Stories
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A medieval guide to practical magic
With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.
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How Indigenous insight inspires sustainable science
The forest of the Amazon Basin is inextricably bound up with the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there. Find out how they feel about the forest, use what it provides, and try to protect it from aggressive commercial exploitation.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
Catalogue
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Healers and sorcerers.
Date: [1966]- Books
Healers, helpers and hospitals / J.C. (Kay) de Villiers.
De Villiers, J. C. (Jacquez Charl), 1928-2018.Date: 2008- Books
Healers and healing in early modern Italy / David Gentilcore.
Gentilcore, David.Date: 1998- Books
Healers and alternative medicine : a sociological examination / Gary Easthope.
Easthope, Gary.Date: [1986], ©1986- Books
Healers & heroes : ordinary people in extraordinary times / Clif Cleaveland.
Cleaveland, Clif, 1936-Date: [2004], ©2004