Eduardo el Curandero: The Words of a Peruvian Healer - Softcover

Calderon, Eduardo; Cowan, Richard; Sharon, Douglas; Sharon, F. Kaye

9781556433085: Eduardo el Curandero: The Words of a Peruvian Healer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556433085 ISBN 13: 9781556433085

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, 2000

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 Calder�n, and new photographs of Eduardo's healing artifacts.

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About the Author:

Eduardo Calder�n is a Peruvian artist, fisherman, and healer. He died in 1996.

Douglas Sharon, Ph.D. in Anthropology from UC Berkeley, serves as director at the San Diego Museum of Man and has done decades of research in Peru, Mexico, and Ecuador. 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 and Public Health from UC Berkeley, serves as executive director for Legal Assistance for Seniors in Oakland, California. He directed the film Eduardo the Healer in 1978.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish

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