Santa Muerte Reliquary ~ Money

DescriptionInside this glass reliquary bottle and encased inside a clear Santa Muerte is a mini American money and a offerings of seeds and crystals.Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte is a female deity and folk saint in Mexican folk Catholicism.  A personification of death, she is associated with healing, protection, prosperity and safe delivery to the afterlife. Despite condemnation by the Catholic Church, her cult has become increasingly prominent since the turn of the 21st century. She is also known as “The Most Holy Death” you may also petition her to keep men faithful. She will judge men who violate the sanctity of marriage if called upon to do so.She is alleged to be a very powerful Saint reputed to grant many miracles. Her images are treated as holy and can grant miracles in return for the faith of the believer. Although most followers are everyday people who pray to her for jobs or good health, the cult has been often connected to drug traffickers and criminals. One of the reasons for her widespread appeal is that she accepts everyone and doesn’t discriminate. As Señora de la Noche (“Lady of the Night”), she is often invoked by those exposed to the dangers of working at night, such as taxi drivers, bar owners, police, soldiers, and sex workers. As such, devotees believe she can protect against assaults, accidents, gun violence, and all types of violent death.Her present day following was first reported in Mexico by American anthropologists in the 1940s and was an occult practice until the early 2000s. Most prayers and other rituals have been traditionally performed privately at home. Since the beginning of the 21st century her worship has become more public, starting with Enriqueta Romero founded her famous Mexico City shrine in 2001. The number of believers has grown over the past 2 decades, to an estimated 12 million followers worldwide. According to professor Andrew Chesnut she is at the centre of the single fastest-growing new religious movement in the world.Many people start to work with her by offering her a glass of cool water, a white candle and praying her rosary. Santa Muerte altars generally contain one or multiple images of the saint, generally surrounded by any or all of the following: cigarettes, flowers, fruit, incense, water, alcoholic beverages, coins, candies and candles. Tobacco is also used for personal cleansing and for cleansing statues of her.You will receive one unique bottle reliquary that contains a Mexican Santa Muerte relic. At the base of each tiny figure are offerings of seeds and crystals. Please note your Muerte will be the colour shown in the pictures but the statue may vary slightly in colour as these are all handmade.Vintage Resin Statue with seed offerings in the baseMade in Mexico