Curanderismo Soul Retrieval: Ancient Shamanic Wisdom to Restore the Sacred Energy of the Soul - Erika Buenaflor M.A. J.D. 2019

Curanderismo Soul Retrieval: Ancient Shamanic Wisdom to Restore the Sacred Energy of the Soul - Erika Buenaflor M.A. J.D. 2019

Introduction

Ancient Mesoamerican Roots

The Fluidity of The Cardinal Spaces

Goals of This Book

Ancient Mesoamerican Shamans and This Curanderismo Soul Retrieval Practice

Clockwise Versus Counterclockwise

Outline of This Book

Determining The Need for Soul Retrieval

The Soul: Concentrations of Sacred Essence Energy within the Body

The Mexica View of Soul Manifestations

Maya Manifestations of The Soul

Soul Loss in Modern Times

Concentration of Soul Essence Energy

What is Being Retrieved

Our Sacred Center and Trance-Journeying: A Portal to Other Worlds

The Ancient Mexica Center

The Ancient Maya Center

Trance States and Journeying Tools

Locating Our Axis Mundi

Our Sacred Heart

Immersing Ourselves in The Fires

Literal Versus Metaphorical Information

Locating Lost Soul Pieces: Navigating the Upperworld, Middleworld, and Underworld

The Mexica Nonordinary Realms

The Maya Nonordinary Realms

Nonordinary Realms

The Underworld

The Middleworld

The Upperworld

Soul Retrieval Work: Animal Coessences and Animal Guardians

Ancient Mexica Animal Companions and Tonalismo

Ancient Maya Animal Coessences

Working With Animal Coessences and Guardians

The South: The Space of Discovery and Understanding

The Mexica South

The Ancient Maya South

Journeying to The South

Sonia’s Soul Theft

The West: The Space of Death and Releasing

The West for The Ancient Mexica

The West for The Maya

The West, The Space of Death and Releasing

Claudia’s Death and Releasing

The North: The Space of Ancestral Medicine and Guidance

The North for The Ancient Mexica

The North of The Ancient Maya

The North, The Space of Ancestral Guidance and Medicine

Simon Connects with His Divine Guidance

The East: The Space of New Beginnings

The East of The Mexica

The East for The Ancient Maya

Journeying to The East

Linda’s Soul Release and New Beginning

Footnotes

Endnotes

Bibliography