"Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything -- we need only listen. The remedies for repair or reclamation of any lost psychic drive are contained in stories. Stories engender the excitement, sadness, questions, longings and understandings that spontaneously bring the archetype back to the surface. Stories are embedded with instructions which guide us about the complexities of life."

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Clarissa Pinkola Estés Women Who Run With The Wolves