#folk saints

[seraphimfall]

maybe it’s just my ex-catholics vibes, but the way evangelical christian circles treat mother mary and mary magdalene always rubbed me the wrong way.

their roles as disciples of christ are often so shamelessly downplayed that it’s laughable.

mary magdalene is never given any mention outside of “whore who closed her legs and repented” despite being one of jesus’ closest disciples and the first one to be notified that christ had risen. not to mention the belief that she was a prostitute before becoming a disciple is not biblically supported.

mary the mother gets the same treatment— albeit a further fall from grace given how highly regarded she is in catholicism. evangelicals remove every trait from mother mary except for her submission and willingness to get pregnant. they never talk of her anguish at the cross, or her hand in jesus’ ministry. they also shame the concept of veneration towards her. they teach that she was not born without sin, she was not assumed into heaven, and she cannot intercede on behalf of people who pray for her. she is essentially stripped of her title as “queen of heaven”. she’s just some woman who god picked to bear his child. there was nothing special about her and she receives no title or reward for her unimaginable struggle.

these women, and others like them, travelled alongside jesus and his apostles for their ministry journey. yet, you would never know according to evangelical teaching.

at the end of the day, catholicism is sexist as hell— but at least it gives mother mary and mary magdalene the honor and attention they deserve.

#|| the disciple || #ex catholic #ex christian #folk catholicism #exvangelical #ex fundamentalist #ex fundie #ex cult #ex religious #catholic guilt #catholic trauma #religious trauma #deconversion #deconvert #losing my religion #apostate #folk saints #apostasy #mary magdalene #virgin mary

[sun-citadel]

Break the oppressive chains that bind `round our throats, so they can hear our howls for justice.

Negro Matapacos, folk saint of street dogs and protestors.

#artists on tumblr #nobody artist club #negro Matapacos #santo negro matapacos #resistencia #folk saints #saint #santos #riot #riot dog #riot dogs #protest #1312 #religious imagery #religious iconography #dog #canine #latino artist #chains #chain

[nateconnolly]

I love you dog saint Guinefort I love you Santa Muerte I love you Maria-Kannon I love you Damballa-Moses I love you folk traditions that the Vatican hates I love you the beautiful and inevitable diversity of any religion that tries to globalize 

#folk religion #folk saints #religion #syncretism #religious pluralism #original post

[00waywardalma00]

I like to think that the Virgin Mary can be regarded as a sister to La Santa Muerte, especially La Virgen de Guadalupe. 🌹

A mi me gusta pensar que la Virgen Maria se puede considerar como una hermana de La Santa Muerte, en especial La Virgen de Guadalupe. 🌹

#espiritualidad #folk practice #spirituality #grounding #folk #latino #práctica folclórica #santa muerte #virgin mary #black madonna #altar #folk catholicism #folk saints #witchblr #divine feminine #virgen de guadalupe

[catholic-saint-tournament]

st sebastian for pride month reasons

WELL OBVIOUSLY

He'll probably be added to the folk/legendary saint tournament alongside St George, St Christopher, and Santa Muerte!

#st sebastian #catholic #christianity #folk saints #legendary saints #catholicism #roman catholicism #catholic saint tournament #catholic saints

[eopederson]

Escenas de Santuario de Difunta Correa, San Juan, 2008.

Planning a visit to Argentina later in the month, I had hoped to again visit the shrine to Difunta Correa in the desert east of the city of San Juan, but I was dissuaded by the car rental firm. Too bad, for it is about the weirdest place culturally in the Western Hemisphere. Countless gifts from believers thankful for some benefit or another attributed to a folk saint who suckled her baby even though she was dead!

¡Feliz día de Todos los Santos!

