Economy and Infidelity Keep Mexican Witchcraft Alive Agencia EFE
go to original May 9, 2017

Inside Mexico City's Creepiest Market (CAM-TV Record)

The economic crisis and marital infidelity are keeping witchcraft practices such as Santeria, shamanism and spiritualism alive and well in Mexico, as shown by the sale of articles said to have infalible powers.

A good example is the Sonora Market in Mexico City, which has been a pioneer in the sale of mystical products for almost 60 years.

Dozens of stands here are full of amulets, incense and saintly candle holders whose scent and colors are sought daily by the lost and lonely who've lost faith in traditional religion. They are now willing to invest in magic items to fix problems that range from an empty bank account to a broken heart.

Wearing a choker decorated with a crocodile's head, the shamanic animal that protects him, Manuel Baladez has been a spiritual guide and store owner since 1977, when he immersed himself in the world of the esoterism driven by financial and personal reasons.

Baladez offers his customers objects that protect them, as well as a cleansing with the use of herbs, which, he said, "provide baths with the energy for the shedding of evil and purification by cleansing."

...The Sonora Market also offers literature on sorcery: a vast majority of the books are about positive "white magic," while the rest are negative, dealing with such practices as exorcisms and curses.

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