Lewis Mehl-Madrona

Who is Lewis Mehl-Madrona?

Lewis E. Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD, is the author of the Coyote trilogy. His work discusses healing practices from Lakota, Cherokee and Cree traditions, and how they intersect with conventional medicine. Mehl-Madrona has been writing about the use of imagery and narrative in healing since the 1980s. Mehl-Madrona is certified in psychiatry, geriatrics and family medicine.

Andrew Weil, in his review of Coyote Medicine says of Dr. Mehl-Madrona "Good doctoring requires all the wisdom of religion, all the techniques of magic, and all the knowledge of small-m medicine to be most effective. One way to bring that perspective back into our health care institutions is to look to look to Native American Medicine as a resource. Lewis Mehl-Madrona has much to offer here, since he combines the heritage and experience of a Native American healer with very thorough training in allopathic medicine. On top of that, he has great passion about replacing the reigning biomedical model with a new paradigm, and he is a good writer.

Coyote Medicine is not a medicine of the past, of cultures that are fading.