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Ella Logró Salvar Mi Vida ( Recopilación De Brujería #6 ) Historias De Terror - Voces De La Noche · Niebla en el bosque con Evelith von

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  My parents were from a small town in Veracruz. In fact, there in
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  that village was where they got married, but in their village something happened so
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  strong that they made the decision to leave that place. On the outskirts of
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  the village where my parents lived, there was a lady whom they knew as
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  the Great Shadow Witch. This nickname was attributed to her because of the legends
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  circulating about her. According to people' s accounts, the witch had the
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  ability to snatch the shadow from those who crossed her path and it was said
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  that anyone who lost his shadow to the Witch would immediately find death. What
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  was believed there in the Community was that this witch collected the shadows of people
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  to offer them to the devil, which served him so that the devil would
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  allow him to increase his own powers on one occasion, without anyone knowing why
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  the feared witch came walking to the people as soon as the locals saw her
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  approaching panic took hold of everyone and ran to take refuge in their homes.
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  The witch went all the way to my grandparents' house, and with a
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  huge force, she ripped the door off the house. Inside the house she
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  went over my mother' s younger sister, whom she took away her shadow
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  in a cruel way, killing her instantly. My aunt' s death was
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  a devastating and heartbreaking event for my family. My parents, who were then
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  newlyweds, made the immediate decision to leave the town that had been their home
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  for so long and move to the State of Mexico. I was born here.
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  By the way, my name is Ana Eleana. A curious fact is
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  that my name is read from left to right as well as from right to
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  left. I have always lived in the State of Mexico and I n and
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  in o. On this occasion I will share with you the saddest time of
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  my life, since I was quite small. I witnessed the harsh realities imposed
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  by the world on people who lived in disadvantaged conditions. I grew up in
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  an impoverished colony where the scarcity of basic resources was quite common daily to all
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  neighbors, so much so that sometimes we could run out of water and without
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  electricity for several days. My parents fought tirelessly so that at our table there
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  would always be at least one plate of beans and a ball. During the
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  day, my mother moved to the houses of ladies of a better economic position
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  to perform laundry and ironing of clothes and returned exhausted already in the afternoon,
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  just as my father was leaving for the shop of a merchant in the market,
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  where he offered his help throughout the night in exchange for money, and
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  it was not until the next morning that he returned home, when my mother
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  left again to continue with her own responsibilities. That' s how they used
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  to spend it. That' s why I was an only child, because
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  I didn' t even have a minute for them. From a very early
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  age, my mother assigned me the responsibility of keeping the house clean, especially
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  because she had no time to do so. One thing my mom taught me,
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  which she learned from my grandmother, was that cleaning has to be done
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  from top to bottom, because, according to my grandmother' s teachings,
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  negative energies, being dense and heavy, tend to enter under doors and,
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  already being inside houses, bad vibes begin to climb through furniture and walls.
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  My mother explained to me that one way to detect the presence of negative energies
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  in a house was to observe the corners of the ceiling. According to his
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  experience, no r de rn Certain signs indicated the existence of bad vibrations,
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  for example, the presence of shells of cockroach eggs open wings torn from moths
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  or spider- free cobwebs, were signs that should be taken into account.
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  I did the cleaning every third day because, according to my grandmother' s
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  teachings, if there were those signs of bad vibes and they were cleaned but
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  after three days they appeared again, it meant that the bad vibes had already
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  taken root inside the house. That was why cleaning had to be done every
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  three days. The only time I talked to my mother was when she checked
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  with me that if I had done what to do, because just as they
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  didn' t have time for them because of work, they didn' t
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  have time for me either. However, for that very reason, I was
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  very dislocated, so much so that my first boyfriend had him in third grade.
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  He was already in high school. The only thing I was worried about
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  when I went to school was looking pretty. It never interested me to put
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  even the slightest interest in learning something. I went too hard to high school.
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  At the time, I already had another boyfriend, a boy who was
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  studying at the University. That relationship so out of place led me to smoke,
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  to drink, to try illegal substances and to have friends whose age range
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  was completely incorrect, so incorrect that on one occasion, even though at that
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  time the boy had already changed me for another one that went in my living
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  room, his friends invited me to a party and I agreed to go.
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  When I came to the so- called party, I realized that I was
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  the only woman there had not invited my ex- boyfriend and I knew what
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  I had been invited to do. Being very silly, the only thing that
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  came to my mind was that it would be a great opportunity to make my
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  ex- boyfriend jealous. When I left that party, I was already pregnant
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  and it was impossible to know which of them was the father of the creature.
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  Because of that pregnancy I myself caused by the childish whim of wanting my
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  ex- boyfriend to get jealous. I couldn' t get into high school
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  anymore because I had to focus on taking care of the child I was going
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  to have. During the seventh month of my pregnancy, my mother took me
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  to visit a healer following the beliefs rooted in my grandmother' s village,
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  because, according to the beliefs of my grandmother' s people, when a
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  baby is born without a father it is susceptible to the attack of witches it
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  sucks blood. Therefore, my mother decided that it was important to seek the
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  protection of the healer for my daughter and for me, Liliana. With that
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  name, I baptized my daughter who, thank God, was born healthy.
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  By the way, before the civil registry it was my parents who searched my
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  daughter. So technically my daughter is legally my younger sister. It is a
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  situation that can only be understood by people of very low means like my family.
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  When my daughter, Liliana, was about nine months old that, by
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  the way, I was living at my parents' house for things of life,
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  it was up to me to meet a boy with whom I started a
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  secret relationship with my parents, because I was still a minor and he was
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  already more than twenty years old before my daughter turned two, I realized that
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  I was pregnant again. To the surprise of no one, the young man
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  refused to assume his responsibility and disappeared from our lives. I think he went
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  to another state. I don' t know. The only thing is,
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  I never heard from him again. After some time I learned something very unpleasant
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  from an acquaintance of the young man I was involved with. According to this
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  person, the unscrupulous bastard had sought the help of a witch to get rid
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  of the son I had in my womb. However, for my fortune,
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  the witch flatly refused to comply with her sinister request. Instead, as a
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  result of her malice, the witch decided to punish him by throwing a curse
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  on him, leaving him barren for life. That news caused me a mixture
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  of feelings, because it was not enough for him to abandon me, but
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  he had intended to kill my baby. On my own, I hid the
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  pregnancy from my parents as long as I could until my body ended up ratting
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  me out. My father was so angry that he slapped me and my mother
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  was so ashamed of me that she ran me out of the house with a
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  baby in her arms and another baby in her belly. After that painful episode
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  with my parents, I found myself in a desperate situation. However, my
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  maternal instinct and the love so great that I felt for my two babies gave
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  me the strength to move on. It didn' t matter what happened.
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  I was determined to give them a better life. That I was a dumb
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  girl didn' t mean I was a bad mother. I managed to get
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  a room to sleep. That same night, being determined to find a place
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  to live, I walked aimlessly until I found a nice lady who had a
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  property with several rooms for rent with tears in her eyes. I explained my
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  situation to her and begged her to allow me to stay in one of the
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  rooms and in return, I always promised to keep the whole property clean for
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  my relief and thank God, the lady was compassionate and accepted my proposal.
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  Obviously, I cleaned the property the same way I did the work in my
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  house, cleaning from the ceiling to the floor to throw out any possible bad
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  vibe that could have slipped into any of the rooms that the lady rented.
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  In addition to keeping the property clean, I looked for additional ways to generate
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  income to support my daughter and baby on the way I offered to wash and
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  iron the tenants' clothes in exchange for a few coins. Fortunately, several
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  of them accepted my proposal and so, for two months I could get what
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  it took to buy food and diapers, but I knew that I only had
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  a little more than fifteen weeks left to have my other baby and, therefore,
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  I was going to arrive a time when I could not work for a
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  while. So what I did was go to my parents' house to get
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  all my stuff out. I had to go around several times because it was
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  like seven bags of those blacks among clothes, shoes, makeup and other things.
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  I sold everything and I could get enough money so I could be okay
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  with what I had to do with childbirth to keep working. Luciana I put
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  my new baby for that I had made friends with the daughter, the owner
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  of the rooms. She helped me enough in the time I had to rest
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  when I could move normally. I asked her, her name was Julia,
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  to do me the favor of taking care of my daughters, because with what
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  she took out of washing and ironing clothes, it would be impossible for me
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  to keep my two daughters, so I needed to find work. Thank God,
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  that same day I was hired at a pharmacy. I agreed with Julia
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  that I would pay her a certain amount to take care of the girls in
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  what I worked on and thus began to improve my situation at the pharmacy.
