The exercises that author Gwendolyn Endicott offers include writing, drawing, coloring, abstract shapes and dialogues...but most of all, thinking, and that is the true beauty of this marvelous book--it shows the reader how to think, remember and understand who we are and what we can be.

                  Richard Fuller, Editor, Metaphysical Reviews

Rarely have I come across someone who shares her personal stories with such a sense of process, of truly working through what she talks about.  The result is, I trust her Truth, and I too, can learn from her experience.

                  Ann Kreilkamp, Crone Chronicles

The Spinning Wheel is a practical guide to making your own myths.  It is a workbook of story-spinning and an introduction to understanding the symbols that make up your life.

                  The Red Queen Quarterly

For anyone who is in the process of or would like to explore their own personal mythology, this is a delightful companion.

                  Dream Network

Crone Trekking in Coyote Land:

A Storymaking Book

by Gwendolyn Endicott

Crone Trekking in Coyote Land reminds us that we have a “wisdom heritage.” The earth is alive with the voices of those who have walked here before us. Some were dreamers who understood sacredness and visualized harmony and beauty. Their teaching stories give us a heritage for “right relationship” with Earth. In exploring four major Native American teaching stories, this book leads you into a deeper understanding of your self and a re-creation of your own relationship with Earth.

It is so refreshing to revisit the traditional stories presented with relevant hands-on, modern-day interpretations.  Crone Trekking takes the stories out of the dusty, old, anthropological archives and makes them come alive once more.  Weaving her personal discoveries into the fabric of this spiritual 'workbook', Endicott provides imaginative and practical activities that guide the reader on their own journey.

                                                    Judy Bluehorse Skelton, Native American Educator

Crone Trekking in Coyote Land  is the spirited story of one woman's open-hearted journey of discovery and commitment; of transformation and right livelihood; of deep gratitude and utter determination.  It is a masterful combination of the retelling of rich and valuable stories that have come to her from the First People of our land, with her own experiences as she dares to stand in opposition to those who would continue the destruction of our forests and streams.  In her quietly persistent way, Endicott pulls us into her world from the first paragraph, and we are spellbound as we absorb the depth and breadth of her message, not even realizing what is happening until we come to the end, changed somehow, and glad.

                                                    Lola Sorensen, Artist and Renaissance Woman

That Gwendolyn Endicott tells marvelous stories is well known in our Nehalem Bay community.  We have often been privileged to hear her bring alive Coyote, Spider Woman and the others at our gatherings--her voice coaching meaning and connection in our hearts.  It is rare that such a storyteller can also take her spoken tales so elegantly into the written word and have them remain true on the page.  Indeed, I can hear her in my head as I read.  What's more, in the writing she is able to go several steps deeper to explicitly use the power of the old stories to heal herself and her community.  In it she conveys her love and pain for the Oregon forests, its animals and rivers, its people and its spirit.  She also gifts us with her personal tale--her growth as a crone and wise woman elder.  A beautiful impassioned book; a weaving worthy of Spider Woman herself.

                                                Lane De Moll, Artist, Writer, and Green Witch