Arts & Culture
“That’s for remembrance” – a recipe for garlic and rosemary lamb
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Siobhan Ball explores the folklore and science behind rosemary’s ties to memory, and also offers a recipe for garlic and rosemary lamb.
Europe
New research provides direct link between Mediterranean shamans and earliest European use of plant drugs
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A team of archeologists in Spain has found evidence of what may be the most ancient use of plant substances in Europe.
Paganism
Hundreds of Illuminated Manuscripts now available online
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800 illuminated manuscripts are now available online with public access
News
NHS England proposes ban on alternative medicines; Pagans respond
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UNITED KINGDOM — A petition has been circulating around UK-based Pagan websites calling on Parliament to act in the wake of a proposed plan by the National Health Service (NHSE) England to stop prescriptions for herbal, homeopathic and other alternative forms of medicine. Up until now, the NHSE has prescribed herbal and homeopathic remedies for patients. For example, it is used for those those patients who suffer from severe side effects caused by pharmaceutical medicines or for patients who have experienced no improvement in their health from those medicines. In the UK, treatment is free at the point of delivery, although patients have to pay a basic fee (£8.60 per item) for each prescription. This chosen route has not been without controversy historically speaking.