Secrets of Santa Muerte

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Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1633412563
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis Secrets of Santa Muerte by : Cressida Stone

Download or read book Secrets of Santa Muerte written by Cressida Stone and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply informed and practical guide to working with Santa Muerte, the “Saint of Death.” The Secrets of Santa Muerte is a practical handbook on how to connect with the mysterious Mexican folk saint. Drawing from authentic Mexican sources and traditions, it details secret, esoteric knowledge that will foster a deep connection with the Saint of Death. The book covers the fascinating history of this revered folk saint as well as practical tips on how to: Create an altar to Santa Muerte and keep it cleansed of negative energies and free of demons. Interpret the acceptance of offerings and signs from Santa Muerte. Use the moon’s power to heighten your work with her. Work with her saint through candles and statues. Use color combinations in your spell work to achieve your desires. Prayers, spells, and rituals are included for a wide range of needs: love, sex, money, good health, aid with legal matters, as well as hexes against and protection from enemies. For novices who wish to begin working with Santa Muerte as well as for more advanced practitioners who want to fine-tune their practice, discover new spells and rituals, and take their work with Santa Muerte to a deeper level.

Devoted to Death

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190633328
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis Devoted to Death by : R. Andrew Chesnut

Download or read book Devoted to Death written by R. Andrew Chesnut and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees over the past decade. Although condemned by mainstream churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions of Latin Americans and immigrants in the U.S. Devotees believe the Bony Lady (as she is affectionately called) to be the fastest and most effective miracle worker, and as such, her statuettes and paraphernalia now outsell those of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Saint Jude, two other giants of Mexican religiosity. In particular, Chesnut shows Santa Muerte has become the patron saint of drug traffickers, playing an important role as protector of peddlers of crystal meth and marijuana; DEA agents and Mexican police often find her altars in the safe houses of drug smugglers. Yet Saint Death plays other important roles: she is a supernatural healer, love doctor, money-maker, lawyer, and angel of death. She has become without doubt one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes.

Santa Muerte

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Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1633410609
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis Santa Muerte by : Tracey Rollin

Download or read book Santa Muerte written by Tracey Rollin and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santa Muerte is a complete ritual guide to working with this famous and beloved Mexican folk saint. Death welcomes everyone. This is the foundation for the veneration of Santa Muerte, or "Holy Death." Considered to be the female personification of death, she is associated with protection and safe passage to the afterlife. She is also the patron saint of people who live on the fringes of society and often face violence and death. In recent years her constituency has expanded to include the LGBT community and people who are marginalized or whose jobs put them at significant risk of death such as military and police personnel. Santa Muerte is hailed as their potent and powerful protector, capable of delivering them from harm and even granting miracles. Santa Muerte is a complete ritual guide to working with this famous--and infamous!--Mexican folk saint. It takes us beyond the sensational headlines to reveal the truth about why Santa Muerte is so beloved by so many. Author Tracey Rollin presents simple, straightforward methods for working with Holy Death that may be used alone or easily incorporated into your own magical practice.

Blood+Death

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Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 190939422X
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis Blood+Death by : John Lee Brook

Download or read book Blood+Death written by John Lee Brook and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Sister... The Bony Lady... The Godmother... The Pretty Girl... This is Santa Muerte, personification of death. A veiled skeleton with an unquenchable thirst for destruction, Santa Muerte is Mexico’s grim and vengeful goddess. She is worshipped by outcasts and sinners, those for whom the traditional Christian deities of Jesus and the Virgin Mary have no place. For the notorious drug cartels, Santa Muerte is venerated as the saint who does not judge. She provides divine protection against authority and from rival gangs, demanding human sacrifice in return. The cult of Santa Muerte has become inextricably linked to the Mexican cartels over the past decade, resulting in barbaric rituals that have escalated the tide of violence across the streets. Bodies of cartel members are executed en masse at Santa Muerte shrines, and rumors abound of even worse atrocities in the name of magical protection. This book is the story of unholy alliance, of drug gangs and Santa Muerte, and a galvanic passion for blood and death.

The Secrets of the Santa Muerte

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ISBN 13 : 9781786107879
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis The Secrets of the Santa Muerte by : Kenneth Bell

Download or read book The Secrets of the Santa Muerte written by Kenneth Bell and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its humble origins in the slums of Mexico City, the Santa Muerte now has millions of worshippers throughout Mexico, Central-America and across the United States. This book gives a brief history of the Dark Goddess, before telling the reader everything about the spells and incantations that are used by her adherents. This is a must-have book for anyone who wishes to enter into the service of the Dark Lady of the Shadows, and receive the benefits that she bestows upon her followers.

