No Gates Kept

      To ask if everyone is allowed to worship or if everyone is allowed to work with Santa Muerte may seem a bit strong but I think you get the point. I think it's interesting because I know you noticed this kind of behavior before. Someone questioning your practice, the way you show devotion or if you work with her or do workings with her. Questioning the validity of your choices, your practices even you as a person like your heritage.     I think it's worth pointing out why some people might behave like this. I think people hold Santa Muerte very close to the heart, she really means a lot to her devotees. Some people have been on the brink of death before she brought them back. She's helped so many people to cope with their own existential dread and  helped them off the edge. Naturally, people will take her and anything related to her very seriously and will have a very strict devotion to her. This could lead to clashes when someone else may not able to ...

           I have never actually had anyone ask me this question. However I have come across some people who are locked in a struggle between their faith and their believe in Santa Muerte. Occasionally, I have seen comments online about this being wrong, or "Jesus loves you," or "Find God," or "Only God exists," or "God first," or some variation of that. I can sympathize with those that may have grown up in a religious household. This kind of environments could contributed to a foreboding scene of anxiety around anything that is considered unholy and could contribute to black and white thinking. I too grew up in a household where we believed in an almighty creator that made all. However, other than that my parent's never really pushed any other kind of religious beliefs on me, though that doesn't mean that they didn't instill a healthy dose of moral fiber.     So why is it that I don't have this need to go around policing people...

       Well... Why not? If you've read my first two posts ( Who is Santa Muerte & Is Santa Muerte Evil? ) you'll know a little bit about how Santa Muerte is an exalted personification of death and is neither good nor evil like many people she just is. Would it be better to exalt, praise, honor and revere an amorphous thing in the sky that people insiste is all good, all knowing, all powerful? I have and that was not like this.     This is going to get a little personal but you might be able to relate to this. Growing up I didn't feel like I fit in. I always knew I was different for a number of reasons and did my best to keep it to myself. Part of it was out of fear of being completely alienated, by peers, by family member and by god himself. After wearing a mask for so long it get exhausting.       Being devoted to Santa Muerte is nothing like that. It's a total relief and a weight off your chest to be able to be yourself. You ...