9.6 ct SHAMANS AMETHYST EMERALD CUT GEM VOODOO Black Pyramid Vèvé Room Find Start Price USD 43.00 Current Price USD 43.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 53.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, December 02, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Location We Buy Estates See more about '9.6 ct SHAMANS AMETHYST EMERALD CUT GEM VOODOO' Description ~ Voodoo Priestess Estate ~   9.6 ct. Shaman's Amethyst Faceted Emerald Cut Gem   Black Pyramid Vèvé Room Find ~!~    This is another long listing with a lot of text and only 11 photographs!    Please sit back & give them time to load, it is worth the wait.   It has now been seven years since we were called to do the estate that had been closed up for seventeen years!  Voodoo Estate! This type of call usually gets us excited as they are a treasure trove.   Located here in Florida, there was no electricity or running water so we rigged our own lighting & in we went.   If you have ever seen the Adams Family you will have some idea as to what we were greeted with!   Then the attorney handling the liquidation gave us some background.   The home had belonged to an alleged powerful Voodoo Priestess/JooJoo Exorcist, grand daughter of a Marie Laveau, & favored daughter of a Marie Glapion.   This did not have much impact on us other than to cause an uneasy feeling when in the house & we declined to spend the night while inventorying, deciding to stay in a hotel to return during daylight.   Our research has shown that this woman was what she claimed & was indeed descended from a long line of well known Voodoun family originating in New Orleans in the early 1800's.   We were pretty unnerved by this until we discovered they were also devout Catholics!   Although I have to admit this was unlike any Catholic home I have ever been in & some of the items found inside were a little more than unnerving.   There was no feeling of dread or unwelcome in the home, however there was quite a bit of contraband & other items we can not sell here on ebay.   This is one of a few pieces from this estate we will be listing this week, so check our other items!   We will, upon the winning bidder's request, issue a named Letter of Authenticity with each piece from this estate, complying with the terms set forth to us by the estate's attorney.  Back To The Auction   Found in what we have named "The Vèvé Pyramid Room".   This room was an interesting work of architecture.  Windowless and located just above the Main Ballroom in the center of the house, accessible only through a trapdoor & cast iron spiral staircase from the storage room above it.  The floor was four feet below the Main Ballroom ceiling, well concealed by the baroque architecture.  The architect had concealed the room in the floor above by surrounding it with four guest suites, it was dead center in the main house.   Painted black, with ebony flooring & paneling, the contents of the room consisted of seven, LiDiex Black Glass & Silver, charging pyramid boxes & contents.   Measuring exactly twelve feet x twelve feet with a twelve foot ceiling, the room was well concealed by the architecture of the house, but was stifling as there was no ventilation, the only air coming from the trap door above & that was not much.   Only a few of us went into this room to recover & inventory the contents & none of us could stay in there for more than a few minutes, it was, well, disorientating.   This was another room with no wiring for electrical power & on the floor were the remnants of previously used vèvé's that we assume were drawn with the chalky powder found in one of the pyramids.   The remaining six pyramids contained an interesting assortment of jewelry & mineral specimens that she kept inventoried in a separate journal concerning the ceremonies conducted in this room.  The pyramids varied in size from 9" x 9" x 7" to 3' x 3' x 2.2', so this was a massive undertaking as most of these were too big, heavy and/or fragile to get out of there safely, full as they were.   Concerning the pieces from this room she writes, " I have used these pieces to awaken psychic perception and mystical awareness and have found them to strengthen my memory and as an aid in dreaming. I continue to receive insight and inspiration from them."    And; "many of the ones awakened have sought refuge here, most being complacent in their worlds.  They will come if called to a blood match."   ~!~   In these journals she makes some fantastic claims concerning these items & real or imagined, we understand why she was as feared & respected as she was.   We can attest that pieces from this room have shown to possess some remarkable attributes or association with what might be called paranormal activity.   Some of those who have had access to these items and/or their photographs have been quoted as feeling ill or nauseous, often followed by a feeling of warmth, well being, happiness & power. In addition there are numerous reports from those who claim to have perceived, felt, saw, sensed, etc., at the very least movement in and/or around the stones & setting, many times directly related to them, but you be the judge.   ~!~    The Gems   Gems were found lying loose, lining the bottom of many her spell boxes & these pyramid boxes were no exception.   This is the seventeenth of a lot of fifty three gemstones found in the third from the smallest of these pyramids.  A third pyramid gem if you will.   She notes of using these "as sacred center stones" indicating their "placement upon the chakra to induce a specific response or action.    Although usually set in jewelry, examination of the contents of many of her potions, & curse candles found these gemstones in them.  