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1888 LiDiex, Strega Maria's Nazi Officer Coin Silver 1940 Operation Weserübung Nord WW2 German Invasion of Norway Memento Mori Death Worn Skull Ring - The Voodoo Estate
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1888 LiDiex, Strega Maria's Nazi Officer Coin Silver 1940 Operation Weserübung Nord WW2 German Invasion of Norway Memento Mori Death Worn Skull Ring ~!~ The 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 and 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 estate had belonged to an alleged powerful Voodoo Priestess/JooJoo Exorcist, grand daughter of a Marie Laveau, and favored daughter of a Marie Glapion. These names meant nothing to us, but the late night talk of Voodoo and exorcism in the old mansion was enough to make us decide to spend the night in a hotel and return in the morning to assess the estate. The rest is history. Our research has shown that this woman was what she claimed and was indeed descended from a long line of well known Vodoun 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 we have ever been in and some of the items found inside were a little more than disturbing. There was no feeling of dread or unwelcome in the mansion, however there was quite a bit of contraband and other items we can or will not sell here. This is one of a few pieces from this estate we will be listing this week, so check our other listings! We will, upon the new guardian's request, issue a named Letter of Authenticity with each lot from this estate, complying with the terms set forth to us by the estate's attorney. Some Back StoryFound in what was named, "The LiDiex Chapel Room." This was not the largest of the altar rooms but large nonetheless, as it measured 17 x 24 feet! But, it certainly was an unusual room that in describing, we could just as well be describing an ancient Cabinet of Curiosities. It was indeed used as their chapel, "A place of solace and meditation where ancestors are revered," according to one of her journal entries.She goes on to quote Tertullian from his Apologeticus, “Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!" Which translates as, "Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you will die!"
This is a vast subject, far too involved to detail here in this already overlong text, but we wholeheartedly recommend you research this on your own. It is a fascinating, multi-cultural study and we will be glad to field your questions.
She also tells us they would meditate while wearing this ring to treat, "outside negative influences" that had affected, or entered through specific organs, body parts, or subconscious due to traumatic past life events, which she claims, "the wearing of the ring while reciting prayer will readily alleviate."
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Their journals, and her inventory tell us the ring was brought to the estate by the 1888 LiDiex.
1888 LiDiex
 The research involved in this estate provides continuous fascination. The procurer and an end user of this ring was a man known only as "LiDiex," a 4th. generation descendant of the original Man Known Only as "LiDiex" to these shores who arrived as survivor and saboteur of the slave Ship Henrietta Marie in 1701, who found his way to New Orleans to meet with the parents of the then infant grandmother of our priestess, Marie Laveau.
Their journal entries tell us this sabotage was accomplished by a spell using egg shells, and certain folklore concerning egg shells give credence to this. He made his way in life as a wood carver, furniture, and cabinet maker as did many of his descendants. This is another case of the multi-generational relationships we have encountered with this family as the LiDiex all had a strong association with these women.
Although not considered a full time resident, he kept a suite of rooms with her from the time of his sixteenth birthday. Apparently he would leave for periods of up to a decade at a time before returning, shutting himself in her estate for years before leaving again. He is attributed with the design and consecration of the, "Resurrection Skull Altar" and most of the ceremonial spells used with it. Her journals and those of a number of her live in practitioner followers tell of this altar being used in ritual resurrection ceremonies. There are some pretty fantastic tales of animating inanimate objects, most notably a number of articulated skulls using specific minerals, potions, elixirs, reptiles, chants and incantations.
He is described in her journals as being, "in excess of six feet of sinewy muscle, deceptively strong, easily matching two of his size in their grappling", and "extensively shaved, tattooed and pierced."
"Those eyes of azure that turn to pools of deep amethyst", in addition to, "shown to be capable of high magic without devices."
Both their journals claim his ability to heal wounds, shape shift, create life with the power of his thought, telepath, and travel through time and space. They also corroborate the sharing of identities with a number of other LiDiex, "being a master of disguise and misdirection, often with his mere thought", according to these entries. This gave these men the ability to appear in two places at once, an old family ploy that was apparently often used by their Mistresses.
It is this LiDiex who is attributed with making her introduction to Alexandra David Neel and his journals tell of numerous meetings and short adventures with her. Claiming at the age of twenty four to have met Neel for the second time in the company of Prince Sidkeong of Sikkim and of being her teacher of the Tibetan language having already spent six years with the Great Hermit as apprentice.
Much is already written on these subjects, so there is no need to elaborate here in this already overly long text, but we wholeheartedly recommend a cursory search for some very interesting reading.
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But Back to the Ring
Their journals go on to tell us the ring is one of two recovered from Maria the Strega's Villa in December of 1945. Maria is said to have been a Strega, a witch of the Italian Alps she named as, "Maria the Strega" during their visit to her Villa in 1938. The rings were grave dug trophies, taken from the body of a murdered Nazi officer! We also recovered six handguns, four, Luger, and two Walther semi-automatic pistols with Nazi markings that were attributed as evidence of Maria’s kills of Nazi officers before she went into hiding, She was eventually apprehended crossing the Swiss border and killed by German soldiers. Again, The Ring and more background... Examination reveals what we believe to be a WWII era relic as indicated by what has been determined to be Third Reich Era Coin silver (62.5%) with an Operation Weserübung Nord inscription on the face and a pair of small high relief skulls on the left and right shank. This was a veteran of the covert German invasion of Norway on April, 9th. 1940. The ring is unmarked with no maker's or assay marks and tests at 62.5% Silver. This is a silver fineness composed of 62.5% pure silver alloyed with 37.5% other metals for durability. This is a specific purity standard that is lower than sterling silver (925), and was widely used in German coinage during WWII. It is a ring size 9 3/4 and the ring face measures approximately 13/16" x 1/2" x 1/8" and weighs 8.1 grams. ~!~ Their journals tell us they were there to dig up the body of an officer she had lured to her villa after convincing him to commit a robbery of gold and gems and they would run away together to Switzerland. His grave had been prepared for him along with a small casket for the loot which they claimed to have recovered and then stripped his body, dismembered his remains and boiled his bones which the brought home with them to be used as ritual implements. They note of the value of the Nazi gold to have been $106,212 USD in 1945. $106,212 in 1945 is equal to about $1,970,417 today. This is calculated with an average inflation rate of 3.67% each year over 81 years. ~!~ Please note that this is a death worn, grave dug relic that we have not cleaned, nor apparently did they! And lastly, we must mention a recurring journal entry that reads, "Death worn, always reeks of the living imprint." ~!~ We have been contacted and 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 and 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 and other unexplained phenomenon. Unusual, authentic Voodoo Priestess Estate piece and 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. Most of what we had left, and it was considerable, has been split up and sold to a couple of private, foreign collector practitioners, never to be made available to the public again. We made the decision to do this as we have had some pretty strange visits from even stranger individuals and 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. The pieces offered and sold here are some of the few remaining pieces that will ever be offered to the public. Nice addition to any collection, altar, wardrobe or decor, displays really well. Really doesn't get any better than this. There are 15 photographs below to tell the rest of this tale. Buyer to pay $0.00 for Insured Ground Shipping with Tracking, handling and lagniappe. Rest assured your order will be carefully packed to withstand the onslaught of the most deranged of parcel carriers.  International Buyers, Please email us for a shipping quote. Payment is due at listing end. Check our other listings, and sign up for our newsletter as new items are usually posted daily. ©Text and Photos Copyright 2001-2026 bushidobuce, all rights reserved.                |
