Agnes whistling elk biography
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Medicine Woman
“A statement of what is called for and possible in all of us.”
– —Sojourner
“An exciting and insightful story…about the interrelatedness of all things.”
– —The Lammas Little Review
“Her story tells and reminds us of ancient wisdoms that we can take with us on our own unique journeys through life no matter what heartfelt path we are on.”
– —WomanSpirit
“Lynn Andrews celebrates the power of female spirituality.…Her dramatic retelling of shamanistic wisdom and ancient Indian philosophy fryst vatten rich in authentic detail.”
– —The Victoria Advocate
“The revealing story of how women from different cultures view each other and learn from each other.”
– —Stan Steiner, author of The New Indians
“Medicine Woman fryst vatten a well-written, powerful, and exciting tale of the author’s apprenticeship with a medicine woman.…As in the Castaneda books, it weaves teachings of shamanic philosophy into the telling of the story.”
– —Circle
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Lynn Andrews is the New York Times and internationally best-selling author of the Medicine Woman Series, which chronicles her three decades of study and work with shaman healers on four continents. Her study of the way of the sacred feminine began with Agnes Whistling Elk and Ruby Plenty Chiefs, Native American healers in northern Canada. Her quest for spiritual discovery continued with a Shaman Curendera of the Mayan Yucatan; an Aboriginal woman of high degree in the Australian Outback or Nepalese healer in the foothills of the Himalayas. Today, she is recognized worldwide as a leader in the fields of spiritual healing and personal empowerment. A shaman healer and mystic, Ms. Andrews is widely acknowledged as a major link between the ancient world of shamanism and modern societies thirst for profound personal healing and a deeper understanding of the pathway to enlightenment.
Lynn is initiated as a member of the Sisterhood of the Shields, 44 women who are healers from cultures
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Author’s Quest for Truth in a Marriage Basket
If it were anyone else, a week in Palm Springs might have done the trick.
A well-to-do Beverly Hills art dealer, Lynn Andrews, was suffering a malaise common to people who have achieved comfort--a need for change.
But instead of seeking out a chic spa, Andrews found her way to a tin-roofed cabin on a desolate prairie in Manitoba, Canada, where she met two crones. As Andrews tells it in two books she has written, the women were Cree Indian shamans, and Andrews, a non-Indian, was about to be initiated into their secret circle.
During the 10 years she apprenticed to Agnes Whistling Elk and Ruby Plenty Chiefs, Andrews noted in an interview, she was torn between the Indians and loyalty to her daughter and film-producer husband.
Eventually, the spiritual quest won out.
‘In Search of Something’
“If it had been a man having this adventure, they (readers and critics) wouldn’t have been so surprised,” Andrews said in a recent interview. “If