The Santa Muerte

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781542467490
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Book Synopsis The Santa Muerte by : Charles River Charles River Editors

Download or read book The Santa Muerte written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts and descriptions of the cult *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading European and American scholars are fascinated by her. She is exotic; they look at her with the romantic look of the anthropologist and the sociologist; she is Mexican, colorful, and third-worldly (not to mention that she is a fantastic reason to get funding from their universities). Many see in her, correctly, a prodigious syncretism, so common in the troubled history of Latin America. The Catholic hierarchy, the predominant religion in Mexico, is horrified; the church calls her a satanic cult figure, associated with organized crime. Similarly, governmental authorities watch cautiously, deny official recognition to her "churches," and destroy her solitary shrines in northern Mexico, in roads riddled with crime. However, among her followers -besides prisoners, drug traffickers and many well-meaning men and women seeking other spiritual alternatives- there are some working on the side of the law, especially soldiers and police officers. Enter La Santa Muerte, the "Holy Death," a skeletal figure dressed like a Catholic saint, whom her faithful raised to the altars without asking anyone for permission. From her followers, she gets not only candles, prayers and petitions, as any other saint; they also call her loving names that to the outside observer would seem to be a joke: beautiful, skinny, cute girl, little mother, and at the height of the confusion, "virgin." What then is the Santa Muerte movement? As a practice, it has borrowed extensively from Catholicism, Santeria and even New Age, depending on the leader of the moment and the region, from Central America to Chicago. In the variety most similar to Catholicism, people find images of the skeleton dressed in a green robe with stars and golden borders, with rays of light coming out of her head: a negative image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. "It's our little mother, our skinny, she always takes care of us," says an anonymous woman who refers to Santa Muerte in the same way Mexican Catholics refer to The Virgin. Although fleshless, Santa Muerte is, without a doubt, a female figure (in the Spanish language, "death" is a feminine noun). But the garments of the Virgin of Guadalupe are not the only thing that the "white girl" borrowed. In fact, one of the main features of this cult is its extraordinary elasticity. It will adapt to anything. Anyone can dogmatize. Everybody contributes according to his or her feelings and experiences. Young cholos (street punks) prefer a version more reminiscent of some Iron Maiden albums, and the elderly of the Tepito neighborhood, another more similar to those found at small town churches, with flowers in her hair, and a robe with embroidery. Therefore, for the casual observer watching the candles, the flowers, listening to the murmur of prayers and noticing the insistence on receiving miracles, Santa Muerte is like another Catholic saint, despite the fact the cult of the Holy Death is not only not approved by any Christian denomination but is not even tolerated. This is the story of Santa Muerte, the so-called cult of crisis, a red-hot combo of a kermesse (Mexican carnival), Catholicism and New Age; a hedonist practice but involving bodily sacrifice too. It is an expression of economic, psychological and social forces, bigger than perhaps any of her acolytes suspect. The Santa Muerte: The Origins, History, and Secrets of the Mexican Folk Saint looks at the folk saint and the manner in which her cult grew. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Santa Muerte like never before.

La Santa Muerte

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Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738745510
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Book Synopsis La Santa Muerte by : Tomás Prower

Download or read book La Santa Muerte written by Tomás Prower and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book that presents the eclectic history, modern culture, and step-by-step magick spells of La Santa Muerte’s mystery schools to the non-Spanish-speaking world. As the patron saint of lost causes, the LGBT community, addicts, and anyone who has been marginalized by society, La Santa Muerte has a clandestine following of millions of devotees in the U.S. alone—and she’s only becoming more popular. Join author Tomás Prower as he shows step-by-step instruction for spells, magick, and prayers for practical results and long-term goals, including money, love, sex, healing, legal issues, protection, and more. La Santa Muerte also includes detailed information on: • History, myths, and symbols • Language, etiquette, and names • Tools, altars, and offerings

Grimoire of Santa Muerte

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ISBN 13 : 9780615827469
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (274 download)

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Book Synopsis Grimoire of Santa Muerte by : Sophia DiGregorio

Download or read book Grimoire of Santa Muerte written by Sophia DiGregorio and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-13 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grimoire of Santa Muerte is an introductory manual for devotees of Most Holy Death, the powerful folk saint of Mexico who has drawn the wrath of both the church and state. Santa Muerte has millions of devotees and the numbers are growing all over the world! To those devoted to her, she is their friend, a spiritual mother and the source of unconditional love and protection from whom all of the necessities of life flow. She is an advocate, a healer and the performer of miracles. Santa Muerte is the patron saint of those who have confronted death and lived and those who must confront deadly situations every day. She is a spirit of second chances who avenges those who are devoted to her and punishes evil-doers. She is a godmother who guides those under her care and arranges things in much the way a benevolent and powerful living benefactor might. This book shows you how to connect with Santa Muerte and includes information about how to construct an altar for her, how to consecrate items, how to pray the Rosary of Santa Muerte and provides prayers, spells and rituals for a variety of purposes.

