Santeria: the Religion: Faith, Rites, Magic (World Religion and Magic)
by Migene González-Wippler
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Author: Migene González-WipplerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN: 1567183298
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
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Book Review: Unethical Portrayal of the Yoruban Faith
Summary: 1 Stars
This book embodies an unflattering and unethical portrayal of the Yoruban faith, known as Santeria to Latin practitioners. It contains photographs of sacred items, ceremonial items, etc., and this is, at the very least, sacrilegious and an offense hurled at the Santeria community. The author supports her poor judgment by rationalizing that the religion has been shrouded in secrecy for far too long. Informing the public is one thing. When it is done responsibly and tastefully it is commendable. However, when the information conveyed injures the subject matter in the process, authorship is suspect. In penning this book, the author has done a great disservice to the Santeria religion. Granted, she has a great turn of phrase, but her literary skills are maligned by her irresponsibility. To provide a concrete example, the book features an open soup tureen with otanes, sacred stones which should never be seen except by the eyes of the initiate in whose care they belong! . Additionally, the author informs the reader that these articles were obatined during a police raid. Santeria has always been subject to unfair stereotypes and calumny and a caption of this kind does nothing to portray the religion as the life affirming faith that it is. The first thing a reader unfamiliar with Santeria may think upon reading this is "Ah ha, so it must be true that Santeros are evil criminals, why else would the police raid an ile (sacred temple)?" Additionally, the author's ego overwhelms more than a few of the book's pages. Instead of focusing on the work of the various priests and priestesses she makes mention of, she goes on (over and over again) about how well she managed to charm them even though she was writing a "revolutionary" tell-all Santeria chronicle. Read what you like but at least understand what you are reading.
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