Manuel Ortiz Taxco Sterling Silver and Rio Grande ROP Smokey Quartz Ward Generator Vision Ring - A Black Pyramid Vèvé Room Find

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Manuel Ortiz Taxco Sterling Silver and Rio Grande ROP Smokey Quartz Ward Generator Vision Ring - A Black Pyramid Vèvé Room Find - The Voodoo Estate

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$229.90

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The Voodoo Estate

Condition:

Used

Weight:

10.40 Grams

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~ Voodoo Priestess Estate ~ ©

Manuel Ortiz, Taxco Sterling Silver and Rio Grande Right Of Passage Smokey Quartz
Ward Generator Vision Ring

A Black Pyramid Vèvé Room Find

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This is another of our very long listings with an abundant text and 8 photographs. So please sit back and read the writ-up through. If you have come this far, we feel you will find it was worth the wait.

Twenty-four and a half years have now passed since we were called to do an estate that had been closed up for seventeen years!

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 for us 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 unnerving. 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.

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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, it was only accessible 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 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 down there 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 specimen and a small host of eclectic items 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.

In these journals she makes some fantastic claims concerning these items and 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 the stones, many times directly related to them, but you be the judge.

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The Ring

It is one of a small group of similar pieces of jewelry recovered from the top shelf of the fourth pyramid. Her journals tell us this grouping was specifically spelled for communicating with the dead. These custom made pieces were made under her supervision by some of her many practitioner follower, makers with stones and/or metals of a particular source to enhance their powers.

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The Components of this Ring

Description and Commentary

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The Silver More often than not, her metal of choice was silver as she notes, "Silver is the mirror of the soul related to the moon energies. It strengthens connections of the astral and physical bodies. A metal unmatched in its psychic energies and healing abilities, I have used it as a spell medium, to heal the speech impaired and to help public speakers achieve eloquence. Induced into the drink, it has expelled the toxins that caused headaches, arthritis, intestinal and blood disorders. More importantly it attracts, enhances and stores energies of gemstones, driving out negative energies the stone may have absorbed." The ring was made for her in Taxco, Mexico in September of 1980 by a silversmith she names as "Manny (and Manuel) Ortiz in the employ of Spratling, a practitioner, follower and silversmith who used local silver to make the ring." ~!~

Rio Grande Smokey Quartz

Her journals and inventory tell us she found the smokey quartz globular crystal used in this ring, when a glint of light had caught her eye along the bank of the Rio Grande in 1958. And here, once again, damaged and missing ledgers leave us guessing as to what transpired next which caused her o covet this naturally polished crystal. Later entries however make it clear that this was a stone that could be called upon to afford her protection and insight simply by gazing into it, especially after finally having it set into this ring twenty-two years after finding it. She also tells us the ring itself was designed around the stone, "to enhance, focus and accelerate its power."

She does write of this smokey quartz crystal as being "an anchoring of earth energies stone for those with an appreciation for the earth mother."

We also quote more of the following from her notes, "these are very soothing crystals with subtle energies that have proved useful in healing female disorders in my clients. They neutralize negative energies and are very good for gazing and meditations. With proper focus many hidden secrets have been revealed."

Right of Passage

The stone is one of a number she and her associates categorized as "right of passage" and after reading the journal entries concerning the ceremonies surrounding their use, it does appear to have been a common practice among her group to ingest minerals in the form of gems, cabochons, beads and marble sized spheres. etc.

According to her journals, this stone had been potion soaked or sautéed, then held in the mouth before being swallowed and we quote "insight is gained from the passage." (we imagine it was!).

Test results of some of their settee's" we recovered give credence to their claims of "visionary passage."

Judging by the fire in some of these mixtures and the size of some of the stones (this one, not so much), we would imagine one would get the insight that this was not a fun thing to do and feel someone should have told them "you guys are rich, you don't have to eat rocks!"

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The Stone It is gem quality dark smokey quartz crystal material that still displays some of it's purple color when viewed under single source light, revealing it's amethyst origin. It measures approximately 9/16" x 1/2" x 7/16" and has been firmly prong set in the ring.
~!~ The Ring

The ring is a classic example of the custom made occult pieces made by this accredited silversmith.

It is a ring size 9.5, and the ring face measures approximately 1" x 1" x 11/16", weighing 10.4 grams.

The ring is well marked "TAXCO, MEXICO, 925, and MO", and tests as .925 Sterling Silver Standard

It is certainly a nicely aged vintage ring with an extraordinary provenance that is much nicer than our photographer has been able to depict.

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Concerning the photographs, 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. 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 was kept. Although the photographer is no longer commenting on his use of a directed, high intensity led 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 were being stored, offers some insight as to what has transpired. "It was typical to be back there and have the power go out, but this can easily be attributed to our weather conditions and sorry excuse for a power company, but I had taken one of my pocket tac-lights with me and the first time I used it back there was, well, nothing short of phenomenal and overwhelming. This is not a joke, they like the light!" ~!~ 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 and 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 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 8 photographs below that tell the rest of this tale and we hope you enjoyed the listing. Buyer to pay $0.00 for Insured Ground Shipping with Tracking, handling and lagniappe.
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