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How to be more comfortable with seeing aspects of Satan and the Devil in Catholic folk magic and Christopaganism

I really didn’t know how to title this and I might change it up but mainly this is focusing on how to work with saints, Christ, Holy Mother Mary whilst accepting the duality of Satan or Lucifer. This is for people who probably work with Satan and Christ at the same time are wary and uncomfortable of aspects seeing Satan/Lucifer as an ultimate evil through a Catholic lens and ideology. If that makes sense.

For instance St Michael defeating Satan

Now say you want to work with St Michael but often you’ll see this depiction and symbology that he defeats the devil or Satan which is true for strong minded conservative Catholics but this can be seen differently for those who feel as if it’s uncomfortable working with Lucifer/Satan and having a statue or picture of St Michael.

Here’s how to look at it differently that fits in a Catholic or Christian perspective. Satan is to Christians embodiment of evil opposite to what is good and holy. He represents all things evil and wicked aspects but he is more than just King of Hell and physical being in Hell he represents all things evil in the world. Evil caused by humans, spirits, anything or anyone with a conscious sense of what evil is. Instead seeing St Michael destroying Satan see him as destroying Evil whether that be Evil caused by humans like murderers, injustices, criminals, wrongdoings, treachery, etc or even to ourselves or evil spirits or energy not necessarily Satan cause that picture can represented by a evil spirit not necessarily Lucifer/Satan. See it as triumph over Evil and Wickedness rather than Lucifer and the Devil it’s symbolic than anything.

When speaking prayers regarding St Michael protecting us from the devil or satan, replace it with Evil or when saying Satan you are meaning Evil not the deity or spirit being represented.

Not just St Michael but also my favorite is Holy Mother Mary.

In Catholic and Orthodox theology Mary is able to repel evil by crushing the head of the serpent. As her being the “new Eve” from the passage in Genesis 3:15 where God proclaims that the offspring of the woman will crush the serpent’s head, this more used by apologetics and historical evidence of Jesus birth and his coming. But it gives a sense of how Mary is perceived as a protectress during spiritual battles. But again the serpent was never named as Satan or Lucifer just the snake or serpent which can be represented as evil or temptation. Using depictions or phrases can mean Evil and not Satan. Popular song Grapes of Wrath or Battle Hymn Republic used during the American Civil War talks about ending slavery was a holy rite and what Jesus Christ advocated for it used Mary’s descriptive words “Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel.” It shows the importance of how much Woman plays in a role against evil. Serpent in this case is slavery and people who rebelled since people back then of abolishing slavery used the Bible to help end slavery despite being used by enslavers to justify slavery. Regardless that sentiment goes beyond that Satan is just a winged demon beneath the earth more so he is symbolic representation of what Evil is and represents in the world.

To summarize: Satan is a representation of Evil, used symbolically in your practice by not seeing Satan being conquered but Evil itself and what it represents like evil that human beings commit like murder, treachery, heinous acts, people who wish harm, etc, even to ourselves also spiritual acts like curses, harmful spirits not necessarily demonic or Satan but spirits that can be harmful or negative, negative energy, etc. even destroying obstacles and challenges that you may be facing that are blocking you.

Conclusion: it’s totally okay to be uncomfortable if you are working with aspects of Satan/Lucifer or you are someone who works with Catholic folk magic in some way feel uncomfortable with how Satan is depicted in the Catholic Church but you want to work with aspects of St Michael or Mary or Christ or any saint there is a way. I’ve felt it before till I reshape my thinking of how one would see Satan than what the church wants you to see. You just have to look past what is being shown outright to what it’s really representing. This is just my perspective and people may agree or disagree but I’ve realize it helped my understanding a lot when working with both entities. I focus a lot on Catholic folk magic since that’s what I have the most understanding in but if you’re Protestant, Muslim, Jewish, any of Abrahamic faith in all kinds you can certainly use this interpretation as well.

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Another gem from Bottle Up And Go!

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Cleansing, Reversals, and Calling St. Martha.

This isn't a Hoodoo working perse but some of these ingredients for this bath are used in a traditional hoodoo bath and if you follow me you'll recognize some of them.

This working is a bit of New Orleans voodoo one, it's used to not only reverse the bad but to protect you while your doing it and afterwards.

COFFEE & REVERSING OIL SPIRITUAL BATH

Ingredients: 1–2 cups used ground coffee or coffee grounds. This is used for “drawing out” negativity.

1–2 teaspoons Reversing Oil

Optional: a handful of blessed salt (sea salt or Epsom) for extra cleansing. It can be blessed by a lay person or yourself saying the 23rd Psalms.

