The Moon Watcher's Companion: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Moon, and More

by Donna Henes

From the very earliest time, people have watched the moon's mysterious and fascinating nocturnal sky show with amazement and intrigue. Even in today's modern, busy world there are many of us who have taken a step back, looked upward, and wondered: What is it made of? How was it formed? What does it look like up close? In The Moon Watcher's Companion, urban shaman, writer, and teacher Donna Henes enlivens the imaginations of those who have contemplated the moon by providing poems, drawings, stories, ancient wisdom, and scientific findings from a diverse blend of people and cultures throughout the world. Bringing together a wide range of writings about the moon, from Mother Goose to Joseph Campbell, Galileo to Audre Lorde, Sappho to Black Elk, as well as providing a comprehensive encyclopedia of lunar terminology, a timeline of lunar explorations, and three sections that detail the moon's faces, phases, and known facts, author Hene has created a fascinating compendium of lunar science, myth, folklore, poetry, curious facts, and old wives' wisdom culled from cultures throughout the ages.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Astrology, Nature, Space

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Donna Henes is an internationally renowned urban shaman, ritual expert, award-winning author, popular speaker and workshop leader whose joyful celebrations of celestial events have introduced ancient traditional rituals and contemporary ceremonies to millions of people in more than 100 cities since 1972. She has published five books and is included in six anthologies, a CD, an acclaimed Ezine and writes for The Huffington Post, Beliefnet and UPI Religion and Spirituality Forum, and serves as a ritual consultant for the television and film industry. Mama Donna, as she is affectionately called, maintains a ceremonial center, spirit shop, ritual practice and consultancy in Exotic Brooklyn, NY where she works with individuals, groups, institutions, municipalities and corporations to create meaningful ceremonies for every imaginable occasion.

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'Unofficial Commissioner of Public Spirit of NYC.' –The New Yorker
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'Part performance artist, part witch, part social director for planet earth.' –The Village Voice
'A-List exorcist!' –NY Post
'The Original crystal-packing mama.' –NY Press
'Insightful, funny, a treasure. One of the best 'goddess gals' around.' –Olympia Dukakis

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Reviews

[Gabrielle Jarrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Donna Henes has written a quick read packed with information, history, and world wide stories of the moon and her phases, advice of beginning projects, planting, science, myth and legend. Very good.

[Hazril Wan]

Behold! The Supermoon!

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weird...mostly poetry and folk lore...

[Elise Blair · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cute but not for me.Hard to get into because she is all over the place with way too many folk lore stories and poems.