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Medicine Woman #2

by Lynn V. Andrews, Δημήτρης Κουτσούκης (Translator)

"Σ' αυτό το δεύτερο βιβλίο της, μετά το "Γυναίκα μάγος-γιατρός", η Λυν Άντριους συνεχίζει να γράψει για τη μαθητεία της δίπλα στην ιθαγενή Αμερικάνα σαμάν Άνιες Γουίστλινγκ Ελκ. Το πιο αξιοσημείωτο στοιχείο αυτού του βιβλίου είναι η ικανότητά του να μεταδίδει την ουσία των σωματικών αλλά και των πνευματικών μαθημάτων που πήρε η Άντριους κατά την παραμονή της με τις Ινδιάνες Κρη.
Το προηγούμενο βιβλίο της μιλούσε λεπτομερειακά για τη μύησή της στις διδασκαλίες της Γυναικείας Αδελφότητας των Ασπίδων, μιας μυστικής κοινωνίας που, κατά παράδοση, είναι η μοναδική ανάμεσα στις ντόπιες της Αμερικής. Σ' αυτό το βιβλίο συνεχίζει την εκπαίδευσή της κι ανακαλύπτει γιατί ένιωθε υποχρεωμένη να γυρίσει και να συνεχίσει τη μόρφωσή της κοντά στην Άνιες.
Και τα δύο βιβλία είναι πολύ αξιόλογα, όχι μόνο επειδή ρίχνουν φως σε μια άγνωστη σε μας κουλτούρα, αλλά και για το δυναμικό ύφος της Άντριους και την ανθρωπιά με την οποία ανοίγεται σε νέες και πολλές φορές φαινομενικά αλλόφερτες εμπειρίες".
Booklist (American Library Association)

Genres: Spirituality, New Age, Indigenous, Fiction, Native American, Womens Studies, Religion

271 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1984

About the author

Lynn Andrews is the author of the Medicine Woman Series, which chronicles her three decades of study and work with shaman healers on four continents.

Reviews

[Deena · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm really embarressed that I read this. I think it's really brave of me to admit it publicly.

[jacqs · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with the first book in the series (Medicine Woman), I was fascinated and completely absorbed. Mainly because it is supposed to be true while being totally impossible by the mainstream world view. If it turned out to be false, I'd be very disappointed and it would lose a lot of its power and value. Whereas Medicine Woman was about stealing a "marriage basket," this second book is about creating protection by making medicine shields, to strengthen her new powers as a shaman. I believe she also reaches enlightenment at the end, and passes a final test of her training. Nothing about her experiences is subtle. The mystical visions are big and bright and out of this world. In terms of story line and characters, the first book is a little more cohesive as a stand-alone novel, while this one is less focused on characters and more on the visions she has.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this one. Along with Crystal Woman (set in Australia) this is my favorite (set in the American southwest).

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing story from Medicine Woman, remember sitting on the back porch reading for hours as the tale unfolded. Wonderful way to escape my troubles at the time.

[Lisa Sanden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as experientially rich as Medicine woman, but still a good read with a lot of good lessons.

[Patricia Herlevi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remembered how much I enjoyed reading Lynn V. Andrews Medicine Woman series in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I wanted to return to the books and I'm glad I did. These books reminds me of all the spiritual and metaphysical practices I first learned about in the 1980s. It amazes me that I take these practices for granted now when they were so controversial just three, even two decades ago.

[Kelly Barry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars for being a bloated story about a woman's self importance while sharing very little about the history of medicine women. Earns a star for having moments of what sounds like sound wisdom of finding strength within one's self.

Also that final confrontation with red dog sucked. Evil sorcerer is defeated by the mighty feminine power of crying.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this way back when. Who knew? I read it as fiction.

[Kaia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could not possibly be a true story since so many of her observations and so called facts are incorrect. Very insulting in many ways both to women and native americans.

[Heidi Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great chronicles of her experiences.