REVIEW OF "MEDICINE WOMAN" & "FLIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON"
FROM EARTH-RITE 
Date: 2/3/87
From: Luis Kemnitzer
To:   ALL
Re:   Lynn Andrews

MOCCASIN LINE, newsletter of the e
Northwest Indian Women's Circle in Seattle, published a
review of Lynn Andrews' "Medicine Woman" and "Flight of
the Seventh Moon", which is interesting as a Native American
reactionb to the books and to non-Indian people's ressponse
to it. The review drips with sarcasm, pointing out that
Andrews' "Medicine Woman" who is a Cree and the otherŠCrees speak Hopi although they rarely travel, referring
to her Gucci bag, Sasson jeans and Beverlky Hills hotel,
and pointing out that "there is not one genuinely Algon-
kina/Cree phrase in either book." The reviewer says,
"Andrews, however, may be cynically exploiting many wome
n's honest desire to find feminist magical traditions by
writing them to order. In Flight of the 7th Moon, there is
more Pan-Indianism and direct borrowing from European tra-
dition e.g. on the inner lodges instead of on the inner
planes. And a discussion of psychic shields and thought
forms that owes more to Dion Fortune and the ceremonial
magic tradition than to any Cree that walked on Earth.
They pray to 7 planetary spirits, including Neptune, not
visible to the naked eyes of precontact Crees, but not
Saturn, which is." The reviewer also points out that Rub
y and Agnes are not shown as using their skills at the
service of their people. "In real life, the reputation
of being an effective practitioner is insurance that one
will rarely get to eat a meal without interruption."
The final statement: "Those women readers, who seek a
religious path with equality and a specifically feminine
power, think: "This is it! " are really being ripped off
the worst"