I was feeling sick and went to the bed early. I was dreaming. Suddenly I saw big colorful demons dancing around and singing like a chorus. I prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe because I knew I wasn’t a big sinner after all and my bad deeds weren’t so bad that the devils should come after me. It seemed the Virgin protected me, because the demons began to dance away and escape through the window. I felt relieved. I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for saving me from eternal fire.

I prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe so much for saving me from these terrible nightmares. I was suffering from a repeated dream about being brutally raped by devils. The Virgin heard my prayers and now I sleep calmly and peacefully. I dedicate this retablo in order to thank the Virgin.

San Antonio Aguas Calientes, 1959

I thank the Lord of Saucito because he helped my husband to overcome his addiction to Diet Doctor Pepper.

Nicolasa Guzman had a dream in which she was marrying the devil. She woke up frightened. She offers this retablo to Saint Michael the Archangel and promises to stop stealing at her work.

I was coming back home after buying a piglet, when a devil made my horse to stumble on the rocks. That devil had been following me for days, doing his shenanigans. There were a lot of cacti in that place where my horse stumbled. But thanks to the Virgin nor the horse, nor the piglet, nor I fell into them but landed on the grass. After that accident I bought a medallion of the Virgin of Zapopan, and the furious devil had to leave me in peace.

A devil used to come to my dreams every night and tortured me. I prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe, and she sent me an angel who drove the devil away.

My daughter Laura is a real beauty but when she got angry she cursed like a sailor. I was so ashamed and embarrass for her, I prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan. One day my daughter was about to curse but instead there were frogs, snakes and little devils falling out of her mouth. Now she speaks rather cautiously, chasing the right words and trying to speak politely. I thank the Virgin for this miracle.

A real she-devil came to our town. She looked like a nice, well-educated, friendly lady, but my friends and I were afraid of her. There was always the sulphur smell after she left. But we were so scared and afraid that she could do something to us or our families, we couldn’t refuse to have her when she visited us. She always came for a tea, or a dinner. And she was very voracious. We thank the Blessed Sacrament because on the Holy Week the she-devil disappeared and we haven’t seen her since.

Pedro Gomez thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe for saving his brother Jesus form dying when he was hit by a truck with failed brakes.

Mexico City
November 2, 1965

It was getting dark. My daughters were in hurry to get home, so they decided to take a short cut through the don Pancho’s ranch. Suddenly the devil appeared to them. He was hiding among the cows. The girls were frighten, and they ran faster than the wind. Thanks to the Virgin’s protection, the devil couldn’t catch them.

I thought my husband snored a lot. I couldn’t stand this noise. But one day when my husband was away I heard the same snore. I looked under my bed in fear and found out it was a house demon who slept calmly and snored with all his might. I sprinkled some holy water under the bed, and the devil ran away frightened. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan because the devil didn’t come back. My husband is also grateful to the Virgin because he thought that it was me who snored.

I was a very attractive man always hanged round by the ladies. I have deceived and cheated on many of them—out of pure vanity. But it happened so Lupita put an evil eye on me and said that I would burn in hell. That night, the demon came to my bedroom, sat down and said, smoking a cigar “Do you come with me, buddy?” I prayed to Saint Michael the Archangel. Probably even the name of the archangel made the devil disappeared. And I promised to not deceive a woman ever again.

My husband is a good man but very boring. However, once a week he becomes a pure devil. It makes up for the rest dull days. I thank the Virgin for wonderful days with my devil.