Many people today think of the church as a building. Bricks. Stained glass. A steeple scraping the sky. But that’s not the biblical understanding of church at all.
Church is not walls and mortar... it’s people. Flesh and spirit. Souls gathered together, seeking truth.
SUNDAY SCHOOL: THE CROSS & HOODOO
Here at “Sunday School,” we come together for fellowship, and for honest, no-fluff biblical teachings that might not be your average Sunday sermon — but they’ll be real.
See, the rituals that sustained humanity for thousands of years — lighting candles, chanting prayers, honoring the elements — were later labeled pagan by the rising mainstream religions of the next Age. Wiccans might call it calling the Four Corners or the Four Directions. Many indigenous tribes know it as the Medicine Wheel.
But let me tell you this: the cross — in all its forms — has always stood as a bridge between spirit and matter. It’s been adopted and adapted by sacred traditions for millennia. Whether we’re talking ancient Egypt, pagan rites, or the rituals still alive today, the cross shows up, shape-shifting through time.
Before Christianity, the cross with a circle around it was a symbol of unity: North, South, East, West — and the four elements — Fire, Air, Water, Earth. As new religions tried to erase paganism, the cross itself transformed physically. But early Christians still held onto the cross with the circle, believing it signified the eternal nature of the soul.
In Hoodoo, we weave Christianity into our work because that was the faith of our ancestors in bondage. But underneath the hymns and the psalms, our ancestors practiced what I call “the magic under their feet.” That’s why in Hoodoo, Santeria, and even in devotion to Santa Muerte, you’ll see saints, Catholic prayers, psalms, and conjure all dancing together. It’s a tapestry of survival, faith, and power.
So yes.... use the cross in your magick. At the crossroads. For road opening. For protection. For working with spirit. Because it’s more than just a religious emblem — it’s a cosmic intersection where matter and spirit meet, and where your prayers become power.
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?”
— 1 Corinthians 3:16