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A Culture of Healing
Healing system dedicated to healing
illnesses of body, mind, and spirit
Curandero (male) or curandera
(female) is the practitioner of
curanderismo
Balance between human and nature
Union of the soul and spirit
How humans fit into the natural
world
Harmony of the "self"
Estimated five hundred years ago
6 different influences
Influences: Judeo-Christianity
Altar in a curandero’s workroom
Patient being given a barridawith a crucifix
Influences: European Medicine
Early Arabic medicineGreek Humoral medicine
Influences: Medieval European Witchcraft
This type of candle is used to dominate a person under another person's power
Wax figure of a person with hand written petition witchcraft spell brought to the healer to break spell.
Influences: Indigenous Herbal Lore
Above images from Codex Badiano, first book about Aztec medicinal herbs, composed in 1552
Influences: Psychic Phenomena
Spiritualist healing session
Influences: Contemporary Western Medicine
Elena Avila, working curandera and registered nurse
Material Curandera works with ritual
objects: eggs, crosses and pictures of
saints, herbs, incense, candles, oils,
and dolls
Spiritual Curandera can read cards or
is a medium
Curandera working on mental level is a
psychic healer
Material Level Curanderismo
Candles, eggs and garlic-- some objects used by curanderos working on the material level
Spiritual Level Curanderismo
Curandera working as a card reader
Psychic Level Curanderismo
Utilizing the power of the mind to treat patients
Psychological issues
Traumatic events
Natural illness
Mal Ojo, “evil eye”
Susto, “magical fright”
Mal de Ojo
Amulet worn to preventMal ojo
Susto
Client being swept with basil to cleanse off negative energy and retrieve “lost soul”
Exists alone as folk medicine or
alongside Western medicine
Continues to thrive as a health
care option primarily in Central
/South America, Mexico, and
Southwest United States
Curanderismo’s primary strength comes
from its practice of always
incorporating whatever is useful
and available into its treatments,
in an intuitive and creative way