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Medicine Woman [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Lynn V. Andrews (Author), Lynn A. Andrews (Reader)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)


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Book Description

December 11, 1990
Lynn V. Andrews takes the reader with her as she goes on inward journeys with the help of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and relates the stories of others.

Join her as she is initiated into the Sisterhood and creates her own shield, which will show her the nature of her spiritual path (Spirit Woman). Follow her to the Yucatan, where the medicine wheel leads her, and she is faced with the terrifying reality of the butterfly tree (Jaguar Woman). Enter the Dreamtime with her, where she emerges in medieval England as Catherine, and encounters the Grandmother, who offers to show Andrews how to make her life one of goodness, power, adventure, and love (The Woman of Wyrrd).

Not all these stories describe the author's own spiritual experiences. Meet Sin Coraz?n, an initiate into the Sisterhood, whose husband abandons her. She nearly succumbs to her inner dark power and unleashes her rage on men and the Sisterhood (Dark Sister). Andrews also writes about the elder women of the Sisterhood: their loves, their lives, their losses (Tree of Dreams).

Andrews shows us how to channel our own spiritual and intellectual energy and balance the need for love with the desire for power (Love and Power). She takes the reader on numerous spiritual journeys that inevitably uplift.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"Medicine Woman has to do with the meaning of life, the role of women, and the wrestling of power away form the forces of evil that hold it." -- Los Angeles Times

"Medicine Woman is the autobiographical account of a woman's search for identity in a Native American culture... What begins as a search for a Native American marriage basket becomes Lynn Andrews' often terrifying journey into the wilderness of Manitoba, where inexplicable events and dangerous encounters serve as testing grounds for Lynn's spiritual journey... In the light of this odyssey, one wonders if Carlos Castaneda and Lynn Andrews have not initiated a new genre of contemporary literature: Visionary Autobiography" -- San Francisco Review of Books

"A statement of what is called for and possible in all of us." -- Sojourner

"First Class... A remarkable adventure into the world of the spirit." -- San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle

"There is much wisdom here... What sometimes appears as madness may contain its own wisdom; and what may sometimes sound like wisdom may be madness. It is precisely this intricate balance that the medicine woman must learn to keep." -- Santa Fe Reporter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Lynn Andrews is the author of nineteen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Medicine Woman and Jaguar Woman. A preeminent teacher in the field of personal development and spirituality, she is the founder of the Lynn Andrews Center for Sacred Arts and Training. 
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: HarperAudio (December 11, 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1559942894
  • ISBN-13: 978-1559942898
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,384,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful., May 16, 1999
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This review is from: Medicine Woman (Paperback)
Upon receiving this title as required reading for graduate studies, I thought to myself, where can I find the cliff notes? That was then. Medicine woman has awaken my womaness and my spirituality. I have not experienced anything so powerful in quite a long time. As a passenger on the journey of finding the true self, when my stop came I did not want to get off. Bravo Lynn! This book is for the dreamer and the lover of life. It is definetly worth reading and passing on.
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43 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Sham not shaman, September 15, 2004
This review is from: Medicine Woman (Paperback)
After reading the book Medicine Woman and the San Francisco Review of Books on the back which says this is an Autobiographical I have to question a few things.

I come from Manitoba and have lived there over 50 years. I've never heard of a Crowley and the Cree First Nations in Manitoba that I was raised with would not be seeing a Kokopelli or a Kachina. It's not part of their culture.

The last and final huge mistake is the fact that most of this story could not have taken place outside without huge huge bottles of mosquitoe repellant as anyone who lives in the bush in Manitoba knows especially those who may have a reason to go naked in the woods.

Perhaps Lynn shouldn't be peddling her strange brand of spiritualism as true when it's not. There are enough charlatans in the world without one stealing someone's culture and calling it her own for the sake of the almight dollar.

Carole
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36 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars WHAT A SHAM!!, July 10, 2002
This review is from: Medicine Woman (Paperback)
Though this is a good FICTION book, I am amazed that Lynn Andrews thinks we are dumb enough to believe this is an autobiography. Give me a break!! After doing some research on the internet, I am also amazed to find out that her live-in companion at the time this was written was David Carson (co-author with Jamie Sands in Medicine Cards book) who, at the time, claimed HE helped her write it. Also note that in the Medicine Cards book, David dedicates the book to three aunts, and two happen to have the names Ruby and Agnes---the same two female characters in Medicine Woman...hmmmmm. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. There are plenty of other SINCERE and HONEST books about Native American Shaminism and spirituality without wasting your time on this one.
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