Becky Nurse of Salem
"My days have been spent in searching for the revelation of that will; but my days have been mournful, because my search failed. I solicited direction: I turned on every side where glimmerings of light could be discovered.
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
But we do have to get beyond some common myths about the witch craze—myths that rob the “witch” of any dignity and put the blame on her and the peasants she served.
Deirdre English • Witches, Midwives, & Nurses (Second Edition): A History of Women Healers (Contemporary Classics)
Frequently they are pregnant or giving birth. Stories behind the use of sacred medicinal herbs and plants that grow wild on the planet often include something relating to pregnancy and birth, leading me to think that the earliest uses of these plants might well have been for calming and relieving the pain of women in labor. Peyote, for example, was
... See moreVicki Noble • Shakti Woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World
but prayer was Church-sanctioned and controlled while incantations and charms were not. Thus magic cures, even when successful, were an accursed interference with the will of God, achieved with the help of the devil, and the cure itself was evil. There was no problem in distinguishing God’s cures from the devil’s, for obviously the Lord would work
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