Witches heal : lesbian herbal self-sufficiency
- Title
- Witches heal : lesbian herbal self-sufficiency
- Description
- Billie Potts (1940-2013) was one third of Elf and Dragons, self-described “lesbian witches”, who were a Woodstock-based women’s land collective, a publisher, distributor of herbs and part of a wider feminist spirituality movement. Women’s rural collectives were common in the USA at this time. Potts’s book is a guide to herbalism and an “access tool”, promoting self-sufficiency and encouraging lesbian women to reclaim their role as healers. The book proved controversial as its publication coincided with an acrimonious split within Elf and Dragons. Susun R. Weed accused Potts of using her work uncredited and asked feminist bookshops not to stock the book. The ‘Operation Tiger’ raids were not, therefore, the first attempts to restrict this book.
- Creator
- Billie Potts (1940-2013)
- Location
- Bearsville (NY)
- Publisher
- Hecuba's Daughters, Inc.
- Date
- 1981
- Tags
- Collectivism
- Feminism
- Herbalists
- Lesbian Feminism
- Lesbian Witches
- Lesbians
- LGBTQ+ Spiritual People
- Rights
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