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Santeria By Erica Sommerville
BOOKSScholarly Primary Sources on Santería
Hagedorn, Katherine J. Divine Utterances: the Performance of Afro-Cuban Santería. Washington [D.C.]: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001.
Mason, Michael Atwood. Living Santería: Rituals and Experiences in an Afro-Cuban Religion. Washington [D.C.]: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.
Murphy, Joseph M. Santería: African Spirits in America: with a New Preface. Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.
Popular Primary Sources on Santería
Abimbola, 'Wande. Ifa will Mend our Broken World: Thoughts on Yoruba Religion and Culture in Africa and the Diaspora. Roxbury, MA: Aim Books, 1997.
Canizares, Raul. Cuban Santería: Walking with the Night. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 1999.
Eleburuibon, Ifayemi The Adventures of Obatala. Oyo State, Nigeria: A.P.I. Production, 1989.
Gleason, Judith Illsley. Santería, Bronx. New York, Atheneum, 1975.
González-Wippler, Migene. Legends of Santería. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1994.
- - -. Santería: African Magic in Latin America. New York: Original Products, 1981.
- - -. Santería, the Religion: a Legacy of Faith, Rites and Magic. New York: Harmony, 1989.
- - -. The Santería Experience: a Journey into the Miraculous. Rev. and expanded ed. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1992.
Lele, Ocha'ni. The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination: How to Cast the Diloggun, the Oracle of the Orishas. Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2000.
Mason, John. Olookun: Owner of Rivers and Seas. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Yoruba Theological Archministry, 1996.
- - -. Orin Orisa: Songs for Selected Heads. Rev. ed. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Yoruba Theological Archministry, 1997.
Nunez, Luis Manuel. Santería: a Practical Guide to Afro-Caribbean Magic. Dallas, Tex.: Spring Publications, 1992.
Oyal'eti, Iyal'ocha Oloya. The Three Doors of Ocha: an African-American Guide to the Philosophic Principles and Psychological Concepts of Occultism in the Practice of African Based Traditions in the New World. Hudson, N.Y.: BushWoman Press, 2000.
Teish, Luisah. Jambalaya: the Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985.
Vega, Marta Moreno. The Altar of My Soul: the Living Traditions of Santería. New York: One World, the Ballantine Publishing Group, 2000.
Scholarly Secondary Sources on Santería
Brandon, George. Santería from Africa to the New World: the Dead Sell Memories. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
Brown, David H. Santería Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Clarke, Peter B, ed. New Trends and Developments in African Religions. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Curry, Mary Cuthrell. Making the Gods in New York: the Yoruba Religion in the African American Community. New York: Garland Pub., 1997.
Flores-Pena, Ysamur. Santería Garments and Altars: Speaking without a Voice. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1994.
Gregory, Steven. Santería in New York City: a Study in Cultural Resistance. New York: Garland, 1999.
Gumpert, Gary and Susan J. Drucker, ed. The Huddled Masses: Communication and Immigration. Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press, 1998.
Harris, Olivia, ed. Inside and Outside the Law: Anthropological Studies of Authority and Ambiguity. New York: Routledge, 1996.
Holloway Joseph E., ed. Africanisms in American Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990.
Lewis, Thomas T. and Richard L. Wilson. Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 2001.
Lindsay, Arturo, ed. Santería Aesthetics in Contemporary Latin American Art. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996.
Olmos, Margarite Fernandez and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, ed. Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora. New York: Palgrave, 2001.
- - -. Sacred Possessions: Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
Perez y Mena, Andres Isidoro. Speaking with the Dead: Development of Afro-Latin Religion among Puerto Ricans in the United States: a Study into the Interpenetration of Civilizations in the New World. New York: AMS Press, 1991.
Puig, Maria Elena. “Perceived Social Support, Subjective Well-Being, and the Practice of Santería among Four Immigrant Waves: A Comparative Study of Cuban-Americans in Dade County, Florida.” DAI 58 (1998): 3725-A.
