Author of quotes: Clarissa Estes Of Pinkola

At this stage of initiation, a woman is plagued by the petty quibbles of her own soul, which are forced to give in to any desire of others. This compliance leads to an amazing discovery that every woman should notice: by trying to be ourselves, we cause alienation in many people, while trying to yield to the desires of others, we cause alienation from ourselves. This is the excruciating tension that must be endured, but the choice is clear.

... lovers who seek at all costs to maintain the relationship at the peak of passion, will witness the increasing mortification of their Union. The desire to make love to only be at its best cause the deaths of love, and not by accident.

Whenever they began to tell the tale, at once the night comes. In whatever place, in whatever hour, in whatever time of the year it may happen, we should start a story, as the starry sky and the white moon peeping out of the roof and hanging over the heads of the audience. Sometimes by the end of the tale in the room comes the dawn, and sometimes remains shard of a star or a shaggy tuft of a stormy sky. And what remains is the gem with which to work, which is to be used in the creation of the soul...

It would be nice, figuratively speaking, to put society on the couch of a psychoanalyst.

All statements not ready, that you have to wait is understandable, but not for long. The truth is that there is never a full readiness or time when you really gotta go. As with any descent into the unconscious, there comes a time when you just hope for the best, gaining a deep breath and jump into the abyss.

Intuition is the treasure of a woman's soul. It is akin to fortune-telling accessories, akin to the magical crystal that you can look supernatural inner vision. It is akin to the old wise woman that always with you which will tell you exactly what it is, will tell you exactly where to go: left or right.

By itself, the desire to make their lives easier - not a trap, and the natural desire of the ego.

With too much domestication of our once strong and necessary impulse to the game, communication, wandering, the relationships disappear.

... it is unreasonable to assume that, if we once solved the problem, it will remain solved forever, because something mastered, we may save your sanity.

The female psyche and soul, too, has its cycles and seasons: activity and passivity, escape, and immobility, sociability and loneliness, searches and peace, birth and pregnancy, stay in peace and return to the abode of the soul.

The word "witch", as the word "wild" was perceived in a negative sense; but in ancient times these words are called traditional healers, both old and young, and the very word "witch" comes from the verb "to know", that is to know.

The breath helps to feel emotions.
Wanting to protect ourselves from feelings, we catch our breath.

Easy to dream about perfect love and to do nothing is like a anesthesia, from which you can never Wake up unless you hold on struggling for something valuable, but inaccessible to our understanding. For the simple and afflicted miracle of the soul is that you still accidentally stumble upon a treasure, even if you treat it with indifference or contempt, if you were not going, did not expect or did not want to find him, if you consider yourself unworthy or unprepared.

Soulless world encourages us to a hasty rush, the objective is to find the one lamp that we think will immediately light up and will burn forever. But the miracle we are looking for takes time: it takes time to find it, and time to implement.