Wild Woman

The Wild Woman has been shadowing human women for years. We see a glimpse of her. She is invisible again. We feel surrounded by her images and urges. She comes to us in dreams in stories. She wants to see who we are, and if we are ready to join her yet. If we but look at the shadows we cast, we see that they are not two-legged human shadows but the lovely shapes of a something free and wild. ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype