Star woman : we are made from stars and to the stars we must return
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New York, NY : Warner Books, c1986.
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0446513164
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New York, NY : Warner Books, c1986.
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246 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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0446513164

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Booklist Review

Lynn Andrews, author of Flight of the Seventh Moon (Booklist 80:927 Mr 1 84) and the best-selling Jaguar Woman (81:1478 Jl 85) continues to chronicle her wondrous spiritual and temporal progress as an apprentice medicine woman. Together with her sagacious Cree mentor, Agnes Whistling Elk, and several other powerful members of the ancient society of the Sisterhood of the Shield, Andrews travels through the unspoiled Canadian outback in search of ancient knowledge and self-realization. Under the able guidance of her shaman-tutors, the author learns to transcend her fears and her self-imposed limitations by synthesizing her dreams and inner visions with her raw experiences in the corporeal world. Though skeptics may discount the more fantastical elements of her mystical journey, Andrews' vivid narrative is, nevertheless, richly textured with a wealth of native American wisdom, lore, and mythology. A provocative account of one woman's quest for spiritual unity and enlightenment. MF. 299.7'5 Indians of North America Religion and mythology / Conjuring

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Kirkus Book Review

The fourth entry in Andrew's ""non-fiction"" adventures as an apprentice shaman. It all began 11 years ago for Andrews, a Beverly Hills mother and writer, when she tried to purchase an American Indian marriage basket and instead bought into the Society of the Shields, a millennia-old secret organization of women shamans dedicated ""to bring balance, wisdom, and a more complete view of truth to the land."" The current volume reiterates many of the Society's teachings (delivered by Agnes Whistling Elk and Ruby Plenty Chiefs, Andrews' two Indian teachers): ""Woman is the ultimate,"" ""You merge your soul with another's soul through creativity with another human being,"" and similar chestnuts that would make most Native Americans (and just about everyone else) titter in embarrassment. Of course, as with Carlos Castenada--whose far more insightful and skillfully written books seemed to have inspired Andrews' efforts--the author here couches her preaching in wild adventures on the occult plane. Andrews goes for a ride on Arion, a great white stallion who gallops in the clouds and ""can hear through twenty-foot-thick walls""; battles a mad (male, of course) eugenicist worthy of Marvel Comics and an evil (male) sorcerer named Red Dog, who triggers earthquakes through black magic for unnamed evil governments; meets lots of goddesses; finds her ""inside sun""; and in general has a whale of a time. Silly but enjoyable fantasy thrills and pop metaphysics for would be ""warrioresses"" and other female Walter Mittys. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Andrews, L. V. (1986). Star woman: we are made from stars and to the stars we must return . Warner Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrews, Lynn V. 1986. Star Woman: We Are Made From Stars and to the Stars We Must Return. New York, NY: Warner Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Andrews, Lynn V. Star Woman: We Are Made From Stars and to the Stars We Must Return New York, NY: Warner Books, 1986.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Andrews, L. V. (1986). Star woman: we are made from stars and to the stars we must return. New York, NY: Warner Books.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Andrews, Lynn V. Star Woman: We Are Made From Stars and to the Stars We Must Return Warner Books, 1986.

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