The Salem Effect Part. 2 - How Big Pharma Usurped Feminine Authority

It is no secret that the West, particularly the United States, has had a historically poor relationship with women. So much so that it prompted several emancipatory acts, including women’s suffrage, and feminism. But, how does a society arrive at this point? Where did it all begin? And, why does the United States seem desperate to maintain this status-quo? Well, no one can say for certain where something like this began, but history always leaves breadcrumbs. The oppression of women within the United States largely ties to religion, and the egregious interpretations that come from western minds trying to conceive eastern spiritual practices and concepts. However, many may be shocked to learn that the oppression of women ties to healthcare as well. Be that as it may, a brief revisitation of the Salem witch trials is necessary, as it is ripe with these elements (religion, and healthcare).

Now, let me preface this by saying that I do not believe that the Salem witch trials were some sort of grand conspiracy facilitated by a group of powerful people. No. Like most things in this world, there is no boogeyman lurking in the shadows, but rather a conglomerate of people who wholeheartedly believe in what they’re doing, even if it looks utterly evil and sadistic. Nevertheless, the Salem crisis is more than a cautionary tale, it was a ritual that helped to usher in big pharma.

You see, some creations are so massive that they can trigger chains of events prior to their arrival. This is fate’s way of laying a foundation for the creation to stand on. Does this suggest that women were fated for oppression? Not necessarily. It was fated for big pharma to become the United States’ primary healthcare system. Yet, women had stood in the way of that outcome because healthcare originally flowed through matriarchs. Think about it. The responsibilities of home making and child rearing have traditionally fell on mothers. Then, as these women grew older many of them became mid-wives to help younger mothers do the same. This caused women to form a sort of monopoly on healthcare, as entire families, communities, and generations of women were funneled into homemaking, care taking, and child rearing.

Today, big pharma is so thoroughly entrenched into healthcare that it has become a defacto mid-wife, as most Americans are now born in hospital beds surrounded by strange men in white coats and surgical equipment. This sets the average westerner on an unnatural path. Away from their foremothers, and away from Mother Nature herself—whom the foremothers personify. The herbal remedies and natural cures that they had freely and abundantly given are now seen as peculiar, outdated, and some may even view it as witchcraft.