What You'll Learn
- Understand the Historical Context of Magic and Folklore
- Explore the Role of Sacred Herbs and Trees
- Examine the Archaeological Evidence of Ritual Tools
Sacred Herbs & Magical Tools
February 24, 2025 6:00 PM UTC
Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from the most ancient times to the present, globally.
Learn moreJoin renowned historian and witch Max Dashu in this enchanting conversation. Dashu is the founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives and has spent decades uncovering the suppressed histories of women, magic, and spiritual traditions across cultures.
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About this webinar
Step into the rich world of folk wisdom as we explore the deep-rooted traditions of healing, ceremony, and divination. Discover the wisdom of sacred herbs and trees, from the spoken charms and songs of healers to powerful invocations like the Nine Herbs Charm. In this webinar, you will journey into the historical reality of the witch traditions, uncovering the archaeological and written evidence for wands, cauldrons, and crystal balls and other ceremonial tools.
Join renowned historian and witch Max Dashu in this enchanting conversation. Dashu is the founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives and has spent decades uncovering the suppressed histories of women, witches' craft, and spiritual traditions across cultures. With her deep knowledge of oral traditions, historical texts, and archaeology, she brings to life long-buried spiritual teachings and practices.This webinar weaves together myth, history, and magic, revealing the profound connections between past and present mystical traditions.
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Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from the most ancient times to the present, globally.
Learn moreMax Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from the most ancient times to the present, globally. She teaches with images from the cultural record, and is internationally known for her expertise on iconography, matricultures and female spheres of power; medicine women, witches, and the witch hunts; and how patriarchy, conquest, and systems of domination develop and intertwine. www.suppressedhistories.net Her books include Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Culture, 700-1100 and Women in Greek Mythography: Pythias, Melissae and Titanides (www.veleda.net). Her newest book, digital open access, looks at church-state authoritarianism and religious persecution. She has produced two dvds: Woman Shaman: The Ancients, and Women's Power in Global Perspective. See open access videos on Max Dashu youtube channel; more videos are stream-on-demand via the Suppressed Histories Portal on Teachable. Other events are on www.instagram.com/maxdashu/ . Max blogs daily on her Suppressed Histories page on Facebook, which is followed by 255,000 people internationally.