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Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind And Spirit.


Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind And Spirit by Queen Afua Ballantine Books, April 2000, $28.00 ISBN ISBN
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 0-345-42348-8

Queen Afua, perhaps the best-known advocate for Khamitic (Egyptian) spirituality and natural health, has now pulled her philosophy and practices together into a book expressly for women of African descent. Every woman, from girlhood, should have as optimistic and resourceful a mentor as this talented educator.

Queen Afua covers extensive ground from holisitic nutrition to meditation, from journaling to skin care and self-adornment. If you've read books on spiritual healing spiritual healing,
n healing systems based on the principle of spirituality and its effect on well-being and recovery.
 by Luisah Teish, Caroline Shola Arewa, Diane Stein or Denise Linn, you'll recognize much of what Sacred Woman has to offer--how to work with color, crystals, candles, incense, herbs, essential oils, words of power Words of Power (1997) is an aggrotech single by Funker Vogt. Track listing
  1. "Words of Power (Highspeed mix)"
  2. "The 3rd War (Original mix)"
  3. "Thanks For Nothing (Original mix)"
  4. "Words of Power (Power mix)"
  5. "The 3rd War (Atomic Shell)"
 or simply bathing in delicious silence. What makes Queen Afua's manual unique is its Khamitic context, its focus on womb wellness and its evocative format--a series of initiatory in·i·ti·a·to·ry  
adj.
1. Introductory; initial.

2. Tending or used to initiate.

Adj. 1. initiatory
 gateways designed to transform black women into the powerful whole queens we were born to be.

She means it when she asks women to put Spirit first in their lives: to rise at four a.m. each day--regardless of work, school or family demands--to practice a healing ritual, or, for example, to give up wearing pants to liberate the flow of energy. Despite the often-daunting intricacy in·tri·ca·cy  
n. pl. in·tri·ca·cies
1. The condition or quality of being intricate; complexity.

2. Something intricate: the intricacies of a census form.

Noun 1.
 of her program, Queen Afua has one simple message: know yourself and the divinity within you--a worthy goal. Sacred Woman offers powerful, effective tools to help you get there. At 400 pages, there is something of value for even the greatest skeptic. Find something that speaks to you, take what you like and leave the rest.

Eva Yaa Asantewaa is a New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 poet, dance journalist, counselor, holistic healer and educator.
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Author:Asantewaa, Eva Yaa
Publication:Black Issues Book Review
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Sep 1, 2000
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