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S'està carregant… Witchcraft medicine : healing arts, shamanic practices, and forbidden plants (edició 2003)de Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch, Wolf-Dieter Storl
Informació de l'obraWitchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants de Claudia Müller-Ebeling
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. So many factual errors in the first few pages it's hard to take the herbalism information as fact, though it seems okay, but the historical information that fleshes it out is so wrong as to be blatant stroking of the new age feminine ego. "In the neolithic era, farms were passed down matrilinearly" Huh? a)I don't know if we know HOW they were passed down and b) matrilinearly seems a wee bit farfetched. It goes on... about gray elderly women being the repository of witchcraft knowledge. Well, as 30 to 35 was the average age for a nice elderly neolithic woman, if she lived past childbirth, it's a load of crock. Outright fibs to stroke the uneducated newly new age woman to buy a book of questionable value. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
An in-depth investigation of traditional European folk medicine and the healing arts of witches * Explores the outlawed "alternative" medicine of witches suppressed by the state and the Church and how these plants can be used today * Reveals that female shamanic medicine can be found in cultures all over the world * Illustrated with color and black-and-white art reproductions dating back to the 16th century Witch medicine is wild medicine. It does more than make one healthy, it creates lust and knowledge, ecstasy and mythological insight. In Witchcraft Medicine the authors take the reader on a journey that examines the women who mix the potions and become the healers; the legacy of Hecate; the demonization of nature's healing powers and sensuousness; the sorceress as shaman; and the plants associated with witches and devils. They explore important seasonal festivals and the plants associated with them, such as wolf's claw and calendula as herbs of the solstice and alder as an herb of the time of the dead--Samhain or Halloween. They also look at the history of forbidden medicine from the Inquisition to current drug laws, with an eye toward how the sacred plants of our forebears can be used once again. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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My one complaint is that the section on the "war on drugs" is a bit too personal; while I agree with the author's viewpoint, the change in tone from academically 'neutral' to overtly and politically biased is a bit jarring. Other than that, I love this book. While it's not specifically aimed at pagans, it's certainly a much better written and more informative reference on plant folklore than any of the 'magical herbal' type books on the market today. ( )