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uh... uh... Hey everyone. While the show is still on a break, we'll be continuing the

mini-series with devotees of different deities and spirits.

Last week I shared my story of finding my way to Dalika Mata,

the Filipino goddess of clairvoyance.

And you heard from Angelica Krieshi, a devotee of Hades. Today we hear from Rye, a devotee of Santa

Moarte, the Mexican folk saint of death. Rye discusses who Santaorte is, how they found their way to her,

some of their most profound experiences with her, and resources on how to learn more

about her. And now here's Rye.

My name is Rye, I'm known as the Mastizo Mystic on Instagram. I live in San Francisco, California and

I'm always told by my mom that like as a kid I would cry because I'd say I used to like see spirits and she and my godmother would tell me to just

pray them away which apparently I did at that work and I don't have distinct memories of

those things happening but it's just funny to hear that coming from my family as an adult

of like, oh wow, this has just been an integral part of my life from the very

beginning. And so it was interesting because as I got older and started to become aware of my queer identity, I started to like shift towards this dissociation from Catholicism and during that time I dived into very new age of practices, you know, crystals, meditation, you know, vibrations and frequencies and things of the sort. And then my life really took a big spin when I started praying

the rosary again after reading the book The Way of the Rose and it brought me in

a way back to Mary it wasn't my intention to come to Mary and it just it brought me to her and as

also brought me closer to the Santa Muarte because I learned how to pray her rosary as well.

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