Steven Bragg
I’ve had more than a few people ask me about this lately, so
I thought I’d share my thoughts on a particular matter. Some people say, and
this was even included in my original teachings from my teacher, Nick, that if
you ask Santisima to do something for you and either she doesn’t do it or she’s
being really slow in acting, you can take away her things (scythe, hands,
offerings, etc.) and hide them until she comes through with what you ask. Then
you give her things back to her and keep on going as normal. I’ve heard of
several variations on this, including making her face the wall, turning her upside-down,
putting her in a dark closet, and so on.
Now, I understand that this is an old practice, and similar
actions can be found all throughout the world, including folk Catholicism and
the African Diasporic Religions. I’ve seen people do it, and I’ve even done it
myself. Twice. Once with a Lwa of Haitian Vodou, and once with Santisima
Muerte. Both times ended disastrously for me. It took two times of being
punished by the spiritual beings I thought I was punishing to realize what a
stupid practice it is, especially when you try to do it with very old and very
powerful beings.
Practice however you wish, but my experience has been that
although you might get what you ask for (or not!), you might also get something
you didn’t ask for and don’t want. Choose with care.
