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Theatre of the Imagination: Volume Two

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If you wish to know yourself, to reach into the depths of your pysche, your past, present and future: you must read or hear this product. Every woman will find themselves and the ability to put together the puzzle pieces of their own soul in these pages. Estes, in spoken word is delightful, witty, expressing her soul findings in every spoken word and thought of wisdom carried through to the very end on the whispers of her knowledgeable breath. To read her stories, a wondrous discovery, to hear them, a revelation in poetry, to understand fully; you will experience the desire to hear them again and again, and to pass the stories on to friends, lovers, children and acquaintances. I paid my three daughters $50 apiece to read this book, I would pay a million times that to hear it for myself and gain the knowledge and understanding of me I have received from Clarissa. This book, these tapes, are my saviour and I listen to them over and over again. Each listening brings new understanding and capabilities to live on, write, read and act with full knowledge and intent to live forever, as a true wild woman, healthy, vibrant and fully alive.

I thought it might be helpful to write what it says on the back of album in "highlights", because that's what w'd be reading if we were looking at it in a store-Thee are 2 volumes of this amazing work-VOLUME ONE includes "TAPE ONE, Godmother Death- The cycles of life & death, Our mother tongue, The language of symbols, Images of the moon landing, Aesculapius, Aztec Goddess Txati,Symbolic 13-TAPE TWO; Lost Mother Moon-Longing to return to the home withn, Healig the homesickness of the soul, Nostalgia, Wounds & the violet light, Rose Tree story-TAPE THREE; Vasalisa & the Baba Yaga-On intuition, Claiming your strengh, The meaning of blessing, Repairing the world-TAPE FOUR;Bluebeard & the Forbidden Key-Waking the 1,000 eyes of intuition,How to stop the destructive inner critic, Naivete' & predator in the psyche, The Initiate Story-TAPE FIVE;The Ugly Duckling-On the gifted child, Hephaestus & the 12 women made of silver & gold, Finding where you really belong,The 10th father, Active imagination-TAPE SIX;The Joyous Body-La Mariposa-The Butterfly Woman-The female body of God, Reclaiming the bodies we were born with, Sappho's poetry constructed, Negative shadow, Old Big Mother, poem, Procrustes' bed"-There was much more listed, but I couldn't copy all of it here-I hope this helps give you a taste of the content

You won't be sorry if you get these. Every story a woman ever needed to hear is there. You will be swept up by the warm, rich quality of Dr. Estes' voice. Her analysis of the stories clean the windows of your mind and give you fresh tools to unlock gates and open the windows to your soul.

Posting below has some of the highlights listed on back of album for VOLUME ONE-Here are some for VOLUME TWO-"TAPE SEVEN; THE THREE OLD ONES-Agelessness, The Grandmother Blessing, poem, The three old women bears, Melding of opposites-TAPE EIGHT;THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE-Boy who married an eagle, The silver fish in the pink polka-dot dress, Drain pipe story, King Lear, On fatherhood-TAPE NINE; SKELETON WOMAN-On staying in love, Sedna & the dog-man story, The Wedding Night,poem,TAPE TEN;THE CRESCENT MOON BEAR-On anger & the God of love, Pandora's box, 4 vital steps to forgiveness, Watching yourself exercise-TAPE ELEVEN; SEALSKIN/SOULSKIN-On the marriage of the sacred & the secular, Power of the divine child, La placita-TAPE TWELVE; WOLFEN-Receiving the "pleasure of lushness", If You're Lucky, poem, The meaning of sweet, The Creation, poem"-As with the previous posting on the 1st volume, this is only a small portion of what's listed, but I hope it gives you a sense of the material on the tapes

I've just listened to this amazing set of stories, and I can't say enough about them. Ms. Estes is a brilliant, creative, and inspired storyteller.

As any work of Ms. Estes, «The theatre of the imagination» gives a long deep journey inside one self. Her perfect voice control, the feeling of going down a huge well of being with holding hands of the best help.
You must love stories, fairy stories to be able to enjoy the whole work. It is also interesting to be able to open your soul to hear more than with our brain. Her work is not about 1+1 but about real soul real people and real life!
Maybe it is a good help if you are already aware about the power of psico analysis but not necessarily a must.

It's a great CD! I like to listen to it, not just one time, it's not boring, but it's entertaining and deep. It has positive attitude and brightness, unlike some other authors after reading which I feel drained.

This series is best for Estes fans, so if you haven't read or listened to her other works, then you should start with other works. She just keeps getting better and her post 2000 work are the best place to start.

That said, the Theatre of the Imagination series is a great treat for her fans. Estes has a profound gift of story telling and of kindness and warmth. I could listen to her stories all day long. She is a master of both the academic study of stories and fables, and of their telling. She is a Jungian psychoanalyst, and the parallels between stories and their relationship to the psyche becomes self evident when she is at work- I doubt that many others could come close, and still keep you feeling warm.

When I finish one of her works, I just look forward to the next one! And I do often replay the old ones, and there are always fresh insights waiting for me no matter how many times I play them.

I'm so grateful to Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. When listening (or reading) her works, you are welcomed to share the fruits of her long, passionate and skillful work and rich life. It's a fascinating experience. She is an internationally recognized scholar, an award-winnig poet, Diplomate Senior Jungian psychoanalyst, a precious cantadora, a mature mother and of course many other things but in one word: she's special. There's no real life without touching the great universal themes -tales of loss and resurrection, love and sacrifice, of courage, betrayal and persistence, good and evil. - Her voice is as she feels and thinks: it's warm and wise but also playful and fun. Most of us know the stories but the magic lies in the art of storytelling. With her you'll discover a bigger and a more colorful picture of the story told. Of life itself. If you want to take care of you self or your loved ones: the place to start is the soul: give it the best care you ever can.You and everybody around you benefits from your deeper and compassionate understanding.

You won't be sorry if you get these. Every story a woman ever needed to hear is there. You will be swept up by the warm, rich quality of Dr. Estes' voice. Her analysis of the stories clean the windows of your mind and give you fresh tools to unlock gates and open the windows to your soul.