Curandero : a life in Mexican folk healing / Eliseo "Cheo" Torres ; with Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press , c2005Description: 170 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780826336408
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 92 TOR 
LOC classification:
  • RZ407 .T67 2005
Contents:
The healing tradition of a family and a culture -- The awakening -- I am healed by Doña María -- I face the great black dog -- My father's ancestral wisdom -- Exotic rituals I have known -- Don Pedrito, curandero -- The great materia, Chenchito Alvarado -- The midwife Doña Juana, a partera -- Art Esquibel tells me the story of Teresita, Saint of Cabora -- How I was fed and healed by plants -- Folk healing in this modern world -- Curanderismo goes to school -- Recent curanderos.
Summary: Torres's story begins with his experiences in the Mexican town of Espinazo, the home of the great curandero El Niño Fidencio (1899-1939), where Torres underwent life-changing spiritual experiences. He introduces us to some of the major figures in the tradition, discusses some of the pitfalls of teaching curanderismo, and concludes with an account of a class he taught in which curanderos from Cuernavaca, Mexico, shared their knowledge with students.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The healing tradition of a family and a culture -- The awakening -- I am healed by Doña María -- I face the great black dog -- My father's ancestral wisdom -- Exotic rituals I have known -- Don Pedrito, curandero -- The great materia, Chenchito Alvarado -- The midwife Doña Juana, a partera -- Art Esquibel tells me the story of Teresita, Saint of Cabora -- How I was fed and healed by plants -- Folk healing in this modern world -- Curanderismo goes to school -- Recent curanderos.

Torres's story begins with his experiences in the Mexican town of Espinazo, the home of the great curandero El Niño Fidencio (1899-1939), where Torres underwent life-changing spiritual experiences. He introduces us to some of the major figures in the tradition, discusses some of the pitfalls of teaching curanderismo, and concludes with an account of a class he taught in which curanderos from Cuernavaca, Mexico, shared their knowledge with students.

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