Santa Muerte and Spirit Marriage, 2009
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lb_leeWhile doing research for Madgic: Psycho Pomp, I ran across this very short mention of spirit marriage with Santa Muerte. I figure I might as well copy it out here, since it's only one paragraph in a roughly 40 page paper.
"Santisima Muerte is even, for some, a marrigeable partner. Vicky, a sex worker who had recently returned from San Francisco, explained that she had 'married' the Holy Death because the Holy Death had performed so many miracles for her. And, she further explained, she was not happy with men anymore. Vicky's marriage to the Holy Death appears to have altered the Church's usual domain by transforming the traditional marriage between a nun and Jesus to one of different, though related, intentions. Moreover, Vicky's marriage to the Holy Death is, from one perspective, a first 'lesbian' marriage between a human and a deity." (pg. 31)
Citation:
Howe, Zaraysky, and Lorentzen. (2009). “Devotional Crossings: Transgender Sex Workers, Santisima Muerte, and Spiritual Solidarity in Guadalajara and San Francisco.” Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana: Politics, Identity, and Faith in New Migrant Communities. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
There is no more detail of information. I wish there were!
"Santisima Muerte is even, for some, a marrigeable partner. Vicky, a sex worker who had recently returned from San Francisco, explained that she had 'married' the Holy Death because the Holy Death had performed so many miracles for her. And, she further explained, she was not happy with men anymore. Vicky's marriage to the Holy Death appears to have altered the Church's usual domain by transforming the traditional marriage between a nun and Jesus to one of different, though related, intentions. Moreover, Vicky's marriage to the Holy Death is, from one perspective, a first 'lesbian' marriage between a human and a deity." (pg. 31)
Citation:
Howe, Zaraysky, and Lorentzen. (2009). “Devotional Crossings: Transgender Sex Workers, Santisima Muerte, and Spiritual Solidarity in Guadalajara and San Francisco.” Religion at the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana: Politics, Identity, and Faith in New Migrant Communities. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
There is no more detail of information. I wish there were!
