Karol Jackowski

A guide to folk magic from diverse spiritual traditions ranging from Catholicism to Wicca and more Anyone seeking to mend a broken heart, turn enemies into friends, or find a guardian angel will find encouragement in this uplifting, inspiring, and entertaining book. Author Karol Jackowski introduces, explains, and explores the nature of spells, prayers, and blessings and offers practical suggestions for their use. Readers will learn how to cast spells, create altar space, and most crucially how to live their best spiritual and magical lives. Karol draws from a variety of spiritual and folk magic traditions with a focus on the power of positive thought. The first half of the book provides magical and spiritual instruction, while the second half consists of Sister Karol's personal book of spells and rituals, derived mainly from Catholic folk magic, but also from Buddhist, Jewish, Native American, and Wiccan influences.

Sister Karol's Book of Spells, Blessings & Folk Magic

Once you get your hands on this heavenly book you wont be able to resist its inspirational instructions on how to live lifelike you have nothing to lose. TEN FUN THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE blends humor, insight, and wisdom in a way thats accessible and irresistible. Nothing exhilarates and sends the soul soaring more than having the best time everso much so that face muscles ache from such hearty laughter, writes author Karol Jackowski, a nun for more than 35 years. May you have millions of such laughs. Time rarely gets more divine that that. Featuring whimsical illustrations and pointers on how to rediscover a fulfilling lifeincluding how to treat yourself, get some depth, and make yourself interestingTEN FUN THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE is a boundless well of enthusiasm and encouragement. Its a deceptively simple guide to lifeand a way to rediscover the power of wry humor, humanity, and faith.

Ten Fun Things to Do Before You Die

Why would any woman in her right mind want to be a nun? asks Karol Jackowski in this engaging look into the whys of living in a community of religious women. Jackowski is a lively, unique tour guide to the sisterhood.

Why I Am Still a Nun

Divine Madness

A unique coming-of-age story, this entertaining memoir recounts a young woman’s experience becoming a nun in the '60s, a decade of serious change not only for America but also for the Roman Catholic Church. In 1964, 18-year-old Karol Jackowski joined the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Indiana, beginning what would be a seven-year journey towards her final vows. In that time, the Second Vatican Council decided to change liturgy to allow sisters to preside with priests at the altar, permit young nuns to keep their birth names, and modify the traditional black habit, among other advancements meant to put women on equal footing with men. Alongside this, Jackowski writes of her appreciation of the more traditional aspects of her vocation, such as silence, contemplative prayer, and the three-fold vow of poverty, chastity, and obedience. She mixes these lessons with humorous anecdotes—such as the time her high school friends unsuccessfully attempted to smuggle a bag of vodka-laced oranges to her—to craft a memoir marked by both spiritual enlightenment and hilarious candor.

Forever and Ever, Amen

In 1964, Karol Jackowski was just out of high school. But while her friends were heading off to college or finding their first jobs, Karol decided to enter the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Those years were a time of enormous change in the cou

Becoming a Nun in the Sixties

Anyone looking to mend a broken heart, turn enemies into friends, or find a guardian angel will find encouragement in this highly inspirational and immensely fun guide, which reinvents old-world spiritual rituals and time-honoured traditions with a down-to-earth, new-age spin. Sister Karol first briefly introduces each prayer ritual, then provides a list of simple materials and step-by-step instructions for carrying it out. She draws from a variety of spiritual traditions but focuses throughout on the power of ritualized personal prayer and positive thinking.

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