In addition, numerous mention of their use as what we have classified "Right of Passage" stones were found in her journals, but this is not a "Right of Passage" stone.   ~!~   Shaman's Amethyst The 15.875 x 11.5 x 7.9375 mm, 9.6 ct. Faceted Emerald Cut Amethyst gem is inventoried as having been cut from one of the many Brazilian Shaman finds she brought back from her 1962 Shaman artifact hunt. Although she does not name them in her notes she solicited a handful of Shaman to relinquish some of their precious finds usually in trade for guns.   It is also one of the stones she had cut, by one of her New Orleans practitioner, follower, makers in 1962/63.   She writes of it being hand picked & of inducing it with spells or "charging" it as she called her ritual inducements. She also writes, "the most powerful of the amethyst sources we have found.  When excavating the stones and breaking them open I felt contentment as never before.  The jewelry and talisman I have made these into have benefited my own meditations and their shielding powers have proven effective in warding off negative energies while attracting and amplifying positive ones.  They have been very effective in healing my clients suffering with sadness and grief." ~!~ The Gem A 9.6 ct. faceted Emerald Cut Amethyst gemstone of very good cut & medium to dark violet zoned color.  It is eye included with veiled inclusions eye visible through the table & hidden in the girdle & pavilion of the stone.  It is believed to have been intentionally cut to highlight these inclusions. Whoever the gem cutter was, he did some masterful work.  It is certainly a brilliant gem with an extraordinary provenance that is much nicer than the photographs are able to depict.  ~!~    Final Commentary   Concerning these lots are some of the following excerpts from the written statement of one of the principals; "When we first entered this room we used pocket led flashlights, commonly known as tactical lights, this room lit up like a light show as we directed the beams, the three of us said "did you see that?"  Among other things."   "When we ran 2000 watts of light down there, the lights shut down, period.  They just would not work in the room.  We checked the generators & the lights worked fine out of that room, but in it, no go.  Regular, battery operated flashlights went dead in there too, fresh batteries went dead in a second."   ~!~      To date, Energizer has not responded.   Little more thought was given this until one of us more or less became the caretaker of this lot, more because he was the only one able to get to the warehouse alcove where the balance of this estate is kept due to the way we had packed the volume of merchandise that came into the warehouse over the ensuing years.   Although the photographer is no longer commenting on his use of a directed, high intensity led & ultra-violet light in taking some of the photographs, the staff member who retrieved many of these items from "the hole", the warehouse alcove where the balance of the items from this estate are being stored, offers some insight as to what has transpired.   "It was typical to be back there & have the power go out, but this can easily be attributed to our weather conditions & sorry excuse for a power company, but I had taken one of my pocket tac-lights with me & the first time I used it back there was, well, nothing short of phenomenal & overwhelming.  This is not a joke, they like the light!"   ~!~    We have been contacted & visited by a number of people who were interested in the items from this estate since our first batch was listed.   Among the buyers have been known psychics & practitioners. More than one, after adorning themselves or handling their purchase, stated "this is a woman of power!"   Many of our customers, after receiving items from this estate have reported dream contacts & other unexplained phenomenon.   Unusual, authentic Voodoo Priestess Estate piece & at a bargain price!   This is truly a rare opportunity to own anything with attributes to this estate.   The majority of this estate is now gone.   90% of what we had left, & it was considerable, has been split up & sold to a couple of private, foreign collector practitioners & will never be available to the public again.   We made the decision to do this as we have had some pretty strange visits from even stranger individuals & there have been enough unexplained phenomenon going on in the warehouse where her things were kept that many of our employees refused to go in there.   We have made the bidders identities Private for this auction & will continue to do so.   The pieces offered & sold here on ebay are some of the few remaining pieces that will ever be offered to the public anywhere.   Nice addition to any collection, wardrobe or decor, displays really well.   Really doesn't get any better than this.   It is what it is, so let's have an auction.   There are only 11 pictures, so please give them time to load, & enjoy the listing. No reserve as always at our auctions, so bid freely.   Winner to pay $0.00 for Insured 1st. Class Mail with Delivery Confirmation & handling.   Rest assured your order will be carefully packed to withstand the onslaught of the most deranged of Postal Workers.   International Bidders Known To us Only.   Check our other items, we will be glad to combine shipping charges & save you some money!   Payment is due at auction end.  As a courtesy, we will extend this to 7 days to combine shipping on multiple purchases paid for on the same invoice.  Please click on the "" link for any additional terms & conditions of sale & feedback policy. Good Luck! 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