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Women Healers: Portraits of Herbalists, Physicians, and Midwives (Women's Studies/Healing) Paperback – October 1, 1995

by Elisabeth Brooke (Author)
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Drawing on primary sources for her revisionist history, the author highlights important contributions of women healers from ancient times to the present.
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    Healing Arts Press
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    October 1, 1995
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    0892815485
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"Brooke's women healers are gentle and compassionate people, less concerned with the brilliance of developing technology than with the care of the patient." ― The Daily Mail

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A professional herbalist and healer who carries on the tradition of women's medicine, Elisabeth Brooke devotes herself to the study, practice, and preservation of women's ancient mysteries. She is also the author of A Women's Book Of Shadows and A Women's Book Of Herbs.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Healing Arts Press; Original ed. edition (October 1, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0892815485
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0892815487
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.38 x 0.4 x 8.25 inches
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Cynthia Of M'Lady's
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For All Women
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2010
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A Fascinating Insightful Read Of The History Of Women Healers. This Book Made Me Feel Proudly Connected To All Women Of The World, A Woman Of Wisdom, Nurturing, And Of Love. Comforted While Reading That This History And Knowledge Was Not Lost To Me, Thanks To The Author Elisabeth Brooke. For She Taught Me In Her Research And Writings What My Mother Did Not, And What My Grandmothers Before Me Had Not Time To Do.
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Helen Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for those who need inspiration on their journey
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Amazingly proud of the role of strong and compassionate women through the ages! Great resource for those who need inspiration on their journey.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book every woman should read.
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Magical Mama
4.0 out of 5 stars So far, so good
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2011
I am actually still reading this book but am enjoying it very much. I felt compelled to write my own review after reading the negative one given by the man before me. The author of this book does not claim to know everything. At times, she states some things, such as religion contributing to the Dark Ages, as being a theory. In fact, I have read of this theory in other places and don't find it so difficult to believe. After all, didn't the church become a bit unfriendly with people who proposed that the earth was round rather than flat, that all of the planets and the sun didn't revolve around us? What, pray tell, happened to Gallileo when he challeged the church with his ideas? Even today, picking up a Christian based science book for children I have found writings that go blatantly against scientific discoveries, things that are being denied because they go against traditional Christian doctrine. It isn't so difficult to believe that the church during the Dark Ages would have had the same issues. In fact, the Dark Ages were a time of intellectual darkness, which contributed to the stunting of scientific advances in fields such as medicine. Much of learning came from the Greeks up to this point, with thinkers such as Aristotle and Plato weilding a heavy influence. By the time the Dark Ages had arrived, many people couldn't read the original Greek these documents contained, it had not been translated to the Latin they did speak, and, in 529, the Christian emperor forbade studying anything written by such philosphers and teachers because they contained Pagan ideas. In fact, no one who professed to be Pagan was permitted to teach at all. It does seem possible to me that the heavy hand of Christianity did play some role in the construction of the conditions which created the Dark Ages. They weren't single handedly to blame, but were probably contributers.

There are other writings contained within this book which reveal ideas I've read before in other places, such as the story of the Garden of Eden being taken from an earlier story in which the Queen of Heaven stumbles upon the Tree of Knowledge, minus the idea of sin being attributed to knowing too much and the scary serpent. At one time, the serpent was associated with various Goddesses as well as fertility. I too, read quite a bit and am interested in the history of various religions in particular. Studies of various cultures, such as Egyptian culture, show the way religion has been transformed to fit the needs of different periods in time. It isn't "New Age b.s."; it's historical fact. Within this book, I don't find a great deal of the aformentioned "b.s." Rather, I find one person's interpretation of historical writings which she has studied. The thing about history is that it's always going to be colored by those who record it. Human nature dictates that we tend to write from the point of view of our own beliefs and culture. This is part of the reason why I've gone to synagogue and heard a Rabbi relate some Biblical story or another, then gone to a church and heard a Priest talk about the exact same passage with a different spin. Both came to different conclusions with regard to the meaning of a story based on the point of view from which each approached it. Such is the way of life as well.

Keep an open mind with regard to this book, and if you think it looks interesting, pick it up and read it. I'm disturbed when someone who seems to think he knows everything because he reads a lot shreds a book because it doesn't gibe with his interpretation of historical fact. As with any book, one should read it and then read other books about the same or similar subjects and form your own opinion.
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Miriam
4.0 out of 5 stars Researcher-writer-care provider: great combination for learning!
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2013
Just started this new book to learn more about women healers Elisabeth Brooke discussed in "Women Healers through History" (1993) I bought on a trip to South Africa Sept 1993. (made note of date and price on page 1 because knew this book would be a keeper!)

Absolutely chilling in EB's 1993 book is an explanation of why few records exist of medical progress from the "Dark Ages" in Europe starting 300 AD extending to ~ 1000 AD.

If we chose to stick our heads in the sand, remember "HIStory repeats itself". We need to be aware. REALLY believe in supporting this author!
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