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An older house, in the hallway there's a niche built in where people used to keep their phone. But the jack has long been painted over and it serves no function. So I've converted it to Shrine to the Beloved Virgin, filled with those kitsch religious artifacts I've acquired in my travels.
It's looking good. There's a 12" porcelain statue of the Virgin presiding, numerous devotional cards with classic images of the Saint to be petitioned, rosaries in cut glass, sparkling crystal, wooden nuts and plastic, there's an postcard of Jesus that turns into an image of the Shroud of Turin when you turn it to the light or walk past, there's miraculous healing balm (blessed, I'm presuming), a small antique oratory votive, intricately detailed in the shape of a castle, there are votive candles and a large pricket candlestick with images of Jesus, Joseph and Mary, tiny lead figurines of the same, and there's more on the way.
It jogs the imagination every time you pass, an inspiration, this assemblage of Catholic Witchcraft.