Summary of Clarissa Pinkola Estés’s Women Who Run with the Wolves (Unabridged‪)‬

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Listen to stories with your soul, not your ears.
The tale of La Loba, the Wolf Woman, is about an old woman who is hairy, fat, and antisocial. She collects wolf bones, assembles them into an entire skeleton, and sings over it.
The skeleton fleshes out, becomes furred, and starts to breathe when La Loba sings to it. As the creature runs off into the horizon, it starts to transform into a laughing, free woman.
La Loba represents a miracle story involving the resurrection of our psyche. Through singing, we can evoke the wild soul that has been lost from us.