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Drawing on indigenous historical sources, the book clarifies susto, or soul loss, and presents how curanderxs address it. The text connects limpias to the four cardinal directions, framing healing as restoration of body, mind, and spirit and as guidance for modern practitioners.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCuranderismo SOUL RETRIEVAL  \n“Erika Buenaflor writes about a topic that is near and dear to me and my students of traditional medicine at the University of New Mexico. She has researched and clarified soul retrieval practices that we refer to as energetic/spiritual cleansings or limpias that are still used in traditional medicine practices around the world, especially Mexico. Her writings have linked limpias to the four cardinal directions connecting us to Mother Earth. Erika has offered an appreciation of Mesoamerican culture and wisdom in regard to holistic healing of body, mind, and spirit.”  \nELISEO “CHEO” TORRES, ADMINISTRATOR AND PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND AUTHOR OF CURANDERISMO: THEART OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE WITHOUT BORDERS  \n“Once again Erika Buenaflor has written a very useful and insightful text based on Mesoamerican healing practices—this time specifically on soul retrieval, or the reclaiming of our sacred energy force. Her sensitive and informed treatment of this much-needed practice in our current times relies on ancient indigenous knowledge that helps us return to our authentic selves in relationship to the sacred cosmic forces. The author ’s reclaiming of this knowledge while being aware of adaptations for modern living is most relevant to those interested in the spiritual and healing powers of the original cultures of this continent.”  \nLARA MEDINA, PH.D., PROFESSOR IN THE  \nDEPARTMENT OF CHICANAAND CHICANO STUDIES AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY  \n“Erika Buenaflor ’s book demystifies one of curanderismo’s most frequently treated health conditions—susto, or soul loss. The frequently undiagnosed and misunderstood condition of soul loss requires the treatment of soul retrieval, which may only be addressed by a curanderx. Buenaflor ’s understanding of soul retrieval renders susto and its treatment understandable for all.”  \nTONY ZAVALETA, PH.D., COAUTHOR OF  \nCURANDERO CONVERSATIONS AND AUTHOR OF EL NIÑO FIDENCIO AND THE FIDENCISTAS  \n“This book is the transformational work of a skillful and knowledgeable guide. Buenaflor has gathered many difficult-toaccess historical sources from the indigenous peoples of Mexico and studied them with deep respect and attention. To help us retrieve the broken pieces of ourselves, Buenaflor has done a remarkable work of retrieval and translation, coaxing ancient texts and images to speak to us today from centuries and ages past. Readers will feel themselves transported into the religious and spiritual realms of the historical Mexican sacred and then guided back into the present to consider how they might be used by healers today.”  \nJENNIFER SCHEPER HUGHES, PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE  \n“This book provides an excellent inroad to understanding shamanic healing as it was practiced in ancient times by the Maya and Mexica, especially when it comes to soul retrieval. This is not a topic that is easy to research, but Erika Buenaflor has done a profound study of a wealth of anthropological and ancient sources to provide a comprehensive view. Modern people are not always aware that the four cosmic directions are real (and actually quantized) powers to which they are always connected. Yet, from this book we can learn about how to make use of them for healing.”  \nCARL JOHAN CALLEMAN, PH.D., AUTHOR OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS  \n“In our day and age where we are experiencing an epidemic of soul loss in our world, our planet needs the medicine found within Erika Buenaflor ’s work Curanderismo Soul Retrieval. Bringing back the heart and shamanic medicine found within Mesoamerica, Buenaflor takes readers on a shamanic journey where she details the soul retrieval practices and ceremonies found within the ancient world of the Mexica and Maya shamans. 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