The Santa Muerte: The Healer, Protector, and Guide to the Afterlife
Written by Kelly Mass
Narrated by Chris Newman
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About this audiobook
The cult image, female divine being, and folk saint Nuestra Seora de la Santa Muerte (Spanish meaning: Our Woman of the Holy Death) is a cult image, female divine being, and folk saint in Mexican Neopaganism and folk Catholicism.
Her worshippers relate her with healing, security, and safe delivery to the afterlife simply because she's a personification of death. In spite of condemnation from Catholic Church leaders and, more just recently, evangelical movements, her following has grown substantially since the start of the twenty-first century.
Santa Muerte, who was initially portrayed as a male character, is now generally illustrated as a skeletal female figure dressed in a long cape and clutching several things, most typically a scythe and a world.
Let’s take a look at what she means or meant to people in Mexico, and what we can learn about it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If I would have to summarize it, it will be in one particular term: Excellent! 5 stars! Without a doubt the best thing that's happened to me today. Knowing so many new aspects of this subject was informing, to say the least. It was a breath of fresh air. I truly appreciated it.