Santiago, Miguel. Dancing with the Saints: an Exploration of Santería's Sacred Tools: Initiation, Animal Sacrifice, Dance. San German, Puerto Rico: Universidad Interamericana, 1993.
Stevens-Arroyo, Anthony M. and Andres I. Perez y Mena, ed. Enigmatic Powers: Syncretism with African and Indigenous Peoples' Religions among Latinos. New York, N.Y.: Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, 1995.
Sutton, Constance R. and Elsa M. Chaney, ed. Caribbean Life in New York City: Sociocultural Dimensions. New York: Center for Migration Studies of New York, 1992.
Velez, Maria Teresa. Drumming for the Gods: the Life and Times of Felipe Garcia Villamil, Santero, Palero, and Abakua. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000.
Popular Secondary Sources on Santería
García Cortez, Julio. The Osha: Secrets of the Yoruba-Lucumi-Santería Religion in the United States and the Americas ; Initiation, Rituals, Ceremonies, Orishas, Divination, Plants, Sacrifices, Cleansings, Songs. Brooklyn, NY: Athelia Henrietta Press, 2000. (Hay una versión en español también.)
Kahaner, Larry. Cults that Kill: Probing the Underworld of Occult Crime. New York, NY: Warner Books, 1988.
Fuentes populares y primarias de la Santería
Alcaraz, José Luis. Santería cubana: rituales y magia. Madrid: Tikal Ediciones, [2000?].
Bolivar Arostegui, Natalia and Emilio Reyes Perez, fotos. Cuba: imagenes y relatos de un mundo magico. Ciudad de La Habana: Ediciones Union, 1997.
Cabrera, Lydia. Anago; vocabulario lucumi (el yoruba que se habla en Cuba). Miami, Fla. [Cabrera y Rojas] 1970.
- - -. Koeko iyawo, aprende novicia: pequeno tratado de regla lucumi. [Miami, Fla.: s.n.], 1980 (Miami, Fla.: Ultra Graphics Corp.)
Cortéz, Enrique. Secretos del Oriaté de la religión yoruba. New York, N.Y.: Distribuidor exclusivo, Vilaragus Artículos Religiosos Corp., 1980.
Ecun, Oba. Ita: mythology of the Yoruba religion. Miami, FL: Obaecun Books, 1996.
Efunde, Agun. Los secretos de la Santería. Miami: Ediciones Cubamerica, 1978.
Fatunmbi, Awo Fá'lokun. Ìwa-p¸èl¸é: Ifá quest: the search for the source of Santería and Lucumí. Bronx, NY: Original Publications, 1991.
Gaitan, Tata. Vocabulario santero. Caracas, Venezuela: Ediciones Orishas de Cuba, 1994.
González-Wippler, Migene. Santería: mis experiencias en la religión. traducción, Alberto Rodriguez y Edgar Rojas. St. Paul, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, 1998.
Guanche, Jesús. Artesania y religiosidad popular en la santería cubana: el sol, el arco y la flecha, la alfareria de uso ritual. La Habana: Ediciones Union, 2000.
Guerere A., Tabare. Las diosas negras: la santería en femenino. Caracas, Venezuela: Alfadil Ediciones, 1995.
- - -. Las plantas curativas de los santeros. Caracas, Venezuela: Editorial Panapo, 1996.
Izaguirre, Héctor. Eleggua, Oggun, Iku y Ochosi: guardianes y guerreros. Caracas, Venezuela: Editorial Panapo, 1997.
- - -. Kori-Koto, Yemaya: Dada Baldone, Obanene, Los Ibeyis: sexualidad, maternidad. Caracas, Venezuela: Editorial Panapo, 1998.
- - -. Orula, Orugan, Chugudu: el triangulo adivinatorio en la santería. Caracas: Editorial Panapo, 1998.
- - -. Osain y la corte de los seis orishas. Caracas: Editorial Panapo, 1997.
