Ohhh, what a beautiful piece, thank you!! Have you read the book, The Way of the Rose by Clark Strand and Perdita Finn? If not I think you’d love it. ❄️🕊️
I love your thoughts on this, as I am still wading through and trying to make sense of dual faith as a practitioner with a majority Polish ancestry (which is how I found your work). It can be a lonely road to be an American, divorced from the land of my ancestors, trying to join the quilt of the land of here and now with that of traditions I never knew but somehow feel like home.
I highly suggest Polish Folk Witch on Patreon and YouTube. Specifically, she discusses this further and has many articles about Mary on her Patreon. For example, she translated a prayer for Our Lady of Sowing feast day: "Cover us with your cloak, good mother earth, and in the spring we will cover you with wonderful greenery, with a field of rustling grain and golden ears, in which all divine goodness is reflected." Another resource is "Polish Madonnas: Poems and Images" which has BEAUTIFUL artwork for the different Marys. The PDF can be found available via a University of Dayton link.
Thank you for this lovely response Heather and thank you for being here. Polish Folk Witch is one of my favorites! It is definitely a strange road navigating being part of any diaspora. I remember also feeling pretty disconnected when I first started exploring my roots. It was actually an interview with Polish Folk Witch (I don't recall her name) that really made things click for me. She said to those of us living abroad, we have a Polish identity no matter how distant, but we also have a unique identity tied to the place you currently live. The land and plants and history here is also part of us, as messy as that can look.
I'm looking forward to checking out the PDF you mentioned. Thank you for sharing!
Heather, thank you for those resources and for the PDF mention! I have seen the Polish Folk Witch and need to go deeper into her offerings. The PDF is strikingly beautiful. As someone else mentioned, if you haven't found the Way of the Rose by Clark Strand and Perdita Finn, as someone who can relate to what you wrote here I believe you would love it, and there is a robust website/facebook community for way of the rose as well as daily rosary meetings. https://wayoftherose.org/
Val, I love this more than words can say. I resonate so deeply. I am constantly wrestling with, mulling over, and trying to be open to the messy reality of being divorced from my ancestral homes and cultures while being open to integration and the very real magic all around us. Mary, and the rosary by extension, is a central figure and double faith in my life. Thank you, thank you.
Hi Grace, you are definitely not alone in these feelings! I'm so glad to have you in this space to hopefully share and go on this journey together. Please do send anything you find interesting. I look forward to getting to know Mary more this year as a figure that walks the lines of the past and present. She seems like a missing piece to my own ancestry.
Your words, as always, are deep and sweet and stirring. Everyday experiences entwined with worldly wisdom. Words (and visual art) that nurtures and inspires. Thank You for your generosity. 🌲❄️🌟🌙🌹💦🌲
Ohhh, what a beautiful piece, thank you!! Have you read the book, The Way of the Rose by Clark Strand and Perdita Finn? If not I think you’d love it. ❄️🕊️
I have not, but it's on my Goodreads list now! Thank you for sharing!
Seconding this with all my heart!! <3
I love your thoughts on this, as I am still wading through and trying to make sense of dual faith as a practitioner with a majority Polish ancestry (which is how I found your work). It can be a lonely road to be an American, divorced from the land of my ancestors, trying to join the quilt of the land of here and now with that of traditions I never knew but somehow feel like home.
I highly suggest Polish Folk Witch on Patreon and YouTube. Specifically, she discusses this further and has many articles about Mary on her Patreon. For example, she translated a prayer for Our Lady of Sowing feast day: "Cover us with your cloak, good mother earth, and in the spring we will cover you with wonderful greenery, with a field of rustling grain and golden ears, in which all divine goodness is reflected." Another resource is "Polish Madonnas: Poems and Images" which has BEAUTIFUL artwork for the different Marys. The PDF can be found available via a University of Dayton link.
Thank you for this lovely response Heather and thank you for being here. Polish Folk Witch is one of my favorites! It is definitely a strange road navigating being part of any diaspora. I remember also feeling pretty disconnected when I first started exploring my roots. It was actually an interview with Polish Folk Witch (I don't recall her name) that really made things click for me. She said to those of us living abroad, we have a Polish identity no matter how distant, but we also have a unique identity tied to the place you currently live. The land and plants and history here is also part of us, as messy as that can look.
I'm looking forward to checking out the PDF you mentioned. Thank you for sharing!
Her name is Joanna 🖤
Thank you!
Heather, thank you for those resources and for the PDF mention! I have seen the Polish Folk Witch and need to go deeper into her offerings. The PDF is strikingly beautiful. As someone else mentioned, if you haven't found the Way of the Rose by Clark Strand and Perdita Finn, as someone who can relate to what you wrote here I believe you would love it, and there is a robust website/facebook community for way of the rose as well as daily rosary meetings. https://wayoftherose.org/
Toothsome read as always friend <3
Much appreciated! 💜💜
Val, I love this more than words can say. I resonate so deeply. I am constantly wrestling with, mulling over, and trying to be open to the messy reality of being divorced from my ancestral homes and cultures while being open to integration and the very real magic all around us. Mary, and the rosary by extension, is a central figure and double faith in my life. Thank you, thank you.
Hi Grace, you are definitely not alone in these feelings! I'm so glad to have you in this space to hopefully share and go on this journey together. Please do send anything you find interesting. I look forward to getting to know Mary more this year as a figure that walks the lines of the past and present. She seems like a missing piece to my own ancestry.
Your words, as always, are deep and sweet and stirring. Everyday experiences entwined with worldly wisdom. Words (and visual art) that nurtures and inspires. Thank You for your generosity. 🌲❄️🌟🌙🌹💦🌲
Thank you for being here Rebecca and for the kind words :)