Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246496 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
"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

About the Author
Lynn Andrews is the author of The Power Deck, Teachings Around the Sacred Wheel, Dark Sister, Woman of Wyrrd, and Love and Power. Her other books include the New York Times bestseller Jaguar Woman, Spirit Woman, Windhorse Woman, and Tree of Dreams.

Customer Reviews

WHAT A SHAM!!
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.

mixed metaphors run rampant
I kept on checking the spine to make sure it said "non-fiction", but it did. Andrews uses such a variety of native terms (ranging from Cree, Lakota, Zuni and Mayan)that it seemed to be more new-age mumbo jumbo than something to take seriously. Seems like Andrews may belong to the "Wanna-be" tribe.

fiction
This is an okay story compared to later books , but it should read in big letters: Fiction or Fictional account based on events. The Lakota and other Native Americans have taken Andrews (as well as Castaneda and others) to task for forging their spirituality and have called on her to reveal the book as fiction both in person and in various articles on the web. (...)

When I first read it, I thought it was a wonderful story but was perplexed by the essential bimbo-ness of the author's character throughout the novel. She was always whining. She acted like a "girl" well throughout the first books of the series yet she wasn't a girl for anyone who did the math. Then I logged on and found out what she charged for her seminars and it was all very clear. Each book read more and more like a screenplay rather than spiritual instruction. She definitely targets her market and it appeals to the little girl love of fairy tales and exotic fantasies that live on in many adult women. For the spirituality that an adult requires, however, it's a bad hash of not much.