The Mystery of a Catholic worship item in a book on Wicca

I am a self-proclaimed book hoarder. Saying that I collect books is a bit of an understatement. Most of the books that I pick up I will honestly probably never read in full or at all for that matter. Free book shelves just feed my addiction. I will always stop and go through a free book shelf. One day I stopped at one of my favorite spots for free books and I came upon a book on Wicca. I am currently in a Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion course so I thought this book could be helpful for a paper or the class in general. I have also always had an interest in Wicca. Upon return home from my excursion I excitedly began to flip through the pages and a little card fell out. I first assumed that it was just a book mark. Upon a closer look I discovered it was some sort of saint’s card or prayer card. I then thought: what is a Christian prayer card doing in a book on Wicca? I found this find extremely odd. The practices of Christianity and Wicca are not normally two things I would put together. The other piece of the puzzle that was interesting to me is that the card is in Spanish and the book is in English. The card is Catholic, the book Pagan, these objects are the complete opposite of each other yet they were found together.

A friend of mine who is very good at Spanish translated the card for me (thank you Tyler Crowley). From what he could gather the top part of the card says something along the lines of: oh Jesus the divine redeemer. He also told me that it tells the person using the card to repeat the prayer three times. The name of the prayer card is Kisses at the Feet of Jesus. The rest of the card says something like: It is not false devotion or crazy to bring kisses to the heart of the mouth. It is better to call on hum, at the time, one accepts a gift. Like that he gave Magdalena pain love in her stage. Like we give you, sir, prayer, affection, and pity in every kiss of love.  

This could mean that the person who owned the book simply came across the card somewhere and needed a book mark. It could mean that a devote Catholic happened to be researching Wicca. But it could also mean that the person who owned the book before me practiced or at least studied both Wicca and Catholicism. This conclusion is by far the most interesting, and it makes the mystery of the items even greater.