"A Magic Feather" divulges key healing secrets still utilized in the Indigenous Chicano community. The author, a curandero who studied with Aztec/Mexica, Apache, Chicano, GenÃzaro, and Lakota medicine people, shares the theory, philosophy and science of curanderismo. The author shares the theory, philosophy and science of curanderismo. Beginning with original sources written in the sixteenth century up to contemporary oral teachings that predate European contact, the book takes us inside these living traditions across time to arrive at a contemporary expression of Indigenous medical practices deeply rooted in the Aztec cosmology of Mexicayotl.
The pages are crisp, white and clean with no creases, writing or underlining. The tip of the top corner on the front cover is torn, revealing the underlying brown cardboard. No other signs of prior ownership. The binding is straight and strong. No jacket (I doubt the book was issued with one). Hardcover, 502 pgs.
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Product description: "A Magic Feather" divulges key healing secrets still utilized in the Indigenous Chicano community. The author, a curandero who studied with Aztec/Mexica, Apache, Chicano, GenÃzaro, and Lakota medicine people, shares the theory, philosophy and science of curanderismo. The author shares the theory, philosophy and science of curanderismo. Beginning with original sources written in the sixteenth century up to contemporary oral teachings that predate European contact, the book takes us inside these living traditions across time to arrive at a contemporary expression of Indigenous medical practices deeply rooted in the Aztec cosmology of Mexicayotl.