Santeria: The Sacred Truth: Beyond Lies, Discrimination, and Propaganda

By Keith Lawrence Miller

For generations, Santeria has been described by outsiders before its practitioners were allowed to speak for themselves.

It has been called witchcraft, superstition, cult activity, and even evil. Its sacred ceremonies have been sensationalized, its African foundations diminished, and its practitioners pressured to conceal a religion that has survived enslavement, forced conversion, racial prejudice, migration, and public misunderstanding.

Santeria: The Sacred Truth offers a different encounter.

Writing as a dedicated practitioner known in Lucum religious life as Ogun On , Keith Lawrence Miller presents an expansive and deeply respectful examination of Santeria, the Orisha, and the living tradition preserved through Regla de Ocha and Lucum communities. Combining religious history, public theology, cultural analysis, legal context, and personal experience, he explains the tradition on its own terms without disclosing knowledge that properly belongs within initiation and lineage.

Readers will explore:
The Yoruba foundations and Cuban development of SanteriaThe Orisha as living sacred realities-not demons, fictional characters, or psychological metaphorsOri, destiny, character, Ash , ancestors, Od , and the Dilogg nThe meaning of offerings, initiation, sacred music, spiritual family, and religious obligationWhy Santeria has often been practiced behind closed doorsHow colonial language, hostile theology, entertainment, and media reporting created enduring stereotypesThe struggle for constitutional protection and equal religious dignityThe difference between legitimate sacred privacy and the secrecy imagined by outsidersThe ways Orisha faith has brought protection, belonging, correction, healing, and purpose to people society has rejected

This is not a manual of spells or a disclosure of restricted ceremony. It is a serious introduction to a complex religious world and a direct challenge to the lies that have prevented that world from being understood.

Santeria does not need to resemble a familiar religion to deserve fairness. Its people should not have to hide in order to be safe. And the Orisha deserve to be known with accuracy, dignity, and honor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HBFPJR7V
• ISBN13: 9798188851354
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"