Book Description
After accepting a last minute elementary school teaching job, Bean transplants herself to a small Alaskan fishing town. Love and marriage follow, surprising Bean, who feels her husband, Mick, is not only the best thing to happen to her, but the only good thing. Then Mick vanishes climbing Mt. McKinley and Bean is thrown back on herself and into the company of Mick's mother-an arthritic woman in her seventies with a penchant for stealing. With gentle humor, pathos, and a never-failing sense of hope, Marquis writes of Bean's struggles with devastating loss and the need to rebuild.
Customer Reviews:
A lovely book..........2003-11-16
Some books, even if you like them, make you impatient for their end so you can go on to something else. This is because they are merely good, and not lovely. A Hole In The Heart is lovely, a book to savor. And Bean Jessup is a character to savor; flawed and hurt by life, but human like the rest of us with her own measured portions of hope and insight.
As for the prose, I love it when a writer can stun you with a plain phrase, as opposed to extorting admiration through complication. Chris Marquis draws you in with his lovely readable sentences, then stuns you with, for example (not the best example, either, but just the first one retrieved): "She remembered coming home from school and slapping the rope swing dangling from the elm so that it convulsed wildly over a dirt path she had scuffed with her feet." Here he has grounded you in the action, revealed the character and a bit of her past, stunned you with his accuracy.
Terrific.......2003-10-14
Boy, what was that last reviewer thinking?? I picked up this book after reading the rave review in Entertainment Weekly and loved it start to finish. The characters are so incredibly real, I felt like I actually knew Bean. Although the story takes place a world away from my life, I could relate to all the things they were going through. I'm recommending this one for my book club and can't wait to talk about it with my friends.
Waste of time!.......2003-10-09
Maybe I was in a different state of mind when I read this book, but I absolutely hated it. I have never found a book to be so unconvincing and painfully lacking real emotion. The book starts off well enough with Bean adjusting to a new life in Alaska, but it suddenly downward spirals and we're left to believe that Bean has meaningful relationships and a dignifying rebound from a tragedy. Her relationship with Jimmy bothered me more than anything -- apparently he was her best friend, yet at one of the most important parts, the author skims right over him and only provides a brief outline of Bean's emotions. I would have quit halfway through, but since I heard so many positive reviews, I thought the end might be redeeming. Again, I was wrong. The book got worse as I went along and by the end I was thrilled to be freed from reading this dull book.
Wonderful story of a woman struggling with loss and life.......2003-09-12
In some ways, this book reminded me of "The Dive from Clausen's Pier": both books feature a female protagonist struggling to find herself after her relationship comes to a tragic end. When I read the former, however, I never connected with the main character, Carrie, who I couldn't help but to consider pathetic. The main character of this book, Bean, certainly has aspects of her life that could also be considered pathetic, but somehow, I related more easily to her behavior (eg, lying in bed eating Ben & Jerry's when her husband was away) than I could to the more amorphous actions of Carrie. Bean comes across as extremely real, from her ambivalence toward the various people in her life to her earnest search for direction and meaning. Here is a lost soul who you really root for; you want to see Bean triumph in the end. While the conclusion of the book isn't exactly uplifting--the author resists the ever-present temptation to tie everything up neatly--as you come to the end of Bean's story, you can easily imagine that she is on the path to a brighter future. A well-written, wonderful detailed, and refreshingly original work.
WOW!!.......2003-08-26
I just happened to pick this book up at the airport and absolutely loved it. I read it slowly so I could linger over the characters. No one I know has heard of it, but I think I've discovered a gem. The book is so vivid I constantly daydreamed of a movie being made from the novel...who would play the parts?
What more to say? This is, without a doubt, one of the best books I've read in a long time. I found myself laughing out loud and a few paragraphs later had tears in my eyes. The writing flows so smoothly it's hard to put down. I think this one is going to be big.
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- Chronicle of a Reluctant Champion.
- An Epic Fantasy to Match Lord of the Rings, but Darker
- Hellfire
- Not as good as I expected
- Fantastic series, the author's legacy...
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Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1)
Stephen R. Donaldson
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Book Description
The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever.
He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself. Yet he was tempted to believe, to fight for the Land, to be the reincarnation of its greatest hero....
THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
Book One: LORD FOUL'S BANE
Book Two: THE ILLEARTH WAR
Book Three: THE POWER THAT PRESERVES
Customer Reviews:
Chronicle of a Reluctant Champion........2007-10-10
Usually when people review series or sagas waits to read all the tomes before writing the individual review.
I choose to review each installment as soon as I finish reading it as not to be influenced by the overall picture in detriment of the individual volume.
The first trilogy of "Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever" was Donaldson's first opus and launched him to immediate consideration of public & critics.
Donaldson's proposal is quite risky.
The main character is unable to compromise with the fantastic universe that deploys before him. The reader will certainly not identify with Covenant's sour & bitter personality.
Nevertheless a powerful story is constructed over this implausible pillar!
The tale is as follows: Thomas is a writer whose first novel is a best seller. When he is enjoying his success and trying to write his second book, he is found to be a leper.
He looses two fingers of his right hand. His wife & son run away from him. He spent a semester at a leprosarium and returns to his home, just to find what a leper's life is: no one wants to relate to him, he is an outcast, forced to solitude.
He turns into an angry & resentful person.
Suddenly after a car accident he awakes in a different universe: The Land.
First he faces the absolute evil incarnated in Lord Foul who releases him with a message for the Lords of the Land.
Then he encounters a young & beautiful girl that guide his first steps in the Land and thinks he may be the reincarnation of Berek Halfhand the greatest hero of the Land.
Thomas refuses to accept this universe as "real"; he thinks it is just a figment of his imagination; a defensive delusion to evade his painful reality.
He recovers his lost sensitivity in his hands and extremities. He is so charged of unmanageable energy that he commits his awful "original sin": he rapes the lovely Lena. This sin will torture Covenant all thru the story.
Atiran, Lena's mother unaware of his wrongdoing leads him in search of the distant Revelstone, the Home of the Council of Lords. When Atiran finds out Thomas' felony, another Land's characteristic come to the fore: the Oath of Peace, creating a well of tension within her.
Stage by stage the Land and its dwellers will be presented to Covenant (and the reader) growing in complexity and interest.
Finally the Lords receive the message and launch the final Quest that closes this volume.
It is great book that may be enjoyed by fantasy fans and general public as well!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.
An Epic Fantasy to Match Lord of the Rings, but Darker.......2007-10-06
I read all three books in this series, and I enjoyed them very much. I would only say in criticism that the hero's pain (angst) was at times overbearing. Too much of it. Also, Donaldson mined the dictionary in writing his books, and that slowed down the reading--too many words to look up in certain sections, so much so that I circled a bunch on two pages just for the fun of it. I think this detracted from the writing.
In spite of those criticisms, I would highly recommend the "Chronicles." There were a lot of great adventures and characters. Which did I like the most--"Chronicles" or "Lord of the Rings"? I would say "Lord of the Rings," because I read that trilogy first and because I sympathized with the main character more. "Chronicles" is a more mature book, I would say--deeper and darker.
Hellfire.......2007-09-22
Some readers love this book, others detest it. Its kind of like the person of the main character (Thomas Covenant) in that way. It is entirely true that Thomas says "Hellfire!" constantly and it wears on the reader's nerves. It is also true that he is a frustrating character in that he doesn't seem able to voice his feelings whatsoever and this causes some of his problems. It is also true that this book is written entirely focused upon Thomas Covenant. These reasons are enough to turn off a number of potential readers.
It is also true that certain sections of the story are quite moving and emotional. It is also true that the reader does form some affinity for some of the supporting cast - e.g. the Lords. I suspect most readers will enjoy the concept of how in tune the people of the Land are with nature and health.
Unfortunately, too often the author doesn't "fully flesh" out situations or reasonings - perhaps to create suspense or drama. After awhile this can be a bit tedious. Also, some of the lyrical sections get boring quickly. However, the concept of the Bloodguard is nifty and the Plains of Ra is a cool colony to visit. So, for the first book in a fantasy series, it does really well.
Not as good as I expected.......2007-08-23
After reading the reviews of this series plus other works by Donaldson, I expected great things from this book. I was sorely disappointed! Although the action is at times exciting, I got weary of Covenant's whining and self-loathing quickly. Yes, it's an important aspect of his character, but to hear it expressed in every sentence he utters was just a bit much. I won't be reading any of the subsequent books in this series.
