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Devotion to Santa Muerte1 comment

L0r3nz0 wrote 2 weeks ago: The religion of Santa Muerte “Saint Death” Part 1 of 2 The religion of Santa Muerte … more →

Tags: Afterlife, asceticism, Aztlan, BioRegion, Catholic, Catholic Folk Magic, Cultural Anthropology, Culture, Daily Practice

Merry Krampus!

L0r3nz0 wrote 3 weeks ago: Krampus – This mythological horned figure from the Germanic Alps is a close companion of St. N … more →

Tags: Animism, Cultural Anthropology, Culture, Folk traditions, History, Holidays, indigenous, Psychology, tradition

The Lonely Goth’s Guide to Independent Catholicism

L0r3nz0 wrote 3 weeks ago: Wulfila or Ulfilas (meaning “little wolf”) is a freelance theologian, bishop, and transl … more →

Tags: Catholic, Church History, Cultural Anthropology, Culture, Faith and Works, Gender, History, Politics, social issues

The Grimoires of St Cyprian

L0r3nz0 wrote 1 month ago: from . . . http://ritualmagick.co.uk/121/?p=288 When we explore the history of grimoires and magic b … more →

Tags: Catholic, Catholic Folk Magic, Cultural Anthropology, Culture, Faith and Works, Folk traditions, History, spirituality

‘everything is full of gods’

L0r3nz0 wrote 1 month ago: Excerpts from an interesting post on comic books, animism, magic, saints and super heroes, psycholog … more →

Tags: Animism, Art, Catholic, Cultural Anthropology, Culture, Mysticism, Nature

MEXICAN HERBAL MAGIC

L0r3nz0 wrote 1 month ago: Check out this piece from . . . http://www.luckymojo.com/magic/folk/latinamerican/ebh200207_mexican_ … more →

Tags: Actions, Cultural Anthropology, Daily Practice, Grassroots, History, spirituality, health, Culture, Faith and Works

Hino da Umbanda

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: Paganism, Syncretism, Brazil, Umbanda

New to the blogroll5 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 1 month ago: From The Lonely Goth’s Guide to Independent Catholicism Found this essay, on fairies in early … more →

Tags: Internet, Folk Catholicism, Magic, Philosophy

The lodestone in Hoodoo conjuring

Arturo Vasquez wrote 2 months ago: As a supplement to last week’s post, I present more information on the lodestone as it was use … more →

Tags: Internet, Magic

rant

benjaminchew110478 wrote 2 months ago: I enjoy the verbal musings of religious academia the most, be they formal academia (with formal prof … more →

Tags: Musings of a Church-going Agnostic, Personal Musings, Walking On Water, Benjamin Chew, Singapore, RIchard Dawkins, Christianity, Sam Harris, Personal Commentary

For questionable hagiographies

Arturo Vasquez wrote 3 months ago:   Lal Shahbaz Qalandar once roamed the Indian province of Sindh (now a part of Pakistan) as a missio … more →

Tags: Internet, Folk Catholicism, Islam

Featuring: Gods of Power: A Study of the Beliefs and Practices of Animists (Paperback)2 comments

spicewriter wrote 4 months ago: Gods of Power Gods of Power [X] Paperback Publisher: Impact International Foundation; 4th edition (1 … more →

Tags: Religion, Education, Caribbean, Grenada, Books, Vonnie James, church, Christian, Gods of Power

Trying to catch upon some courses

spicewriter wrote 4 months ago: Hey guys/ladies-I am currently trying to catch up on some courses.Please be patient with this postin … more →

Tags: Caribbean, Education, Religion, Thought, Vonnie James, gite, Introduction to Social Work, leadership

Enchanted Protestantism16 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 5 months ago: On the “Incarnational Nature” of American Folk Belief In our commercialized society, peo … more →

Tags: Magic, Neoplatonism

Bottle Spells

Arturo Vasquez wrote 5 months ago: Lafayette, Louisiana, September 3rd, 2004 : Among the soda bottles and lost basketballs floating dow … more →

Tags: Witchcraft, Hoodoo, Louisiana

High John the Conqueror : African-American "folk saint"?3 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 6 months ago: From Bay Area botanica to Muddy Waters The following is a translation of a prayer I found in a relig … more →

Tags: Blues, Folk Catholicism, folk saints, Hoodoo, Latin America, Syncretism

玉历宝钞:return of the repressed, reworked for the current age

maryannodonnell wrote 6 months ago: old museum entrance Originally uploaded by maryannodonnell Recently I have noticed that buddhist ico … more →

Tags: noted, History, cosmography, prd culture, Nanshan, Nantou, Xin'an County, Popular Culture, blogsherpa

The other side of "otherness"3 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 6 months ago: The racial politics of American folk healing and other notes Anthony Cavender has a brief section in … more →

Tags: Folk Medicine, racism, Politics

Tomasito Herrera13 comments

Arturo Vasquez wrote 6 months ago: Spirit of an unknown child curandero. Image found on this site. … more →

Tags: curandero, Folk Catholicism, folk saints, México


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