The concept of "Wild Woman" defended by the psychologist Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book "Women Who Run with the wolves". By observing wolf packs, the author provides several similarities between the behavior of women and the wolves in relation to its vivacity and its work, especially when it comes to dedication to children, the couple and the group. Referring to these natural instincts, the author gives the name "Wild Woman" to what she calls the "Essence of the Feminine Soul".
“Over time, we have seen the feminine instinctive nature looted, driven back, and overbuild. For long periods, it has been mismanaged like the wildlife and the wildlands. For several thousand years, as soon as often as we turn our backs, it is relegated to the poorest land it the psyche. The spiritual lands of Wild Woman have, throughout history, been plundered or burnt, dens bulldozed, and natural cycles forced into unnatural rhythms to please other.
It’s not by accident that the pristine wilderness of our planet disappears as the understanding of our own inner wild natures fades.”
“I call her Wild Woman, for those very words, wild and woman, create llamar o tocar a la puerta, the fairy-tale knock at the door of deep female psyche. Llamar o tocar a la puerta means literally to play upon the instrument of name in order to open a door. It means using words that summon up the opening of a passageway. No matter by which culture a woman is influenced. She understands the words wild and woman, intuitively.”
Clarissa Pincola Estes
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