Santa Muerte devotion and associated brujería
Christian Mysticism Practice / discipline
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Santa Muerte devotion and associated brujería is cataloged as a Practice / discipline within Christian Mysticism. Its candidate country context is “Mexico, United States” and its period or origin is “Public expansion from late 20th century; older devotional roots debated.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Mexican vernacular Catholic and folk-religious milieu.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Brujería de la Santa Muerte; Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte; Holy Death devotion
- Parent tradition
- Mexican vernacular Catholic and folk-religious milieu
- Public geographic context
- Mexico, United States
- Period / origin
- Public expansion from late 20th century; older devotional roots debated
- Living / historical status
- Living, decentralized and stigmatized
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateMexico, United States
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Santa Muerte devotion and associated brujería. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0179. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0179
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