I want to ensure that everyone is clear about the role and aim of the Wise Herbal Ways patreon. Broadly, within it, we are looking at the history of Britain. In a more defined focus, it is about the women and the system of healing. That healing system includes the wider ideologies of animism andContinue reading “Reclaiming the wise woman and our traditional knowledge…”
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Restoration after rupture
For a while, I felt like my work was lots of fairly separate parts until I realised that there were many threads running through it. Threads that I had felt but threads that didn’t feel clearly visible, possibly to other people. One of those key threads is the idea of restoration after rupture. Let meContinue reading “Restoration after rupture”
Are we becoming the witch again?
In the last patreon post on the Wise Herbal Ways weaving the feminine path, we looked at the archaeological remains of an Anglo-Saxon woman who has been described as a wise or cunning woman. Wise women would have had great power and healing skills to help the community and animals. They would have mediated betweenContinue reading “Are we becoming the witch again?”