Eduardo el Curandero: The Words of a Peruvian Healer
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1556433085 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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MMR said Interesting, but not a complete book.. This book is primarily a small portion of the transcript of a documentary about a Peruvian curendero. I learned a few interesting things and will probably gift it to a shaman friend. It is not going to teach anyone how to be a shaman - but, frankly, no book can do that anyway. I am not sure if I would have purchased it knowing tha. A valuable book about Peruvian Curanderismo While lacking the depth of "Wizard of the Four Winds" by Douglas Sharon (out-of-print), this book still provides a lot of information about Eduardo Calderon and Peruvian Northern Coast curanderismo. This book is built around a transcript of the movie "Eduardo the Healer," 1978, directed by Richard Cowan. As far as I know it is the. you might like reading this book with its infomation Was an interesting book to read. and it had all the words this healer used in a ceremony written in it. So if that is an interest to you you might like reading this book with its infomation. I have read other books on this subject that were of more interest to me.
He directed the film Eduardo the Healer in 1978. Eduardo Calderòn is a Peruvian artist, fisherman, and healer. He is the author of Wizard of the Four Winds: A Shaman Story and Sorcery and Shamanism: Curanderos and Clients in Northern Peru.Richard Cowan, M.A. . in Anthropology from UC Berkeley, serves as director at the San Diego M
A fascinating glimpse at a day in the life of a Peruvian shaman, Eduardo el Curandero relates the philosophies of a Peruvian shaman and illustrates the medicinal use of natural drugs. This revised version of Eduardo el Curandero includes an updated preface, an 'in memoriam' section devoted to the life Eduardo Calderòn, and new photographs of Eduardo's healing artifacts.
A fascinating document."—George Leonard, author of The Transformation and The Silent Pulse"The question of Western medicine regarding the wholeness or healthiness of the shamanistic personality must be put to rest in the presence of such healers as Eduardo."—Charles Poncé, author of Kabbalah: An Introduction and Director of the Labyrinthos Foundation . "Here is a book to read and re-read. Eduardo el Curandero is not only a vivid portrait of a man of knowledge, but also a poetic evocation of the rhythms of good and evil, sickness and health