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  I certainly didn' t earn much, but that could make up for it,
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  because even though I already had a job that required certain schedules, I
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  didn' t stop washing or ironing clothes and I didn' t stop cleaning
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  the whole property. I managed to do everything and with that I could already
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  support my daughters. I didn' t pay rent and I could keep money.
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  When my little girl, great Liliana, was four years old, I
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  was going to the pharmacy when there was a crash between two cars, one
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  of them was pushed into the sidewalk and ended up hitting me with the chest.
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  The impact was very strong. I didn' t break my leg,
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  though. I suffered a serious injury that forced me to rely on a walking
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  stick and, according to what the doctors said, I would use it for
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  the rest of my life. Sitting on a bench about three blocks from the
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  hospital, I was immersed in dark thoughts full of frustration. I wondered if
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  my life was being affected by some kind of witchcraft or curse. I couldn
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  ' t understand how, just as things seemed to improve me, this accident
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  had happened that would completely alter my life. I could not continue working at
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  the pharmacy, where I was already doing well, because in order to supply
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  certain medicines I had to use small stairs to reach the shelves above. I
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  also had to talk to the lady to tell her that she could not continue
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  cleaning the property, as the tasks involved using stairs. I felt a sense
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  of helplessness and hopelessness. I wondered how I was going to keep myself and
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  my daughters without a stable income. I just kept washing and ironing clothes,
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  which, luckily, I could afford to pay the rent, but he wouldn
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  ' t leave me much to buy food, much less diapers for my little
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  daughter. The good news was that he had managed to raise enough money to
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  hold on for a while. However, I knew that money was going to
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  run out and I didn' t want to be in such a precarious situation
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  that it had been my turn to live when I was rushed out of my
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  parents' house. For a week. I was looking for a job,
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  but everywhere I was denied it because of my situation with the cane, so
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  I decided to make a risky decision. I spent everything I had saved on
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  buying a decent stove, you cook a couple of plastic tables with their respective
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  chairs and I put a food stand in the rented room. Of course I
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  first asked the owner' s permission, I was indebted to her. Fortunately,
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  since the first day I started selling food, things worked out pretty well.
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  My two tables were full. God gave me the gift of having a
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  good hand in the kitchen. All the people on the block and the blocks
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  around went at least a couple of times a week. Besides, the same
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  tenants bought me the owner and my friend Julia I never charged them. They
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  could always go to eat for free. After all, if they hadn'
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  t supported me, I would never have made it through. I remember perfectly
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  well that on one occasion she came to buy me food the healer with which
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  my mother had taken me during my first pregnancy. She was very pleased to
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  see that I was doing well and commented that if at any time I needed
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  help of any kind, I would not hesitate to go with her. She
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  was a very nice lady, the truth. My small business also helped a
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  few blocks away with a kindergarten and a primary. Soon, the owner of
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  the property gave me more tables that occupied half the street and every day I
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  was filled at least three times. There was a boy who went every day
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  and always talked to me. I think he liked me, but he had
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  already learned my lesson and I never listened to him too much. But my
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  friend Julia, if she kept an eye on him whenever he came to her,
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  she would come down to eat. She realized that the boy liked me,
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  but she also realized that I didn' t give her entry and she
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  used to talk to her and they sat down together to eat. So they
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  were for months, but all that time, even though they ate together every
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  day, he kept coming back to see me as he talked to her about
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  that situation. Little by little my friend Julia and I got away one afternoon
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  I saw that after they finished eating they went to the property and I guess
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  they went up to the room, where she lived with her mom. It
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  should be made clear that the owner was not at home at the time.
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  I saw when he left and after that, the boy didn' t come
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  back after four months. I saw Julia was pregnant. It was obvious that
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  he had done to her what they had already done to me men looking for
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  a time of fun to then disappear. One morning the owner came down for
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  breakfast and talked about how worried she was about her daughter because she didn'
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  t want to go out at all and even mentioned that she wanted to get
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  rid of the baby she was waiting for. She also told me that she
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  knew it was all her daughter' s fault because she had done all she
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  could to get that boy' s attention. The owner had realized that the
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  boy was going because he was interested in me, but his daughter went through
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  and passed him what happened to him to make his situation worse. His son
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  was born with autism. The owner told me that Julia was to blame for
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  the child being born like this, because she all the time said she didn
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  ' t want to have it and that the child resented it and that'
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  s why she was born sick. One evening at about six thirty- seven,
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  after selling all the food I had prepared for the day, I was
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  busy doing household chores in my room. That' s when in one of
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  the corners of the ceiling, I noticed the presence of several webs. Despite
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  my effort to find some spider that would have woven them, I couldn'
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  t find any. I decided to remove the cobwebs and dump them in the
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  trash, continuing my chores. However, my surprise was great when three days
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  later, when I performed the cleaning again, I discovered that the cobwebs had
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  reappeared in the same corner of the ceiling. That fact made me realize that
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  some bad energy or negative vibration had entered my home. Although I had no
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  knowledge of how to deal with these situations, I remembered the experience I had
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  had during my pregnancy with the healer my mother had taken me to without knowing
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  what else to do and taking into account what she had told me when she
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  went to buy food, I decided to seek her help. Once again,
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  I told the lady about the cobwebs and asked her to give me something to
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  protect me, especially for my girls, who were still small. The healer
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  gave me a figure of an elephant- headed person. Two cobras came from
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  his back, rising to the top of the elephant’ s head. The
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  person was sitting with his legs crossed. He had four arms. The figure
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  was on a base made of pure small skulls. The figure itself was made
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  of a dark carbon- like material and presented details painted in a golden tonality.
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  The healer told me that this figure had to be placed inside a glass
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  glass and that the glass glass had to be placed on the floor, just
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  below the corner, where I had already found those cobwebs. I followed his
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  instructions in the hope that what I was doing could drive out the bad vibes
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  and protect my home and my daughters. The third day I did the job
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  again, I didn' t find the cobwebs anymore. That made me breathe
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  relieved. It seemed that the presence of the figure and glass glass had chased
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  away the negative energies that had managed to flow into my home. However,
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  a s s is the week after, during the morning, I was awakened
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  by a sound sounded like the noise of a glass that would have broken into
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  pieces quickly. I got up and checked the windows, but everything seemed to
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  be in order. When I turned on the light, I saw that the
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  glass of Glass, where I had the figure that had given me the healer
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  was totally broken. The fragments of Glass were scattered on the ground and the
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  figure itself had suffered irreparable damage. Elephant' s head was split. The
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  impact of this scene left me speechless. I didn' t understand how something
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  like that could have happened. The incident made me question whether there really was
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  something darker and stronger that was affecting my life. The next day I didn
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  ' t sell all the food I made. I kept half of it.
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  I didn' t want to suggest myself and I just took it as a
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  bad day, but the next two days the same thing happened. I'
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  ve got half the food left. Then I made half of it and I
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  kept half of it anyway. That' s half of it. It was
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  obvious that someone was making me witchcraft. I took the situation seriously and came
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  back for help. In the healer I explained to her what had been happening,
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  sharing my concern and confusion. I wanted to understand the reason behind everything
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  that was happening to me. She told me that those were very low astral
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  vibes, and that was not caused by witchcraft, but caused by a very
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  strong envy. What the healer told me was that those bad vibrations, which
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  were low astral, had emerged from someone who harbored such intense hatred and envy
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  towards me and my daughters, which manifested themselves in the form of negative energies,
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  which, as was evident, were already beginning to wreak havoc directly.
