Santeria : The Religion is an informative and insightful examination of an African religion`s survival in a New World. Blending informed study as an anthropologist and personal experience as a Santerian initiate, author Migene Gonzalez - Wippler uncovers Santeria`s spellbinding elements: the pantheon of gods, the priests, the divining shells used to consult the gods, and the herbal potions prepared as medicinal cures for magic. paperback 346 pgs.