Animal Medicine

A Curanderismo Guide to Shapeshifting, Journeying, and Connecting with Animal Allies

AvErika Buenaflor

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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A guide to connecting with animals and their spiritual wisdom through ancient shamanic practices• Includes an alphabetical guide to 76 animals, explaining each animal’s spiritual gifts, shapeshifting medicine, the realm they are associated with, and their symbolic meaning when they appear in a dream or vision • Details the trance journeying techniques and shapeshifting practices of ancient Mesoamerican shamanic traditions and modern-day curanderismo • Explores how to strengthen our connections with our spirit animal guides In this guide, Erika Buena or explores the animal mythologies, spirit journeying techniques, and shapeshifting practices of ancient shamanic traditions and modern-day curanderismo. She examines how indigenous Mesoamerican peoples used animals in their ceremonial healing and divination rites and explains the innate gifts and powers that different animals embody. She explores why certain animals are associated with and provide access to the nonordinary realms--the Underworld, Middleworld, and Upperworld--wherein deities, ancestors, supernatural beings, and medicine can be connected with or obtained. The author explores shapeshifting practices in detail and the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual benefits we can gain by engaging in shapeshifting practices. She also explores how to strengthen our connections with our spirit animal guides. Offering an alphabetical guide to 76 animals most prevalent in ancient Mesoamericanlegends, ceremonies, and medicinal rites, the author details each animal’s spiritual gifts, shapeshifting medicine, the realm they are associated with, and their symbolic meaning when they appear in a dream or vision. Providing multiple methods to connect with animals for spiritual guidance, self-empowerment, and healing, Buena or reveals how each of us can enrich our lives with ancient Mesoamerican wisdom for working with animal guides.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-02
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:354 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Inner Traditions Bear and Company
ISBN:9781591434115

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Erika Buenafl or, M.A., J.D.,has a master’s degree in religious studies with a focus on Mesoamerican shamanism from the University of California at Riverside. A practicing curandera for more than 20 years, descended from a long line of grandmother curanderas, she has studied with curanderx in Mexico, Peru, and Los Angeles and gives presentations on curanderismo in many settings, including at UCLA. She lives in Tujunga, California.

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“The animal kingdom, in its love and compassion to humans, is always willing to gift us with what we need the most when our souls are in need of teachings, guidance, and medicine. We, however, have lost so much of our connections to the ancient wisdom and the shamanic practices, making it quite difficult to translate the meaning of what is being transmitted. In Animal Medicine, the great curandera Erika Buenaflor has gifted us with her deep understanding of ancient shamanism and how we can rescue our sacred relationship with animals, temples, rituals, and ageless wisdom. This book is filled with teachings and practices from a rich culture, kept sacred by the curanderx of Mesoamerica. Animal Medicine is here to inspire us to discover and develop our own spiritual path, a path leading to the healing of our body, mind, and soul. Muchas gracias, Erika Buenaflor, for your curandera’s gifts to us all.”

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction to Ancient Mesoamerican and Curanderismo Animal Symbolism PART ONEConnecting to Animal Spirit GuidesHistorical Background, Meditative Exercises, and Trance Journeys 1 Animal Contact and Medicine in the Nonordinary Realms 2 Diverse Shapeshifting Practices and Their Many Benefits 3 Developing Symbolic Communication with Animals PART TWOAnimal Allies A to Z Ancient Mesoamerican Animal Mythologies, Spiritual and Shapeshifting Medicine, and Symbolism American Bittern • Ant • Armadillo • Badger • Barn Swallow • Bat • Bee • Black Skimmer • Butterfly • Caiman (Alligator and Crocodile) • Catfish (Fish) • Centipede • Coati • Cormorant • Coyote • Crow • Curved-Bill Thrasher • Deer • Dog • Dove • Dragon • Dragonfly • Duck • Eagle • Earthworm • Falcon • Feathered or Plumed Serpent • Firefly • Fox • Frog • Gopher • Hawk • Heron • Hummingbird • Iguana-Lizard • Jaguar • Lovely Cotinga • Macaw • Monkey • Mouse • New World Quail• Ocelot (Cat) • Opossum • Owl • Peccary • Pelican • Porcupine • Puma • Purple Gallinule • Quetzal • Rabbit • Raccoon • Rat • Ringtail • Scorpion • Shark • Skunk • Snail (Queen Conch) • Snake• Sparrow Hawk • Spider • Spondylus (Spiny Oyster) • Squirrel • Stingray • Tapir • Toad • Turkey • Turtle (Tortoise) • Vulture • Water Turkey • Weasel • Western Grebe • West Mexican Black Bear • Wolf • Woodpecker • Wood Stork Notes Bibliography Index