Santa Muerte Unoffical Saint of Mexico

Recently while talking "shop" with mi corazon Dama, I ran across a kindle book on Amazon. I love reading about different cultures folk traditions and magic, and this one intrigued me as I  had never heard of the book. So for $2.99 I sprang for it. And I read it in one sitting it was so fascinating! Best $2.99 spent!

The book title is "Grimoire of Santa Muerte: Spells and Rituals of Most Holy Death, the Unofficial Saint of Mexico" by Sophia diGregorio

Without ruining the book for those who may be interested in reading it, I will give a short breakdown. Loads of history, stories of her helping those in need, how to work with her, novenas to her, magic, altars, you name it. It also goes into how she became a patron of criminals who think they are above the wrath of the Gods, but wind up getting quite a surprise instead! The media misinformation also helped give her a bad name. I love that this book sets the facts straight for those with good intentions.

Santa Muerte sounds like a scary name, but I assure you even with the depiction of her with scythe, she is quite merciful and helps those who need it most, meting out justice when needed. You can find prayer cards of her wearing different colours, and the colours represent what energy you wish her to work with you.

We all have dark and light sides to us and many choose to deny the dark, never fully becoming a fully integrated individual. She has both.

Here are a few images I found via google images:

As you can see here are the different colours associated with her.

I highly recommend this book if you're, like me a lover of different cultures, their traditions, and folk magic practices. It can be found on Amazon here: Grimoire of Santa Muerte: Spells and Rituals of Most Holy Death, the Unofficial Saint of Mexico by Sophia diGregorio

I hope this was as interesting for you as it was for me!

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Jet