- - -. El Padre Obatala: creador del hombre. Caracas: Editorial Panapo, 1998.
- - -. Palo Mayombe. Caracas: Editorial Panapo, 1998.
- - -. Los tambores de Africa en America. Caracas, Venezuela: Editorial Panapo, 1997.
Kaser, R. T. African oracles in ten minutes. New York: Avon Books, 1996.
Millet, José. Del mundo terrenal a las fuerzas ocultas: hablan los espíritus cubanos. Mexico, D.F.: Editorial Travesia, 1993.
Ortiz, Fernando. La santería y la brujeria de los blancos: defensa postuma de un inquisidor cubano. Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba: Fundacion Fernando Ortiz, 2000.
- - -. Los tambores bata. La Habana: Letras Cubanas, 1995.
Pérez, Cecilio. Ita: mitología de la religión yoruba. 2nd ed. Miami, Fla.: OBAECUM, 1990.
Pichardo, L. Ernesto. Oduduwa Obatala. Miami, Fla.: St. Babalu Aye Church of the Lukumi, 1984.
Valdes, Yrmino. Ceremonias funebres de la santería afrocubana: Ituto y honras de Egun. Antiguo San Juan, Puerto Rico: Sociedad de Autores Libres, 1991.
Fuentes populares y secundarias de la Santería
Canet, Carlos. Lucumí, religión de los yorubas en Cuba. Miami, FL: Editorial A.I.P., 1973.
Feraudy Espino, Heriberto. Irna: un encuentro con la santería, el espiritismo y el Palo Monte. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico: Editorial Conexion Grafica, 1999.
García Cortez, Julio. El Santo (la Ocha): secretos de la religion Lucumi. Miami, Fla., U.S.A.: Ediciones Universal, 1983. (available in English as well.)
Rodríguez Dago, Raúl. El santero cubano: religiones afrocubanas y fe cristiana. 2. ed. Miami, Fla.: Ediciones Universal, 2000.
Varela, Ada Maria. Reflexiones de una esquizofrenica. Madrid: Casa de Horus, [1993].
Fuentes cultas y primarias de la Santería
Lachatanere, R. (Rómulo). Manual de santería. La Habana: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, 1995.
Pérez Medina, Tomás. La santería cubana: el camino de Osha: ceremonias, ritos, y secretos. Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 1998.
Zamora, Laciel. El culto de San Lazaro en Cuba. Ciudad de La Habana: Fundacion Fernando Ortiz, 2000.
Fuentes cultas y secundarias de la Santería
Arguelles Mederos, Anibal. Los sistemas adivinatorios de la Regla Ocha. La Habana: Editorial Academia, 1997.
Cros Sandoval, Mercedes. La religion afrocubana. Madrid: Playor, 1975.
Cuervo Hewitt, Julia. Ache, presencia africana: tradiciones yoruba-lucumi en la narrativa. New York: P. Lang, 1988.
Domínguez, Lourdes. Collares en la santería cubana. Havana: Editorial Jose Marti, 1999.
Hernández, Paulino. Santería afrocubana: sincretismo con la religion catolica: ceremonias y oraculos. Madrid: Eride Editorial, 1998.
Himiob, Gonzalo. Dioses obscuros: sincretismo, imagen y arquetipos en Latinoamerica. Caracas, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial El Pez Soluble, 1999.
Mestre, Jesús. Santería: mitos y creencias. La Habana: Ediciones Prensa Latina: World Data Research Center, 1997
Sánchez, Julio. La religion de los orichas. 3a ed. Hato Rey, P.R.: Esmaco Printers Corp
ARTICLES
Scholarly Primary Sources on Santería
Canizares, Raul Jose. “The Epiphany and the Cuban Santeria.” Journal of Dharma 15 (1990): 309-313.
- - -. “The Ethics of Santeria.” Journal of Dharma 16 (1991): 368-374.
