Category:Catholic Folk Saints
From Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers
Spirit Work is a term that covers a broad range of altar work and prayer as well as magical spell casting in which root doctors may contact or seek the aid of Spirits and Spirit Guides, Angels, Catholic Church Saints, and/or Catholic Folk Saints
Folks saints are spirits and spirit guides who have not been canonized as saintly by the Roman Catholic Church, but whose existence, legends, and assistance are well known to spiritual workers who come from Catholic traditions. Some may not be saints yet but will someday probably be sainted. Others are so outside the pale of the Catholic religion that they can never be admitted to the roster of saints. Variously known as "outsider saits," "oulaw saints," or "banned saints, some of these spirits and spirit guides may also be called upon by conjure workers who are not Catholics, but are spirit mediums or who work within a Spiritualist church tradition.
The following Catholic Folk saints are petitioned for aid by conjure doctors and hoodoo practitioners who are Catholics, or who serve a primarily Catholic client base. Each one has a story -- and a magical or speiritual speciality when it comes to helping people.
Click on a folk saint's name to read about the folk saint, see a picture, and find out what kinds of prayers, petitions, and spell-craft are associated with the folk saint among Catholic spiritual workers in the folk magic tradition.
Anima Sola
Anima Sola is a soul in Purgatory (Read More ...)
Intranquil Spirit
The Intranquil Spirit is petitioned to return a wayward lover by harassing them with restlessness. (Read More ...)
Jesus Malverde
Jesus Malverde is a Mexican folk saint who protects those who live outside the law. (Read More ...)
Maximon (San Simon-Judas)
Maximon and San Simon-Judas are the contemporary names for an ancient Mayan underworld god, Ma'am, which means "Great Grandfather". He is a destroyer of witchcraft, a guardian of agriculture and fertility, and a deity of the heavenly crossroads. (Read More ...)
Santisima Muerte
Santisima Muerte, or Most Holy Death, is petitioned to help keep husbands faithful, even to the point of death. (Read More ...)
Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez
Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez is a contemporary beatified personage who is immensely popular in Latin America. He was a physician in life and died in 1919 while traveling to visit a poor patient in his native Venezuela. (Read More ...)
Venerable Matt Talbot
Venerable Matt Talbot is hailed as a patron of addicts and alcoholics, having ceased his own drinking through prayer in 1884 when he was 28 years old. (Read More ...)
See Also
- Spirit Work
- Altar Work and Prayers
- Mediumship
- Spirits and Spirit Guides
- Angels and Archangels
- Catholic Church Saints
- Catholic Folk Saints
- Hindu Deities
- Orishas
- Kimpungulu
