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Grandmothers of the light : a medicine woman's sourcebook / Paula Gunn Allen.

Allen, Paula Gunn. (Author).

Summary:

In this collection of goddess stories gleaned from the vast oral tradition of Native America, the author evokes a world of personal freedom and communal harmony, of free communication among people, animals, and spirits, of magic and its discipline, of balance between the sacred and the mundane.--From publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0807081027 :
  • ISBN: 9780807081020
  • Physical Description: xvii, 246 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246).
Formatted Contents Note:
The living reality of the medicine world -- Cosmogyny: the Goddess -- Ritual magic and aspects of the Goddesses -- Myth, magic, and medicine in the modern world
Subject:
Indian women > North America.
Indians of North America > Religion.
Indians of North America > Folklore.
Goddess religion > North America.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Lummi Library E 98 .W8 A4 1991 0231750 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library E 98 .W8 A4 1991 257375 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library E 98 .W8 A4 1991 680582 Stacks Available -

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