Migene González-Wippler is a Puerto Rican new-age 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, Afro-Caribbean religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. It arose amid a process of syncretism between the traditional ...

Education

González-Wippler was born in

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

and has degrees in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

and

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

from the

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad de Puerto Rico;'' often shortened to UPR) is the main List of state and territorial universities in the United States, public university system in the Commonwealth (U.S. i ...

, and from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

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

Career

In addition to her solid background in

social sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

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

American Institute of Physics The American Institute of Physics (AIP) promotes science and the profession of physics, publishes physics journals, and produces publications for scientific and engineering societies. The AIP is made up of various member societies. Its corpora ...

, and the

American Museum of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconn ...

, and as an English editor for the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, where she resided for many years. She is a

cultural anthropologist Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans. It is in contrast to social anthropology, which perceives cultural variation as a subset of a posited anthropological constant. The term s ...

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