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  The explanation of the healer gave me a strong impression and also concern. The
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  healer explained to me that for such a thing there was no protection, that
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  the only way to get rid of those bad vibes before someone got hurt was
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  to return the bad vibes. However, this action would have drastic consequences and
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  it was highly likely that the person sending them or someone spiritually connected to her
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  would suffer serious consequences, including death. The idea of making such a difficult
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  decision, which could end in a consequence of death, made me doubt whether
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  I should do so or whether I should let it go. I didn'
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  t want to be responsible for someone else' s death or suffering, even
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  if that person was trying to hurt us. But at the same time,
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  my daughters were my absolute priority and I couldn' t allow them to be
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  in danger because of someone else' s envy and bad intentions. So I
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  applied a phrase that my father always said that they cry at my house to
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  cry at someone else' s house, because they cry at each other'
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  s house. Although that decision was difficult, I was willing to do whatever
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  was necessary to keep my two little daughters safe. I would not allow the
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  bad intentions and envy of others to destroy our lives. It wasn' t
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  fair. So I told the healer it was okay that she wanted to return
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  those bad vibes. The lady accompanied me to my house. The first thing
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  I asked her was whether the girls and I should leave, but she replied
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  that it was not necessary, that the procedure was fast and safe. Then
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  the healer pulled out a wooden amulet that caught my attention immediately. It was
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  quite similar to a trapashers, but instead of feathers there were two interlaced snakes
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  that formed knots. At the center of the amulet was a human figure holding
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  the heads of the snakes as if he were strangling them. And the most
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  peculiar detail of that amulet was that the person had a pair of horns and
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  those horns had thorns. It was a really strange and mysterious piece. The
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  healer explained to me that this amulet had special powers to reverse the bad vibes
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  and return them to their origin. It was a symbol of protection and spiritual
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  power. The healer, holding the wooden amulet between her hands, approached the
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  corner where the cobwebs were. His words resounded in the air as he recited
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  prayers and that was it. It took him about a minute or two,
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  but he assured me that that was enough to get the bad vibes out of
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  my house. He explained to me that it would take a couple of days
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  for the effect to become completely evident, but that bad energies would undoubtedly be
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  displaced. Before he left, he grabbed the figure that had broken and left
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  me another one. It wasn' t exactly the same. In fact,
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  it was green. The two days passed and, as if it were magic,
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  my little restaurant was filled with customers again and the food was running out
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  earlier than expected, exceeding all my expectations. While I was picking up the
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  last dishes and getting ready to rest, I saw the madwoman coming out with
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  her visibly afflicted face, without hesitation, I approached her with a mixture of
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  curiosity and concern, willing to offer my support in whatever was necessary. She
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  replied that her grandson had died, that she did not know what had happened.
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  She had simply not woken up and she was going to the funeral home
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  to make the arrangements. I deeply regretted hearing the tragic news that the owner
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  of the premises shared with me the sudden death of her grandson. It was
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  a devastating blow to his family. As I listened to her my mind could
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  not avoid making a connection to the bad vibes that the healer had returned so
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  aggressively. I knew in the depths of my being that Julia, the owner
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  ' s daughter, was responsible for sending those negative energies to me and my
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  daughters. I felt a knot in my stomach and a mixture of sadness and
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  rage. She took me because she had been my friend. It was wrong
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  that I felt such a strong envy towards myself and my daughters. Evidently,
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  I never discussed this with the owner, but after a little thought she becomes
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  obvious. Julia knew that I, throughout my life, had faced numerous obstacles
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  and challenges, but always managed to get ahead with my two daughters, without
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  receiving the support of my family. Our lives had been blessed with good health
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  and, despite having gone through two pregnancies at an early age, had been
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  fortunate enough to maintain a very good figure or s s s s NS.
• 27:00
  This aside, though during pregnancy I gained weight. After childbirth, my body
• 27:04
  always regained its original form as a young girl. This was certainly what caught
• 27:11
  the attention of that boy who, as long as he saw me, went
• 27:17
  every day to buy the food I sold. And she, I suppose,
• 27:21
  was jealous that the boy she liked kept seeing me and when he finally got
• 27:26
  all he wanted, she was completely abandoned, just as it had happened to
• 27:30
  me before. Unlike my daughters, who were born healthy, her Baby was
• 27:37
  born sick and, in addition, the pregnancy billed her appearance, because,
• 27:42
  although she was a year younger than me, after the pregnancy, she already
• 27:45
  seemed like a whole lady could not recover from childbirth. She did have the
• 27:52
  support of her family and still felt miserable because she was left alone as a
• 27:57
  single mother, unlike me that without the support of my family, I never
• 28:03
  threw in the towel. For all those reasons that Julia was responsible for the
• 28:08
  negative envy that had infiltrated my house in the form of bad vibes. Besides,
• 28:14
  that explains why, ever since she started wanting to get that boy'
• 28:18
  s attention, she got away from me little by little. The truth is,
• 28:22
  I did feel really ugly about her baby dying, but being completely honest.
• 28:26
  I don' t regret returning his bad vibes. My priority was always
• 28:33
  the safety and well- being of my daughters and I was convinced that making
• 28:37
  that decision had been the only way to protect them. She got what she
• 28:42
  deserved, although it may sound bad is the truth. Her baby did not
• 28:48
  die because of my actions, but she herself killed her baby as a result
• 28:52
  of her own envy and negativity towards me. I will share with you a
• 29:04
  short experience that lasted only a week, but I assure you that little time
• 29:10
  was enough to make me feel the deepest despair. It all started on a
• 29:15
  Thursday morning. I was barely getting ready to go to work. I would
• 29:21
  walk in at nine o' clock through the window and see that it was
• 29:25
  a normal day, just like any other day. When I was ready,
• 29:29
  I grabbed my cell phone and my bottle of water. I went to the
• 29:32
  door and just set foot outside. I felt like I stepped on something like
• 29:34
  glass. When I moved my foot and looked down, I found a picture
• 29:40
  that had a picture of myself. Something pretty weird,' cause I never
• 29:45
  liked having pictures in my house. So, if I didn' t have
• 29:49
  pictures of my parents, let alone have a picture of me. I was
• 29:55
  running late for work, so I just walked into the house, tom la
• 29:59
  orda and picker, swept everything and went to throw it in the trash can
• 30:03
  I had on the sidewalk. I didn' t even question whether there was
• 30:10
  a logical explanation the next day. On Friday, which was my day off,
• 30:14
  I got up late, just like every Friday, almost half a day.
• 30:18
  First I went to the bathroom and then I went to the kitchen ready
• 30:22
  to prepare my lunch. But before I got to the fridge, something caught
• 30:26
  my attention on the table. There was the photograph I had thrown in the
• 30:32
  trash the day before. For some reason, I came up with the idea
• 30:37
  of calling my mother, as she answered me. I asked her if she
• 30:41
  remembered a photo with such characteristics and she replied no, that she was sure
• 30:45
  she had never seen a photograph that had the details I had described to her.
• 30:51
  She wanted to know why I had called her for that and I told
• 30:55
  her that that photograph was right on my desk. My mother got a little
• 30:59
  nervous and asked me not to touch her, to take a taxi and go
• 31:03
  to my house. I didn' t understand my mother' s reaction,
• 31:07
  but I told her it was okay. He' s here in 20 minutes.
• 31:11
  As soon as he saw the photograph on the table, he became pale.
• 31:15
  I asked her what was going on and she asked me to sit down
• 31:19
  because I had to talk about something very serious. My mother told me that
• 31:25
  everything I thought I knew about my dad' s death was a lie.
• 31:30
  My father had died when I was only nine years old and as far as
• 31:33
  I understood he had killed a person who assaulted him leaving his job, for
• 31:38
  my mother revealed to me that things had not happened like that. One morning,
• 31:45
  when he was leaving for work, he stepped on a glass frame containing
• 31:48
  a picture of him, a picture he had never taken. My mother and
• 31:52
  he were sure of that, because the clothes my father wore in the photograph
• 31:56
  had never had on her. I didn' t fit in with my father
• 32:01
  ' s style of dress at all. They shot the photograph, but the
• 32:06
  next day the photo appeared inside the house. My mother told my dad that
• 32:10
  was probably witchcraft. But my father was a very orthodox man. He did
• 32:16
  not even believe in the existence of God much less would even consider witchcraft to
• 32:22
  be real. For the next few days, many things have been happening to
• 32:28
  my father that could not be explained rationally. That' s why my mother
• 32:32
  insisted that you go with someone who knows how to clean up or something,
• 32:37
  but my father refused. When it' s fulfilled. A week after he
• 32:42
  stepped on the picture with that photograph, he fell dead coming out of his
• 32:45
  job. The doctors never knew to tell my mother that it was what had
• 32:51
  caused my father' s death, but my mother was convinced that it was
• 32:54
  witchcraft. I couldn' t believe what my mother was praying was telling me.
• 33:00
  It didn' t make any sense. However, I knew my mom
• 33:05
  wasn' t going to play with my father' s death, so I
• 33:07
  decided to believe him. My mother told me we had to go with a
• 33:14
  healer right away. I saw my mother so distressed that I agreed to go
• 33:17
  without trying to make any excuses The healer made me clean. He told my
• 33:23
  mother how to prepare a tea that served to remove the negative energies and gave
• 33:29
  me instructions on how to get rid of that photograph to put an end to
• 33:34
  the witchcraft that was tempting against my life. But the witch also warned me
• 33:39
  that fighting witchcraft had certain consequences for the body. I was going to get
• 33:45
  very sick until the week of having stepped on that painting, but it guaranteed
• 33:49
  me and my mother that I would get well off The day after I went
• 33:53
  with the healer I fell into bed. I was so sick I couldn'
• 33:59
  t even get to the bathroom. Only my mother stayed at my house because
• 34:01
  I couldn' t do anything on my own. I felt constantly exhausted,
• 34:08
  no matter how long I slept. I couldn' t think straight. It
• 34:14
  was really bad for the last two days. I felt like I was dying.
• 34:20
  I couldn' t open my eyes because they were completely filled with lakes.
• 34:24
  He had a terrible runny nose. I threw up every hour. I
• 34:29
  could hear a buzz that made me feel like my head was going to explode,
• 34:34
  but the worst was diarrhea. Finally, on Thursday, one week after
• 34:38
  I stepped on the picture with my photograph, I was healthy as if nothing
• 34:44
  had happened to me. It was a bittersweet moment for my mother, because
• 34:49
  the fact that I came out alive thanks to the healer meant that if my
• 34:53
  father hadn' t been stubborn, he too would have managed to save his
• 34:58
  life. Cats have been associated with witchcraft and magic in various cultures throughout history.
• 35:14
  There are several reasons why cats have been mentioned in witchcraft issues. Cats
• 35:20
  are nocturnal creatures and have always been attributed a special connection to the moon and
• 35:24
  the night. In many cultures, the night has been associated with the mystical
• 35:30
  and the supernatural, which could explain the connection between cats and witchcraft. In
• 35:37
  the past, cats were valued for their ability to hunt mice and other pests.
• 35:43
  This ability to hunt small creatures gave them a sense of power and mystery.
• 35:49
  In addition, cats were considered household protectors and were believed to have the
• 35:53
  ability to drive away evil spirits and negative energies. Over the centuries many superstitions
• 36:00
  and peculiar beliefs have emerged around cats. Some people believed that black cats were
• 36:09
  actually transformed witches and that their presence was associated with black magic. As far
• 36:15
  as I' m concerned, cats, if they have a spiritual connection to
• 36:20
  the world, esoteric, but I sincerely believe that their role is actually benevolent
• 36:24
  and I don' t agree with the fact that cats are related to witches.
• 36:30
  Ever since I was a kid, I' ve always liked cats.
• 36:32
  The first pet I had, in fact, was a gray cat with white
• 36:37
  spots. That cat died when I was 14. He lived a long time
• 36:44
  I was just about to finish high school. It was something that really affected
• 36:46
  me, so much so that I promised myself that I would never have another
• 36:52
  pet cat to avoid feeling like I was replacing my gray cat with white spots.
• 36:57
  After finishing high school and before finishing high school, the situation in the
• 37:00
  house became very complicated because my mother got sick and with the money she earned,
• 37:06
  my dad didn' t get enough or we ate or bought my mother
• 37:09
  ' s medicine, so I, being the older brother, decided that I
• 37:15
  would no longer study and I would start working at that one Then, my
• 37:21
  best friend' s dad worked at the garbage dump in the city and he
• 37:24
  was the one who had the most money in the living room. This was
• 37:29
  because my friend said that the new employer of all garbage workers had reached an
• 37:32
  agreement with them. The employer kept everyone' s salary and, in return,
• 37:37
  they could keep anything that came to the landfill. All the workers agreed
• 37:45
  because they knew that there were always useful things in the trash, especially when
• 37:50
  the trucks passed through the colonies of people with money they came to find clothes,
• 37:55
  themes, furniture, toys and what they didn' t grab for them,
• 38:00
  sold it and distributed the money to everyone. Not to mention that a
• 38:06
  lot of the people in those colonies didn' t like to take out their
• 38:10
  trash, so when the truck passed by, they paid for the workers to
• 38:15
  come into their homes to take the trash. It wasn' t a very
• 38:20
  glamorous job, but it was obvious that it left good money. Then one
• 38:22
  afternoon I went to my friend' s house to talk to his dad and
• 38:27
  ask him to please let me work there at the dump. Whatever it was,
• 38:30
  I explained my situation to him and he agreed to help me. He
• 38:35
  was one of those who walked in the trucks and I was accommodated to work
• 38:38
  inside the dump, helping to separate the garbage that came in the trucks.
• 38:45
  The work was very demanding. It' s not a job anyone can do.
• 38:50
  However, because of the need I had, I did not give up
• 38:53
  and I had to devise them so that I could work at the pace of
• 38:58
  others. When the first day was over, I came home with a dress
• 39:02
  for my mom. I remember perfectly well that it was a very elegant purple
• 39:07
  dress. He still had the label, you assume the owner didn' t
• 39:13
  have it, and that' s why he threw it in the trash.
• 39:15
  At the end of the week, the boss went to sell everything we had
• 39:19
  accumulated in the week, boats, cans, iron, wood, plastic lids
• 39:24
  and the used things that nobody took. After selling all that, he gave
• 39:30
  us the money. When we distributed it, it was a thousand and eight
• 39:35
  hundred, besides that on Monday and Friday we had already distributed money, because
• 39:38
  those were the days when the garbage was collected from the colonies of people with
• 39:43
  money. On Monday we got two hundred each and on Friday we got a
• 39:47
  hundred pesos, so in my first week I was able to bring more than
• 39:52
  two thousand pesos to the house. My mom was very happy and my dad
• 39:57
  was super proud of me. From there to forward. To the whole family
• 40:01
  I presumed that I was an excellent son, because I had behaved like an
• 40:06
  entire man and had not been afraid of work. To help out on one
• 40:10
  occasion, during a meeting at Grandma' s house one of my uncles,
• 40:15
  he kind of wanted to make a joke comment about my job, but my
• 40:20
  dad dropped it immediately told him something like shutting his mouth that my son earns
• 40:23
  more than you. It should be made clear that this went there by the
• 40:30
  two thousand and twelve. Back then, those 2, 000 pesos I earned
• 40:32
  was like four times the minimum wage. One of so many afternoons. As
• 40:38
  I worked separating the piles of garbage, I found a black bag that had
• 40:44
  something alive inside. I knew it because as soon as I grabbed the bag,
• 40:49
  I heard a little whining. When I opened the bag, I ran
• 40:52
  into one of those cats with no hair. He was an adult cat with
• 40:55
  very pronounced ears and orange- colored eyes. The poor animal was extremely thin
• 41:04
  and his gaze was sad and dull. Despite the promise I had made to
• 41:07
  myself, I decided to stay with that cat and take it to my house.
• 41:15
  One thing I found curious was that the cat was wearing a necklace with
• 41:17
  his name on it. What the necklace said was Bastet seven. In my
• 41:22
  opinion, that name seemed too strong to be a cat' s name.
• 41:28
  But if the little animal already understood that that was his name, then I
• 41:31
  wasn' t going to change it. I went for some claws wrapped the
• 41:36
  cat and put it in a box. The cat was very well behaved.
• 41:40
  He didn' t try to get out of the box at any time.
• 41:44
  He stayed there for over three hours until I left work on my way home.
• 41:49
  I stopped by a store to buy him some croquettes. My mom didn
• 41:53
  ' t like the cat too much, but my two younger brothers did.
• 41:58
  The first thing they did was ask me how I was going to put him
• 42:01
  on and I told them to look at the necklace that that cat was already
• 42:06
  called Bastet. I set up a place for him to sleep and there,
• 42:08
  next to him I put a pot of water and a pot of croquettes.
• 42:14
  When night came I went to bed and the cat followed me and fell asleep
• 42:16
  next to me. That made me remember my old pet, because that gray
• 42:22
  cat also fell asleep in my bed. With the passing of days. Little
• 42:27
  by little, the cat began to recover strength. So, even though he
• 42:30
  had an adult cat face, he used to play with my brothers like he
• 42:36
  was a cat. Baby was a pretty curious animal. Whenever I came to
• 42:42
  the house after work, Bastet was already standing on the other side of the
• 42:45
  door waiting for me to carry it. A month later, while we were
• 42:52
  all doing our part, one of the comrades shouted that he had found something
• 42:57
  strange. The rest of us were going to see what that was that he
• 43:00
  had found and when we arrived we came across that he had taken several objects
• 43:06
  out of a black bag. Yeah, they were weird. No doubt the
• 43:10
  weirdest thing I' ve ever seen in my life all the objects were made
• 43:15
  of painted metal. One of the objects was a capital letter r, but
• 43:21
  the top part pretended to be an eye. Another object was an eight-
• 43:24
  faced pyramid that lacked the tip. There were also a pair of wings,
• 43:30
  a kind of bug and a cross with an oval on top. I don
• 43:36
  ' t know why, but those things gave me such a bad spine.
• 43:39
  The companion who had taken them out of the bag crouched with the intention of
• 43:44
  grabbing one of those objects, but another told him not to touch them,
• 43:47
  that they looked very strange and that, perhaps it was a witchcraft job,
• 43:52
  that it was best to move them with something. We went looking through the
• 43:57
  trash that was around and or or or I entered a broom stick and wanted
• 44:00
  to use it to put the objects back in the black bag. But as
• 44:05
  soon as Escoba' s stick made contact with those things, it split in
• 44:09
  two quickly we pulled back. In that one of the comrades pointed to the
• 44:15
  one who had taken the items out of the bag and told him look at
• 44:19
  your hand. The veins of the hand were completely black and that black color
• 44:23
  in the veins was spreading towards the arm. We all ran fast to the
• 44:30
  employer' s office and told him what was going on with him. As
• 44:34
  soon as he saw how his partner' s veins were, he took him
• 44:37
  to the hospital and asked the others to find a way to throw those things
• 44:42
  over a corner without having to touch them. We were afraid to approach objects.
• 44:46
  So what we did was go each for a shovel and what we did
• 44:51
  was push the garbage behind those things. And because it was the garbage itself
• 44:57
  that moved the objects and so took it to take those things to where we
• 45:00
  had collapsed several tires that did not serve. Then, with the same shovels,
• 45:07
  we cleared the trash so that only the objects would stay. One of
• 45:12
  the compañeros asked why the shovels had not happened to the same thing as the
• 45:15
  broomstick. Everyone whispered things. Then one dropped the shovel towards the objects and,
• 45:22
  as soon as the wood of the shovel touched them, it broke.
• 45:27
  That was enough for us to assume it was witchcraft, because we had a
• 45:31
  partner who had to be taken to the hospital. The wood was also damaged
• 45:37
  by making contact, but the metal was not. Then our logic said that
• 45:40
  as wood comes from trees, which are like life and metal was one thing
• 45:45
  and did not suffer damage. Then the witchcraft that these objects brought only affected
• 45:52
  things alive. But another partner said that the sticks, being already uprooted trees,
• 45:58
  are supposed to be dead. There our theory was losing its meaning,
• 46:02
  but it occurred to me to go for one of the dead dogs that came
• 46:07
  every day in the trash and put it in such a way that with one
• 46:09
  of the legs I touched the objects. Within seconds, the dog began to
• 46:15
  fill with black veins. Not ten minutes passed when a black liquid began to
• 46:20
  come out of the dog' s ears and nose. With that we found
• 46:24
  that if we were right and that witchcraft, which was evidently very dangerous,
• 46:30
  affected the living and everything that ever had life. The boss returned in half
• 46:37
  an hour. The partner was in his truck, but it was all covered
• 46:42
  in black veins and he was dead. The boss told us that we had
• 46:46
  to bury him there in the garbage dump, because none of us could explain
• 46:52
  his death and if we tried, no one would believe that they could even
• 46:55
  accuse us that we killed him. That partner had no family in town,
• 47:01
  if he had a girlfriend, but it was as easy as lying to the
• 47:06
  girl and telling her that he just didn' t go back to work.
• 47:08
  To avoid explaining. The boss convinced us, except that no one was encouraged
• 47:15
  to touch the body. Then, as the boss was also very scared,
• 47:21
  what he said was that we would take the truck to one of the wells
• 47:24
  that was empty. We' d put her in there and set her on
• 47:28
  fire. He explained to me that in the garbage dump, which was a
• 47:34
  huge terrain, we dug very large wells into which we put the garbage already
• 47:37
  separated. When the well was filled, we covered it with dirt. Then
• 47:44
  the boss went up to his truck and drove to a well that didn'
• 47:47
  t have any garbage. She got out of the van and we all pushed
• 47:52
  her into the well. Then we set him on fire. The dump was
• 47:58
  just outside the city on the road, so no one would mind seeing black
• 48:01
  smoke on those roads. The boss offered us five hundred pesos for those of
• 48:08
  us who would like to stay all night so that, as soon as the
• 48:14
  truck was more or less burned, we would turn off the fire with dirt,
• 48:20
  then put garbage on top and cover the well. I didn' t
• 48:22
  really want to stay. When I arrived at my house, I expected that
• 48:27
  when I opened the door, there was bastet but I did not ask my
• 48:31
  brothers where the cat was and they pointed me towards the chair. Then they
• 48:35
  told me he' s down there. He hid as soon as he heard
• 48:38
  you put the key in the door. I went for a bath and then
• 48:44
  I wanted to play with my cat for a while. But as much as
• 48:45
  I talked to him, he didn' t want to get out of under
• 48:50
  the couch, but I thought maybe what was going on was that the cat
• 48:53
  wasn' t in the mood, which sometimes happens to some cats. The
• 48:59
  day after I saw him I went back to work, we all pretended nothing
• 49:02
  had happened. No one mentioned it. It was a week and my cat
• 49:07
  was still acting weird with me. Every one who saw me ran to hide,
• 49:12
  but always looked out to stare at me without looking away. Something was
• 49:16
  going on and Bastet knew. One morning, the situation reached a point that
• 49:22
  was definitely not normal. I woke up and when I opened my eyes there
• 49:28
  was my cat standing on my chest sniffing at me the same way cats smell
• 49:32
  when they know there' s something nearby that they can eat. I didn
• 49:37
  ' t get scared because, like I said, since I was a kid
• 49:43
  I had a pet tip, so I was used to the feline presence at
• 49:45
  night. Still, his gaze was not normal, in addition to making a
• 49:51
  sound, which was neither a mauling nor a purring nor a grunting. It
• 49:55
  was something else I' d never heard in one piece of data. A
• 50:00
  week later, while we were taking the meal time, one of the comrades
• 50:06
  commented that in a black bag he had found a hairless cat dead. That
• 50:10
  immediately caught my attention. These cats aren' t common, they don'
• 50:15
  t walk the streets. I asked her if the cat was wearing a necklace.
• 50:21
  He said yes, and he pulled the pendant out of his pants.
• 50:23
  He said he kept it because it looked like gold. That cat' s
• 50:29
  name was Baste. Tocho, the cat I had in my house was Bastet
• 50:32
  seven. It didn' t take a genius to realize those cats came from
• 50:37
  the same house, but I didn' t say anything. It had been
• 50:43
  a short time since that incident so strong for everyone, so I chose to
• 50:47
  keep that data to myself. Just for me. Six months passed and on
• 50:52
  one occasion my best man from Bautizo and his eldest son, who was my
• 50:57
  friend, went to the house. My godfather' s son, Saul,
• 51:01
  was twenty- two years old and was leading the history career at the university.
• 51:07
  In the middle of the talk, it came out that I had rescued
• 51:10
  a cat from the garbage and that the cat was called Bastet. At that
• 51:15
  time, Saul commented that it was a very good name. When I asked
• 51:19
  him why he said that. He explained to me that Bastette was a goddess
• 51:23
  of ancient Egypt who had her own cult five thousand years ago. The goddess
• 51:29
  was the protector of temples and war. It was the embodiment of the sun
• 51:34
  ' s rays. The existence of his cult was mentioned in the texts of
• 51:37
  the pyramids and in the Book of the Dead. According to Egyptian beliefs,
• 51:43
  cats were small fragments of the goddess' s soul. She also commented that
• 51:47
  the Egyptians drew her as a woman with a cat head, as well as
• 51:52
  that her name meant the heartbreaking one. Saul pulled out his cell phone and
• 51:58
  showed me an image of the goddess and in that image the goddess was holding
• 52:01
  in her left hand, something that was identical to one of the objects that
• 52:07
  had caused the death of the companion in the garbage dump. He immediately realized
• 52:10
  the expression of concern I put in and asked me what had happened. I
• 52:16
  told him that several months ago at work we had found several strange objects and
• 52:22
  one of those objects was identical to the image. I also told him that
• 52:27
  one of the people he had made contact had been seriously affected. I omitted
• 52:31
  the detail that had died. Saul asked me to describe him to the other
• 52:37
  artifacts and when I did, he explained to me that, according to the
• 52:40
  beliefs of ancient Egypt, those objects were related to duality and death and that,
• 52:45
  depending on Dynasty being consulted, they could be considered as objects of the
• 52:51
  gods or as cursed objects? He also made the comment that, no matter
• 52:57
  what happened to the person who manipulated the artifacts, it should be a simple
• 53:00
  coincidence, because the curses did not exist and therefore there were no cursed objects.
