Preface Since x973 I have been traveling to Manitoba, Canada, to see a certain Native American medicine woman named Agnes Whistling Elk. At first I came to her as an art dealer from Los Angeles in search of a sacred marriage basket. Slowly our relationship changed, and I became this woman s apprentice. She has taught me a system of beliefs that had previously been !0reign to me. Agnes stresses the dignity and valhe of womanhood. She has said that it had been told to her in propl~ecy that I was to become a warrioress of the rainbow of black, white, red, and yellow peoples, and that one day I would become a bridge between the two distinct worlds of the primal mind and the white consciousness. During the course of my apprenticeship, I have been forced to restructure my beliefs as to who I am and what the world is. In an alien environment I was pitted against an adept male sorcerer named Re~ Dog. In this dangerous struggle I triumphed, much to my surprise. I have undergone several initiations since then, culminating with an initiation into a highly secretive shamanistic society of women known as the Sisterhood of the Shields. Agnes asked me to write about these experiences, to \"let the eagle t]y,\" and to teach people in an effort to heal our sacred Mother Earth. Medicine Woman was my first attempt to do this, and Flight of the Seventh Moon was the second in a series of books about the extraordinary adventures and shamanistic teachings I have encountered. These books stress the ancient powers of woman. This ancient knowledge has been memorized and beaded into history by powerful Native women throughout time in order to protect and ~-,~ ~ ~ k~ f~x the generations that follow on this beautiful earth. Jaguar Woman explores a range of movement, much as the
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