内容简介
WorldWithineverywomantherelivesapowerfulforce,filledwithgoodinstincts,passionatecreativity,andagelessknowing.SheistheWildWoman,whorepresentstheinstinctualnatureofwomen.Butsheisanendangeredspecies.Forthoughthegiftsofwildishnaturebelongtousatbirth,society'sattemptto"civilize"usintorigidroleshasmuffledthedeep,life-givingmessagesofourownsouls.InWomenWhoRunwiththeWolves,Dr.Estésunfoldsrichinterculturalmyths,fairytales,folktales,andstories,manyfromherowntraditions,inordertohelpwomenreconnectwiththefierce,healthy,visionaryattributesofthisinstinctualnature.Throughthestoriesandcommentariesinthisremarkablebook,weretrieve,examine,love,andunderstandtheWildWoman,andholdheragainstourdeeppsychesasonewhoisbothmagicandmedicine.Dr.Estéshascreatedanewlexiconfordescribingthefemalepsyche.Fertileandlife-giving,itisapsychologyofwomeninthetruestsense,aknowingofthesoul."TheworkofClarissaPinkolaEstés,rootedinoldanddeepfamilyritesandinarchetypalpsychology,recognizesthatthesoulisnotlost,buthasbeenputtosleep....Thisvolumeremindsusthatwearenatureforalloursophistication,thatwearestillwild,andtherecoveryofthatvitalitywillitselfsetusrightintheworld.
作者简介
ClarissaPinkolaEstés(born27January1945)isanAmericanpoet,post-traumaspecialistandJungianpsychoanalyst.SimilartoWilliamCarlosWilliamsandotherpoetswhoalsoworkedinthehealthorotherprofessionsintandem,Estésisapoetwhousesherpoemsthroughoutherpsychoanalyticbooks,spokenwordaudios,andstageperformancesasexpressivetherapyforothers.Sheisalsoapost-traumarecoveryspecialistandpsychoanalsystwhohaspracticedclinicallyfor41years.Herdoctorate,fromtheUnionInstitute&University,isinethno-clinicalpsychology,thestudyofsocialandpsychologicalpatternsofculturalandtribalgroups.Sheoftenspeaksas"distinguishedvisitingscholar"and"diversityscholar"atuniversities,mostrecentlytoyoungengineersatColoradoSchoolofMines.Sheistheauthorofmanybooksonthelifeofthesoul,andherworkispublishedin30languages,mostrecentlyFarsi,Turkish,Chinese,andSerbian.HerbookWomenWhoRunWiththeWolves:MythsandStoriesofTheWildWomanArchetypewasontheNewYorkTimesBestSellerlistfor145weeks.Asapost-traumaspecialist,Estésbeganherworkinthe1960satEdwardHinesJr.VeteransHospitalinHines,Illinois.TheresheworkedwithWWI,WWI,KoreanandVietnamwarsoldierswhowerelivingwithquadraplegia,incapacitatedbylossof,either/or,botharmsandlegs.Shehasworkedatotherfacilitiescaringforseverelyinjured'cast-away'children,'shell-shocked'warveterans(nowcalledPostTraumaDistressSyndrome),andtheirfamilies.Herteachingofwritinginprisonsbeganintheearly1970sattheMen'sPenitentiaryinColorado;theFederalWomen'sPrisonatDublin,California,andinother'lockedinstitutions'throughouttheSouthwest.