Fantastic series, the author's legacy..........2007-08-12
I have read the negative reviews for this set of books by Donaldson and they seem to grasp the essence of the character, Thomas Covenant. He is a wretched person and does some pretty detestable things in the first book, but that is simply the end result of what has come into his life. In the context of his life, his family abandons him, the town, in which he lives, shuns him because of his sickness...he is avoided and hated for what he has. No wonder he is the epitome of "anti-social."
Those things listed above are some of the greatest, well-thought, formations in character development seen in a book series. You will grow to dislike Thomas Covenant in the first book - you are supposed to. Through perseverence, you will find a character who slowly, but surely embraces the world which calls him - eventually giving everything he has to sustain it.
Do not simply allow the destable image, found in the first book, move you away from reading the rest. If you stay the course (all the way to the third series, which is currently being written), you will begin to understand why these books are considered Donaldson's masterpiece and Covenant, his legacy to the literary world. Enjoy!
Customer Reviews:
Deep, dark, epic fantasy.......2005-07-06
THE SERIES:
I've read this series twice, with a span of twenty-some years in between. When I first read it, I liked the characters, images, and story, but the language seemed deliberately over-complicated and intellectual. Now, after re-reading it, I think that I just wasn't ready for it the first time.
LORD FOUL'S BANE:
Thomas Covenant is a successful writer working on a sequel to his best-seller. He has a young, beautiful, loving wife, and a little child. He lives in the country in a home he sees as his haven. He has it made. And then, he is diagnosed with leprosy. His wife leaves him because she fears he will contaminate their child. He spends months in and out of hospitals. He is shunned by his neighbors. Thomas Covenant is outcast, and deeply depressed. He withdraws into himself and builds a wall around him as thick as he any castle or fortress.
Suddenly, he is in an entirely different world. There is no leprosy, he recognizes no one, he recognizes nothing of where he is, and everyone identifies him as the reincarnation of an ancient, semi-mythical hero, who was foretold to return to The Land to heal it with his magic. Covenant doesn't believe any of this, and assumes, despite the apparent impossible reality of everything around him, that he is in a delirium-induced delusion. He is named Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
What does he do? Does he wait to awaken, and thus end the delusion? He tries that, but the "reality" of his new surroundings continues. Does he believe what everyone in this new and strange world tells him? He refuses that option, as he sees it as a surrender to insanity. Thomas Covenant reaches a compromise with himself: he accepts that he is living in an illusory world induced by a coma, but accepts that the best way to pass the time is to cooperate in the illusion. The seeming reality of his new world keeps enticing him into accepting its reality and surrendering his Unbelief, but he is obstinate.
THE ILLEARTH WAR:
After "awakening" from his first trip to The Land, Thomas Covenant convinces himself that his first trip was all a coma-induced illusion. Suddenly, he is thrust back into the magic, wonder, and plight of The Land, with everyone counting on him to use the magic of his white gold wedding ring to defeat Lord Foul and his Illearth Stone. The problem remains that Covenant still doesn't believe any of this, and assumes, despite the apparent impossible reality of everything around him, that he is in a delirium-induced delusion. He is again faced with the dilemma of either accepting that The Land is real, which might mean he's insane, or ignoring its apparent reality and letting The Land and its people perish.
Thomas Covenant reaches a compromise with himself: he accepts that he is living in an illusory world induced by a coma, but accepts that the best way to pass the time is to cooperate in the illusion. The seeming reality of his new world keeps enticing him into accepting its reality and surrendering his Unbelief, but he is obstinate.
THE POWER THAT PRESERVES:
Once more, Thomas Covenant is thrown back into The Land. Lord Foul seems to come back stronger when he recovers from each defeat. What also grows is Covenant's love of The Land and its people. This time, his leprosy is not healed by The Land, as it is under siege by Foul's magic. Covenant still holds on to his Unbelief in The Land for fear of giving in to delusion, but the distinction between accepting it as real versus playing along with an illusion is becoming decreasingly important, to Covenant, to the story, and to the reader. Covenant's character is growing as, through adversity, he emerges from the depression he fell into after his leprosy was diagnosed. Everything is at stake now, and Covenant must gain some control over the magic of his white gold ring.
