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Author: John M. Riddle
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0230610641

Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches: Plants and Sexuality throughout Human History

From the earliest times, the medicinal properties of certain herbs were connected with deities, particularly goddesses. Medical books Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches. Medical books Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches: Plants and Sexualit..., 9780230610644. Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches: Plants and Sexuality throughout Human History, ISBN-13: 9780230610644, ISBN-10: 0230610641

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Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches

Medical Book Goddesses, Elixirs, and Witches

Only now with modern scientific research can we begin to understand the basis and rationality that these divine connections had and, being preserved in myths and religious stories, they continued to have a significant impact through the present day. Riddle argues that the pomegranate, mandrake, artemisia, and chaste tree plants substantially altered the development of medicine and fertility treatments. The herbs, once sacred to Inanna, Aphrodite, Demeter, Artemis, and Hermes, eventually came to be associated with darker forces, representing the instruments of demons and witches. Riddle's ground-breaking work highlights the important medicinal history that was lost and argues for its rightful place as one of the predecessors

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1558616616

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Contemporary Classics)

As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of health care in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work. Medical books Witches, Midwives, and Nurses. /p>

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, first published by The Feminist Press in 1973, is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. In this new edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English have written an entirely new chapter that delves into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé on the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine. This quick history brings us up-to-date, exploring today's changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches Medical books .

Medical Book Witches, Midwives, and Nurses

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Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, first published by The Feminist Press in 1973, is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. In this new edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English have written an entirely new chapter that delves into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé on the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine. This quick history brings us up-to-date, exploring today's changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches.

Barbara Ehrenreich is author of the New York Times bestsellers Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch, and, most recently, This Land is Their Land.

Deirdre English, the former editor of Mother Jones, is a professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.