Women who run with the wolves: myths and stories of the wild woman archetype

The bounty of wild woman: the stories

The howl: resurrection of the wild woman

Stalking the intruder: the beginning initiation

Nosing out the facts: the retrieval of intuition as initiation

The mate: union with the other

Hunting: when the heart is a lonely hunter

Finding one's pack: belonging as blessing

Joyous body: the wild flesh

Self-preservation: identifying leg traps, cages, and poisoned bait

Homing: returning to oneself

Clear water: nourishing the creative life

Heat: retrieving a sacred sexuality 00 Marking territory: the boundaries of rage and forgiveness

Battle scars: membership in the scar clan

La selva subterranea: initiation in the underground forest

Shadowing: canto hondo, the deep song.

The Bounty of Wild Woman --

Foreword --

Introduction: Singing Over the Bones --

The Stories --

1.. The Howl: Resurrection of the Wild Woman --

La Loba, The Wolf Woman --

The Four Rabbinim --

2.. Stalking the Intruder: the Beginning Initiation --

Bluebeard --

The Natural Predator of the Psyche --

Naive Women as Prey --

The Key to Knowing: The Importance of Snuffling --

The Animal Groom --

Blood Scent --

Backtracking and Looping --

Giving the Cry --

The Sin-eaters --

The Dark Man in Women's Dreams --

3.. Nosing Out the Facts: the Retrieval of Intuition as Initiation --

The Doll in Her Pocket: Vasalisa the Wise --

Task 1. Allowing the Too-Good Mother to Die --

Task 2. Exposing the Crude Shadow --

Task 3. Navigating in the Dark --

Task 4. Facing the Wild Hag --

Task 5. Serving the Non-Rational --

Task 6. Separating This from That --

Task 7. Asking the Mysteries --

Task 8. Standing on All Fours --

Task 9. Recasting the Shadow --

4.. The Mate: Union with the Other --

Hymn for the Wild Man: Manawee --

The Dual Nature of Women --

The Power of Two --

The Power of Name --

The Tenacious Dog Nature --

Creeping Seductive Appetite --

Achieving Fierceness --

The Interior Woman --

5.. Hunting: When the Heart is a Lonely Hunter --

Skeleton Woman: Facing the Life/Death/Life Nature of Love --

Death in the House of Love --

The First Phases of Love --

The Accidental Finding of Treasure --

The Chase and the Hiding --

Untangling the Skeleton --

The Sleep of Trust --

Giving the Tear --

The Later Phases of Love --

Heart as Drum and Singing Up --

The Dance of Body and Soul --

6.. Finding One's Pack: Belonging as Blessing --

The Ugly Duckling --

Exile of the Unmatched Child --

Kinds of Mothers --

The Ambivalent Mother --

The Collapsed Mother --

The Child Mother or the Unmothered Mother --

The Strong Mother, The Strong Child --

Bad Company --

Not Looking Right --

Frozen Feeling, Frozen Creativity --

The Passing Stranger --

Exile as Boon --

The Uncombed Cats and Cross-Eyed Hens of the World --

Remembrance and Continuance No Matter What --

Love for the Soul --

The Mistaken Zygote --

7.. Joyous Body: the Wild Flesh --

Body Talk --

The Body in Fairy Tales --

The Power of the Haunches --

La Mariposa, Butterfly Woman --

8.. Self-Preservation: Identifying Leg Traps, Cages, and Poisoned Batt --

The Feral Woman --

The Red Shoes --

Brutal Loss in Fairy Tales --

The Handmade Red Shoes --

The Traps --

Trap #1. The Gilded Carriage, the Devalued Life --

Trap #2. The Dry Old Woman, the Senescent Force --

Trap #3. Burning the Treasure, Hambre del Alma, Soul Famine --

Trap #4. Injury to Basic Instinct, the Consequence of Capture --

Trap #5. Trying to Sneak a Secret Life, Split in Two --

Trap #6. Cringing Before the Collective, Shadow Rebellion --

Trap #7. Faking It, Trying to be Good, Normalizing the Abnormal --

Trap #8. Dancing Out of Control, Obsession and Addiction --

Addiction --

At the Executioner's House --

Trying to Take Shoes Off, Too Late --

Returning to Life Made by Hand, Healing Injured Instincts --

9.. Homing: Returning to Oneself --

Sealskin, Soulskin --

Loss of Sense of Soul as Initiation --

Losing One's Pelt --

The Lonely Man --

The Spirit Child --

Drying Out and Crippling --

Hearing the Old One's Call --

Staying Overlong --

Cutting Loose, Diving In --

The Medial Woman: Breathing Under Water --

Surfacing --

The Practice of Intentional Solitude --

Women's Innate Ecology --

10.. Clear Water: Nourishing the Creative Life --

La Llorona --

The Pollution of the Wild Soul --

Poison in the River --

Fire on the River --

The Man on the River --

Taking Back the River --

Focus and the Fantasy Mill --

The Little Match Girl --

Staving Off Creative Fantasy --

Renewing the Creative Fire --

The Three Gold Hairs --

11.. Heat: Retrieving a Sacred Sexuality --

The Dirty Goddesses --

Baubo: The Belly Goddess --

Coyote Dick --

A Trip to Rwanda --

12.. Marking Territory: the Boundaries of Rage and Forgiveness --

The Crescent Moon Bear --

Rage as Teacher --

Bringing in the Healer: Climbing the Mountain --

The Spirit Bear --

The Transformative Fire and Right Action --

Righteous Rage --

The Withered Trees --

Descansos --

Injured Instinct and Rage --

Collective Rage --

Stuck in Old Rage --

Four Stages of Forgiveness --

13.. Battle Scars: Membership in the Scar Clan --

Secrets as Slayers --

The Dead Zone --

The Woman With Hair of Gold --

The Scapecoat --

14.. La Selva Subterranea: Initiation in the Underground Forest --

The Handless Maiden --

Stage 1. The Bargain Without Knowing --

Stage 2. The Dismemberment --

Stage 3. The Wandering --

Stage 4. Finding Love in the Underworld --

Stage 5. The Harrowing of the Soul --

Stage 6. The Realm of the Wild Woman --

Stage 7. The Wild Bride and Bridegroom --

15.. Shadowing: Canto Hondo, the Deep Song --

16.. The Wolf's Eyelash --

Afterword: Story as Medicine --

Addendum --

Notes --

Education of a Young Wolf: A Bibliography --

Acknowledgments --

Index.