Audio Review - The Dangerous Old Woman : Myths & Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“Did you know, you were born as the first, and the last and the best and the only one of your kind?" - Clarissa Pinkola Estés

The Dangerous Old Woman : Myths & Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype is a passionate, expressive, poetic and captivating audio series.   Estes' captured my heart with her sweet voice, grace and charm, bringing the stories to life in a way I have never heard before.  I love listening to these wild women stories, especially before bedtime.

Joyful, interesting, entertaining and inspiration ... this set is truly remarkable, a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.  Listening to these stories makes me feel so wonderful and alive, striving toward bringing out the very best and brightest of every moment. 

Stories, Commentary, Poems, and Blessings about the Wise Old Woman Include:

    “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 Wisdom: “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?”

Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 27 January 1945) is the author of the bestselling Book Women Who Run With the Wolves, along with over a dozen audio programs from Sounds True. A Jungian psychoanalyst, American poet, post-trauma specialist and a cantadora (keeper of the old stories in the Latina tradition), Dr Pinkola was once a mother on welfare. She is currently the Deputy Managing Editor and columnist writing on politics, spirituality and culture at the news blog TheModerateVoice.com and a columnist at The National Catholic Reporter.

The recipient of numerous awards for her life's work, Pinkola continues to inspire and channel the voice of divine grace. Estés is a spoken word artist in poetry, stories, blessings and psychoanalytic commentary. Her spokenword audios are passionate, expressive, poetic and therapeutic.

For more information, please visit Sounds True.