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The White Sister... The Bony Lady... The Godmother... The Pretty Girl...
This is Santa Muerte, personification of death.
A veiled skeleton with an unquenchable thirst for destruction, Santa Muerte is Mexico's grim and vengeful goddess. She is worshipped by outcasts and sinners, those for whom the traditional Christian deities of Jesus and the Virgin Mary have no place.
For the notorious drug cartels, Santa Muerte is venerated as the saint who does not judge. She provides divine protection against authority and from rival gangs, demanding human sacrifice in return.
The cult of Santa Muerte has become inextricably linked to the Mexican cartels over the past decade, resulting in barbaric rituals that have escalated the tide of violence across the streets. Bodies of cartel members are executed en masse at Santa Muerte shrines, and rumours abound of even worse atrocities in the name of magical protection.
This book is the story of unholy alliance, of drug gangs and Santa Muerte, and a galvanic passion for blood and death.
Part of John Lee Brook's Blood trilogy.
Author: John Lee Brook
Publisher: Headpress
Published: 04/01/2016
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781909394216
ISBN10: 1909394211
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | General
- Religion | General
- Social Science | General
This is Santa Muerte, personification of death.
A veiled skeleton with an unquenchable thirst for destruction, Santa Muerte is Mexico's grim and vengeful goddess. She is worshipped by outcasts and sinners, those for whom the traditional Christian deities of Jesus and the Virgin Mary have no place.
For the notorious drug cartels, Santa Muerte is venerated as the saint who does not judge. She provides divine protection against authority and from rival gangs, demanding human sacrifice in return.
The cult of Santa Muerte has become inextricably linked to the Mexican cartels over the past decade, resulting in barbaric rituals that have escalated the tide of violence across the streets. Bodies of cartel members are executed en masse at Santa Muerte shrines, and rumours abound of even worse atrocities in the name of magical protection.
This book is the story of unholy alliance, of drug gangs and Santa Muerte, and a galvanic passion for blood and death.
Part of John Lee Brook's Blood trilogy.
Author: John Lee Brook
Publisher: Headpress
Published: 04/01/2016
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781909394216
ISBN10: 1909394211
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | General
- Religion | General
- Social Science | General