Woman as Healer by Jeanne Achterberg

Woman as Healer

Author: Jeanne Achterberg
ISBN: 9780712647519
Condition: Pre-Loved

A groundbreaking work that traces the role of women in the Western healing traditions across millennia. Drawing on history, anthropology, botany, archaeology, and the behavioural sciences, Jeanne Achterberg illuminates the ancient cultures in which women worked as independent and honoured healers; the brutal persecution of women healers during the witch hunts of the Middle Ages; the emergence of midwifery and nursing as women's professions in the nineteenth century; and the reemergence of feminine values in healing at a time of profound crisis in modern healthcare.

Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of medicine, feminist spirituality, or the sacred feminine tradition of healing.

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