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| | Wild Freedom: The Princess Who Found Her Name â On Fairy Tales, Imagination and the Creative Mind
Releasing May 5
Pre-order Wild Freedom & receive as a gift Author Dale Kushnerâs exclusive essay, âFairy Tales Are Good for You,â plus a writing prompt on how to write your own fairy tale
Wild Freedom: The Princess Who Found Her Name, On Fairy Tales, Imagination and the Creative Mind, and Kushnerâs accompanying essay present an unflinching and impassioned exploration of the persistence of the creative self and its not always peaceful coexistence with family, identity, motherhood and desire.
Augmenting Kushnerâs tale and reflections are three revelatory essays and a foreword by distinguished Jungian analysts Henry Abramovitch, Kenneth W. James, Dariane Pictet and Murray Stein. Together, the story and the essays invite readers on a journey of self-discovery through the wetlands and forests of soul. |
| | Praise for Wild Freedom
âAs a published poet and writer with a liberated soul that contains multitudes, this brilliant author of a fabulous fairytale and three creatively wise Jungian interpreters teach us to trust our psycheâs healing images and awaken our Omni-Nameable Princess, who calls us each to become free from bewitchment.â
-Steven Herrmann, Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, and author of Emily Dickinson: A Medicine Woman for Our Times
âA fairy tale she wrote during a time of crisis and rediscovered years later is the spark for Dale M. Kushnerâs illuminating meditation on the roles art and creativity play in forging identity and shaping the self. The book also includes three essays by prominent Jungian thinkers who provide their own fascinating insight into the fairy tale. These essays, Kushnerâs wise and revelatory analysis, and the charming yet challenging fairy tale at the heart of the book will speak to and inspire not only writers and artists, but anyone fascinated by the mysteries of the mind, the process of creating, and the power of stories.â
-Judith Claire Mitchell, author of A Reunion of Ghosts
âThis is a magical tale of a unique and universal princess in search of her true name. It features animal guides, a lost and found heart, and words that weave wonder. Finding freedom from people pleasing is a surprising ride into aliveness and connection with the authentic self. Three interpretive essays by Jungian analysts plus Kushnerâs reflective essay on writing as self-enchantment enlarge and deepen the meaning of the tale. Wild Freedom: The Princess Who Found Her Name. On Fairy Tales, Imagination, and the Creative Mind is a spectacular combination of encounter with psyche and its rendering into consciousness. Iâm smitten."
-Deborah C. Stewart, LCSW, Jungian Analyst, This Jungian Life podcast
âKushnerâs riveting fairytale is a story of pilgrimage and re-enchantment, speaking simultaneously to the child and the reflective adult in us all. This beautifully layered book addresses the practical application of Jungâs emphasis on the healing power of the imagination to grapple with irreconcilable opposites toward a new sense of wholeness.â
-Miriam Stein PhD, Jungian Analyst
âDreams and imagination are as much a part of the natural world as the stars that shine and the rain that falls. During a time of crisis and within an analytic process, a young writer bravely embarks on a journey of self-exploration by placing herself, uncharacteristically, at the center of a magical and unfolding story imbued with emotion and authentic truth. Present to both her own inner ecology and that of the larger surrounding world, she engages in active imagination and experiences herself anew and apart from the entrapment in a pathological family relational pattern. Surrounded by the transcendent power of âamazing grace,â we see transformation within the tale penned by the younger self as well as in thoughtful reflections from the mature self. By stepping out of the family constellation and through a portal into the wilds of imagination, she comes to recognize endless possibilities in the never-ending Infinite.â
-Linda Carter, MSN, Jungian Psychoanalyst
âHauntingly beautiful poetic and true, is the fairy tale of âThe Princess Who Found her Nameâ by Dale M. Kushner, and so sensitive and insightful the interpretation of the tale by three of the worldâs best Jungian Analysts! Wild Freedom is an eye opening read for sisters and brothers and parents and a guide to the soulâs never-ending capacity to foster understanding and thus set us free - to come home to self.â
-Kristina Schellinski, Author of Individuation for Adult Replacement Children, Ways of Coming into Being
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| | | | About the Author
Dale M. Kushner, MFA, is a novelist, poet, and essayist. Her debut novel, The Conditions of Love, was nominated for the Texas Library Association Award for Outstanding Adult Fiction, and her poetry collection M received Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize 2024.
She is the author of the popular Psychology Today column âTranscending the Past,â which bridges art, psychology, and science. Her work has appeared widely in journals and anthologies, and she has been featured in international conferences and documentaries. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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