Murphy, Joseph M., “Afro-American Religion and Oracles : Santeria in Cuba.” Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center 8.1 (1980): 83-88.
- - -. “Santeria and Vodou in the United States.” America's Alternative Religions Ed. Timothy Miller. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995. 291-296.
Popular Primary Articles about Santería
Donson, Naomi. “A Dip into Santeria.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune 2 December 2001.
Hernandez, Daisy. “Las Mujeres que Saben: Encounters with Practitioners of Santeria.” Ms 11 (2001): 92,95.
Scholarly Secondary Sources on Santería
“Animal Sacrifice Debated.” Christian Century 31 Aug. 1988. 761.
Alvarez, Lizette. “A Once-Hidden Faith Leaps Out into the Open.” New York Times 27, Jan 1997. B1
Boston, G. Robert, “Santeria: Animal Sacrifice Religion Comes Out of the Shadows.” Church and State 41 (1988): 10-11.
Boston, Rob. “Blood Feud: Santeria Case goes to the Supreme Court.” Church and State 45 (1992): 7-11.
Brandon, George. “Hierarchy without a Head: observations on changes in the social organization of some AfroAmerican religions in the United States, 1959-1999 with special reference to Santeria.” Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions [France] 47(2002): 151-174.
- - -. “Sacrificial Pressactices in Santeria, an African-Cuban religion in the United States.” Africanisms in American culture Ed. Holloway, Joseph E. Bloomington: Indiana University. Press, 1990. 119-147.
Clark, Mary Ann. “¡No Hay Ningún Santo Aquí! (There are no saints here!): Symbolic Language within Santeria.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 69 (2001): 21-41.
- - -. “Santeria.” Sects, Cults, and Spiritual Communities: a Sociological Analysis Ed. W.W. Zellner and Mark Petrowsky. Westport, Conn: Praeger Pubs, 1998. 117-130.
Cruz, R. Ted. “Animal Sacrifice and Equal Protection Free Exercise: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye Inc. v. City...” Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 17 (1994): 262-274.
Jorge, Angela. “Cuban Santeria: a New World African Religion.” African Creative Expressions of the Divine Ed. Davis, Kortright, Elias Farajaje-Jones and Iris Eaton. Washington, DC: Howard School of Divinity, 1991. 105-120.
Kirby, Diana Gonzalez, and Sara-Maria Sanchez. “Cuban Santeria: a Guide to Bibliographic Sources.” Bulletin of Bibliography 47 (1990): 113-129.
Lefever, Harry G. “When the Saints Go Riding in: Santeria in Cuba and the United States.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 35 (1996): 318-330.
Morgan, David. “Visual Religion.” Religion 30 (2000): 41-53
Murphy, Joseph M. “Cuban Santeria in the United States: Political Implications.” Association paper. Association for the Sociology of Religion Philadelphia PA, 1981. Temple University.
Perez Y Mena, Andres I. “Cuban Santeria, Haitian Vodun, Puerto Rican Spiritualism: A Multiculturalist Inquiry into Syncretism.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 37 (1998): 15-27.
Sanchez-Cardenas, Julio, Charlotte Wenckens-Madsen, and Gary H. Gossen. “Santeria or Orisha Religion: an Old Religion in a New World.” South and Meso-American Native Spirituality Ed. Gossen, Gary H., and Miguel Leon-Portilla. New York: Crossroad, 1993. 474-495.
Sandoval, Mercedes C. “Santeria as a Mental Health Care System: An Historical Overview.” Social Science and Medicine 13 (1979): 137-151.
“Text of U.S. Supreme Court Decision: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. and Ernesto Pichardo...” Journal of Church & State 35 (1993): 668-696
Watson, Michael Atwood. “`I Bow My Head to the Ground': The Creation of Bodily Experience in a Cuban American Santeria.” Journal of American Folklore 107 (1994): 23-40
Popular Secondary Articles about Santería
“Best Public Park for Santeria Rituals: Sewell Park.” Miami New Times 16 May 2002.
