| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-Blue Candle: Insight and Concentration -- 1. Brown Candle: History and Origins of the Cult -- 2. White Candle: Beliefs and Practices -- 3. Black Candle: Protection and Harm -- 4. Red Candle: Love and Passion -- 5. Gold Candle: Prosperity and Abundance -- 6. Purple Candle: Healing -- 7. Green Candle: Law and Justice -- Conclusion-Seven-Color Candle: Multiple Miracles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past eight 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 religious landscapes. Although condemned as satanic by both Catholic and Protestant churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions of Mexican citizens and Central American and Mexican immigrants |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 2, 2021) |
| Subject |
Santa Muerte (Mexican deity)
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| SUBJECT |
Santa Muerte (Mexican deity) fast |
| Subject |
Death -- Religious aspects.
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Death (Personification)
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Theology.
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Death (Personification)
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Death -- Religious aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017033273 |
| ISBN |
9780190633349 |
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0190633344 |
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9780190633356 |
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0190633352 |
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