Curanderismo Part 2: Traditional Healing of the Spirit/Energy

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Free Online Course: Curanderismo Part 2: Traditional Healing of the Spirit/Energy provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4-5 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Curanderismo Part 2: Traditional Healing of the Spirit/Energy is taught by Eliseo (Cheo) Torres.

Overview
  • The instructor will present a welcome video describingthe course syllabus followed by a Power Point presentation on the topic of"Curanderismo," traditional/folk medicine.

    Each thematic module will consist of an average of two20-minute videos, by well-known traditional healers from Mexico, and the UnitedStates.  Some of the hands-ondemonstrations will be followed by additional readings and discussions oneffectiveness of traditional and holistic medicine, which has been revived andrecently gained popularity throughout the world.  There will be a translator in the videos for thehealers from Mexico who speak Spanish.


Syllabus
  • Instructor:  Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, from the University of New Mexico

    Description:  This course will provide information on the history, traditions, rituals, herbs, and remedies of Curanderismo, a folk healing tradition of the Southwestern United States, Latin America and Mexico.  

    Optional texts: 

    1.       Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing, Eliseo Torres & Tim Sawyer

    2.       Healing with Herbs & Rituals: A Mexican Tradition, Eliseo Torres, edited by Tim Sawyer

    3.       Infusions of Healing, Joie Davidow

    Fo further references on Curanderismo, students are encouraged to read the following books:

    1.       order Medicine - A Transcultural History of Mexican American Curanderismo, Brett Hendrickson

    Week 1

    Welcome Video (2) (Cheo)

    PowerPoint Introduction/Overview of Curanderismo (2) (Cheo)

    Connecting Modern Medicine to Traditional Healing – TEDx ABQ (Cheo)

    Curanderismo Exhibition at the UNM School of Anthropology (Cheo)

    Week 2

    Plants and Sacred Tobaco of Peru (Mino) & Medicinal Plants for women (Bernadette)

    Week 3

    Spiritual Cleansings Limpias Energeticas (Laurencio)

    Spiritual Healing (Velia)

    Week 4

    Laugh Therapy Risa Terapia (Rita)

    A Fidencista Traditional Healer: ‘Chenchito’

    Week 5

    Healing through Sound (Juan Carlos & Viridiana)

    Healing Fright and Shock Susto (Rita)

    Week 6

    Afro-Latino healing through music and dance (Sina)

    Interviews

    • Bernadette
    • Mino
    • Eduardo Cardona


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