Chief Luis Tijerina

The Healer Within a Native Perspective on the Metaphysical Self Chief Luis Tijerina

Jobless, broke, and with nowhere specific to go in his life except plunging himself into the world of substance abuse, Luis Tijerina recounts the path he has taken to self-discovery, mastering the strength of his own person as well as his newfound heritage to help himself and many others rediscover the path to self-healing. None of it came easy, by any measure. Those knowledgeable in Jungian analytic psychology will find familiar concepts in this work, but perhaps none in the way Luis applied them in conjunction with Native American practice, which may be startling to some people. Yet, as Luis confirms here, Jung s and the Native American philosophy or system, whatever one calls it are deeply related in some way. In a world lost to the trappings of hardcore science and the ways of traditional medicine, along with the mental attitude that these perpetuate, what Luis has found may not be a novelty for too long.