Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Using stories and myths, Dr. Estés discusses the nature of the wild woman archetype, how that instinctual and vital feminine self is muffled or sublimated by society, and how to free it. "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...

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes 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." Estes opens a channel to this sacred and nurturing force with stories of connecting with the Blessed Mother, images from around the world and the "wild" side of her love.

According to Dr. Clarissa Estes, the most endangered species on earth is the human soul. Here, through stories, poetry, commentary and special prayers, she teaches listeners to retrieve their beautiful gifts abandoned in the unconscious through neglect, ignorance, and fear.