Remedios

The Healing Life of Eva Castellanoz

By: Joanne B. Mulcahy

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Paperback | 1 June 2010

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Former President Ronald Reagan called Eva Castellanoz a "national treasure" when he awarded her an NEA National Heritage Fellowship in 1987. Featured in National Geographic, National Public Radio, and numerous other publications, Castellanoz is celebrated as a folk artist, community activist and a curandera, a traditional Mexican healer who uses a mind-body-spirit approach. During her 16 year friendship with Joanne Mulcahy, Castellanoz has revealed her life story as well as her remedios — her remedies, both medicinal and metaphoric — for life''s maladies. Using her own observations and Castellanoz’s stories, Mulcahy employs creative nonfiction and oral accounts to portray the life, beliefs, and practices of this remarkable woman. Anyone who has been healed by Eva Castellanoz has felt her power and wisdom. Anyone who reads this vivid portrait will come away feeling wiser and empowered by the story of this courageous and loving healer.

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"Mulcahy offers us an up-close look at the life of the healer woman. We can't help but be inspired-maybe even healed." - San Antonio Express-News "Joanne B. Mulcahy has given us a rare glimpse into the life and methods of a curandera, the traditional female healers and leaders of many of our Latin American and Latino comunities. Respectfully, thoughtfully written, and beautifully structured, Remedios allows the reader to participate in these healing encounters. Each chapter is organized around a problem and its accompanying remedio. We learn about curanderismo from the inside out. The book is also a sensitive portrait of an extraordinary woman, Eva Castellanoz, and through her story we learn about the immigration experience from a female perspective. Mulcahy has done for the curandera experience what Carlos Castaneda did for shamanism. The book is itself a remedio, inspiring and healing." - Julia Alvarez

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Non-Fiction Mind, Body, Spirit Complementary Therapies, Healing & Health Biographies & True Stories Biographies Religious & Spiritual Biographies Thought and Practice History Regional & National History History of the Americas Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History

Society & Culture Social Groups Ethnic Studies Hispanic & Latino Studies

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
A Note on Methods	p. xii
Introduction	p. xiv
The Root
Measuring Faith	p. 2
The Story Too Big to Tell	p. 10
Crossing Over	p. 19
La Mula	p. 33
The Dress That Doesn't Fit	p. 39
Choosing Ripeness	p. 51
Gnawing the Bone	p. 61
The Door and the Hinge	p. 69
Healing
Ther Call	p. 84
Magical Thinking	p. 92
Drinking in the Pain	p. 104
Cutting the Onions	p. 113
The Mexican Jacuzzi	p. 123
The Dream
My Piece of the Puzzle	p. 134
Ask Me	p. 144
Reviving the Root	p. 151
Healing Women	p. 161
A Courageous Heart	p. 169
How Not to Be	p. 175
La Casa	p. 183
Epilogue: My Spiritual Legs	p. 193
Notes	p. 199
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