{"product_id":"hildegard-von-bingens-physica-the-complete-english-translation-of-her-classic-work-on-health-and-healing-9780892816613","title":"Hildegard Von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing","description":"One of two major medical treatises by medieval healer Hildegard von Bingen, presented in its entirety for the first time in English during the 900th anniversary of her birth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- A seminal text in the development of Western herbal medicine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Presents nine categories of healing systems--Plants, Elements, Trees, Stones, Fish, Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Metals--and elaborates on their medicinal use \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Closely related to Eastern medical approaches that are gaining respect today \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSaint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in me. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when few women could write and most were denied a formal education, Hildegard von Bingen became a legendary healer, visionary, musician, artist, poet, and saint. Her works include twenty-seven symphonic compositions; \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e, a compilation of her visions; and her two major medical works, \u003ci\u003eCausae et Curae\u003c\/i\u003e, a medical compendium, and \u003ci\u003ePhysica\u003c\/i\u003e, published here in English in its entirety for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhysica\u003c\/i\u003e has a strong affinity with the Eastern medical approaches gaining great respect today. The modern reader interested in natural healing will recognize the enormous truth in the theories of this 12th-century physician, which remind us that our cures for illness depend on our natural world and our place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Latin and Greek scholar, Priscilla Throop holds a master's degree from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, as well as a Certificate of Advanced Theological Studies from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. She is a member of the Vermont Classical Language Association and is currently translating Isidore of Seville's \u003ci\u003eEtymologiae\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Charlotte, Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Healing Arts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599692140818,"sku":"9780892816613","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_573f583b-4f7d-4c23-8fc5-e53a7dc745fc.jpg?v=1732203957","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hildegard-von-bingens-physica-the-complete-english-translation-of-her-classic-work-on-health-and-healing-9780892816613","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}