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Allan Turner of the Houston Chronicle reports on a community in Houston, Texas, that practices Santeria, an often misunderstood Afro-Caribbean faith. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. FOr the original report and a gallery of photos, follow the link below. Disciples fill Faizah Perry’s sunny suburban Houston home for a day of worship as chanting emanates from a sheet-curtained side room in which she divines the future and enacts other secret rituals. Perry, a priestess, feels a deep spiritual connection to a saint-like “patron” called Ogun and predicts events channeling other spirits using sacred seashells. Her faith is called Santeria, a religion grounded in African beliefs that were transported to the New World aboard slave ships and melded with Christian beliefs in Cuba. By at least one survey now a decade old, there were about 22,000 Santeria practitioners active in the United States. Perry estimates the greater Houston area is home to t

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