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A radical fairy tale for adults, with delightful, nostalgic illustrations, which explains the necessity of including our dark sides-those which we deny-in all stages of our development. The metaphor of The Three Little Pigs & their relationship with the wolf is used to unlock this process of growth. What if you were the little pigs, all three of them. Who is your wolf? "An amazing little book!" - Robert Bly "... the sweet pigs, their well-meaning mother, & the cunning wolf contain a complex, psychologically true account of a process we desperately need to understand...a quick, graspable, & illuminating tool for handling the presence of darkness we fear." - Nor Hall. "To see & accept within ourselves the full range of our humanity is all that is asked by this enlightening, entertaining, shocking, & delightful recasting of this classic tale." --Charlie Seashore, from the Introduction. "Bates makes us realize that the unconscious is our ally." --Justin O'Brien. "...a metaphor of how to take one essential step in developing the community of humankind." --Gestalt Institute.Bates, Charles is the author of 'Pigs Eat Wolves' with ISBN 9780936663043 and ISBN 0936663049.
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