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The Raven’s Eye: Sympathetic Healing in Old English Medicine, by Sinéad Spearing
A ninth-century remedy from Bald’s Leechbook instructs the healer to place a live raven’s eyes on the neck to cure swelling in the human eye. Behind this unsettling prescription lies a symbolic medical tradition rooted in folklore, sympathetic healing, and a worldview where body and spirit were never separate.

Sinead Spearing
Jul 30, 20254 min read


The Forgotten Witches of Goudhurst, Kent.
In 1657, two women were hanged for witchcraft in Goudhurst — the same village where I was later cast out for writing about women like them. This is the true story behind my novel, Cunning Woman — a tale rooted in history, blood, and my own exile.

Sinead Spearing
Apr 21, 20254 min read


Stunning Book Review of Old English Medical Remedies!
To read this book is to enter the arcane world of Anglo-Saxon medicine, where a drink of ale containing egg and sheep's dung was the cure..

Sinead Spearing
Mar 6, 20241 min read
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