Curanderismo, the Healing Art of Mexico “Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” ― Haruki Murakami "Helping someone have a good death is sometimes part of our holy work as curanderas. Learning to have a sacred death is part of the path of the heart. For Nican Tlacan (indigenous) peoples of Mexico it is acknowledged, honored, and celebrated as part of the grand continuity of the cycles of life. It is said that Mictecacihuatl (Venerable Lady of Death) walks at our side, and that if one is aware, She informs our choices, actions, and the manner in which we live our life so that we may have a sacred, awakened awareness as we are re-born into another realm upon our death in this one."-Grace Sesma, Curanderismo, the Healing Art of Mexico Photograph of a Curandera during the Mexican Revolution who assisted soldiers and others too wounded to survive, to have a good death, from the Gustavo Casasola archive.
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