Santa Muerte City Magick: Death Magick for Life in the City
Digital Web Book by Arnold Bustillo
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Digital Web Book by Arnold Bustillo
Buy the paperback at https://amzn.to/4csOKG8
Introduction
The city has always held a special place in my heart. It doesn’t matter the city - I have lived in big cities and small cities - and I have always felt at home. While the petitions in this short book are based on my experiences living in the city, and the special challenges that present themselves to city dwellers, you do not need to live in the city to take advantage of much of the information that you will find within these pages. Many of the petitions you will find in this book, like the petition for help finding a roommate, protecting a security deposit, or keeping away the repo man, can be just as useful to those in small towns as those in big cities. The reason I named this book, “Santa Muerte City Magick” is because I assumed that city dwellers would be the ones to have the most frequent need for the types of petitions contained herein.
Adaptability
I always like to remind my readers that the petitions I share are my own, and therefore based on my own resources and what I have access to. Not everybody will have access, for one reason or another, to candles, herbs, and other tools. The good news is that the tradition of Santa Muerte is non-dogmatic, and highly customizable. Every relationship with Santa Muerte is unique, and you are encouraged to adapt the petitions contained within these pages to your own circumstances, especially if you are unable to perform them exactly as they are written. If you are in a position where you cannot perform or adapt any of these petitions with physical tools, please check out my first book, “Santa Muerte Prayer Magick," for a method of petitioning the Santa Muerte through prayer alone. All of the prayers contained in this book may be adapted to the method shared in “Santa Muerte Prayer Magick," which is available on Amazon.com.
Open to All
Another point I want to make is that everything in this book may be used by anyone who wants to explore the power that Santa Muerte has to offer, whether or not they identify as a devotee of Santa Muerte. While I recognize that the territory known today as Mexico is the cradle of modern Santa Muerte devotion, a foundational principle of Santa Muerte magick is that Santa Muerte accepts us all, no matter where we are from, no matter where our roots are planted, and no matter how we identify. This is evidenced by the fact that Santa Muerte, as death itself, will one day come for us all. Since Santa Muerte accepts us all, it does not matter if you identify wholly as a devotee of Santa Muerte, as a member of another faith, or as completely faithless. There are no prerequisites to perform the petitions outlined in this book, and there is no requirement to become or even to remain a devotee after a petition has been granted. The Santa Muerte is a part of your life whether you accept it or not - all of the prerequisites and requirements necessary to petition the Santa Muerte have already been fulfilled by virtue of your own birth. The day you were born was the day you started dying, and it was on that day that you became a child of Santa Muerte.
Herbal Correspondences
Regarding the herbal correspondences that are shared here, they are derived from various sources, including tradition / legend, the physical appearance of plants, and research relating to medicinal uses of plants. Many herbs have more than one use, so you may see the same herb prescribed for different purposes across my writings. This is because no single ingredient carries an entire petition. We combine the individual ingredients together to create a holistic recipe to achieve a specific outcome. You can crack an egg for a savory breakfast, or you can crack an egg for a sweet dessert - but it’s ultimately the chef’s intent, combined with all the other ingredients and processes, that creates the meal.
Candle Safety
As a note of safety, please remember to never leave a burning candle unattended. There is nothing wrong with extinguishing a candle when you have to walk away from it, and re-lighting it when you return.
Disposing Items
When a petition is complete, unless you are keeping specific items for use as a magick charm, then you may dispose all items which you no longer require as responsibly as possible - spent candles can be thrown away, pieces of paper may be shredded and recycled, herbs may be thrown over the Earth, et cetera. If you construct a magick charm but come to a point when you no longer require its energy in your life, then you may simply disassemble the charm, and again dispose of the individual pieces as responsibly as possible.
Adaptability
I always like to remind my readers that the petitions I share are my own, and therefore based on my own resources and what I have access to. Not everybody will have access, for one reason or another, to candles, herbs, and other tools. The good news is that the tradition of Santa Muerte is non-dogmatic, and highly customizable. Every relationship with Santa Muerte is unique, and you are encouraged to adapt the petitions contained within these pages to your own circumstances, especially if you are unable to perform them exactly as they are written. If you are in a position where you cannot perform or adapt any of these petitions with physical tools, please check out my first book, “Santa Muerte Prayer Magick," for a method of petitioning the Santa Muerte through prayer alone. All of the prayers contained in this book may be adapted to the method shared in “Santa Muerte Prayer Magick," which is available on Amazon.com.
Open to All
Another point I want to make is that everything in this book may be used by anyone who wants to explore the power that Santa Muerte has to offer, whether or not they identify as a devotee of Santa Muerte. While I recognize that the territory known today as Mexico is the cradle of modern Santa Muerte devotion, a foundational principle of Santa Muerte magick is that Santa Muerte accepts us all, no matter where we are from, no matter where our roots are planted, and no matter how we identify. This is evidenced by the fact that Santa Muerte, as death itself, will one day come for us all. Since Santa Muerte accepts us all, it does not matter if you identify wholly as a devotee of Santa Muerte, as a member of another faith, or as completely faithless. There are no prerequisites to perform the petitions outlined in this book, and there is no requirement to become or even to remain a devotee after a petition has been granted. The Santa Muerte is a part of your life whether you accept it or not - all of the prerequisites and requirements necessary to petition the Santa Muerte have already been fulfilled by virtue of your own birth. The day you were born was the day you started dying, and it was on that day that you became a child of Santa Muerte.
Herbal Correspondences
Regarding the herbal correspondences that are shared here, they are derived from various sources, including tradition / legend, the physical appearance of plants, and research relating to medicinal uses of plants. Many herbs have more than one use, so you may see the same herb prescribed for different purposes across my writings. This is because no single ingredient carries an entire petition. We combine the individual ingredients together to create a holistic recipe to achieve a specific outcome. You can crack an egg for a savory breakfast, or you can crack an egg for a sweet dessert - but it’s ultimately the chef’s intent, combined with all the other ingredients and processes, that creates the meal.
Candle Safety
As a note of safety, please remember to never leave a burning candle unattended. There is nothing wrong with extinguishing a candle when you have to walk away from it, and re-lighting it when you return.
Disposing Items
When a petition is complete, unless you are keeping specific items for use as a magick charm, then you may dispose all items which you no longer require as responsibly as possible - spent candles can be thrown away, pieces of paper may be shredded and recycled, herbs may be thrown over the Earth, et cetera. If you construct a magick charm but come to a point when you no longer require its energy in your life, then you may simply disassemble the charm, and again dispose of the individual pieces as responsibly as possible.