Holy Death (Santa Muerte) figure candle, 10″

How to Use It

Folk Catholicism & Spiritism

• Offerings: set the candle on her altar with a glass of water, red roses, an apple, a cigar or a shot of tequila, and ask your favour plainly.
• Black for protection: burn the black figure to break spells, shield the home and turn back enemies.
• Gold and silver for money: burn while asking for help with business, debts and steady income.

Demonology & Black Magick

• Santa Muerte is also petitioned for harder work, including revenge and justice against enemies, with the black figure dressed and burned while the enemy is named.
• Devotees approach such requests with care and always repay her, since a broken promise to her is feared.

A Simple Working

• Clean a small space and set a white cloth on it as her altar.
• Place the candle at the centre with a glass of fresh water.
• Add a red rose and a shot of tequila or a cigar as an offering.
• Light the candle and greet her as Santísima Muerte.
• Ask for one favour, clearly, and promise what you will give in return.
• Let the candle burn, keeping her water fresh.
• When the favour comes, keep your promise without delay.

Pairs Well With

• Red roses: a favourite offering on her altar.
• Tequila: a traditional drink offering.
• A cigar: smoke offered to her as thanks.
• A Santa Muerte prayer card: to keep beside the candle.

What You Receive

A large 10″ Holy Death figure candle in black, red/black, gold or silver.

Origin & Lore

Santa Muerte is a Mexican folk saint, the personification of death as a robed skeleton, venerated by millions in Mexico and the United States. Her devotion mixes Catholic forms such as rosaries, novenas and prayers with offerings and favours asked directly of her. Figure candles in her image are lit on home altars, with black usually chosen for protection and reversing, red for love, and gold or silver for money and business.

She holds a scythe, a globe and sometimes the scales of justice, and her devotees call her La Flaca, the Skinny One.

Santa Muerte devotion went public in 2001 when Enriqueta Romero, known as Doña Queta, set up a life-size statue outside her home in the Tepito neighbourhood of Mexico City. The shrine draws crowds every month, though the Catholic Church has condemned the cult. Some devotees link her to the Aztec death goddess Mictecacihuatl, a connection historians still debate.