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Summary: Might be better
Review: All in all this book is pretty good but the author does advertise an awfull lot for her own services and products.
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Summary: Crow Tribe cultural director speaks out
Review: Before you buy this book, go to this website www.sonomacountyfreepress.com/features/brooke-edwards.html.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK!
Review: Brooke Medicine Eagle is one of the few native medicine teachers that have not been forced by threats of violence to stop teaching non-native peoples. She has consistently through the years been a voice of the rainbow way - joining all peoples together in the celebration and love of Mother Earth. This remarkable book tells of her journey, her visionary call to her work, the long years of training that occurred before she began to teach, and offers many techniques she has found useful in helping promote personal balance on the Earth path. Brooke is one of the remarkable voices of our time - this book offers her voice clear and unfettered. The voice of a contemporary Earth mystic who has been trained in both traditional Native and contemporary healing paths. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: A Book for All Our Relations
Review: Brooke Medicine Eagle's autobiography tells more than the story of one extraordinary woman. It invites the reader to experience his or her own spiritual self by being firmly grounded in the wisdom of the Earth. No faith is required, there is no dogma in this book and, thankfully, no burdensome beliefs to accept. Instead, there is a call to one's integrity, a sense of humor, and reverence for everything from sexuality to the Creator of all. Rarely does a book combine profound inspiration with simple and beautiful ritual practices that demonstrate our untapped human potential. If our Mother Earth could recommend a book for all her children, this would be it.
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Summary: Commercialism
Review: I am very disappointed with this "book". And I use the term "book" loosely, it is really nothing more than one big commercial for her workshops.
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Summary: 2 to 2 1/2 stars I suppose
Review: I bought this book at a time when I was looking for source materials on native american culture and living for the non native american person. The book came reccomended to me by a friend who owned it with a word of caution that it was just alright. I went out and bought it, read through it and found it ok in some places and questionable in others. The author does advertise her other "for sale" services quite a bit which gets a little daunting, however there are some chapters which are well written and full of imagery. The two I liked best were her chapter on crystals where she describes a gift giving ceremony between her and friends, something which I have enjoyed doing myself. I also liked the part onbuilding your own personal altar, unlike other new age authors who proclaim altar set ups and endless tools, the author of this book tells readers to have an empty altar, perhaps covered in a sacred cloth which can be a simple focal point rather than a holder of all sorts of tools. All in all If you want this book then buy it used, use those parts of it that speak to you and discard the rest. Incidently, there is a picture of the author in the back of the book and looking at her I couldnt help but feel a bit uneasy, she dosent present a very spiritual image.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK!
Review: I dislike writing negative reviews, but sometimes it is necessary to use harsh words, and this is another of those times.I bought this book in hopes it would contain authentic Amerindian teachings. Chapter 10 she goes into Feldenkrais body work. Chapter 11 she goes into channeled information. Chapter 15 she goes into NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). My MAJOR point of comtention with this book occurs with chapter 12. In this chapter she becomes a proponent for the use of peyote. Peyote is a halucinigenic cacti. Halucinogens will open the shamamic doorways but there are other ways just as effective without adding toxins to your body. I recommend the following Shamanic books in this order. "Shamanic Experience" Kenneth Meadows "Shamanism: As A Spiritual Practise For Daily Life" Tom Cowan "Shamanism" Gordon MacLellan "The Way of the Shaman" Michael Harner "Secrets of Shamanism: Tapping The Spirit Power Within You" Jose and Lena Stevens "Rainbow Medicine: A Visionary Guide To Native American Shamanism" Wolf Moondance Questions or comments; please E-Mail me. Two Bears. Wah doh Ogedoda
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Summary: New Age Native American stuff
Review: There are people who think that the only way to practice Native American (or any indigenous) spirituality is the traditional way. According to them, Creator and the spirits only listen when they are addressed via rituals established within a tribe-specific context and transmitted unchanged through time. These people will not appreciate Brooke's book (forgetting all the while that most "traditional" Native practices are actually rather recent, at most a couple of hundred yrs old). What Medicine Eagle is trying to do here is present her experiences and conclusions about the nature of reality and the spirit world. These conclusions are often tentative and one often gets a feeling that her work is still very much in progress. In any case, one can be virtually certain that anyone who writes books about Native American spirituality is either a sincere beginner (who still harbors the illusion that talking about it can be useful) or a shameless exploiter of naive audiences, or both. This book belongs somewhere in between naivete and exploitation. The first part, which deals with her vision quests, is interesting. The second part is a plug for her workshops and is boring. One chapter I liked was the one on Moshe Feldenkreis. The Westerner tends to be disconnected from his/her body and any spiritual work done under such circumstances can be fruitless or positively dangereous (spirits talk to us through the body and if we are not conscious of the talk, they will tweak the subconscious mind in ways we might not appreciate). Feldenkreis was a true expert in bodymind integration and a combination of his teachings with those of indigenous traditions is a great thing. Creator has created all of us equal and what (s)he cares about is not the tribe one might belong to but the sincerity of our prayers and a dedication to "save all beings" because all of them are our relations. Spirit has many ways of seeping into our body and expanding our awareness of interconnectedness. Brooke, in this book, shows us her own path towards such awareness. It seems to work for her and maybe it will work for others, too.
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