Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

Overview

This is the first comprehensive book ever written on the sacred aspects of indigenous, historical psychotropic and herbal healing beers of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938469091
Publisher:	Brewers Publications
Publication date:	09/01/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	534
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Stephen Harrod Buhner is an Earth Poet and the award-winning author of fifteen books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment and herbal medicine. He comes from a long line of healers including Leroy Burney, Surgeon General of the United States under Eisenhower and Kennedy, and Elizabeth Lusterheide, a midwife and herbalist who worked in rural Indiana in the early nineteenth century. The greatest influence on his work, however, has been his great-grandfather C.G. Harrod, who primarily used botanical medicines when he began his work as a physician in rural Indiana in 1911. Stephen’s work has appeared or been profiled in publications throughout North America and Europe including Common Boundary, Apotheosis, Shaman’s Drum, The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning America. Stephen lectures yearly throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth. He is a tireless advocate for the reincorporation of the exploratory artist, independent scholar, amateur naturalist and citizen scientist in American society—especially as a counterweight to the influence of corporate science and technology.

Editorial Reviews

Surveying the healing and sacred roles of beer from many cultures and past centuries, herbalist Buhner proposes that fermentation and plant use are part of the exploration of what it means to be human. He provides 120 recipes using ingredients from 80 plants, and includes nutritive and curative use for specific conditions. Lightly illustrated. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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