Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780892816613
- Book Title
- Hildegard Von Bingen’s Physica : The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions International, The Limited
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit, Health & Fitness, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Healing / General, Spiritual, Religious, General, Healing / Prayer & Spiritual
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Inner Traditions International, The Limited
ISBN-10
0892816619
ISBN-13
9780892816613
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102913680
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hildegard Von Bingen’s Physica : The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Topic
Healing / General, Spiritual, Religious, General, Healing / Prayer & Spiritual
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Health & Fitness, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-018119
Reviews
Gives a good sense of 12th century herbalism based on humors, common superstition, and sprinkled with a dose of Bingen’s mystical insights., Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in medicine. She was renowned for her healing work and her original theories of medicine.
Table Of Content
Hildegard Von Bingen’s Physica The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing Translated from the Latin by Priscilla Throop 1 Plants 2 Elements 3 Trees 4 Stones 5 Fish 6 Birds 7 Animals 8 Reptiles 9 Metals Index
Synopsis
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. – A seminal text in the development of Western herbal medicine – Presents nine categories of healing systems–Plants, Elements, Trees, Stones, Fish, Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Metals–and elaborates on their medicinal use – Closely related to Eastern medical approaches that are gaining respect today Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in me. At 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; Scivias , a compilation of her visions; and her two major medical works, Causae et Curae , a medical compendium, and Physica , published here in English in its entirety for the first time. Physica 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., 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. * A seminal text in the development of Western herbal medicine * Presents nine categories of healing systems–Plants, Elements, Trees, Stones, Fish, Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Metals–and elaborates on their medicinal use * Closely related to Eastern medical approaches that are gaining respect today Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in me. At 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; Scivias , a compilation of her visions; and her two major medical works, Causae et Curae , a medical compendium, and Physica , published here in English in its entirety for the first time. Physica 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., 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.
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