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This is another of our very long listings with an abundant text and 9 photographs, so please sit back and read the write-up through.

If you have come this far we feel that you will find it was worth the wait.

Twenty four and a half years have now passed since we were called to do the 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 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.

The Main Altar of Healing

Found at her, "Main Altar of Healing," this Main Altar of Healing was what amounted to a small infirmary...of sorts.  Located in an east facing porched hall on the first floor it contained many unusual artifacts with alleged healing attributes.

She does indeed record some dramatic, if not always successful treatments that she performed.  Although, we must add, her record of successful treatment, although bizarre to many, had better than a 90% cure ratio, which, if true, is rather impressive.

 The Ring
Its Components and Commentary

Her journals tell us these were custom made under her supervision by fellow, practitioner, followers, with materials of particular source to enhance their powers.

She attributes them as, "extraordinary healers to heal mind and body which stimulate and amplify the flow of chakra energy."

Her inventory of these rings detail the components she chose for them.

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Sterling Silver

More often than not, their 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."~!~

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LiDiex Glass Works Alchemic Goldstone

 

The research involved in this estate provides continuous fascination.  The founder of the LiDiex Glass Works, is known to us as the 1898 LiDiex, but to most, he was known only as "LiDiex."  A 5th. generation descendant of the original Man Known Only as "LiDiex" to these shores as a survivor and saboteur of the slave ship Henrietta Marie in 1701.  He then found his way to New Orleans to meet with the parents of the then infant  grandmother of our priestess, Marie Laveau.

 

This sabotage, is said to have been accomplished by spell casting using egg shells, and certain folklore concerning eggs lend credence to this.  The original LiDiex was a wood carver as were most 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 a close practitioner and believed to be father to one of her children, he was most noted for his glass making after his return to New Orleans from an extended stay in Europe where he studied the techniques of Bohemia and Murano.  He continued making glass for her and her associate followers up until the time of his demise in 1968.

 

Late journal entries reveal him to be one of her chief enforcers, a "Zuvembie" leader, and refer to him as, “a skilled sorcerer, tactician, warrior and artist", who was deeply involved in her works.

 

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Their glass works provided a source of income to numerous staff members and is attributed with their “alchemic glass” which we have noted as being a consistent source of unexplained paranormal activity as those of you who follow the listings from this estate already know.

 

The 17.4625 x 14.2875 mm cushion goldstone cabochon used in this ring is attributed to the LiDiex Glass Works.  Their journal tell us this is, "his own alchemic recipe of our own native Float Copper and silicate glass.  This has produced a stone-like glass with a unique, ambitious energy vibration that is grounding, uplifting, and pleasing to the eye.”

 

The cabochon is of fine grind and polish, with an intense floating glitter of copper.

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Back to the Ring

Her journals and inventory tell us the ring is one of a group of sixteen rings she commissioned to be made by an unnamed Native American silversmith of New Mexico in 1966 using their silver and assorted cabochons she provided.

The ring is marked 925 with no maker's or assay marks and tests as .925 Sterling Silver Standard.

It is a ring size 9 3/4 and the ring face measures approximately 13/16" x 5/8" x 7/16", weighing 5.7 grams!

It is certainly a nicely aged vintage ring with an extraordinary provenance that is much nicer than the photographs have been able to depict.

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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 9 photographs, so please give them time to load, and enjoy the listing. Buyer to pay $0.00 for Insured Shipping with Tracking, Handling and Lagniappe.  Rest assured your order will be carefully packed to withstand the onslaught of the most deranged of carriers.

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