Midwifery as Spiritual Practice
Jeannine Parvati Baker, (1949-2005), is the author of Prenatal
Yoga & Natural Childbirth
, Hygieia:  A Woman's Herbal  (her
master's thesis), and
Conscious Conception, and the mother of
six children.  A reknown herbalist and mythic astrologer, Jeannine
practiced as a spiritual midwife in Northern California and Utah.  
This article was written in 1982.