• 53:08
  I, respecting his skepticism, told him that we really thought something weird
• 53:14
  was going on with those objects. Then he still told me that there,
• 53:19
  at the university, a lady was doing a doctorate. That lady was kind
• 53:23
  of an expert on the esotericism of ancient cultures that she might be able to
• 53:29
  provide me with more information, especially if that information was out of the academic
• 53:35
  rigor he was carrying in career classes. He passed me his number. The
• 53:39
  following week I made a space to talk to that one. Lady She listened
• 53:45
  attentively as she explained everything to her, since the discovery of the bald,
• 53:51
  dying cat, named Bastet, which I had rescued, about the objects and
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  what happened to them, also about the other fact that came dead with the
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  same name as I had rescued, which only changed the Roman number. When
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  I finished telling him everything, he explained to me that the ancient worship of
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  the goddess Bastet, which was a cult that sought to keep secret, always
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  tried to use the divine connection that cats had with the world of gods in
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  order to manipulate the forces of nature, which as such did not impose curses
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  on inanimate objects, but what they did was to do rituals in which they
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  sacrificed cats in order to manipulate their souls. Souls were somehow drawn from that
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  divine something that made them so special. Then the rest of the soul locked
• 54:40
  him in objects. When a cat' s soul was taken away from that
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  bond with the goddess bastet, the animal' s soul was corrupted, leaving
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  it as cursed energy. That is why the objects they gave cursed were not
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  for a curse in itself, but for a soul that had transformed into cursed
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  energy. Finally, I asked her if she could help us do anything with
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  those objects before anyone else got hurt. She said no, that she was
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  just a scholar of esotericism. I didn' t practice any of that.
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  She was only interested in knowledge because she was dedicated to publishing books and that
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  she lived on. He recommended that I look for a witch or a shaman
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  who has experience with ancient objects. He also warned me that for no reason
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  would let anyone try to do anything about the objects, because if it was
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  done wrong, everyone who worked in the garbage dump could be seriously affected.
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  Back then. Facebook wasn' t the monster it is now, but still.
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  There was a sufficient number of groups that were dealing with esoteric issues and
• 55:51
  I started looking in all those groups one by one, looking for someone who
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  at least seemed to have a sense of elongated things. I had little time
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  off and had no cell phone, so to do that I had to go
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  to the cyber and I could only afford to go one hour a day.
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  That' s why it took me months until I finally met a woman named
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  Helena. She always answered all the questions they put there in the group if
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  she gave the impression of knowing a lot about anything, so I texted her
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  with the intention of finding out if she knew anything about the goddess Bastet and,
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  in general, about Egyptian soterism, and it turned out that if she
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  knew things, I told her everything and asked her if she could do anything
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  about it. He said it was likely. The only thing was that she
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  lived in the State of Mexico, hundreds of miles from the garbage dump.
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  I didn' t have the resources to pay him a ticket. Trying to
• 56:53
  think of a solution. She told me she could turn around but in return,
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  I had to hand her over to the cat I had adopted. When
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  I asked him what he wanted for, he told me that this cat might
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  have a very powerful energy load, which would help him to make a sacrifice
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  within a ritual. I refused right away. She didn' t insist.
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  He only told me that those objects had not arrived at the garbage dump,
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  just by chance that the person who had sent them had the intention to imbue
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  that place with certain energies. That' s why cats were getting there,
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  too. It made it very clear to me that if the objects were not
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  removed from the place, worse things would start to happen and they would happen
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  more and more frequently after exchanging those messages with the witch. I went back
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  to my house feeling weird. The cat still seemed to be afraid of me
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  and believe me when I told them that seeing him under the hidden chair of
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  me, made me think of handing him over to the witch, but I
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  didn' t finish deciding. Over the next three months, five more cats
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  of the same breed came in black bags with the same name on their necklace.
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  Bastet. The only thing that changed his necklace was the Roman numerals.
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  The one I had in my house was the seventh, the other one that
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  had already appeared was the eighth and the five that appeared in those three months
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  went from the ninth to the thirteenth. Things got to their limit when the
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  garbage dump just like that in a black bag came a lifeless person and had
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  them cut all over his body. Those cuts were made in such a way
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  that they formed the name Bastet. I had that name written dozens of times
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  all over my body. It was the scariest thing I' ve ever seen.
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  We did the same thing with the partner who died. We threw the
• 58:52
  body into a well, set it on fire and covered it with garbage.
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  Things couldn' t go on like this. I talked to the yard and
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  told her about the witch who was willing to travel to the city to put
• 59:04
  an end to everything that was going on. He told me it was a
• 59:07
  very good idea. Then I told her that for the witch to come,
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  I had to hand her over to Bastet and that she was going to kill
• 59:15
  my cat. The boss got serious and told me that the decision was mine,
• 59:20
  but he also made it clear to me that if someone else' s
• 59:23
  body came in, things could get tough and I ran the risk of having
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  to close the dump and we would all be out of work. I couldn
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  ' t afford to lose my job. My mother needed her meds. Then
• 59:38
  I had no choice but to send a message to the Witch and tell her
• 59:43
  that she accepted her offer, that she would hand over to my cat.
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  Three days later, the Witch arrived at the landfill, the boss and I
• 59:51
  took her to where we had left the objects. There for the tires,
• 59:54
  all he asked us was to give him a black bag, already with bag
• 1:00:00
  in hand the Witch began to make gestures with her hands that, by the
• 1:00:04
  way, all her fingers had full of rings. And then, as if
• 1:00:07
  nothing, he grabbed the objects and put them in the bag. From his
• 1:00:13
  jacket, he drew a bottle of something like an oil, emptied it over
• 1:00:16
  the bag. Then he crouched, put his hands very close to the bag
• 1:00:21
  and caused his rings to crash so that a spark came out and that spark
• 1:00:25
  set the bag on fire. He told us that that fire would be burning
• 1:00:30
  for at least three days, but that by the time the objects were extinguished,
• 1:00:36
  they would be ashes and the garbage dump would no longer reach bodies or
• 1:00:39
  bald cats, much less people. The boss told the witch that there was
• 1:00:44
  forecast rain with seventy percent for the next day, she replied that it did
• 1:00:47
  not matter that that fire she had made could not be extinguished with anything until
• 1:00:53
  the objects were completely destroyed. Then the boss took the witch and me to
• 1:00:59
  my house to deliver the cat. Before I got out of the skipper'
• 1:01:06
  s truck to get the cat, I reminded the witch that I had already
• 1:01:08
  told her that the cat was taking my turn. She told me that the
• 1:01:12
  cat did that because, by spending so many hours in the garbage dump,
• 1:01:15
  a little damn energy from the objects had impregnated me. That energy could smell
• 1:01:22
  it. That' s why he kept away from me like objects. Although
• 1:01:25
  they were not yet destroyed, they were already sealed, I would have no
• 1:01:30
  problem carrying it, I got out of the truck and entered the house.
• 1:01:37
  As soon as I opened the door, there was the cat waiting for me
• 1:01:40
  I carried it. I made some love to her and I went out.
• 1:01:44
  My brothers asked me where I was taking the basset. What I made up
• 1:01:47
  was that the owner had gone to the garbage dump to claim it and had
• 1:01:52
  to hand it over to her. I went to the truck and even though
• 1:01:57
  I didn' t really want to, I handed the cat over to the
• 1:02:00
  witch. The boss told me to take the rest of the week to rest
• 1:02:05
  and gave me some money. Then he tore off his truck and left from
• 1:02:10
  then until today. I never had another pet again. I refuse because I
• 1:02:15
  want to avoid the pain of being involved in another complicated situation that forces me
• 1:02:21
  to hand over an innocent animal to a person who only wants to offer his
• 1:02:25
  body as a sacrifice. I haven' t stopped feeling guilty for a second,
• 1:02:30
  but I don' t regret it either, because thanks to what the
• 1:02:36
  witch said to us, she came to the garbage dump. We were able
• 1:02:39
  to keep working normally. Therefore, I was able to keep buying my mother
• 1:02:43
  her medicine and in the two thousand eighteen she finally recovered from her illness.
• 1:02:49
  So I understand that giving up that cat was a cruel act, but an
• 1:02:53
  animal' s life is worth nothing more than my mother' s life.
• 1:03:05
  In ancient texts it is mentioned that God possesses seventy- two names, although
• 1:03:08
  some of them are more recognized as Jehovah Key and Ugin. However, there
• 1:03:15
  are other names of which their existence is unknown. One of these names is
• 1:03:22
  either the Dumare, which is considered the name of God. Inside Santería,
• 1:03:25
  the Dumare olo is revered as the supreme creator and ruler of the Universe.
