Erika BuenaflorUniversity of California, Riverside | UCR · Department of Religious Studies
Erika Buenaflor
Master of Arts
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Erika Buenaflor, M.A., J.D., is a curandera, spiritual counselor/coach, and author of books on curanderismo and ancient Mesoamerican shamanism. She has written, Cleansing Rites of Curanderismo (available now), Curanderismo Soul Retrieval (releases 5/10/19), and is currently working on a third book. She has a master’s degree in religious studies with a focus an ancient Mesoamerican shamanism and curanderismo from University of California, Riverside.
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September 2008 - June 2010
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Contextualizes the ancient Mexica and the Yucatec Maya with regards to their dominant religious beliefs, calendrical systems and ceremonies, and the various types of shamanic trades within these societies.
The terms, “Aztec,” “Mexica,” and “Nahua” are first defined as they have been used interchangeably to discuss different tribes within the Aztec...
Examines the fire limpias ceremonies of the Yucatec Maya to initiate cleanses, prognostication and/or periodic renewals, as well as their use of velaciónes (candle work) to cleanse, renew and create.
Also, explains how these ancient traditions influenced the author’s fire limpia practices, the fundamentals in doing fire limpias as white fire, puro...