Munya Andrews
Munya Andrews was born in Derby, Western Australia on 25 April 1960 to an Aboriginal mother and Scottish father. As a child growing up in the Kimberleys, her adoptive grandmother, Canice Cox Ishiguchi, told her many Dreamtime stories of the stars that fostered an early and lifelong interest in astronomy. She is an avid amateur astronomer with a passion for the stars.
Munya describes herself as a "Seeker" (like most of us) although her spiritual experiences and understanding of the world are largely informed by the Dreaming. Educated in Australia and the USA, Munya Andrews has degrees in anthropology and law.
Her interests are varied and eclectic ranging from the sciences (astronomy, archaeology, architecture, anthropology, chemistry, physics and mathematics) through to the Arts (history, literature, poetry etc) and the esoteric (astrology and tarot). Equally enthralled by science, mythology and comparative religions, Munya Andrews is intrigued by the ways in which these disciplines interact with one another and the ways in which they inform the other. The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades is her first book, and within it she explores the links between science and spirituality.
In the real world, Munya works as an academic and lawyer and hopes to continue writing in the areas of spirituality and Indigenous sciences (including astronomy).
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Munya Andrews
What do Halloween, Atlantis, Subaru, the American Presidential elections, the Petticoat Lane markets in London, the ship Titanic and atlases all have in common? Each can be traced to the legends of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades. Poets, priests, prophets, shamans, storytellers, artists, singers and historians throughout time have all gazed into the night skies and come under their spell.
Inspiring and captivating diverse civilisations, this star cluster has left an indelible mark on the human psyche. Munya Andrews, a Bardi woman from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, examines the myths and legends of the Pleiades from Indigenous and ancient cultures around the world. Designated at M45 on astronomy charts and maps, the nine visible stars are named after the Seven Sisters from Ancient Greek mythology, and their parents, Atlas and Pleione.
Around the world, people looked to the skies to tell them when to sow and harvest their crops, and when the rains would come. The ‘sailing stars’ have guided explorers and endless migrations of people. In Old Europe, among the Ainu of Japan and in Indigenous Australia the Pleiades were associated with water and birds. They become Oceanids, Ice Maidens, Water Girls and the Subaru. The Parthenon in Athens, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and the Mayan Temple of the Sun in Cuzco, are all said to be aligned with the Pleiades. The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades will amaze and awe you, and above all will remind you that all of humanity shares the night skies.
2004 | ISBN 9781876756451 | Paperback | 217 x 138 mm | 368 pp
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