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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A one-room, 1850s schoolhouse on an old farm at the edge of Kutztown, Pa., is an appropriate place to learn about the hidden history of the Pennsylvania Germans.
One recent Saturday, people with a passion for the past gathered to ponder the connections of this immigrant group's folk beliefs and barn stars to Medieval mysticism, Greek and Egyptian medicine, and shamanistic practices depicted in prehistoric European cave paintings.See the full content of this document
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Pennsylvania German Healing Roots Go Deep
"This is the necessary tradition that has passed down through millennia," says Jesse Tobin, of Kempton, Pa., a healing arts practitioner and herbalist who adds a distinctive Pennsylvania German slant to her work.
In many areas, the old ways - both mundane or magical -...See the full content of this document
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