• Introduces five Earth Woman Archetypes along with in-depth initiations to help you to unleash your fullest, most authentic, and creative self

• Includes rituals, exercises, meditations, and journal prompts to help you integrate each initiatory stage and embody the ways of a Wild Soul Woman

• Explores how to overcome the core wounding of each Earth Archetype, how the Archetypes can empower you, and how to embody their wisdom

Taking you on a Nature-based journey of transformation and rebirth, Mary Reynolds Thompson reveals how to unleash your full feminine power and discover authenticity, wholeness, creativity, and healing through initiation with ancient Earth Archetypes.

Providing a guided map for rewilding your soul, the author introduces the five archetypes of the Wild Soul Woman’s psyche—the untamed, unashamed, and unstoppable aspects of inner feminine power that many women have forgotten or disconnected from. You will undergo five powerful initiations, each centered on ancient Earth wisdom. You will learn from Desert Woman and her Barren Worlds how to let go of what no longer serves you, from Forest Woman and the Dark Womb how to seed new dreams and nurture them in your depths, and from Ocean and River Woman and her Breaking Waters how to ride the flow of your deepest longings. As Mountain Woman you will experience Giving Birth to a vision as you take a stand for your values, and from Grassland Woman you will learn how to support the Nurturing of the New that has emerged within.

Sharing rituals, exercises, meditations, and journal prompts to help you integrate these five initiatory stages, the author also explores each Earth Archetype’s Challenge (how to overcome a core wounding), the Shift (how the Archetype empowers you to reach for a fuller, more creative life), and the Way (how to embody its wisdom). She shows how, because both women and the Earth were wounded in similar ways across the ages, restoring your connection with Nature and the wisdom of feminine archetypes can help heal both your soul and the world around you.

Woven throughout with inspiring stories of women from around the world who embody these archetypal energies, as well as exquisite illustrations by Kathleen Brigidina, the book reveals how to awaken your inner feminine wisdom and true power. As you reclaim your voice and your visions, you become an unstoppable force of nature. You liberate your Wild Soul.

Mary Reynolds Thompson, founder of Live Your Wild Soul Story, is an award-­winning author, internationally recognized speaker, and facilitator of journal and poetry therapy. A pioneer in the spiritual ecology movement, she lives in Marin County, California.

Foreword by Clare Dubois
Introduction

1 Desert Woman

Barren Worlds: The First Initiation
The Challenge: Knowing You Are Enough
The Shift: Mirage to Vision
The Way: Releasing the Old
Emerging as Desert Woman

2 Forest Woman

The Dark Womb: The Second Initiation
The Challenge: Rising from the Ashes
The Shift: Linear to Spiral Path
The Way: Cocooning
Emerging as Forest Woman

3 Ocean and River Woman

The Waters Break: The Third Initiation
The Challenge: Learning to Love Ourselves
The Shift: Dam/ned to Flow
The Way: Shapeshifting
Emerging as Ocean and River Woman

4 Mountain Woman

Giving Birth: The Fourth Initiation
The Challenge: Embracing Friction
The Shift: Broken to Reborn
The Way: Transformative Power
Emerging as Mountain Woman

5 Grassland Woman

Nurturing the New Life: The Fifth Initiation
The Challenge: Finding Common Ground
The Shift: Striving to Thriving
The Way: Reciprocity
Emerging as Grassland Woman

6 Walking the Way of the Wild Soul Woman

Seeking Wholeness

A Letter to My Readers
Acknowledgements
Notes
Journal Reflections, Rituals, and Practices
Index
About the Illustrator
About the Author