Witches, Midwives, & Nurses (Second Edition): A History of Women Healers (Contemporary Classics)

There are countless stories of early Soul Midwifery. In ancient Hebrew, Sumerian and Egyptian times, priestesses were trained in music, healing arts and high magic, using chant, sacred dance and healing herbs. These wise women carried great wisdom and knowledge,

Herbal knowledge was very deep before the witch burnings, and midwife-healers were the main practitioners in European villages and towns. In those days women controlled their own fertility.

The most obvious example of how far we have strayed from our organic roots as a female community is the birthing practices of our present-day culture. Women have actually come to believe that we don’t know how to have babies. We fear it, dread it, look to the “experts” to help us do it right. We go to sterile, unloving environments away from home a