In 1992, Women Who Run With the Wolves appeared in bookstores, and women found a portal into the world of the wild feminine nature. Our guide into those realms was Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Through stories, she held the lamp of knowledge out to illuminate pieces of our souls, to put names to things we had always known but could not articulate.
We embraced our wild natures. We knew the voice of Vasalisa. We realized that the ducks we had been living with were not our real kin and we sought out the swans where we belonged. She taught us about dancing in the red shoes, about rage and forgiveness, about taking joy in our bodies and our sexuality.
Her book was the inspiration for Crystals to create the Wild Wolf Women of the Web in December 1995. While we have since diverged into our own realm of seeing and being, we still take heart when we return as individuals to reading Estes words. We still welcome sisters who had been wandering in the soul desert, until they got their hands upon Estes’ book.
When we read words like these below, we know that Estes “gets us” and is one of us.
‘If you have never been called a defiant, incorrigible, impossible woman… have faith… there is yet time.” from Women Who Run with the Wolves
Estes Blog at National Catholic Reporter
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Yes indeed the Mother of Wild Women! We would not be here without Estes magnificent vision… I had to buy a hardback copy of the book as I wore my first copy out!