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...second concern is about the act of asking for help. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, a poet and psychoanalyst, made the following statement: “Asking the proper questions is the central action of transformation. Questions are the key that causes the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.” I know that it can be hard to ask questions or to acknowledge that you don’t have the answers that appear critical to move forward. But, it is important to remember that this is a complicated place and this is a complicated period of one?...
...Mexico's "Little Dark One," the Virgin of Guadalupe, with Mary's affinity for the humble. She can muster historical support for the Mary described by spiritual adventurer China Galland--"a protectress who doesn't allow her children to be hunted, tortured, murdered and devoured"--and neo-Jungian Clarissa Pinkola Estes' assertion that "Mary would be a teenage-girl-gang leader" today. If this seems a bit all embracing (since the hunters, torturers and murderers no doubt have their own Marys), that too is typical. Mary, Cunneen writes, transcends cultural and religious bounds and speaks to a perennial human need...
...McGinniss's The Last Brother received a huge amount of attention, but still did not sell nearly as well last week in most stores as did Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes...