Migene González-Wippler is a Puerto Rican

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author and a leading expert on the Afro-Caribbean religion of

Santería Santería (), also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an African diaspora religions, African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. It arose through a process of syncretism between the tradit ...

Education

González-Wippler was born in

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and has degrees in

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and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

from the

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, and from

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, from where she earned a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology.

Career

In addition to her solid background in

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she has also worked as a science editor for the Interscience Division of

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, the

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, and the

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, and as an English editor for the

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, where she resided for many years. She is a

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and lectures frequently at universities and other educational institutions. She writes about Santeria-its practices, beliefs and organization.

Bibliography

* ''El libro completo de magia, hechizos, y ceremonias'' * ''El libro de las sombras'' * ''Keys to the Kingdom: Jesus & the Mystic Kabbalah'' * ''Book of Shadows'' * ''The Complete Book of Amulets & Talismans'' * ''Luna, Luna: Magia, poder y seducción'' * ''La Magia de las piedras y los cristales'' * ''Sueños: Lo que significan para usted'' * ''Amuletos y Talismanes'' * ''La magia y tú'' * ''What Happens After Death: Scientific & Personal Evidence for Survival'' * ''Santería: La Religión'' * ''Dreams and What They Mean to You'' * ''The Complete Book of Spells, Ceremonies & Magic'' * ''Las llaves del reino: Jesús y la cábala cristiana'' * ''Kabbalah For The Modern World'' * ''Angelorum: El libro de los ángeles'' * ''Santería: mis experiencias en la Religión'' * ''Peregrinaje: la vida después de la muerte'' *'' Santería: the Religion: Faith, Rites, Magic'', Llewellyn Publications: 2002 * ''Cabala para el mundo moderno'' * '' Powers of the Orishas: Santeria and The Worship of Saints''

References

External links

Biography on Llwellyn's On-line Bookstore
American women writers Living people Puerto Rican women writers Puerto Rican writers Year of birth missing (living people) People associated with the American Museum of Natural History Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni {{spirituality-stub