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What's New 2/24/21

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I've implemented flat rate shipping. Just about everything ships for $5 in the U.S. What doesn't ship for $5 ships for $10 (a few large, heavy, and fragile items). See the Shipping Rates page for details. I had a ton of info crammed into the collection page for Saints & Spirits, which meant you had to scroll way down before you could see the items listed, and if you were looking for info on saints and spirits, you wouldn't think to look there. I've reorganized to give that info its own page, called Saints, Spirits, & Hoodoo, and that should...

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When Angels Are Saints and Saints Are Angels

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I very frequently see folks online say things like this: “Though technically speaking Archangel Michael is not a Saint [sic], sometimes this entity is venerated as one.” I’m not linking to the source for that because my goal is not to single anyone out for being wrong. Thing is, this is not an uncommon misperception. It’s pretty easy to find multiple websites and blogs that say something to this effect – even those of folks who are otherwise pretty well-versed in folk religion and/or folk magic. If this were just a couple of blogs and not a pretty widespread point...

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Pay What You Can Community Honey Jar for February

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I’m offering community honey jar altar work monthly, beginning after the new moon each month. One service is for matters relating to prosperity/career/income and one is for matters relating to love/relationships (they don’t have to be romantic relationships). February’s community altar work services start the night of Friday, February 12th. There is some wiggle room, however, and you *can* join up late. Since the costs of the time and materials involved in this altar service are split between multiple participants, this is a way to get some altar work done at a fraction of the cost of booking separate, individual...

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Valentine's Day Sale

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Use coupon code VALENTINE15 at checkout for 15% items in the Love category. Good at either the Etsy shop or SeraphinStation.com through the 17th of February. Includes several love/relationship-specific Tarot readings. Some services excluded.

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Erzulie Freda as equilibrist

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While I will probably never stop making a little face when anybody refers to the lwa of Vodou as “gods” and “goddesses,” this is nonetheless a pretty decent little bite-sized article touching on some aspects of Freda’s expressions of femininity.   Nwokocha, Eziaku Atuama. “An Equilibrist Vodou Goddess.” Harvard Divinity Bulletin v. 31:3-4 (Summer/Autumn 2013). Harvard Divinity School. Accessed 7 Feb. 2021.

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