#shrine #folklore #difunta correa #san juan #argentina #2008 #photographers on tumblr #folk saints

[apenitentialprayer]

TIL that one of the largest shrines (at least in the mid-'90s) dedicated to the Catholic folk saint Anastacía in Rio de Janeiro was actually erected and maintained by an Eastern Orthodox parish

#Christianity #Catholicism #Orthodox Christianity #folk saints #Escrava Anastacía #saints #Brazil

[enchanted-moura]

It is no secret to anyone that José Gregorio Hernández is adored as a healer.

The doctor of the poor belongs to the animist cult of María Lionza —a polytheistic religion— and Afro-Cuban Santeria has a cult of José Gregorio, “popular religion” adores him.

A well-known shaman, who says she teaches people how to call on the spirit of the doctor to turn ordinary water into medicine, sells most of her Gregorio-related items to practitioners of Santeria, the Afro-Latino tradition that prevails in Latin American and Caribbean regions. In parts of Caracas, psychic healers offer the desperate the opportunity to be attended to by Hernández in person. - https://bottegadivina.blog/2015/03/03/jose-gregorio/

#espiritsmo #spirituality #https://bottegadivina.blog/2015/03/03/jose-gregorio/ #folk saints

[omnist-angels]

Does anyone know siblings of martyrs who have written or spoken about that experience, of having a sibling die and become a (folk) saint or martyr? Thank you in advance

#saints #catholicism #folk catholicism #folk saints #martyrs #christianity #catholic paganism #catholic witch #writing #theology #writing research

[espiritista-de-luz]

Saint George jeweled brooch.

#folk catholicism #saints #saint george #folk saints

[the-anarcho-occultist]

TIL there’s a Jewish folk saint in Brazil.

#jewish #judaism #folk catholicism #folk saints #saints #religion #syncretism #mysticism

[seraphimfall]

i find the trend of getting offended at goth people for wearing rosaries so funny because it’s like,,,,, how do you know they’re not ex-catholic? how do you know they’re not irish? or polish? or mexican? or italian?

you gonna tell them they can’t interact with imagery from their own culture? pls lmao.

#after all it’s supposed to be a ‘universal church’ #|| the disciple || #ex catholic #folk catholicism #folk saints #ex christian #exvangelical #religious trauma #catholic gothic #deconvert #deconversion #goth aesthetic #apostate #apostasy #losing my religion #irish catholic #leaving the church #catholic trauma #religious guilt #Mexican catholic

[mamaangiwine]

I think one of the most powerful tools a practitioner can use in ritual, though not one I see discussed often, is reenactment.

Reenacting the myths of your gods.

Reenacting the trials of your saints.

Reenacting the movement and rhythm of the natural world around you.

To act as these is to invoke these, body and soul- both from without and within. To feel the exact space that they occupy in the ritual, which is yourself. It is to clothe yourself in their divinity, so that a small part shall remain.

This is the spell, you see. That piece, that part, is the gift imparted to you. To shape you or guide you in the way you ask.

#magic #folk magic #spirituality #magic practitioners #folklore #ritual magic #sorcery #myths #polytheism #gods #saints

[folkfashion]

Saint Lucian women, Saint Lucia, by ANSE CHASTANET ST.LUCIA

#saint lucian #saint lucia #america #carribean #folk clothing #traditional clothing #traditional fashion #cultural clothing

[00waywardalma00]

A white rose candle on this fine full moon night. 🌹💀🌕

Una vela en forma de una rosa blanca en esta hermosa noche de luna llena. 🌹💀🌕

#santa muerte devotion #santa muerte #folk practice #grounding #spirituality #folk #latino #espiritualidad #práctica folclórica #santisimamuerte #la santa muerte #our lady of the most holy death #folk saints #folk catholicism #full moon ritual #altar #witchblr #death work #veneration #la flaca

[catholic-saint-tournament]

SANTA MUERTE PLEEEEEASE

Ya girl will be added to the folk/legendary saint bracket!!! Our saint list is INSANE and your modmin will need to break it up, but she'll be there!!! Now tba for which tournament will come first!!

#catholicism #santa muerte #folk saints #tumblr bracket #tumblr tournament #tumblr polls #polls