Mauricio González de la Garza

Mauricio González de la Garza (October 6, 1923 – July 2, 1996) was a Mexican journalist, writer and music composer. Life and career Mauricio González de la Garza was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico on October 6, 1923. His parents were Josefina de la Garza de los Santos and Mauricio González Hinojosa. Mauricio was the third of five siblings. The family suffered a big tragedy on April 1934 when the father died from rabbies. Her mother then started to operate a Money Exchange business to support her children. Mauricio studied at St Agustin School and then at the Laredo College. In 1950 he emigrated to Mexico City to study medicine. After a year he quit and started his studies of Philosophy at the University of Mexico (UNAM). Mauricio worked as an editor and translator and in 1953 he started therapy session with the most renowned psychoanalyst of the time: Santiago Ramirez. In 1958 Mauricio secluded himself in the Monastery of Santa de la Resurreccion in Ahuacatitaln, Morelos. He stayed there for almost 5 years. During this time he conducted therapy sessions with some of the monks. The use of psychoanalysis at the monastery became very famous after it the Abbot gave an intervi