A few posts ago, I lamented that my light-up Virgin Mary devotional object had burned out. It has now been placed back in my archive of religious devices, but I needed more illumination. A couple of days ago I saw just the thing at a kiosk at a nearby mall. It took some haggling with the Pakistani vendor to bring it within my price range, but things worked out and now I am once again seeing the divine rays. Let me present to you:
Our Lady of Psychedelia!

It is impossible for a single photograph to do this item justice, because this not only lights up, but is in motion. An electric motor behind the Sacred Heart turns a colorful disc of whirling spirals, which interacts with the blue and clear alternating rays around Our Lady to produce a constantly spiraling centripetal/centrifugal moire' pattern. Staring at it for too long will induce dizziness, if not Marian apparitions.

For those of you who read the previous entry about clutter, let me assure you that Our Lady of Psychedelia is not clutter. This replaced a cluttery wall picture, which I threw out. And it inspires devotion, without the use either of liturgy or mind-altering chemicals. Never let it be said that I am not "spiritual."

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