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, spirits and exorcism in the old closed up mansion was enough for us to stay 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 lots from this estate we will be listing this week, so check our other items.

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 Story

Found in what we have named, "The Black Pyramid Vèvé Room"  This room was an interesting work of architecture.  Windowless and located just above the Main Ballroom in the center of the mansion and only accessible only through a trapdoor and 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 mansion.

Painted black, with ebony flooring and paneling, the contents of the room consisted of seven, LiDiex Glassworks Black Glass and Silver, charging pyramid boxes and their contents.  Measuring exactly twelve feet x twelve feet with a twelve foot ceiling, the room was well concealed by the architecture of the building, but it was stifling as there was no ventilation, the only air coming from the trap door above and that was not much.  Only a few of us went into this room to recover and inventory the contents, and 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 and 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, gems, mineral specimens and a host of eclectic artifacts 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 these pieces." 

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."

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In these journals she makes some fantastic claims concerning these items and real or imagined, we understand why she was as feared and 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 or their photographs have said they have perceived, felt, saw, sensed, etc., at the very least movement in and/or around the stones, many times directly related to them, but you be the judge.

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The Lapel Pins

Parsons has a documented history and reputation of aggressive, physical confrontations and other inappropriate behavior.  He was expelled from military academy for blowing up toilets and engaging in brawls.  These were not his only eccentricities and coupled with his counter-culture lifestyle, he was blacklisted from government rocket work during the Red Scare.

One of her journal entries describes a ceremonial invocation that she participated in which led to her receiving, "Parson's everlasting gratitude", and in another entry she refers to him as, "a talented and cunning linguist bearing gifts."  This, "ceremonial invocation" is described as, "a revenge ceremony for the evocation of Bartzabel, the Spirit of Mars, directed against Hubbard and his bigamist bitch Northrup." 

In another entry she writes, "These Golden Dawns have successfully invoked the Ancients familiar to the Middle East and Europe by opening the portals to their realms, but opening the cage of a hungry lion and staring dumbfounded will surely get one eaten."

These entries, and others pertaining to, "these Golden Dawns" indicate she and her associates did not see eye to eye with them, naming such notables as L. Ron Hubbard and Aleister Crowley among others.

It is an interesting tale of metaphysical science, betrayal, revenge and ultimate murder of Parsons according to her journals.

This is a fascinating story and much is already written concerning the life of Parsons so there is no need to burden an already overlong text with it, but we wholeheartedly recommend one do some research on their own concerning this.

It is the history of these pins and their companions that provide us with a fascinating tale.  Her journals tell us they were commissioned as a gift to Parson's from Aleister Crowley prior to their fallout.

To give you some background of what was in the letter published in Wikipedia; According to Crowley's own account, Rose (his wife), who was pregnant, had become somewhat delusional whilst in the country, regularly informing him that "they are waiting for you", but not providing him with any further information as to who "they" were.  It was on 18 March, after Crowley sought the aid of the Egyptian God Thoth in a magical rite, that she actually revealed who "they" were – the ancient Egyptian God Horus and His alleged messenger.  She then led him to a nearby museum in Cairo where she showed him a seventh century BCE mortuary stele known as the Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu (it later came to be revered in Thelema as the "Stele of Revealing"); Crowley was astounded for the exhibits number was 666, the number of the beast in Christian mythology.

Crowley took this all to be signs from a divine entity and on 20 March began performing ritual invocations of the God Horus in his rented room.  It was after this invocation that Rose, or as he now referred to her, Ouarda the Seeress, informed him that, "the Equinox of the Gods had come".

It was on 8 April, when the couple were still staying in Cairo, that Crowley first heard a disembodied voice talking to him, claiming that it was coming from a being known as Aiwass, the true nature of whom Crowley never understood.  Crowley's disciple and later secretary Israel Regardie believed that this voice came from Crowley's subconscious, but opinions among Thelemites differ widely.

Aiwass claimed to be a messenger from the God Horus, who was also referred to by him as Hoor-Paar-Kraat.  Crowley wrote down everything the voice told him over the course of the next three days, and subsequently titled it Liber AL vel Legis or The Book of the Law. 

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According to her journals, Parsons related what Crowley had told him in the letter, "I have told no one, nor written of this before today, of that time in Egypt with Aiwass leading me to the musta'arabim silversmith who had made the rings.   In secret I reveal and relate the tale of the djinn who had brought me to the gems of Thaschus Cæcilius Cyprianus.  And now it seems he has brought you to me to take the rings'.  Just as he told me as he handed them over to me," (the companion rings previously mentioned).

 Their journals make it apparent these items she received from Parsons were coveted by her and her associates that had access to them.  Our clients who are in receipt of them seem to feel the same way.

The pins are unmarked, with no maker's or assay marks and test as .950 silver standard, (95% silver). They have a combined weight of 4.5 grams without the spring loaded tac-backs, which although are original to this estate, we believe they are replacements married to them by their new owners.  Our educated guess is they are solid nickel.

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