Oh, by the way, through all of this, Thomas Covenant remains cynical, depressed, sarcastic, irritable, rude, and generally a pain in the . . . neck, although less so than in the third book than in the first two books. Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum (a la "The Hanging Tree"), or Burt Lancaster could have played the part in a movie. An interesting hero, indeed.
The third book of the series, which completes the first trilogy, continues the trends of characters that are deep and well-developed; complicated, intelligent, and extremely sophisticated writing (the exact opposite of Hemingway's stunning simplicity and not far off from Faulkner's esoteric and obtuse complexity); and a riveting story. What gets introduced is the dawning realization by Covenant that, whether the Land and its people are real or not, he is beginning to care about them. This is NOT a quick, easy read. This IS deep, major fantasy on an epic scale.
For those of you that get hooked, a second trilogy was written. The first trilogy, however, can stand alone.
The first part of a classic in one volume.......2005-05-27
There's very little one can say that hasn't already been said about this series. It contains Lord Foul's Bane, The Illearth War and The Power that Preserves all in one volume. A great way to jump start a fantasy collection or add to your library.
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Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever)
Stephen R. Donaldson
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday
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- Deep, dark, well-crafted fantasy
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Lord Foul's Bane (Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book One)
Stephen R. Donaldson
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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Customer Reviews:
Deep, dark, well-crafted fantasy.......2005-07-06
I've read this book, and this series, twice, with a span of twenty-some years in between. When I first read it, I liked the characters, images, and story, but the language seemed deliberately over-complicated and intellectual. Now, after re-reading it, I think that I just wasn't ready for it the first time.
Thomas Covenant is a successful writer working on a sequel to his best-seller. He has a young, beautiful, loving wife, and a little child. He lives in the country in a home he sees as his haven. He has it made. And then, he is diagnosed with leprosy. His wife leaves him because she fears he will contaminate their child. He spends months in and out of hospitals. He is shunned by his neighbors. Thomas Covenant is outcast, and deeply depressed. He withdraws into himself and builds a wall around him as thick as he any castle or fortress.
Suddenly, he is in an entirely different world. There is no leprosy, he recognizes no one, he recognizes nothing of where he is, and everyone identifies him as the reincarnation of an ancient, semi-mythical hero, who was foretold to return to The Land to heal it with his magic. Covenant doesn't believe any of this, and assumes, despite the apparent impossible reality of everything around him, that he is in a delirium-induced delusion. He is named Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
What does he do? Does he wait to awaken, and thus end the delusion? He tries that, but the "reality" of his new surroundings continues. Does he believe what everyone in this new and strange world tells him? He refuses that option, as he sees it as a surrender to insanity. Thomas Covenant reaches a compromise with himself: he accepts that he is living in an illusory world induced by a coma, but accepts that the best way to pass the time is to cooperate in the illusion. The seeming reality of his new world keeps enticing him into accepting its reality and surrendering his Unbelief, but he is obstinate.
Oh, by the way, through all of this, Thomas Covenant remains cynical, depressed, sarcastic, irritable, rude, and generally a pain in the . . . neck. An interesting hero, indeed.
Thus is launched "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever". The series was a trilogy, and then a second trilogy was added. The characters are deep and well-developed, the writing is complicated, intelligent, and extremely sophisticated (the exact opposite of Hemingway's stunning simplicity and not far off from Faulkner's esoteric and obtuse complexity), and the story is riveting. This is NOT a fun, easy read. This IS deep, major fantasy on an epic scale. It might be hard to get into, but it will be hard to put down once you do get into it.
good different fantasy.......2003-06-03
This is a good break from the typical dragon-world fantasy genre. Donaldson uses a complex anti-hero as the eyeglass to an enthralling fantasy world that's quite different from the typical fantasy worlds. Good series, but the main character does whine quite a bit.
The Best.......2003-01-31
This is the first book in one of the dam best stories you will ever read. I only wish I had never read it so I could read it like I did the first time.
Customer Reviews:
The arc comes to an unsatisfying end.......2001-11-02
I've been waiting to read The Ancestor Cell for a long time. It has never shown up at the usual place I buy Doctor Who books, so I finally broke down and bought it when I was in the States.
