The Altar of My Soul: The Living Traditions of Santeria by Marta Moreno Vega

By Marta Moreno Vega

Lengthy cloaked in protecting secrecy, demonized via Western society, and distorted via Hollywood, Santería is ultimately rising from the shadows with an envisioned seventy five million orisha fans all over the world. within the Altar of My Soul, Marta Moreno Vega recounts the compelling real tale of her trip from lack of knowledge and skepticism to initiation as a Yoruba priestess within the Santería faith. This unforgettable religious memoir unearths the long-hidden roots and traditions of a centuries-old religion that originated at the beaches of West Africa.

As an Afro-Puerto Rican baby within the ny barrio, Marta paid little heed to the storefront botanicas packed with religious paraphernalia or to the Catholic saints with overseas names: Yemayá, Ellegua, Shangó. As an grownup, looking for a faith that will replicate her racial and cultural history, Marta used to be resulted in the best way of the Saints. She got here to understand Santería in detail via its prayers and rituals, drumming and dancing, trances and divination that spark sacred therapeutic strength for kinfolk, religious progress, and repair to others. Written by means of person who is a professor and a santera priestess, The Altar of My Soul lays sooner than us an electrifying and encouraging faith--one handed down from new release to iteration that vitalizes the sacred power essential to construct a relations, a group, and a powerful, loving society.

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Abgesehen davon, ob man das in Jes 58* verlangte Tun eschatologisch versteht oder nicht, ist der Verfasser dieser Verse ein sozialkritisch engagierter Schreiber mit dem Anspruch, die Wirklichkeit um sich herum zu verändern. Diese Wirklichkeit soll sich nach den Visionen von Jes 60-62 richten. Somit ist der Beitrag dieses Verfassers zu TrJes• unter die Schriften zu subsumieren, welche die Dissonanz zwischen Jes 60-62 und der erlebten Wirklichkeit nicht alleine durch Umdeutungstechniken, sondern auch durch eine 14 In dic:sc:m Zusammenhang vgl.

V. 9 deutet noch zusätzlich auf den Einfluss hin, den diese Gruppe durch ihr Reden ausüben kann. Dennoch fehlen in diesem Text jegliche Anzeichen für eine parteiartige Spaltung in Reich und Arm. Vielmehr steht hier diese Elite für die Allgemeinheit und vertritt sie. wcn sind, kommt aw dem Vergleich mit den traditionellen op&rkritischen Awsagen. Jes 58* knüpft dem Stil nach an Jes 1,10-20, die Opferkritik wo Hos 6,6 und von Ps 50 an. Dabei fallt aber auf, dass das Fasten nur in Jes 58 zum alle inigen Thema wird.

Zwar erfordert dic:sc:s Bild an und für sich keine Ausschließlichkeit dc:s Schöpfc:rgottes; es ist abc:r in Dtjc:s (bc:s. ) und Jer 18,1-17 in dc:r Götzenpolemik zu Hause: und legt die: Assoziation mit dc:r "monotheistischen Apologetik" nahe:. Wie aus dieser Zusammenstellung hervorgeht, ist in 63, I-64, 11 der Grundsatz "Jhwh allein" durchgehend präsent. 9 Zu bemerken ist auch die bewusste Rdativierung oder sogar Bestreitung - der Rolle menschlicher Heilsvermittler. Dies ist vor allem in ]es 63,16 deutlich, aber auch im Jes 63,11-14 erscheint Mose trotz der Aufnahme der Auszugstraditon nur am Rand.

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