The Oracion of San Luis de Beltran is a prayer used to remove negative energy, break a curse, or provide a general blessing. Widely used in Cuba household, it is one of the core prayers of Santiguadoras.

The three Latina traditions of hechizera, santiguadora and curandera share many practices, beliefs and approaches, and also key differences.

A Curandera is a holistic healer who addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual ailments through herbs, nature, and community care.

The hechizera is a living embodiment of ancestral knowledge. Fierce intellectuals who hold our history.

Santiguadoras are spiritual healers who focus on rituals involving specific prayers, blessings, herbs, and water, while invoking angels, saints and the Virgin Mary.