Week 1 , Introduction and Chapter 1.

Introduction ' Singing over the bones'

This book is intense.   Her sentences are quite delicious and a lot of attention is required to get through them all.  I find myself making notes like when I was a student. I've and to find my copy of the Oxford Dictionary as well.   And here we are.

 Quick Question: How do you feel about the idea of a Wild Woman?

"...by naming her we create  for  her a territory of thought and feeling within us..."

On page seven the author calls the Wild Woman by different names from different countries around the world.   I then thought I could give her a name. One that I will call her by. (It might even be a variation of my own)  Perhaps you could do the same.

On page nine she asks " What are some of the feeling-toned symptoms of a disrupted relationship with the wildish force of the psyche? The gives a litany of 'symptoms'   which all resonated and boy are they many.  I found myself nodding at each one of them and eventually feeling slightly overwhelmed. I took to my oil pastels and just sort of went at it and below is the result. This is my expression of  the symptoms of one " who has lost her instincts'

" One who has lost her instincts"

Quick Question: What are the things that take away your wild nature?   What are things you do that show you that you still have your wild nature?

                                                        This song suits this book!

"Without us. Wild Woman dies, Without Wild Woman we die...for true  life, both must live."

Chapter 1: The Howl: Resurrection of the Wild Woman

La Loba, The Wolf Woman 

"Bone by bone, hair by hair, Wild Woman comes back"

Quick Question: What have you done with your bones?  Will you be able to gather them all? Will you sign them to life?  This book it appears can help us do that.

On page 26 you will find the sentence that gave the book its title.

The Four Rabbinim

 This one kicked me in the rear. (kikikikik) I'll have to read it again.

 What's the deal?

The author uses stories and myths on the journey to contacting the power of the wild woman. Remember some of the earlier versions of the book include the descriptor  " Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype". She will typically tell a story then unpack it while relating it to the Wild Woman".  

This is not a simple book.  Hang in there...

'Shadi