Guest Post: The Philosophy of “Sister Act”
I’m excited and honored to share a new guest writer for the White Rose Witching blog: Cooper, aka The Witch King. I met Cooper via Twitter last year when I purchased a natal chart reading from him. The level of depth, care, insight, and accuracy of the reading was incredible and also low-key dragging me. Since then we’ve continued to ping off of each other mainly around deep reflections on our own spiritual paths and shared rage at the state of discourse in our democracy.
I hope you all enjoy this essay examining one of my favorite movies, “Sister Act”, and how it reflects a deeper crisis of faith rocking the Catholic Church at the time this movie was produced.
Growing up Catholic: How The Church And Superstition Helped Shape My Craft
I was raised in a Roman Catholic home, even if our adherence wasn’t terribly strict. I also grew up much closer to my mom’s side of the family which meant my relationship to our religion was intertwined with Cuban culture and heritage. As I was coming to terms with my sexuality in my teens, around the same time I discovered Wicca, I all but ran from the church. For years I told myself I had left everything about it behind except the “Catholic Guilt” but its only in recent years that I’ve really begun to realize just how much of my craft is influenced by my Catholic upbringing as well as the uniquely Hispanic faith-based superstitions surrounding it.