• 1:03:31
  In Santeria he is attributed the absolute power to control and organize all aspects of
• 1:03:37
  existence, from the physical to the spiritual. In my personal experience, which
• 1:03:45
  I have been practicing Santeria for almost fifteen years, Santeria is a rather pleasant
• 1:03:51
  religion, just like in the Catholic Church. One of the first teachings I
• 1:03:57
  received was the ten commandments which are said to have been dictated by Olofin,
• 1:04:01
  who is regarded as Christ. In Santeria, these commandments represent fundamental moral and
• 1:04:08
  ethical principles that guide the conduct of Santeria practitioners. The ten commandments are as
• 1:04:15
  follows. First, it is forbidden to take possession unjustly of another person'
• 1:04:21
  s belongings. Secondly, the act of taking life is justified only in situations
• 1:04:29
  of self- defence or self- defence. Third, it is forbidden to
• 1:04:35
  consume meat from human beings. Fourthly, harmony and peace are encouraged in relations
• 1:04:42
  with others. Fifth, it is forbidden to desire with envy or greed the
• 1:04:48
  goods and possessions of another person. Sixth, it is prohibited to use the
• 1:04:54
  name olodumare ideolofin in vain and blaspheme. Seventh, they are encouraged to show
• 1:05:00
  respect and gratitude to parents and figures of authority. Eighth it is forbidden to
• 1:05:06
  allow oneself to be dominated by greed and the excessive desire for material riches.
• 1:05:12
  Ninth, acceptance of death as a natural part of life is promoted and it
• 1:05:16
  is prohibited to cause one' s own death. Tenth, emphasis is placed
• 1:05:21
  on the importance of fulfilling, respecting, obeying, and transmitting their teaching to
• 1:05:28
  others. In Santeria, as in other religions, there are figures of authority
• 1:05:34
  and spiritual guidance. While Catholics have priests and Christians have pastors. In Santerías,
• 1:05:43
  the Babylonians are used as spiritual leaders and counselors. Besides Olodumar and Iolofin.
• 1:05:50
  In Santerías more than four hundred orchards are venerated. These orichas can be
• 1:05:57
  considered as divine entities or deities and although they are not completely equivalent to the
• 1:06:02
  saints or angelic beings of other religious traditions, they are often interpreted as similar.
• 1:06:10
  Each shore has its own characteristics, attributes and areas of influence and are
• 1:06:15
  revered and requested to receive blessings, guidance and protection in different aspects of life.
• 1:06:23
  I would like to take these minutes to talk to you about various things
• 1:06:28
  that I know there are many people who have doubts like rituals and divination.
• 1:06:33
  First, let' s go to rituals in Santeria. Instead of performing Masses
• 1:06:40
  and directing prayers to God or to the saints, we perform rituals whose purpose
• 1:06:44
  is always to establish a connection with some oricha and request their attention. Inside
• 1:06:50
  the rituals. There is something we call cebó that could be understood as a
• 1:06:56
  sacrifice. However, it is important to bear in mind that not all of
• 1:07:00
  you imply the taking of a life. Some eboz are actions that require effort
• 1:07:08
  and dedication and are performed in the day- to- day as part of
• 1:07:12
  spiritual practice, but are left out of formal rituals. Let us take into
• 1:07:17
  consideration the example of an ebo outside of rituals, where the act of walking
• 1:07:23
  to work every day can be considered a sample of effort and dedication towards a
• 1:07:28
  particular oricha. In carrying out this action it is sought to demonstrate not only
• 1:07:34
  the willingness to carry out the work that sustains us, but also the willingness
• 1:07:40
  to do even more to show a need and to ask for the help of
• 1:07:44
  the corresponding saying. On the other hand, within rituals, you can involve
• 1:07:47
  sacrifices of flesh and blood. The animal to be offered as an egg depends
• 1:07:55
  on whether orricha is to be offered the offering. For example, p or.
• 1:08:00
  For changos, roosters are used, white chickens are used for the same,
• 1:08:03
  red roosters are used for some, goats are used for ochun and ducks
• 1:08:09
  are used for yolks. The choice of the animal as an offering is related
• 1:08:15
  to the symbolology and spiritual connection that each shore has with certain animals. It
• 1:08:20
  is of the utmost importance to clarify that in Santeria there are not sacrifices made,
• 1:08:26
  but a specific purpose, since to make a worldly sacrifice is not a
• 1:08:30
  nebo and to do that is severely punished by the shores. In order for
• 1:08:35
  a sacrifice of flesh and blood to be considered a nebo it must be accompanied
• 1:08:41
  by a ch which is the reason or reason for making such an offering.
• 1:08:45
  H is the factor that gives meaning and meaning to sacrifice. Without the presence
• 1:08:51
  of H it is not considered a valid snow. This means that if there
• 1:08:56
  is no legitimate and justifiable reason to make the wholesome sacrifice, it is considered
• 1:09:00
  a worldly act and is not accepted by the orichas. Making worldly sacrifices without
• 1:09:06
  a valid purpose can result in severe spiritual consequences and punishments. It is important
• 1:09:15
  to understand that revenge is not considered a valid h. Seeking revenge is a
• 1:09:19
  worldly motive and the orriches will not offer their help in that regard. For
• 1:09:24
  a motive to be accepted as h must be legitimate and aligned with the spiritual
• 1:09:30
  principles of santeria. Examples of valid motives may include clearing us from a curse,
• 1:09:36
  seeking spiritual counsel, addressing a genuine need, seeking to remedy a physical
• 1:09:44
  or emotional condition, or asking for a deceased’ s rest. Once it
• 1:09:48
  has been clearly identified what the h is you can proceed to perform the responding
• 1:09:54
  voice. However, before executing the elevations, it is important to present to
• 1:10:00
  oricha an adimu, which is an offering similar to an altar of the dead.
• 1:10:05
  The adimus consists of candles, fruits, sweets and a personal object,
• 1:10:11
  thus creating a sacred space in which the connection with the oricha is established.
• 1:10:15
  Adimus is considered a way of showing respect and devotion to the oricha, as
• 1:10:20
  if it were an altar of the dead. It may also happen that the
• 1:10:26
  orisa rejects the adimu, either because the offering did not like it, or
• 1:10:30
  because the oricha knows that we have a hidden intention behind our Che we can
• 1:10:35
  compare this with the situation in which a child approaches someone and asks him what
• 1:10:40
  he is eating. Adults can understand that the child is not really interested in
• 1:10:45
  knowing what it is, but seeks to get something from what they are eating.
• 1:10:49
  In this case it is a hidden intention, when what we want to
• 1:10:54
  ask of an oricha is something very big, either to cure a cancer or
• 1:10:59
  to find a relative who was deprived of his freedom. The eboy and adimu
• 1:11:02
  to be offered scale in magnitude. This implies that more significant and elaborate sacrifices
• 1:11:10
  and offerings will be made, thus showing the importance and seriousness of our request.
• 1:11:16
  For example, if we want to make a very important request to Lewa,
• 1:11:21
  it is necessary to prepare an adimu that is a significant offering. This
• 1:11:27
  implies including items such as tobacco, corn, coconut, fish and pellets,
• 1:11:32
  in addition to all the traditional elements found on a dead altar. As for
• 1:11:39
  levó, a multiple sacrifice is required. The horns of a bull or an
• 1:11:44
  ox should be offered the tail of a monkey and the head of a chicken
• 1:11:47
  as part of the sacrifice. If the oricha agreed to help. Once you
• 1:11:54
  have fulfilled what you were asked to do, you should have a party.
• 1:11:58
  This feast is called bene b This feast is a way of expressing gratitude and
• 1:12:02
  devotion to the oricha for his intervention and blessings received. It is important to
• 1:12:10
  note that the preparation and realization of a benbé involves a series of rituals,
• 1:12:15
  dances, music and food dedicated to the corresponding saying. During the baby'
• 1:12:20
  s celebration music is used that is played with three specific drums, one large
• 1:12:27
  drum and two medium drums. Those drums must be made of palm trunks and
• 1:12:31
  must have a single patch nailed to one end of the resonance box. It
• 1:12:38
  is important to note that, according to tradition, these drums should only be
• 1:12:43
  touched by men. This standard is based on the practices and roles assigned in
• 1:12:47
  Santería, where each genre has its specific role in ceremonies and rituals. It
• 1:12:55
  should be mentioned that this description provides an overview of the elements and practices related
• 1:13:00
  to the rituals of Santería. There are more details and technical considerations that may
• 1:13:08
  vary according to the specific traditions and practices of each community or religious house.
