Folk Medicine – Mexican Style
- May 4
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By Felix Alvarado
February 4, 2015
When I was young I was involved in two car accidents that left me in shock. I was so in shock that I could not even get close to a car, truck or bus without losing it. I would go bonkers. I fought hard if anyone tried to get me close to any car, truck or bus. I would just not get in. When they left me alone, I was okay. Just don’t try to get me in any type of moving vehicle.
My parents decided to call a Curandera, AKA Shaman, AKA Witch Doctor to practice some voodoo medicine. On me. The preparation for the treatment was very elaborate. I sat on a chair to observe the ritual.
Then I was placed face up on a table and covered with a white bed sheet. The Curandera placed an egg in a bowl on the corner of the table. Then the lady started her incantations. She used a broom to sweep away the evil spirits, AKA demons from my body. At the end of the ritual she would remove the blanket and break the egg. I forget what the egg looked like when she had successfully captured all the evil spirits.
It worked. I was cured of shock. Years later in one of my psychology classes I learned that it was the ritual that prepared the mind for change. It was all about the mind.
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