Estés introduces the Medial Woman, a dominant force in the psyche.

In the first session of the series, Walking in Two Worlds: The Archetype of the Medial Woman, Dr. Session One: Walking in Two Worlds-The Archetype of the Medial Woman The archetypal representations of Mother Night, as represented in stories, myths, and amplifications, can show us the way through.” This dual way of seeing, being, and acting is the most direct way to reclaim the gifts and well-being and healing apothecary set into each soul on earth at birth.

“I would like to be your traveling companion as we see the way into and back toward home, that is, to return to el mundo doble, the double worldview, one that sees through the eyes of soul as well as through the eyes of the ego. We are weakly linked or severed completely from the one-of-a-kind wild and wise self that emerges from the realm of mystery, dreams, and shadow. Thus, a critical susto (loss of soul nourishment) comes upon us. A sense of being 'not in oneself entirely' comes from not returning to the soul's true home, often enough … a home that is not provisioned nor protected by the overculture. Many try to stand in one world only, the world of the collective culture, thereby experiencing a sense of standing outside the true self, allowing too much waste into one's life-due in part to over-immersion in the daytime world only. Estés, “The most endangered species on earth is the human soul. Estés' commentary, Q&A sessions with her, and special prayers of blessing onto your hearts, bodies, minds, and souls.Īccording to Dr. Throughout 11 hours of teaching stories, you'll hear 12 stories and myths told here for the first time along with Dr. This six-session learning event invites us to tap the generative power of the goodness of the core self-that is, all creativity and understanding that lies out of sight in darkness-often called the unconscious.

The program Mother Night presents a new series of audio teachings from the Jungian psychoanalyst and author of Women Who Run With the Wolves. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, published in 34 languages and one of the most far-reaching artist-psychoanalysts of our time, teaches that in archetypal imagination, “Mother Night is the quintessential medial woman, the woman who can walk in two worlds … 'the one who knows' and who can reveal solid ways of living and unleashing creative life in both worlds.” Where is memory of who we really are, who sent us here, and what is our work here … and why are we often so unusual, so different, so eccentric, so belonging often to a tribe of one?ĭr.

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