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Offerings, Part 1

CAN’T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING?

I get this question often: “How do I know when I am actually hearing a spirit’s request for a specific offering?”

Well, there are a number of ways, but it may take you a while to discern just what you are “hearing,” how you are hearing it, and from whom you are…



La Santa Muerte: Folk Saint

A LITTLE INFO ON LA SANTA MUERTE TO PIQUE YOUR INTEREST

Santa Muerte, AKA Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte (Our Lady of Holy Death), La Huesuda (The Bony Lady), La Flaca (The Skinny Woman), and Santísima Muerte (Most Holy Death) is a Mexican deity, folk saint, and spiritual icon. Her origins are believed to be…



Saint Raymond Nonnatus

SAINT RAYMOND, AKA SAN RAMON

I remember when I decided to begin working with the Saints. I was raised Southern Baptist, so working with saints was a new thing for me. I wanted to start an altar, but none of the saints really seemed to “speak” to me. So, I decided I would leave it up…



It’s Super Bowl Time Once Again

“A DIRTY BIRD CAN’T FLY WITH A BROKEN WING”

Whenever the Super Bowl comes around, it makes me think of the year the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts were playing (Super Bowl XLIV, 2010). The media got a lot of millage out of the fact that New Orleans is associated with the practice of…



A General Guide To Working With the Saints

LEARNING TO CONNECT WITH YOUR SAINTED ALLIES

The intention of this guide is to provide a basis for a beginning practice of working with the saints. It is but a brief introduction to allow the average person a starting point on the…



Heating Things Up & Getting Them Moving

LIKE A BAREFOOT TOURIST ON A PHOENIX SUMMER SIDEWALK

So, on my previous post, I touched on some of the many ways one can utilize different types of timing to increase the effectiveness of your work. In addition, there are a number of things one can do to “turn up the heat” on…



Saint Dymphna for Mental Health Issues

LOVE, COMPASSION, AND HEALING

Saint Dymphna is the patron saint of mental illness, nervous disorders, and sexual abuse/rape survivors, as well as the patron of those who treat such disorders and issues, e.g. counselors, psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists, and neurologists.

Dymphna was born in Ireland in the 7th century to a Catholic mother and a pagan father, Damon,…



Make It Happen Now with Saint Expedite

MAKE IT HAPPEN NOW WITH SAINT EXPEDITE

Saint Expedite is considered a folk or unauthorized saint. Yet, that does not keep him from being very popular in this fast moving world in which we live. You see, Saint Expedite, AKA Saint Expeditus, is the patron of quick fixes, speedy resolutions, and the defeating of delays. If time is…