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Only called him once and he came through in spades. I hear good things about him in general.
In my view, St. Expedite, like a lot of names, are masks used by a variety of spirits and forces for us to ritually interact with them - basically an 'egregore' - a bundle of astral flux - that gets inhabited by a spirit / daimon working within a specific cultural context.
In my view one would call Expedite if you are in New Orleans, New York, Mexico, Texas, or Los Angeles, etc, anywhere anywhere there are a bunch of Catholics, but not in, I don’t know, China or the UK.
By way of example, another folk saint is Anima Sola. Anima Sola in Los Angeles is not the same as in Haiti, where the image is bound up with a very hot Petwo spirit named Marinette.
In the Mexican Catholic context she’s the Lonely Soul in purgatory, an image of passive suffering and longing for redemption. In Mexican Brujería, Anima Sola is most famously seen as a manifestation of the Intranquil Spirit used in coercive love magic. She is lonely and suffering, she is asked to make a target feel that same loneliness and longing for you.
But in the Haitian ritual and cultural context the image of Anima Sola is the pwen, the "point" of manifestation for Marinette Bwa Cheche - Marinette of the Dry Arm - a Petwo Lwa born from the violence of the Haitian Revolution. She isn't invoked to make person pine for you, she's called for raw power, vengeance, and death.
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Oh. Just to add to what Amadeus said.
The Catholic saints don't really care that much if you are Catholic or not. Catholicism mean's "universal" and they are there to help everyone
Not that this is an issue with Folk Saints, but in general I think it's a good idea to avoid any saints who were the Doctors of the Church - or are mythically entangled with the stories of the same. Especially avoid any who were Dominicans - who were the primary intellectual engine and the administrative face of the Inquisition. That's the "harsh" end of the mythstream, imho.
Is he absolutely safe to work with? I considered it, but I had my concerns that Saint Expedite might be dangerous or have a cthonic aspect after reading the (admittedly dubious) traditions that he causes one's family member if he grants one's prayer but is not given the proper repayments
but in general I think it's a good idea to avoid any saints who were the Doctors of the Church - or are mythically entangled with the stories of the same.
Generally, saints are spiritual ancestors in whatever way--whether they were once people or have always been a mystery--and how they respond is based on the relationship you have with them. I personally know folks who have relationships with saints who have brought them million dollar plus windfalls, because they work so long and so well with them.
I am of the opinion that all saints are folk saints, because they are all birthed literally or figuratively from people and community. The Catholic Church is only one path with them, and the saints themselves are not overly concerned on how pious you are, for the most part.
No , no! It's all fine! Welcome! We are all open to all conversations and explorations here. It just a reductionist word that gets often overused.
Just to add to the above. A lot of people are totally missing and misinterpreting the vibe .
Most people missed that the early Christians were considered very weird and spooky. They were freaking out the pagans as they collected the bones of their martyred dead to make relics. Something the pagans never did.
It was a religion of necromancers. Much of Catholicism can be accurately described as folk necromancy.
Is he absolutely safe to work with? I considered it, but I had my concerns that Saint Expedite might be dangerous or have a cthonic aspect after reading the (admittedly dubious) traditions that he causes one's family member if he grants one's prayer but is not given the proper repayments
Not that this is an issue with Folk Saints, but in general I think it's a good idea to avoid any saints who were the Doctors of the Church - or are mythically entangled with the stories of the same. Especially avoid any who were Dominicans - who were the primary intellectual engine and the administrative face of the Inquisition. That's the "harsh" end of the mythstream, imho.
Interesting. My most powerful and longstanding ally is a Doctor of the Church and has never cared that I am not Catholic and do not deal with their Church. I also have worked very successfully with Dominican saints; they work extremely hard and are very, very thorough. Very much like their history and founding myth, they work like absolute dogs to achieve the goals set before them.
Generally, saints are spiritual ancestors in whatever way--whether they were once people or have always been a mystery--and how they respond is based on the relationship you have with them. I personally know folks who have relationships with saints who have brought them million dollar plus windfalls, because they work so long and so well with them.
I am of the opinion that all saints are folk saints, because they are all birthed literally or figuratively from people and community. The Catholic Church is only one path with them, and the saints themselves are not overly concerned on how pious you are, for the most part.
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I would say specifically it's an ancestral veneration cult--Jesus being the big one, and going from there.
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No spirit or saint is absolutely safe.
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Interesting. My most powerful and longstanding ally is a Doctor of the Church and has never cared that I am not Catholic and do not deal with their Church. I also have worked very successfully with Dominican saints; they work extremely hard and are very, very thorough. Very much like their history and founding myth, they work like absolute dogs to achieve the goals set before them.
