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Eduardo el Curandero’s healing practices aren’t very discrete like typical medical practices or therapy, but more of a body of practices. His practices connect the material and immaterial worlds of man and spirit. He performs his practices by various means and methods. In Peru, like Eduardo, San Pedro shamans use sound healing ceremonies to change the energies of their patients into a new and more positive alignment. Categorizing healing approaches into various groups and specialties is a more modern interest. Traditional Shamans worked with aromatherapy, massage, herbalism, etc. doing whatever was necessary to provide the right treatment for their patients or clients.

Today what we are accepting as the inventions/discoveries of modern science are also to be found in much more ancient shamanic belief systems and they are embedded in healing traditions from thousands of years ago. Typically with shamanism, the curanderos’ knowledge of healing is passed down from relatives. So I did some research on Eduardo’s family. When Eduardo was a healer, his daughter hadn’t paid much attention to his work. After his passing, she spontaneously received the don of healing and knew how to cure. She became a well known healer in Las Delicias.

It seems to me that curanderism in Peru is usually the first point of call for anyone suffering from any sickness or issue. It has proven effective for people for thousands of years but there is still some idea of orthodox medicine. This is because it’s doctors refuse to treat the while person or to acknowledge the possible existence of God/spirit and the human soul.

Eduardo was sought by people to treat a wide range of social, spiritual, psychological and physical problems. It ranged from headaches, back pain to anxiety and illnesses caused by “loss of soul.” A common illness that stood out to me was the evil eye. This is an issue for people in the Middle East as well. In my parent’s country, Iraq, people there firmly believe that the evil eye causes their lives pain and setback. They seek out help from religious scholars or healer. Issues like the evil eye and jealousy aren’t cured by a medical doctor but by specific spiritual and physical healers.

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