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How to Be an Elder

By: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
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Summary

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Presents Volume Five of the Dangerous Old Woman Series

”What makes an elder, a heartfelt spirit, a clear mind, a talented heart, one who is young while old and old while young, an activist for the Soul? Is it formulae, schemas, lexicons? It could be. But also, and often more so, I think it is very like the flowering of the trees in the forest, as we gather more years: we straggle and stride onward in our better learned ways to give out even more seeds for new life, and to blossom wildly in so doing for self and others … The old ones are yet traveling underground and overland toward us as we meet one more time: La Vidente, the Seer; La Que Sabe, the Knowing Woman; La Levantadora, the Lifter of Curses—the Dangerous Old Woman in her many likenesses calls to you to 'get down to business.'” (Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD)

How to Be an Elder presents the culmination of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés' masterwork, inviting us to “come into our own as wiser and wild souls” through six sessions of teachings, stories, poetry, and blessings. In this fifth and final volume of Dr. Estés' landmark series, we will explore how it is that through the gathering of our years we become a beautiful refuge for ourselves, our Souls, and for those who come after us.

“Did I mention, dear brave souls,” reminds Dr. Estés, “that you came with all the seedlings needed to do your work, to take your venerable places in life? Now is the just-right time, like Sleeping Beauty, to break the enchantment, to truly awaken and awaken others, as either a rookie Dangerous Old Woman, or a mid-career Dangerous Old Woman, or as Crone with Crown complete!”

Stories, poems, and blessings Include:

  • A Simple Prayer for Remembering
  • El Arbol de la Vida: The Tree of Life
  • Blessing Prayer: “Tattoo Your Scars with Flowering Vines”
  • “Sleeping Beauty”
  • Blessing Prayer: “Do Not Fold Your Wings So Small”
  • “The Shoebox of Tangled Necklaces”
  • “Rumpelstiltskin”
  • Blessing Prayer: “May You See with Three Sets of Creator-Blessed Eyes”
  • “Rapunzel”
  • “The Loathly Bride”
  • Blessing Prayer: “You Shall Be Like a Volcano Heard From Afar”
  • “This Little Time Traveler”
  • “The Stolen Mother Moon”
  • Blessing Prayer: “The Hardening off of the Heartwood”
  • “Distilling Aunt Edna from the Bottle”
  • “The Rabbi's Advice to the Harried”
  • “A Handful of Mud”
  • “Baucis and Philemon”
  • Blessing Prayer: “The Mountain for Old Lovers”
©2012 Clarissa Pinkola Estés (P)2012 Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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Best book I ve listened to yet

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Clarrisa is a top class story teller very entertaining to listen to and highly thought provoking

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It helped me use my imagination in a powerful way

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Her voice and animation also the blessing would not have been effective for me reading it as it was to hear it

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Sit by the fire side with the wise woman and feel the love

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A very wise storyteller

Clarissa Pinkola Estes ,the author and narrator ,is an enlightened storyteller and these stories contain so much gentle and humane wisdom .

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Love it! have listened over and over...

And hear new wisdom ever time.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes is such a beautuful oral storyteller and her books are so much better listened to that read. Have bought all of her audio books and spend hours with them

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Pure gold

So rich in feeling and meaning. I adore listening to Clarissa and hearing tales of Aunt Edna and the moon and many other characters who teach so much. I will listen to this again, many times over my lifetime. Thank you for making this available. My life is richer as a result.

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A treasure

This is a bright and brilliant Hearth for the heart and soul ... such rich and deep stories with heartfelt sharing reaches into our deepest deepest depths of knowing in our bones. Clarissa Pinkola Estes is the wise grandmother we wish we all had...

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My very favourite books on audible

If you want storytelling to relax and soothe your body, mind and soul then Clarissa Pinkola Estés is who you need. This series of books is how I unwind in the evenings, comforting, enchanting, magical. They are beautiful tales and always leave you with a sentiment to ponder.
Couldn’t recommend enough..

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Life changing, as always

Following and studying all work created by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, I can safely say that all she does has enriched me in a different and beautiful, great way. How To Be An Elder has been a true blessing to listen to and I recommend it to every person. These sessions have served as stunning gateways of wisdom. And with it compassion, wild and raw creativity, pure emotion, healing, innovative inspiration, familiarity and resonance. For me, it was like having my fire stoked alight in my belly, bursting with insights and creation, in the midst journeying to home.

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Magnificent

I deeply and passionately love this book, and greatly recommend it with all the fullness of my heart.

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More wonderful words of wisdom from this fabulous.

Clarissa has the gift of the storyteller, the wisdom and insight of an elder and the generosity of a beautiful soul.

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amazing author amazing book! enjoyed very much! 🌙

loved it! highly recommend it and a great author! Can't wait for more . 🌙

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