The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru - Bonnie Glass-Coffin South American A visionary essence

A visionary essence

that special kind of curve that often appears in nature and is associated with the power of vortexes

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Chariote heals past karmic relations and creates a relaxing meditative state for distant healing

The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru - Bonnie Glass-Coffin South American A visionary essenceIn this uniquely personal account of the lives and healing arts of female shamans in northern Peru, the author alternates diaristic writings about her own experiences with ethnographic description. Her analytical essays explore the concepts of sorcery, shamanism, and witchcraft, case studies of Peruvian women and their ritual healing techniques, the healers' religious and symbolic space, and the healing attributes unique to women. They alternate with