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Taking Time to Count the Roses: The Rosary (Part III of Roses in Tattoos and Magic)
(Trigger Warning: Catholicism) Before I talk about the rosary, here's an explanation for those who are surprised, annoyed, or even triggered to see so much Catholicism in a blog that is purportedly about magic and tattoos: Peruvian Our Lady of the Rosary painting seen at the Blanton Museum in Austin, Texas A rosary tattoo and a rose bouquet on a bride Catholicism is like a giant amoeba. It bubbled out of the deep cultural exchange that occurred in Hellenic Alexandria, slurpin

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Jun 117 min read
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Every Thorn Has Its Rose: The Rose in Christian Mysticism (Part II of The Rose in Tattoos and Magic)
One particularly decadent Roman emperor allegedly arranged for a such a torrent of roses to be dropped from a false ceiling onto his guests that some of them smothered to death under it

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Mar 84 min read
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Imaging the Lwa: Papa Legba
Traditional image of Saint Lazarus the Leper For as long as I can remember, I have seen the world as swarming with invisible people. As...
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May 5, 202510 min read
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