For over a decade the cult of La Santa Muerte has grown rapidly in Mexico and the United States. Thousands of people--ranging from drug runners and mothers to cabdrivers, soldiers, police, and prison inmates--invoke the protection of La Santa Muerte. Devotees seek her protection…
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For over a decade the cult of La Santa Muerte has grown rapidly in Mexico and the United States. Thousands of people--ranging from drug runners and mothers to cabdrivers, soldiers, police, and prison inmates--invoke the protection of La Santa Muerte. Devotees seek her protection…
This book examines La Santa Muerte's role in people's daily lives and explores how popular religious practices of worship and devotion developed around a figure often associated with illicit activities.
"This is a complete ritual guide to working with Santa Muerte, the 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…
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American reli…
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American reli…
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 immig…