Clarissa Pinkola Estes Live: Theatre of the Imagination

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

The Jungian analyst and storyteller presents six tales of healing.

Genres: Mythology, Psychology, Feminism, Audiobook

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

An American poet, psychoanalyst and post-trauma specialist who was raised in now nearly vanished oral and ethnic traditions. She is a first-generation American who grew up in a rural village, population 600, near the Great Lakes. Of Mexican mestiza and majority Magyar and minority Swabian tribal heritages, she comes from immigrant and refugee families who could not read or write, or who did so haltingly. Much of her writing is influenced by her family people who were farmers, shepherds, hopsmeisters, wheelwrights, weavers, orchardists, tailors, cabinet makers, lacemakers, knitters, and horsemen and horsewomen from the Old Countries.

Reviews

[Denise Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such magic. Estes works with fairy tales, folk tales, and Jungian archetypes...and listening to her feels almost like being in a dream. She's immersed herself in Mexican and Hungarian storytelling and traditions of healing. When I listen to her introduction, retelling and analysis of a story I don't always remember the details afterwards. It's really much like a dream...while listening everything is so sharp and poweful and real...it feels like I could never forget...but afterwards, a lovely feeling remains...but it's hard to recall discrete details. I love both this collection and the Theatre of the Imagination 2. In this collection I remember loving Bluebeard and The Ugly Duckling. In volume 2 The Fisherman's Wife was a favorite. On the Sounds True website you can listen to excerpts from several of her works. I did read Women Who Run With The Wolves...but I think the magic of Estes storytelling really comes through in her audio recordings.

Oh! Somewhere she talked about thinking about what your favorite fairytale or story was as a child...and that that story probably has a special meaning/message for you. So it was especially cool to listen to her interpretations of the fairytales that were most memorable to me as a kid.

[Sophia Roccucci · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible Storyteller... Captivating and well written.

[Book Lover · Rating 5 out of 5]

I listen over and over. Soulful and healing.

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love listening to her speak. She is so brilliant and insightful and a fabulous storyteller

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook.
Clarissa is a brilliant storyteller. Entertaining and insightful.
I listened more than once.
Lots of what she said resonated with me.
Highly recommended.

[Kimberley Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mesmerising storytelling. Precious and lifechanging.

[Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

She is a spectacular teller of magical stories. Couldn't finish it because the stories are sooooo serious and didn't suit the mood I wanted. I do most audio books to lose my mind set, and not to encourage my seriousness. But I dug her voice.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

the very best thing for road trips

[Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

used audiobook