{"id":240215,"date":"2012-12-15T14:17:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/morbid-anatomy-library-acquisition-number-1352-new-lot-of-santa-muerte-related-materials-from-mexico\/"},"modified":"2012-12-15T14:17:42","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T14:17:42","slug":"morbid-anatomy-library-acquisition-number-1352-new-lot-of-santa-muerte-related-materials-from-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/morbid-anatomy-library-acquisition-number-1352-new-lot-of-santa-muerte-related-materials-from-mexico.php","title":{"rendered":"Morbid Anatomy Library Acquisition Number 1,352: New Lot of Santa Muerte Related Materials from Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fe44_santa00.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fe44_santa00.jpg\" width=\"365\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fe44_santa03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fe44_santa03.jpg\" width=\"365\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fe44_santa04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fe44_santa04.jpg\" width=\"365\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><div><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9e910_santa06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9e910_santa06.jpg\" width=\"365\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9e910_santa05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9e910_santa05.jpg\" width=\"365\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9e910_santa02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9e910_santa02.jpg\" width=\"365\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9e910_santa06.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/89dc1_santa07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/89dc1_santa07.jpg\" width=\"365\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/p\/morbid-anatomy-library.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Morbid Anatomy Library<\/a> is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new lot of materials related to Santa Muerte, which is, depending on whom you ask, a Mexican-based \"cult\" or \"new religion\" which worships death as a female saint.<p>\"Santa Muerte,\" which literally translates to \"Holy Death\" or \"Saint Death,\" is popular in Mexico and the United States with disenfranchised populations for whom  conventional&nbsp;Catholicism&nbsp;has not provided a better or safer life. It is thought to have its roots in the rich s<span>yncretism<\/span>&nbsp;of the  beliefs of the native Latin Americans and the colonizing Spanish Catholics.<\/p><\/div><div>The artifacts donated to the library, many of which you see above, include sacred books and pamphlets, devotional statues, magical soaps and oils, charms, incense, and even \"La Biblia de la Santa Muerte.\" They were generously donated by Friends of Morbid Anatomy <a href=\"http:\/\/tonyahurley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tonya Hurley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tracyhmartin\" target=\"_blank\">Tracy Hurley Martin<\/a> as found on their travels in Mexico. Stay tuned for a series of future guest posts documenting their travels.<p>These artifacts are now on display and available to researchers. The library will host no-appointment-necessary open hours tomorrow, Sunday December 16th, from 1-4:30. Address and directions <a href=\"http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/p\/morbid-anatomy-library.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. For more on the fascinating Santa Muerte--and more images!-see <a href=\"http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/santa-muerte-and-history-of-death.html\" target=\"_blank\">this recent post<\/a>. <\/p><\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/89dc1_6582997874621015158-7938215084830492922?l=morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><p>Source:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/library-aquisiton-number-3352-new-lot.html\">http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/library-aquisiton-number-3352-new-lot.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Morbid Anatomy Library is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new lot of materials related to Santa Muerte, which is, depending on whom you ask, a Mexican-based \"cult\" or \"new religion\" which worships death as a female saint.\"Santa &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/morbid-anatomy-library-acquisition-number-1352-new-lot-of-santa-muerte-related-materials-from-mexico.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[577281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anatomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}