The Goddess Lives

A collection of wisdom, prayers, invocations and historical research based on the authors travels to the sacred sites of ancient matrilinieal cultures and her wide-ranging inner journeys, "The Goddess Lives" celebrates the path of the Divine Feminine. Ms. Toews-Andrews shares her past life experiences in societies that honoured the Goddess such as in mythic Lemuria, and the real-time connections she has made at far-flung places such as Catal Huyuk (with Ishtar) and many other goddesses in other places. The empowering material in "The Goddess Lives" honours women.

A collection of wisdom, prayers, invocations and historical research based on the authors travels to the sacred sites of ancient matrilinieal cultures and her wide-ranging inner journeys, "The Goddess Lives", celebrates the path of the Divine Feminine. Ms. Toews-Andrews shares her past life expereinces in societies that honoured the Goddess such as in mythic Lemuria, and the real-time connections she has made at far-flung places such as Catal Huyuk (with Ishtar), Malta (with Ashtarte), Istanbul (with Sophia), Glastonbury and Avebury (with Mary Magdalene and the Avalon Sisterhood), Scotland (with Brede) and in Canada (with Gaia). The empowering material in "The Goddess Lives" honours women as life-givers, hearth-keepers, lovers of the sensual, priestesses, warriors, spiritual teachers, artists, community healers and peacekeepers and promotes a return to earth-connected values by adopting a localized community and economy. This book is filled with little Goddess jewels and has been embraced by many women seeking unity consciousness in an uplifting manner.The book has a chapter on never before published spiritual practises and the teachings of the 13 Spirit Grandmothers of Time teachings- ancient high level beings that birthed the Earth and all her inhabitants just before the Permian era that divided the continents.

A national best selling author since 1985, Agnes published her first book, "The Incredible Potato" at that time. Agnes completed the first two levels of Reiki training in 1987, at which time she began to see angels, auras, spirit guides and nature spirits. From 1989-1991 she owned and operated, " The Alternate Ark", in Belleville, Ontario, a paranormal and healing centre until late 1991 when she was transported to live in Israel. She became a Reiki Master in Israel and travelled extensively throughout the M.E. and then to England where she studied crop circles and experienced England's sacred sites. Here she met her first galactic beings and saw her first UFO. From then on she owned and operated "The Nehalliston Canyon Retreat" in the Central Mts. BC; along with her husband Paul Andrews. Agnes viewed many UFO's, communicated regularly with nature spirits, devas, angels and galactic beings here. She healed her ovarian cancer with a diet based on the potato and Reiki. in 1996 she published "Flower Essences of Canada - A Guide to Meanings and Usage"; and developed a line of flower essences. In 1997 her travelogue, "Garbage and Flowers - Year's Sojourn in the Holy Land", was published, and in year 2000 she produced the second edition of "The Incredible Potato". Later that year she moved to Vancouver, BC, and changed her name to Elizabeth Blakely. She now has reverted to her former name, Agnes Toews-Andrews. Agnes moved to Belleville, Ontario in 2001; and was employed by several financial institutions, also becoming a realtor and body-worker at Angeline's Spa in Bloomfield. In 2004, "AWAKE! A Spiritual Primer" was published - which is a compilation of ten years of Agnes's metaphysical experiences. She has been on many talk shows; both TV, radio and had her own TV show in Belleville during the following 2 years. Recently she travelled to Glastonbury, England, to the Chalice Well, to Scotland's Rosslyn Chapel, Peru and the Yucatan to conclude her findings about ~ The Goddess. "The Goddess Lives" was first published in October of 2010 with a reprint in 2011. A e-book: "2113 AD: The Future is Here!" was published in 2013; and "The Traveller: Ancient Memories, Past Lives and Mystical Moments", was published in 2015. "The Goddess Lives", second edition, with 30 photos, four new chapters and expanded chapters was published in 2017. Agnes currently resides in the West Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada.