The man says he is possessed by a god. He shouts, his body trembles and he lifts a sacrificed lamb to his lips, drinking its blood from the jugular. This initiation ceremony, seldom witnessed by ...

Santeria religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and powerful, but mortal, spirits, called Orishas. The religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and ...

After years of stigma, Santería and other Afro-Caribbean religions have come out of the literary closet, judging by some new novels. As Fina is initiated in the darker practices of palo monte, she ...