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Rocker Carlos Santana Claims Religious Vision
Posted by FoM on December 09, 1999 at 11:43:02 PT
By Karina Balderas
Source: Reuters
Mexican-born rock star Carlos Santana said Wednesday he had spoken to the country's most revered religious figure -- the Virgin of Guadalupe -- while praying. Santana, who rose to fame with hits like "Black Magic Woman" and recently headed the U.S. album charts with his band's album "Supernatural," also declared that marijuana was not a drug.
The 52-year-old rock star told a packed news conference -- characterized by a strong stench of incense -- in a Mexico City hotel that the Virgin of Guadalupe, the Mexican version of the Virgin Mary, "spoke to him" while he was praying in church."My heart was transformed into a bird of fire that only wanted to fly and go toward her," said Santana."I started to cry -- I'd never cried in my life -- and she said, 'Calm down, breathe, I am very proud and happy with you,"' Santana said."When the mother of Guadalupe tells you this, you are alive," Santana added. He did not say exactly when the conversation occurred.The Virgin's image is jealously guarded in Mexico, where she is seen as a symbol of nationhood.Santana's words came just four days before millions of Mexicans start their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Guadalupe, in the north of Mexico City, where according to legend the Virgin appeared to the Indian Juan Diego in 1531.Santana dedicated his new album to "God, who put me in touch with angels, outside and inside my eyes."Reporters at the meeting to promote a concert in Mexico City Friday appeared skeptical of the rocker's words, one saying: "The Virgin didn't even say so much to Juan Diego."Santana went on to discuss the merits of marijuana."Marijuana is not a drug and if factories are set up here to make clothes, tofu cheese, medicine and paper from marijuana, we won't have to chop down so many trees," said the singer, prompting confused looks from his assistants.Published: December 9, 1999Copyright © 1995-1999 Excite Inc.
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Comment #1 posted by Rasta Renee on January 06, 2000 at 19:28:40 PT:
Santana's enlightened words
I praise Carlos Santana for freely speaking his mind, soul, and visions.I have grown up with Carlos Santana's music, and have always had the same beliefs he is now discussing publicy.Marijuana has never been a drug, only a God-given sacrament herb for all to use.I only wish our Federal government would hear his words and take them seriously to free our personal options without the danger of prosecution.Santana is a living profit, he always has been.JAH BLESS
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