Cherish more than a child the hostile gods and demons of apparent existence…
Since moving to rural Georgia nearly a year ago, I’ve been unable to avoid the realities of the world that we live in – not the sparkling affluent consciousness culture illusion – the raw, unflinching realities of life in the United States.
San Padrino Endoque – The first saint of Santa Muerte
Jonathan Vargas has become the first canonized figure in the cult of the Bony Lady, and perhaps the first folk saint to develop out of the tradition of another one.
Death & Santa Muerte – Elliot Edge in conversation with Researcher David B. Metcalfe
The Cult of Santa Muerte has grown to encompass millions of followers spanning from Chile to Canada, and more recently around the globe. In this 3 hour presentation, Elliot Edge and I enjoy an in depth conversation about this new representation of death taking over the Americas, as well as comments on death in culture, the Roman Catholic Church’s condemnation of the figure, alchemy, and the role of death in practical and contemplative traditions. Visit SkeletonSaint.com for more information.
Borderland Devotions – Santa Muerte and the margins of faith
While the media in the U.S., Mexico and beyond often focuses on an inflated image of Santa Muerte as a so-called ‘narco-saint,’ her devotees come from a broad spectrum of those who have stepped beyond the status quo to accept lives lived in the liminal area…
A Mother’s Love and a Soldier’s Devotion – Santa Muerte in Perspective
When you stare into the empty eyes of Santa Muerte do you feel the resonant warmth of a mother’s love? It’s there, if you look deep enough, at least for those who pay her true devotion.
Santa Muerte at Matamoros – Mayor orders shrine destruction amid protests
Leticia Salazar Vazquez, Mayor of Matamoros, a town on the border of the United States and Mexico has ordered military action against a chapel dedicated to Santa Muerte which has been in operation for approximately 4 years.
Sixth Anniversary of the Santa Muerte Temple in Tultitlan
Enrique Hernandez Garcia has posted some spectacular pictures from the 6th anniversary celebration held at the Santa Muerte Temple in Tultitlan. The celebration included over 500 pilgrims, celebratory dancers , mariachis, abudent food, six couples married , ten children baptized and prayers for a prosperous, protected and healthy new year.
Who mourns the coming of the Kali Yuga?
Blissfully reposed on a corpse in the charnel grounds, sipping from the skull of a murdered Brahman, what care is there for kings or thieves, wanton women or virgins, for wealth or poverty or any of the other lamented signs mentioned in the Puranas?