Hello, I was raised Russian Orthodox but always questioned my faith, I started studying Folk Catholicism and think it might be for me; But I'm just a little confused on the belief system... I think your blog is really cool and was wondering if you could shed some light on my questions.... Thank you!!! <3
Hello!!! I have to start that I am so honored you reached out to me! <3
Unfortunately, I don't have a definitive answer for your question; folk catholicism is often traditional catholicism redesigned to meet the needs of the individual or family "practicing" it! In my experience, many folk religions are kind of built in that way. For example, I was raised Evangelical-Protestant, so my view of the cosmology heavily relies on a protestant foundation, with some catholic (and Enochian) twists.
The most common, general things (and please y'all, correct me if I'm wrong) are a belief in G-d, Jesus, and Mary, and working with Saints. Ancestor veneration also goes extremely well with folk catholicism and is common in many cultural folk practices!
If you want, go ahead and DM me and I would LOVE to go through my personal cosmology/beliefs with you!
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Not bad for a first try! Who knew that onions are hiding sunshine in their skins? Not me. I think that the colour is in part due to the overnight soak in the dye. And you know, the actual sunlight.
It was fun to mix folklore with something practical. So my tip; wear amber and call on heathen spirits and gods! Especially when dyeing, spinning and processing wool.
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A charm inscribed with ink made of Dragonsblood and soot, cooks upon my altar for someone close to my Mother. 🖤
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This may be a great big, juicy Controversial Opinion (tm) that I'm throwing out to the wolves here, but I personally feel that if you're gonna go down the path of magic and the occult, you need to just come to terms with the fact that somewhere, at some point, there is going to be something that fucks you up a little bit.
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The Magician. Art by Maria Ku, from the Of Folk & Fable Tarot.
Meet Ivan Tsarevitch, the Fire Bird, and the Grey Wolf, for the Magician card. (What can I say? I love a good wolf.)
Full art:
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Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry DS manual
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Excuse me, who gave you permission to be this pretty???
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Saint Medals
So, do any other folk catholic/ people who work with saints use medals? What do y’all like to do with yours aside from jewelry or adding them to jewelry? I have a Miraculous medal on my rosary, would adding more to it be excessive? Just curious and looking for others input
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One of the many reasons Fundamentalism sucks is because it reads spiritual text as a fact. As an absolute that can't be challenged.
On the other hand, I don't think there's much to be gained as seeing spiritual text as "pure metaphor".
The "spiritual" is neither metaphorical nor factual. It exists in an abstract space between the two. That's why we have a whole different word for it. That word being...well, the spiritual.
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magicians quest stickers for mysterious times!!!!
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