The Woman Who Could See In All Directions At The Same Time $21 ISBN 0-9732580-0-4 | 152 pp. | 4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. Early matrilineal and shamanic cultures long celebrated the mysteries of life and reverently acknowledged the ongoing process of birthing, living and dying. They nurtured relationships with the Ancestors—their primordial family and the timeless wisdom of the Earth—and allowed their dreams to re-animate their natural connections to the land. Feeling, experience and embodied knowledge were paramount. The Woman Who Could See In All Directions At The Same Time is a memoir in mythic-poetic style urging us to re-invite this Mystery into our conscious lives and to re-connect to the lost gifts of the Feminine. Through the story of her own mystical journey, Claire Turcotte awakens us to a kind of magic and numinosity that has been with us since the beginning, in our genetic inheritance. Every part of this lyrical work tantalizes our senses, exhumes our past and reminds us of what it is to inhabit our stories. This book is an initiation rite of its own, a calling to the re-emerging Earth-centred Feminine consciousness. In the spirit of Annie Dillard and David Abrams, Claire Turcotte offers a worldview that brings the sacred down to earth, into lived experiential wisdom, engaging the reader in her own wilderness experience.   © 2006. The Centre for Dream Research and Imaginal Studies. All rights reserved.