The Great Secret of Holy Death

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Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781717799838
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Secret of Holy Death by : Maga BETH

Download or read book The Great Secret of Holy Death written by Maga BETH and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is MADE IN COLOR for a nice impression. What is Santa Muerte (the Holy Death)? Why are we afraid of her? Santa Muerte is the practice of a religion that originates in Mexico in which the dead are worshipped. This practice has spread to other parts of the world. It is another way of understanding faith and religion. Unknown to many and feared by others, many lies have been said about Santa Muerte and her cult. It is an ancient religion which has been passed down from parents to children. This book aims to inform about Santa Muerte so that we lose our fear, we understand her, and we know her: the great secret and misunderstanding. We only cease fearing something when it is no longer unknown. Maga Beth with her vast experience in the esoteric world, in different religions and also in Santa Muerte, explains the cult in detail so that the reader gets to know it and demystifies all the dark and negative things that have been unfairly said about it; since every day Santa Muerte has more followers. This work is a guide that can be used by anyone who wants to make a request, a ritual, or say a prayer, a novena prayer, for love, health, work, money, economy, family, protection, etc. As the reader will see, the ingredients recommended are simple and can be easily found in any part of the world; but, the author also provides a very simple and easy guide on how to make the ingredients that cannot be found yourself. Apart from the history and cult of Santa Muerte, this book also includes an extensive and specific compilation for every topic you may need: love, money, work, health, family, protection, etc. providing the reader with a lot of rituals, works, prayers, novena prayers, etc. for each topic. This is another book by Maga Beth, unpublished in its sector, that will certainly leave no one indifferent. More information: www.magabeth.com

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

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Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1524700509
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Book Synopsis I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by : Erika L. Sánchez

Download or read book I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter written by Erika L. Sánchez and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist! Instant New York Times Bestseller! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home. Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga’s role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed. But it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister’s story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal? “Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York Times “Unique and fresh.” —Entertainment Weekly “A standout.” —NPR

Santa Muerte

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Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (543 download)

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Book Synopsis Santa Muerte by : Marta Sevilla

Download or read book Santa Muerte written by Marta Sevilla and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the secrets to working with the Santa Muerte. Unleash a most remarkable and complete spiritual system! In this book you will learn the origin of Santa Muerte, the secrets of Her robes and tools, how to set up an altar to Santa Muerte and a recipe book with the most powerful prayers and spells to: attract fortune and love, keep the law away, protection, health among others! learn the secrets of the great power of the Santisima Muerte, let her work in your life and open the doors to success and happiness! Part 1 Introducing Santisima Muerte The Three Robes of Santa Muerte The Tools Of Santa Muerte Part 2 - Working With Santa Muerte Offerings Made To Santa Muerte Construction Of The Santa Muerte Altar Baptising A Santa Muerte Statue Adding Altar Items Working With Santa Muerte Dedicating The Altar Protecting Before Invoking Items For Protection Protection Prayers Writing Petitions and Requests Working With Candles Part 3 A Collection Of Santa Muerte Prayers Part 4 - Divination With Santa Muerte Dedicating Divining Tools To Santa Muerte Loteria Cards Spanish Playing Cards Part 5 - Spirtual Baths of Santa Muerte Part 6 - Spells of Santa Muerte Part 7 - Santa Muerte Recipes

Santa Muerte

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Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (664 download)

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Book Synopsis Santa Muerte by : Warlock Asylum

Download or read book Santa Muerte written by Warlock Asylum and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexican folk saint adorably known as Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte (Our Lady of the Holy Death) has become the object of a growing spiritual tradition and global movement. The mysteries and devotional practices that constitute the fabric of Santa Muerte's legacy run as deep as its indigenous origins. Although the worship of Santa Muerte has been condemned by the Catholic Church and other clergies, it has become an intrinsic part of Mexican culture. Today, people from all walks of life and religious paradigms have found prosperity under the cloak of Holy Death's protection and miraculous gifts of loving-kindness. Santa Muerte: The Gnostic Bible of Holy Death reveals the unknown beginnings and deeply rooted alchemical principles that are embedded in the veneration of La Santisima Muerte. The science of Holy Death has ancient roots and a profound cosmology that is an important part of understanding Santa Muerte's gnosis. This text includes an English rendering of the "Gospel of Santa Muerte" and additional esoteric and ritual practices are included.

