Santeria religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and powerful, but mortal, spirits, called Orishas. The religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and ...

Disciples fill Faizah Perry's sunny suburban Houston home for a day of worship as chanting emanates from a sheet-curtained side room in which she divines the future and enacts other secret rituals.

If a person gets sick, healers within the Santería tradition do spiritual cleansing to try to return somebody to health, ...

HAVANA (AP) — From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside ...

William Ross saved his money, put his life on hold and went to Cuba this month. But he wasn’t visiting family or seeking a vacation. The Phoenix resident traveled to become a high priest. Ross, who ...

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Zombies, voodoo dolls, evil spells, animal sacrifices and Hollywood horror scenes of possessed people drinking blood: When you hear the words “Voodoo” and “Santería,” chances are those are the images ...

The religion focuses on building relationships between human beings and powerful, but mortal, spirits, called Orishas. An Orisha is a manifestation of Olodumare (God). Followers believe that these ...