The Santa Muerte: The Origins, History, and Secrets of the Mexican Folk Saint
Charles River Editors · Gustavo Vázquez Lozano
Jan 2017 · Charles River Editors · Narrated by Colin Fluxman
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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. 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.
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William Jenkins
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June 21, 2019
Only 3 min long; just read a timeline of events. Wasted my money purchasing. It was my fault for not looking at the time length of the audio book but why would anyone want to pay for this? Make sure you getting the whole book before purchasing.
Bug Bashxn
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August 1, 2022
Excellent 👌
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