Duany, Jorge. “Stones, Trees, and Blood: an Analysis of a Cuban Santero Ritual.” Cuban Studies 12 (1982): 37-53
“Followers of Afro-Cuban Religion Honor Babalu Aye, one of their Holiest Saints with Procession.” Associated Press Worldstream, 18 December 2001.
Gaffney, Edward McGlynn. “Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom.” Christian Century. 109 (1992): 508,510.
Gonzalez Kirby, Diana and Sara Maria Sanchez. “Santeria: from Africa to Miami via Cuba: Five Hundred Years of Worship.” Tequesta. 48 (1988): 36-52.
Katz, Larry. “Cuban Life, Music Show Religions' Influences.” The Boston Herald 12 December 2001.
“Latinos Preserve African Traditions in Santeria Religion.” EFE News Service 11 April 2001.
Maudlin, Michael G. “Cuba's Next Revolution: How Christians are Transforming Cuba's Communist Stronghold.” Christianity Today 42 (1998): 18-25.
Riley, Michael. “Cuban Healer Works Magic Animal Sacrifices Part of Rites.” The Denver Post 14 April 2002.
Rohter, Larry. “Court to Weigh Law Forbidding Ritual Sacrifice: Santeria Devotees Fight Ban by Miami Suburb.” New York Times 142 (1992) 6.
Snow, Anita. “Cuba's Santeria Leaders Predict War, Government Collapse, Marital Infidelity in New Year.” Associated Press Worldstream January 3, 2003.
Vegh, Steven G. “Santeria Worship may be Behind Animal Killings.” The Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, VA) 8 November 2001. n.p.
COMPUTER RESOURCES
Official Websites by Santería Organizations
Ashe: La Revista de Santería This is a Venezuelan magazine about Santería, written entirely in Spanish. Todos los artículos son en español.
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye A website by the only official church body in the Santería religion, typically less formal in structure. It is located near Miami and had a court battle over its practices. The site has useful information on the religion and the church itself. http://www.church-of-the-lukumi.org/
Egbe Lukumi, Inc. This is the homepage of Egbe Lukumi, Inc., a branch of Santería worship. It may not always be available, but is helpful if it’s working with articles, etc.
The Ifa Foundation Official Website An organization dedicated to a branch of the Yoruba-Cuban religions with strong ties to Santeria. This website contains inside information and many articles on practical and theological matters. http://www.ifafoundation.org/index.html
Lukumi Unity’s Official Website This is the official website of an organization seeking unity among all the different branches of the Lukumi religions.
Onile Orisa Radio This is the website of an organization that broadcasts Santería music and teaching from Miami. It has available audio streaming from its website as well.
The Palo and Lukumi Organization It contains articles, information, links from the Palo and Lukumi Organization.
Traditional Afro-Cuban (Santería) Divination for Spiritual Transformation There are lots of articles on this website describing beliefs and practices and offering services as well.
Websites and Articles Posted by Adherents to Santería
The Ancestral Call: Dedicated to Traditional African Spirituality and Culture A description of Santeria and some resources for those who wish to research its origins in the African Diaspora. http://www.theancestralcall.com/yoruba.htm
Awo Study Center This is an excellent website about Ifa, closely allied to Santería. http://www.awostudycenter.com/
Babalawo Yoruba-Cubano This is a website in Spanish by a priest named Enrique Rafael de la Torre. http://www.babalawocubano.com/paginas/Home.htm
Eleda.org This website, by a man involved in the religion, is connected to the “Ile Afolabi” site and it contains articles and links.
Henke’s Orisha Page A personal webpage intended to further understanding of several branches of the Orisha worship that developed out of the Yoruba tribes in the New World. Also contains links to books that might be useful. http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~henrick/Orisa/main.html
Iemonja /Olukum This is a series of articles from a personal perspective. http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/ychirea1/yemaya.html
Ile Afolabi This website contains information about Santería and the specific community of believers located near Detroit, Michigan. It also has annotated bibliographies for various Santería-related books written by an adherent to the faith.
