This book explores the phenomenon of Santa Muerte, literally Saint Death, to understand and describe the individual's experiences and beliefs regarding the practice of devotion to Santa Muerte for me and other devotees in Mexico City. The qualitative research method used is autoethnography. Interviews were conducted with participant devotees within the Santa Muerte devotional community in Mexico City. These narratives are woven together along with the author's own narrative, observations, and reflections in a diaristic form. Transpersonal research methods including, prayer, ritual, intuition, and direct knowing were also employed.
- | Author: Antonio Primavera
- | Publisher: Codependent Heart
- | Publication Date: Oct 31, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 208 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1732467900
- | ISBN-13: 9781732467903