This is an ancient prayer to Mother Earth from a herbalist:
Hear me, please, and favour me. This I ask of You, Holy Mother, and may You willingly give answer to me: May whatever herbs grow by Your providence bring health to all humankind. May You now send these forth to me as Your medicines. May they be filled with Your healing virtues. May everything that I prepare from these herbs have good result, each and every one in the same way. As I shall receive these herbs from You, so too shall I willingly give them out to others, so that their health too may be ensured through Your good graces. Finally, Mother Earth, ensure Your healing powers for me as well. This I humbly ask.
Antonius Musa (translation: M. Piscinus)
Antonius Musa was a Greek botanist and the Roman Emperor Augustus’s physician. In the year 23 BCE, when Augustus was seriously ill, Musa cured the illness with cold compresses and became immediately famous.