Ijo Orunmila This is a website by Fashina Falade, who identifies herself as “Chief Olubikin of Ile-Ife.” It includes articles about various subjects from the religion.
List of Orishas Hosted by a group called “We are Wemba” which is a coalition of artists and poets in the New York City area with information on several Diasporic religions, this website includes a list of the orishas. http://www.wemba-music.org/orisha.htm
Misael Palero / Santero A website of a licensed high priest of Palo, related to Santería, parts of this site are in Spanish, others in English. There are many pictures and also some helpful terminology.
Obatala, King of Kings This is a personal webpage describing the Orishas. The author is anonymous. http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/OBATALA/index.html
The Observer as Participant: My Entry into the Religion A University of Massachusetts professor of sociology becomes initiated into Santería and writes about her experiences. http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~sociolgy/Journal/issue2.htm
Orisa Mailing List’s Outstanding Priests of Traditional African Religion A list of living and dead priests of Santeria and other African Diasporic religions. Also contains articles and eulogies. http://www.geocities.com/priestmemorial/deceased.htm
Orishanet A priest’s (Baba Eyiogbe) personal website of information about Santería from a insider’s perspective. It is an excellent introduction to the religion with its many articles. http://www.seanet.com/~efunmoyiwa/
Santeria, A Practical Guide to Afro- Caribbean Magic This is a website by Luis M. Nuñez describing beliefs and practices in detail. It is the online version of his book, here set up in chapters with links to each section. http://www.iac.net/~moonweb/Santeria/TOC.html
Santeria This website is hosted by the “Eye of Atum” website that includes pages on other African religions. This is a page with a series of links to articles and webpages about Santería. http://www.eyeofatum.com/SANTERIA.htm
The Temple of the Mysteries This is a website by a member of the Santeria religion with articles on practices and beliefs as well as links to other pages run by the same author. http://geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/1332/mysteries.html
What is Santisimo? A musical artist named Emilio Barreto and his fellow musicians describe how they integrate Santeria worship and liturgy into their shows. http://www.santisimo.net/NewFiles/santisimo.html
Yoruba Traditional Religion Here is a website which is an online supplement to people already practicing a Yoruba religion such as Santería. http://www.yorubareligion.org/first/first.html
Websites and Articles about Santería from Conservative Christians
African Gods in America This is a paper by William E. Cashion from a Christian perspective. http://www.middleamericaregion.org/tools/sermon/pdf/santeria.PDF
Santería This website is entirely in Spanish. It has a description of Santería followed by several opinions about it. One of them by Monseñor Eduardo Boza Masvidal, is a Catholic bishop’s response to the religion. http://www.corazones.org/apologetica/practicas/santeria.htm
Websites and Articles about Santería by Other Anti-Cult Observers
Rutgers Animal Rights Law Center A website established by the Rutgers Animal
Rights Law Center. Discusses the Supreme Court case against the Church of the
Lukumi Babalu Aye and denies the legal viability of animal sacrifice even after
the decision of the court.
Text of the Supreme Court Decision in the Case Against Santerian Ebo The text is hosted on the San Francisco State University website and includes the entire decision on the case against the Chuch of the Lukumi Babalu Aye. http://online.sfsu.edu/~biella/santeria/dec6.html
Popular Secondary Sources about Santería from newspapers, magazines, and individual websites that are also from outside observers of the faith.
