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body , different ways of treatment . And so , from different lifestyles , different diets , different philosophies emerged an interest in a different kind of medicine , and herbal medicine , being very much seen as in harmony with the earth , became associated with this dramatic social change . The herbal renaissance , in my opinion , emerged from that association . And even though the renaissance now , perhaps , has petered out , it nevertheless , came , in my opinion , from those events .
Andrew : It was almost a revolution , really . There was a wholesale questioning of those in power .
Denis : Yes , that ’ s a good point .
Andrew : Do you think it was fed by the public , therefore ?
Denis : I think it was , although interestingly some of the people who helped me most to take up teaching , lecturing and demonstrating on herbs were people from , if you like , very privileged backgrounds , and some came from the medical profession . What intrigued me at that time was that while there was this social change happening , there were a number of organisations and groups and individuals , particularly in Sydney , which was the heartland in my opinion of the herbal renaissance in Australia , paradoxically coming from a different background , a different class structure , who were very interested in herbs and their history and philosophy . And some of them in particular gave me great encouragement because they saw that I had a gift for being able to talk about herbs , and teach them , and give demonstrations on them . So along the way , I was privileged in that I came in
contact with a number of well-known people and organisations , particularly in Sydney , which provided platforms for me to talk , to lecture , and encouraged me eventually to get into teaching .
So there was encouragement from that source , but where the public became involved , I think at that stage , there was already a rumbling of discontent about the way medicine had become , in my opinion , a very class-based structure and one which was presented in an almost secretive way ; and at that stage , there was a growing awareness of the limitations of modern Western medicine and many of the side effects associated with its medications and procedures .
So with this massive social change , the emergence of the counter culture , there were also rumblings that took place among lay people in questioning various
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