• 1:13:14
  Now going on to divination, this is certainly a common practice within Santeria.
• 1:13:20
  However, unlike conceiving divination only as a means of knowing the future in Santeria,
• 1:13:27
  it is considered as a way of establishing direct communication with the banks is
• 1:13:31
  used as a method of entering into conversations with them and receiving spiritual guidance.
• 1:13:41
  There are four main divination systems in Santeria, Coconut, snails, Ifa board
• 1:13:45
  andécole. Each divination system has its own characteristics, symbolism and methods of
• 1:13:55
  interpretation. The divination by a spin of cups cannot be done by any santero,
• 1:14:01
  nor by any drooling. This method requires the specialized skill and knowledge of
• 1:14:08
  a chamalongo, a person who has been prepared for many years to accurately perform
• 1:14:13
  the interpretation of a coconut roll. The story says that, at the beginning
• 1:14:19
  of all the Dumare gathered all the more than four hundred orchards under a coconut
• 1:14:25
  palm and that there he assigned to each one their function. This special connection
• 1:14:30
  between coconut and olodumare is what allows it to be used as a method of
• 1:14:34
  divination in Santería. Coconuts are believed to have a deep spiritual energy and connection
• 1:14:40
  with olodumare and orichas, making it an effective means of establishing communication and receiving
• 1:14:45
  guidance. Before doing the divination with coconut, it is necessary to carry out
• 1:14:54
  a transmutation process in which the coconut becomes an ovi. This transfor involves the
• 1:15:00
  coconut leaving its fruit nature to acquire a divine state. Once the coconut has
• 1:15:05
  become oubi, it is necessary to appeal and break the hard shell using a
• 1:15:11
  special hammer it is important to perform this process on an altar, since the
• 1:15:16
  coconut transformed into oubi, being considered something divine, should not touch the soil
• 1:15:21
  after breaking the shell. The inside of the coconut is divided into four equal
• 1:15:28
  parts and each of these parts becomes an oracle. The four parts of oubi
• 1:15:33
  representing the oracles are taken by the chamalongo and thrown over the altar. In
• 1:15:41
  this way, each of the four oracles can fall with face upwards or face
• 1:15:45
  downwards, being able to give a total of five different combinations. One all
• 1:15:53
  the oracles pointing up, two one oracle pointing up and three down? Three
• 1:16:00
  two oracles pointing up and two down? Four three oracles pointing up and one
• 1:16:08
  down five all oracles pointing down. Each of these five combinations has its own
• 1:16:15
  name and meaning Alafia and Taba, Egife, Oyecum and Okana Soud. These
• 1:16:23
  names represent different situations answers or advice that are interpreted according to the context of
• 1:16:30
  the question or the concern raised. As I mentioned earlier, the precise interpretations
• 1:16:36
  of the five combinations of divination with coconuts are performed by the chamalongos, who
• 1:16:43
  possess the knowledge and experience necessary to do so. Unfortunately, I cannot provide
• 1:16:49
  you with the exact interpretations of the other combinations, but there is one that
• 1:16:55
  I do know how to interpret. It is the oikun, which is when
• 1:16:59
  all the hours are pointing down, when it comes out ocum represents the proximity
• 1:17:04
  of situations related to blood, death and destruction. This combination may indicate the
• 1:17:11
  presence of difficulties, hazards or negative events that may have a significant impact on
• 1:17:17
  the life of the consultant. It is important to remember that the interpretation of
• 1:17:24
  oicun, like the other combinations, is not limited only to its literal meaning,
• 1:17:30
  but must be considered in the specific context of consultation and in relation to
• 1:17:33
  the beliefs and practices of Santeria. Therefore, it is always advisable to seek
• 1:17:41
  the guidance and advice of a qualified chamalongo to obtain an accurate and complete interpretation
• 1:17:46
  of the divination with coconut. Now let' s go with the snails.
• 1:17:53
  I mean, at least as far as I' m concerned. Divination with
• 1:17:57
  snails is the most complex method due to the various knowledge required to perform an
• 1:18:01
  accurate interpretation. To carry out this practice, you need to have knowledge in
• 1:18:10
  necromancy, astrology, philosophy and numerology. The person who specializes in snail readings
• 1:18:15
  is called oriaté. It is important to note that you cannot use any type
• 1:18:24
  of snails for this divinatory method. We have to use some. Specifically.
• 1:18:30
  It is a small seashells elongated and open from one of their faces. In
• 1:18:34
  addition, they have a strip that crosses them completely. Like coconuts, snails
• 1:18:40
  must go through a transmutation process to acquire their heavenly form known as dilogun.
• 1:18:48
  During this process, snails transcend their aquatic nature and become a divine instrument used
• 1:18:55
  for divination. Oriaté follows a specific procedure. First, dip your middle finger
• 1:19:06
  in water and spray the snails with that water. He then prays to the
• 1:19:13
  orrichas, establishing a spiritual connection to carry out the consultation. Then, holding
• 1:19:19
  the snails between the palms of his hands, the oriat touches the forehead of
• 1:19:26
  the person seeking the consultation' s hands and knees. Once these preliminary steps
• 1:19:30
  have been completed, the oriate throws the sixteen snails on a special board.
• 1:19:38
  It proceeds to count snails that have fallen with the opening upwards, while those
• 1:19:43
  that have fallen with the opening downwards are ignored in the interpretation. It is
• 1:19:49
  important to note that the interpretation of snails is a highly specialized knowledge reserved for
• 1:19:56
  the oriatz, who have received extensive and profound training in the system of divination.
• 1:20:02
  The combinations and messages transmitted by snails depending on their specific position on the
• 1:20:08
  board are part of the wisdom and knowledge transmitted from generation to generation. Moving
• 1:20:15
  on to the IFÁ table, it is a system that is composed of sixteen
• 1:20:19
  main odu these or two are combinations of binary pairs known as Meiji or Odi
• 1:20:26
  Jumeji. Each ear represents a specific set of verses and symbols that contain a
• 1:20:31
  vast knowledge and orientation. Each Odu has its own history and associated teachings transmitted
• 1:20:39
  over generations. These stories and teachings contain ancient wisdom, mythology, and practical
• 1:20:47
  advice for everyday life. Babalaos are experts in the use and interpretation of the
• 1:20:53
  IFÁ table. They have been initiated and have received rigorous training in the knowledge
• 1:21:00
  and techniques necessary to carry out IFÁ readings. In the EIFAS table method,
• 1:21:05
  several instruments are used, including a divination tray and divination chains. These instruments
• 1:21:14
  are sacred tools that help the drooling in the consultation and interpretation process. Before
• 1:21:20
  you start the divination session. The drooling is prepared by performing rituals and ceremonies.
• 1:21:28
  These rituals seek to establish a spiritual connection with the orichas and request their
• 1:21:33
  guidance and assistance. During the reading of Ifa. It seeks to obtain the
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  clarity and wisdom necessary to correctly interpret the messages transmitted through the Ifa table.
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  During the consultation, the drool uses a tail nut. The tail nut is
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  thrown into the air and its fall and position is interpreted. Babalao carefully analyzes
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  these elements and extracts relevant information that relates to the verses and symbols associated with
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  the odes of the IFÁ table. Through this process, messages and guidance are
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  obtained that are shared with the person seeking the consultation. Compared to other divinatory
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  methods. The use of the ifa table can be considered less complex due to
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  its structure and interpretation of the elements used. Finally, there' s the
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  équele. It is a chain or necklace formed by a series of beads strung
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  into a thread or chain. The echo is mainly used by drooling. Unlike
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  the ifa table, which is used to obtain the sixteen sodu,école is
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  used to obtain binary responses, i e, yes or no. This method
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  is the simplest, by the way, that it does not require interpretation.
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  There are only two possible answers to any question that is real to the orrichas.
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  The way it works is that the drool holds theécohuel in its hands
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  and performs a series of specific movements such as turning it or causing it to
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  collide with its palm. These movements generate a characteristic sound that, together with
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  the way the beads move and collide with each other, the drool can determine
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  whether or not the answer is yes to the question posed. It is important
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  to note thatÉQELE, being a binary response system, does not provide the
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  same depth and complexity as the Ifa table. However, it is a useful
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  and practical tool to get quick and direct answers to specific questions. There'
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  s so many more things I could talk to you about Santeria, but I
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  ' m done with that. In case there is a second occasion, stories
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  written and adapted by Ramiro contreras