African Religions and their Derivatives This contains many links to different African Diasporic religions. http://members.aol.com/porchfour/religion/african.htm
Brief Article on Santería This is an extremely brief article on Cuban website. It is entirely in Spanish. http://www.cubagrande.com/religion/santeria.html
Google Directory for African Diasporic Religions This is a page of links related to African Diasporic Religions maintained by www.google.com. It has a lot of links and is fairly well maintained. http://directory-sj2.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/African/Diasporic/
Introduction to Santería This is an article written by Chris Leonidas for the “Learning Community Project in the School of Education of the University of Miami.” http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/LittleHavana/Santeria/Leonidas_1/leonidas_1.html
Links for Lucumi, Ocha, Santeria Here is a page of links from www.e-bannerx.com, some pertaining more to African Diasporic religions in general than to Santeria specifically.
Number of Adherents to Santería The information on this website pertaining to Santería is part of the way down the page, but it has details about who claims to believe in Santería and where they live. http://www.adherents.com/Na_564.html
Santería This article seems to be coming from a scientific view point. It draws on the Religious Tolerance Homepage work on the subject. http://www.meta-religion.com/Esoterismo/santeria.htm
Santeria, A Syncretistic Caribbean Religion This website offers information about beliefs, practices, history, etc. and a few links to other webpages. http://www.religioustolerance.org/santeri.htm
Santería: An Outsider’s Look In This is a personal article by Riqui Gardner. http://paganism.com/ag/gods/santa.html
Santería and South Florida This is a second article by Chris Leonidas for the “Learning Community Project in the School of Education of the University of Miami.” http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/LittleHavana/Santeria/Leonidas_1/Leonidas_2/leonidas_2.html
Santeria, Cuba’s Third Social Force This is a brief article written by Pascal Fletcher discussing the religion. http://www.megastories.com/cuba/glossary/santeria.htm
Santeria: From Cuba to New York, and back . . . Ivelyse Padilla compiled a few pictures and descriptions of the orishas for this site. http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/caribe/santeria.html
Santería Links This is a site with links to personal web pages about Santería. http://www.hermetics.org/afro.html
Seven Orishas from the Yoruba Pantheon This is a dictionary-style article discussing the seven primary orishas of Santería, also by Ivelsye Padilla. http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/caribe/Dictionary.html
The Spirit of Santeria This is an online reproduction of an article from the Washington Post dated January 4, 2000 written by Sylvia Moreno, a staff writer. http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/religion/santeria.htm
A Structuralist Analysis of Puerto Rican Santeria This is a highly circulated article by then undergraduate student Lily Díaz in 1996. Many other websites have links to this article. http://www.t0.or.at/0ntext/ldsanter.htm
Synopsis of the Santeria Religion This is an article by Det. Amy Godoy and Rafael Martinez, MA, MS Ed. hosted on a website by someone claiming to be a historian (however unnamed). http://cuban-exile.com/doc_326-350/doc0337.html
Web Sites in Category Lucumi, Ocha, Santeria This is a web directory offering links to Santería websites from an umbrella site called “The World of Education.” http://dirs.educationworld.net/cat/28552/
World Religions: A Santeria Primer Here is an article written for a college newspaper in 1998 by Bess Lovejoy, a student who takes a looks at Santería and Voodoo from an outsider’s perspective. http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/98-3/issue1/santeria.html (student’s perspective)
Websites about Santería by Scholars of Religion
Afro-Cuban Religion and Culture A website with information about Santería from a professor at Fayetteville State University, Theron Crose http://spacer.uncfsu.edu/F_corse/sant.htm
Santeria This is a website by independent scholar Mary Ann Clark who received her doctorate at Rice and has published widely on the subject in books and articles. http://sparta.rice.edu/~maryc/Santeria.html
Individual Articles about Santería from Scholars of Religion
At the Crossroads: Afro-Cuban Orisha Arts in Miami This is an excellent pictoral tour of Santería art with synopsis of beliefs to accompany many of the pieces. http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/orisha/orisha_start.htm
Santeria: Religion of the Masses This is an article written by Dr. Kwame Nantambu, a professor at Kent State University. http://www.trinicenter.com/kwame/2002/Mar/062002.htm
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