Prepare The Bath: Fill the tub with warm water. Mix the ingredients: Add coffee grounds, salt, and herbs to the bath. Add Reversing Oil: Sprinkle a few drops into the water while focusing on the intention: “All negativity, harm, and bad luck leave my energy and return to their source harmlessly.”

Recite Psalms 23

Soak and visualize: Enter the bath and soak for 15–20 minutes. Visualize dark energy being absorbed by the coffee grounds and leaving your body.

RINSE (optional): You can rinse off in plain water. To give you that fresh energy.

After The Bath: Dry off naturally or air dry if possible, and imagine yourself wrapped in protective, golden light.

Step 2: Reversal Candle (Neutralize & Send Back Negativity)

Dress The Candle: Rub a few drops of Reversing Oil to your candle. Set intention: Focus on sending back any harmful energy safely. You can use a prayer or affirmation like: “All negativity, harm, and bad luck directed toward me return to its source. I am cleansed and protected."

Light the candle in a safe, undisturbed place. Meditate or focus for 10–15 minutes, visualizing harmful energy leaving your client and returning to its origin.

Let the candle burn safely for several hours, or extinguish and relight daily until complete.

Step 3: (Protection & Empowerment)

In New Orleans voodoo we also used Saints and St Martha is a good one for protection.

Now in this last step you could follow up with a St. Martha candle ritual to seal the reversal and invite positive energy or use a protection candle with protection oil with the 23 Psalms.

But for this post let go with the Saint

Place her candle on a safe surface, ideally on a small plate or altar. Light the candle and focus on their intention: “St. Martha, powerful helper and protector, remove all harm and misfortune from my path. Turn every obstacle into blessing and guide me in strength, peace, and victory."

You can meditate quietly for 10–15 minutes while the candle burns. If burning the candle fully is not possible, they can let it burn for a few hours each day until completed. Offer a simple gift afterward (like water or flowers) and thank St. Martha for her guidance.

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Excuse the poor lighting, but I wanted to show off the St. Expeditus rosary that I got from the Kitchen Toad. I'm honestly in love with it and I can't wait to start incorporating it into my practice.

The little painting is something I did a while back as a stand in for a prayer card during my workings with him. It ain't that pretty or refined, but it does the trick.

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To Be A Saint's God Child:

Patron Saints as Ancestors

The Patron Saint of Portugal, St. Anthony of Lisbon and The Patron Saint of Hungary St. Stephen.

Most countries, sometimes even counties and towns, have a Patron Saint. A Saint who has been given the task to protect the land and its people. A Saint that our ancestors may have carried with them when they left their homelands.

Within my own understanding this favor, this protection and affection, given to our ancestors by this Saint is extended to their children and their children's children. Making those born under their care akin to god children they have sworn to watch over and provide spiritual guidance to.

It is a powerful and intimate connection that brings equally powerful results while working magic- though, in my experience, results still depend on the Saint's expertise and domain.

However, respect and love is a two way street and if one is to acknowledge this connection, then they must treat that Saint with the same care and veneration one would give an ancestor.

Acts of devotion can/may include:

- Researching the Saint's History and Myths, as well as Folklore from your ancestors' homeland.

- Researching how the Saint is venerated in said homeland.

- Acknowledging their Feast Day through simple prayer or other devotional acts. As well as preparing food traditionally eaten on the day.

- Simple prayers in the language of your ancestors or researching prayers that were written specifically to petition said Saint (sometimes there are even whole chaplets you can pray).

- Researching plants, colors or items connected to the Saint and using them as offerings.

In this way, by acknowledging the Patron Saint as a kind of god parent, we are acknowledging not only our immediate and present connection to the Saint, but also acknowledging their spiritual connection to our ancestors and the ways in which they may have shaped their lives. I don't necessarily think this role is purely extended to those who practiced a strict form of catholicism either. Personally, I feel, the Saint being made the Patron of the land gave something inherent to the land a Spiritual Form it could inhabit. That it gave an already exisisting face to the values and qualities inherent to its people. By praying to a Patron Saint, we are therefore praying to a representitive, and ideal, of those values that may have once shaped our ancestors and their culture. The Saint becomes apart of the land, and likewise aspects of the land are given a conscious form through the Saint. Therefore, we are equally honoring those aspects, and the land they come from, as an ancestor.

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A very specific ask for those working with saints

When you’re reading about their lives and how devoted they were and how good they were and how pure and all of this, do you ever feel so flawed that it gives you a bit of existential anxiety?

Maybe its probably my scrupulosity talking, but I honestly have trouble reading about the Saints or reading their works because whenever I do I get this wave of despair; of feeling like I’m doomed because I can never measure up to how they do things (and I’m not sure I want to be honest?)

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