Book of Prayers Santa Muerte

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (154 download)

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Book Synopsis Book of Prayers Santa Muerte by : Max Ivanova

Download or read book Book of Prayers Santa Muerte written by Max Ivanova and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear reader, if you are a follower of Santa Muerte or want to start in this ancient cult, this book cannot be missing from your library! expand your knowledge and learn the most powerful prayers used by your worshipers, wizards and Mexican sorcerers. In this book you will learn the origin of this cult, how to make pacts and a recipe book with the most powerful prayers and spells for: Fortune, love, freeing yourself from jail, protection, health and even the destruction of your enemies, among others. ! Participate in the great power of the "Santisima Muerte" fulfill your most intimate desires, let her work in your life and open the doors to success and happiness!

Talitha Cumi

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Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1599792656
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (997 download)

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Book Synopsis Talitha Cumi by : John Francis

Download or read book Talitha Cumi written by John Francis and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2007-11-21 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the tallit's significant role in prayer -- from ancient biblical truths that reveal how it is made and for what reasons. Get equipped for more powerful prayer than ever -- from learning the significance of the fringes on the four corners added to it. Become more intimate with God -- from discovering how to draw in the atarah (collar), to wear your tallit as a 'sanctuary' or 'tent.' Restore the sacredness of your prayer time -- by using your tallit as part of your increased prayer focus.

The Mexican Witch Lifestyle

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982178167
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mexican Witch Lifestyle by : Valeria Ruelas

Download or read book The Mexican Witch Lifestyle written by Valeria Ruelas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the vibrant culture of brujeria and embrace your own inner witch with this essential guide to spellcasting, spirit worship, tarot, crystals, and all the other elements of this increasingly popular lifestyle. A modern Mexican bruja is a powerful person, one who reads the tarot and performs spellwork and rituals of devotion to their spirit guides and deities. Brujeria, which translates as witchcraft in Spanish, is a unique form of spirituality that blends core elements of Afro-Indigenous beliefs. Having originated in Mexico, brujeria is now practiced in Latinx communities across the world. Valeria Ruelas was raised living every aspect of the brujeria lifestyle. From shopping at botanicas and yerberias, to casting spells, to interpreting tarot readings, Valeria has today become one of the foremost practitioners of brujeria in the US. And as part of her daily practice, she seeks to bring the intense wisdom, harmony, and spirituality that comes with living this bruja lifestyle to her followers and returning power and ancestral magic to those whose agency has been lost. Within these pages, Valeria provides you with an expert’s introductory handbook for all the aspects of brujeria, including, -Respectfully shopping at a yerberia or botanica -A complete guide to common crystals -Essentials for your altar -A introduction to tarot -Spells to bring luck, love, and good fortune -The secrets of Santa Muerte ​​​Comprehensive and inspiring, The Mexican Witch Lifestyle is the perfect guide for anyone curious to learn more about this vibrant culture of witchcraft.

La Santa Muerte

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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (24 download)

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Book Synopsis La Santa Muerte by : Trent Piechota

Download or read book La Santa Muerte written by Trent Piechota and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexican folk saint of death -- an intimidating skeletal figure holding a scythe -- goes by many names, most notably La Santa Muerte. Though worship of La Santa Muerte has become inextricably intertwined with drug cartels, she has become an all-purpose deity for working-class and poor mexicanos, not just criminals. This is the story of Santa Muerte, the so-called cult of crisis, a red-hot combo of a kermesse (Mexican carnival), Catholicism and New Age; a hedonist practice but involving bodily sacrifice too. It is an expression of economic, psychological and social forces, bigger than perhaps any of her acolytes suspect. This book looks at the folk saint and the manner in which her cult grew.

American Brujeria

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Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1578637457
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (786 download)

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Book Synopsis American Brujeria by : J. Allen Cross

Download or read book American Brujeria written by J. Allen Cross and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2021 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book focuses on the blend of American and Mexican folk magic currently being used by those living in the US but whose roots are in the Mexican culture. This type of Mexican-American folk magic contains its own unique saints and spirits, as well as the more familiar, such as the infamous Santa Muerte. It is extremely similar to Conjure traditions of the American south and, in fact, shares a lot of crossover, demonstrating how these traditions have influenced one another"--