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Shakkai

Woman of the Sacred Garden

Illustrated by Ginny Joyner
Published by Beyond Words
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

In Shakkai, the eighth book in her bestselling Medicine Woman series, Lynn Andrews goes on an otherworldly journey unlike any she’s experienced before. Finding herself in Japan, Lynn meets the teacher of her future reincarnation, Shakkai, who helps Lynn discover the secret to healing herself and ultimately our endangered planet.

Building on the wisdom she has gained through her many journeys into self-discovery, Lynn V. Andrews now moves into an altogether new and remarkable dimension. The place is Japan in the future, but her journey there is truly timeless. With Agnes Whistling Elk and Ruby Plenty Chiefs as her spiritual guides, Andrews meets with the old woman Shakkai and discovers the secrets of Japan’s sacred gardens and their larger symbolism in the world of magic and power.

In Shakkai, Andrews offers this knowledge to all women who seek the sacred within themselves. She shows modern women how the principle of the captured landscape—a finite place that contains the infinite mysteries and power of nature within it—can speak to all women who wish to tap the abundance, tranquility, and peace of nature. And just as Shakkai’s timeless knowledge can be used to heal the individual spirit, Andrews uncovers the key to the essential balance of mind and heart that will help us to heal our endangered planet.

About The Author

Photograph by Angelika Boehler

The late Lynn V. Andrews was the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Medicine Woman series, which chronicles her three decades of study and work with shaman healers on four continents. Her study of the way of the sacred feminine began with Agnes Whistling Elk and Ruby Plenty Chiefs, Indigenous healers in northern Canada. Her quest for spiritual discovery continued with a shaman curandera of the Yucatec Maya people, a Koori Aboriginal woman of high degree in the Australian outback, and a Nepalese healer in the foothills of the Himalayas. Today, Lynn is recognized worldwide as a leader in the fields of spiritual healing and personal empowerment. A shaman healer and mystic, Andrews is widely acknowledged as a major link between the ancient world of shamanism and modern society’s thirst for profound personal healing and a deeper understanding of the pathway to enlightenment.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: Beyond Words (June 17, 2025)
  • Length: 320 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781582709482

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