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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 they had read about a man leaving his family and going to Canada in search of something, they could say: ‘Yeah, I can dig that.’
“Society has been able to accept the idea of women having careers in addition to the role of women as mothers, but we haven’t gone the next step to accept a woman in sea
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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 is 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 is 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
“Medicine Woman has to do with the meaning of life, the role of women, and the wrestling of power away from the forces of evil that hold it.”
– —Los Angeles Times
“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 p