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Red medicine : traditional indigenous rites of birthing and healing / Patrisia Gonzales.

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From the publisher. Patrisia Gonzales addresses "Red Medicine" as a system of healing that includes birthing practices, dreaming, and purification rites to re-establish personal and social equilibrium. The book explores Indigenous medicine across North America, with a special emphasis on h...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Gonzales, Patrisia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2012.
Series:First peoples (2010)
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Mexico > Rites and ceremonies.
Traditional medicine > North America.
Traditional medicine > Mexico.
Birth customs > North America.
Birth customs > Mexico.
Healing > North America.
Healing > Mexico.
North America > Social life and customs.
Mexico > Social life and customs.
Birth customs.
Healing.
Manners and customs.
Traditional medicine.
Mexico.
North America.
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Spiderwoman Called Up This Knowledge
  • 1. Anatomy of Learning: Yauhtli, Peyotzin, Tobacco, and Maguey
  • 2. Birth Ceremony: Storying Sacred Knowledge
  • 3. Ceremony of Memory: The Call and Response
  • 4. Ceremony of Sweeping: Symbols as Medicine
  • 5. Ceremony of the Land ¿Y dónde está tu ombligo?
  • 6. Ceremony of Time: Time as Medicine
  • 7. Dreaming Ceremony: Medicine Dreams
  • 8. Curing Ceremony: Spiders in Her Hair
  • 9. Ceremony of Return
  • Conclusion
  • Notes.

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