Given everything I had heard about the book, I had really low expectations going in. Given those expectations, I actually enjoyed it quite a lot. It's nowhere near classic Who, and there are a lot of problems with it, but I did end up finding it worth my time.
The thing that did it for me was the characterization of Fitz. I've had the benefit of reading a lot of Post-Earth-Arc books with Fitz in them, so perhaps that coloured my view a little. Anyway, Fitz is extremely well done in this one. For awhile, I really found the constant "womanizing" of Fitz extremely annoying. Every time he looked at Tarra, Romana or any of the other women characters, he was constantly thinking of how they looked, how he would follow those legs anywhere, etc. It got on my nerves.
However, as the book wore on, I started to realize something. This was Fitz's coping mechanism because he's scared spitless throughout the book. The events are too much for one human to handle, and he's taking refuge in what he's always done: going after the ladies. It also sets him up for a horrific revelation later on in the book involving one of those women, which might not have been as powerful if it hadn't been set up by Fitz ogling her earlier in the book.
The other really good character is somebody who's "related" to Fitz. I really ended up caring what happened to him, and his sense of betrayal. I thought he was going to be a stock character, but he turned out not to be. Unfortunately, I can't go into any more detail without spoilers. You'll know who I'm talking about when you read it, though.
The Doctor is also well-characterized, but he's not really anything special. He does Doctorly things, he has to make a momentous decision that can have drastic consequences. He's able to make that decision because of the direction the Eighth Doctor books was going to be changing, so at least it's not a reset-button issue.
The Faction Paradox come across as run of the mill villains in this book, which is a shame after the set-up Lawrence Miles gave them. In this book, they're more of a "Nothing can stop me now!!!!" sort of villain. I swear I could almost see one of them twirling a moustache at times. It really let the book down, I think.
It's too bad Miles couldn't finish the story that he started. I'm not a big fan of his, and it may have been just as bland, but it would have been nice to see what Miles would have done with his creations. Instead, we get a stock story that really doesn't go anywhere and the only reason it goes as far as it does is due to editorial fiat.
Too bad, but it's still an enjoyable read. Just don't go in expecting a masterpiece.
The Interference arc comes to a sticky end.......2001-06-11
The Ancestor Cell gives us a wrap up of the events that began in the 2-part Interference (actually, the events really began in Alien Bodies). It's another really strange story, in the tradition of the books by Marc Platt and Paul Cornell. A lot of really interesting things happen, and the story centers on Gallifrey, which has changed a bit since we've last seen it, in preparation for the coming war with the Enemy. A newly regenerated Romana is the President, and a huge structure made of bone, known as The Edifice, is hovering in its sky, and it's growing. The events on Gallifrey include the truly nasty practices of some young and naive Faction Paradox initiates. The whole involvement of Faction Paradox in this story makes it very unpleasant to read at times, but anyone who has had some interest in the Interference arc will want to read this book to see how it all comes out. The end result is ultimately unsatisfying, but at least we have closure, and a fairly interesting read along the way.
Not brilliant, but not bad........2001-06-09
I did not like "Interference" and I did not think it was brilliant. Everybody praises Lawrence Miles for being a ground breaking and innovative writer. For someone who is so innovative, he spends a lot of time mucking about in the past. And to the man who makes a past time of slagging off his fellow Doctor Who writers, he got his just desserts with this books and must face the facts that he is not and never will be as brilliant as either Robert Holmes or Douglas Adams!!
Almost everything is set right in this book. I thought the writers found a great way of tying up all the loose ends rather nicely in this book while causing a few more problems. Although I am very fond of Gallifrey and I happen to be a fan of most of the stories set on the Doctor's home planet, I'm not bothered by it's destruction.
Much better than I was expecting.......2001-05-18
I've read nasty review after nasty review of this book on seeral online forums. I purchased it partly because I'm a sad completist, but mostly because I didn't belive that anything with Peter Anghelides' hand in it could turn out all bad.
It seems I was correct.
