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Ceramics from Metepec, Mexico

"After the Spanish conquest, friars destroyed articles, including ceramics, that depicted the old gods, and replaced them with images of saints and other Christian iconography. The depiction of a “tree of life” in paintings and other mediums was introduced as a way to evangelize Biblical stories to the native population."

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Santa Lucia

Did you observe St. Lucy's Day?
My parents used to belong to a church with a penchant for Scandinavian culture, and December 13th is the only saints day they recognized. I used to love the white robes and candle-wreath, but it was a girls-only affair so I never got to wear a pointy wizard hat. These days I'm more interested in the pre-christian origins of the celebration.

Photo credits:

Stockholm Club Lucia Fest, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Herman Larson, 1932 (from the Minnesota Digital Library)

Female students dressed for Bethel's Festival of Christmas in St. Lucia costumes, St. Paul, Minnesota
Kurt Christenson, 1980 (from the Minnesota Digital Library)

Luciafeier in einer schwedischen Kirche
Claudia Gründer, 2006 (from Wikimedia Commons)

Holy Ghost People

Holy Ghost People (1967)
A film by Peter Adair who went on to produce Word is Out.
Documents a service at the Holiness Church in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia.

Dancing, singing, praying, snake handling, speaking in tongues, faith healing, testimony.

available for free download at archive.org

"Get your minds on the Lord and you can get it too"

Apparition of the Virgin Mary

Necedah, Wisconsin - 1950
photos by Howard Sochurek

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more info: here
good vibes/apocalypse: here

Faith Healers Part 1

"Faith healer Oral Roberts praying at one of his tent revivals."
Dallas, TX, US
July 1962
Francis Miller

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