Chapter 1: La Loba

Personal questions from the text of the book:

"Today the La Loba inside you is collecting bones. What is she remaking? She is the soul self, the builder of soul-home. Ella lo hace a mano, she makes and remakes the soul by hand. What is she making for you?" (p.36)

-What has happened to my soul-voice?
-What are the buried bones of my life?
-In what condition is my relationship to the intstinctual self?
-When was the last time I ran free?
-How do I make life come alive again?
-Where has La Loba gone to?" (p.36)

Discussion Questions:

• What is Rio Abajo Rio, the river beneath the river and do you have experiences of it? How does one come to it?
• What does it actually mean to "sing over the bones" according to Estes? Do you have instances of singing over bones?
• Estes' definition of singing in this context is "using one's soul-voice" What does she mean by soul-voice and how does she suggest we find it? 
• Have you experienced this "inexplicable place" (p.30). If so, how did you get there? What did it teach you?
• What is the Wild Woman Archetype, La Loba, not? (p.30)
• What is the story of the Four Rabbinim designed to teach us about our encounters with the Divine?
• Discuss some of the archetypal imagery in this chapter: do any of these things hold special significance for you? (bones, seed/eggs, wolves, the desert, rio abajo rio, etc)