In many ways, this book is a lot of fun. Seeing the Doctor slowly turn into an enemy agent against his will is fascinating. Also, the insidious nature of the plot Faction Paradox is running against the Time Lords is breath-taking. There are some truly marvellous scenes where bits of Time Lord history are whittled away piece by piece with no one but Fitz noticing. It's creepy stuff. On top of that, the controversial aspects of the novel don't bother me at all. Change is part of an ongoing serial. Fans who can't accept that would be better off going over their favorite serials/novels rather than railing against the new direction in the books. (Besides, anyone who thinks that some of these changes aren't going to be undone in the future are extremely naive.)
The Doctor is wonderful in this book. Compassion seems like an afterthought, which is odd considering how badly most of the other characters try to capture her. I also have to admit that I guessed the nature of the artifact about ten pages into the book, so that was somewhat predictable. Fitz veers from nightmarishly gauche to fantastic, so no change there.
If you're biased against taking things in a new direction (or biased towards Lawrence Miles), parts of this book will probably bother you. Regardless, it's a good read, better in fact than the post "Caught On Earth" books I've read (_Earthworld_, _Vanishing Point_).
It is a great disappointment.......2001-05-12
I don't like what happened in the story at all. Like everyone else, I don't appreciate Lawrence Miles' interference in the Doctor's life. I read the review for this book and I agree with it 100%. This book is not for fans, especially me. I was heartbroken to hear that Gallifrey was destroyed at the end and with it the Doctor's complete history. I mean when will the Doctor's memory return? What if he accidentally runs into one of his old friends and the Doctor doesn't recognize or remember him/her. They're feelings would be hurt, deeply I might add. I mean it, this isn't right at all. With his memory taken away, it might as well end the entire Doctor Who series. I don't feel I'll be alright until the Doctor gets his memory back.
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Lynn Andrews continues her journey where Medicine Woman left off, as she renews her apprenticeship to Native-American shaman, Agnes Whistling Elk. Andrews has only just been initiated into the Sisterhood of the Shields, a secret society of women, but here she begins to understand the true meaning of the Sisterhood's power to transform. Through the creation of her own shield-both a physical and spiritual tool-she comes to know the full ancient power of women, as well as her own spiritual path. This seminal work will be read and reread by generations to come.
Customer Reviews:
Spirit Woman.......2007-08-21
A lovely customer brought me this book when I was the owner of the Angel Emporium. He said it was a book about me. Of course I had to read it, and I think he may have not been too far off base. At any rate, I LOVED it, and I went on to read many more books by Lynn Andrews; This book is one of the best! If you enjoy Andrews, you will certainly enjoy the ride of Spirit Woman. I give it 5 full stars. *****!!!!!
What a gift.......2006-04-29
I read this book many years ago and loved it. I recently ran across it again and am even more deeply impressed. Lynn Andrews offers insights while she shares her story. She is obviously a woman of courage to share these spiritual insights so loving with all, in spite of groundless criticism.
At the level of spirit we are all one - there aren't white spirits and Indian spirits - just the energy of pure, uncondotional love. I smile when I see people say she has no right to share Native American spirituality because she is a white woman. She is a gifted spiritual teacher. I would highly recommend any of her writings
The journey continues..........2005-10-01
Lynn Andrews continues from where she finished in "Medicine Woman" smoothly. I found this book to delve even deeper into the subconcious and into the spirit world. It certainly gave me a lot to think about and plenty of inspiration! Andrews has an illuminating writing style and I think sharing her experiences with other women is such a wonderful way to live out her Medicine Path. If you read "Medicine Woman", you are looking for something to inspire introspection or you simply like having your sense reality challenged, please pick this up!
Relevant for the earth's changing energies.......2005-06-29
I read this book under its previous title many years ago (in the eighties). When I reread it recently, I was amazed at how much of it points to events and energies on the planet that are pretty generally accepted today by those on a spiritual path. Andrew's struggle to overcome her ego and learn the power of essence are timeless themes, and the teaching has never been more needed in the world than it is now. Read it for the first time or read it again. It may make more sense if you read Medicine Woman first, but it is a better book than Medicine Woman and far more insightful.
Exploitation, pure and simple.......2005-04-06
The author of this product is not a Native American. Nor is she a scholar of Native American studies. The author of this product does not have the authority, therefore, to speak about anything concerning the culture, spirituality or philosophy of any tribal Nation. Moreover, she does not have the right to utilize these things for any personal financial gain.
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