unlikely Event. Women Who Run With the Wolves. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming. The Seven Principles of Mastery. Let Me Hear Your Voice: The Light Between Oceans by M. Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A.
From Front Porch to Back Seat: Perhaps its the idea of it 'unlocking' the desires and feelings women it claims to do, through analysing fairy tales, folk tales and mythology through a Jungian lens. However, I didn't really conncect to anything, except the chapter about body image. The book is very academically inclined and unnecessarily dense and filled with jargon that I would have a hard time imagining a non-reader or a 'casual reader' even finishing this book. A lot of the analysis of the stories are somewhat heteronormative and you can tell is only directed towards cisgender women.
It was published in the 90's, so maybe I can forgive the oversight, since mainstream conversations about trans rights were barely starting, and I can't imagine a cis woman who shys away from calling herself a feminist which I don't have a problem with, but this book is supposedly feminist, so it seems a little strange to me even thinking about the topic. I really just ended up skimming the last half. At least one section was worthwhile. One of the most profound reads of my lifetime.
I have read and reread this book over the past twenty years and bought multiple copies for friends and strangers. It speaks to women the world over and has been translated into dozens of languages. Most will not read this cover to cover in one sitting. Think of the richness of chocolate cake this is a book you will dive into digesting in small portions over time, years even.
You might also have days where you read chapter after chapter as you see yourself in those words. Either way, you can pick something from the contents or index and read a stand alone page and still find treasure in a paragraph or two. I recommend you keep a journal handy reading this will have you thinking and feeling on so many levels! Enjoy and read the longest poem in her-story - do that and you'll gain a deeper understanding of the way this is written! This book has been a great find for me. It deals with many issues which have affected me throughout my life particularly my early development and the trauma I suffered within my family culture of rape and torture.
Reading Estes has been a gift to me, providing many intellectual explanations , often using story telling as examples, which is now helping me to understand the dark underside of human nature, its anthropological, cultural and historical evolution, and ways for me to personally resist further mental and emotional anguish and suffering, and renew my life with vigour, passion, creativity, and self belief.
The truth must be spoken, silence destroys the soul. I recommend this book to women and men who suffer from trauma and abuse, as a way to empower them to grow strong and independent of dominant people and bullies. See all 4 reviews. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon. 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 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. 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. 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. Estes is totally on point in her narrative and understanding of the woman archetype within 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.
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This isn't a 'fluff' read at all