_Click here: Santa Muerte « Reditus: A Chronicle of Aesthetic Christianity_ (http://arturovasquez.wordpress.com/tag/santa-muerte/) **************Worried...
Anthropologists that have studied color delevopement (or more accurately the distinction of colors) by native peoples indicates that the majority of societies...
Bryant: I "overstand". I suppose I misunderstood when you stated "The bubbles don't have any significance unless they rise to the top of the glass and leave...
I hate to disappoint anyone but egg cleansings are not something that I can expound on too much. I don't think there are clear guidelines on the subject. It is...
... *** I agree with this statement, being an anthropologist who studies ... *** This heavily sounds like Victor Turner, who is not the best source in looking...
Mexican Americans are included. The woman I mentioned is a nurse in Alpine and she doesn't even speak Spanish Bryant On Sat Mar 7 1:14 , Arturo Vasquez sent: ...
I have been holding back on this but now I wish to give my spin on the topic. I was inspired to find out two things at approximately the same time which have...
I have a theory on this, and I could very well be wrong. It seems to me that every ethnicity has its own 'energetic signature' or 'spiritual frequency'. This...
Spot on. That's why a person who is Mexican, or of Mexican descent can go to either Italy or Spain/Portugal, be treated by a folk healer, and be perfectly at...
Do you have any information about the Italian Santissima Morte? I know that St Francis of Assisi referred to "Sorella Morte", "Sister Death", and he even...
Hmm - this is a rather tough riddle to crack, but I think sociocultural factors have more to do with this than ethnicity per se. My own MPhil research was...
Well, not exactly on Santa Muerte. Just more evidence that she plays a role in Mexican folklore. The poem is by Alfonso Reyes, one of the greatest poets and...
It is an odd thing, and there is not one definitive answer to it. I just threw out there as one possibility. Sociocultural factors are not really totally...
"It is also my belief that different supernatural entities attack different systems of the body. The spirits specialize in a particular area, system, or...
... *** While I agree that red/black/white are incredibly important- I don't think everything that has those colors is related to everything that has those...
I want to clarify that the Spanish version does not derive from the Italian version, but rather that they were both part of the world of Greek culture that...
... *** Bryant- What does 'world of greek culture' mean to you? While the Greeks (if they can be collectively called as such) were colonizing much of the ...
I mean the Archaic Greek colonists, who include Phonecian/ Minoan/ Mycenaean/ Etruscan/ Balkan and those who were influenced by them. Certainly they in turn...
He is s syncretized version of a guatemalan/mayn figure called "Maximon" On Sun Mar 8 8:05 , 'creepercrypt' sent: Another folk saint that I've notice utlized...
... *** San Simon, Hermano Pedro, Maaximon, Maax- he's wonderful. The three color importance is interesting there too- I wrote on this same thread: << You...
that's odd!! On Mon Mar 9 3:27 , thetoadsboon@... sent: In a message dated 3/8/2009 2:35:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time, bryanth@presidiotex .com writes: I...
I myself have tried this many times with my daughter and cracked it open in water. It works and it breaks her fever every time. This is when other medicines...
I remember once I asked whether a limpia can be performed at a distance. Assuming it can be, would you ethically find it acceptable to perform a limpia on...
Thanks for the imput. Yeah, that's my daughter who is running around crazy because evidently she is feeling alot better LOL. Wonderful to be here. Melinda...
Just wondering what everyone's personal belief about this is or their thoughts on the matter. I completely believe in spirits and protecting oneself from evil...
Hello again. I am a writer and currently I am writing a series, that is sci-fi and paranormal. Although I have chosen one of the races to have a strong...