Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Baphomet - Occult home decor inspirations


Later in the 19th century, the name of Baphomet became further associated with the occult. Eliphas Lévi published Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie ("Dogmas and Rituals of High Magic") as two volumes (Dogme 1854, Rituel 1856), in which he included an image he had drawn himself which he described as Baphomet and "The Sabbatic Goat", showing a winged humanoid goat with a pair of breasts and a torch on its head between its horns (illustration, top). This image has become the best-known representation of Baphomet. Lévi considered the Baphomet to be a depiction of the absolute in symbolic form and explicated in detail his symbolism in the drawing that served as the frontispiece:

"The goat on the frontispiece carries the sign of the pentagram on the forehead, with one point at the top, a symbol of light, his two hands forming the sign of occultism, the one pointing up to the white moon of Chesed, the other pointing down to the black one of Geburah. This sign expresses the perfect harmony of mercy with justice. His one arm is female, the other male like the ones of the androgyne of Khunrath, the attributes of which we had to unite with those of our goat because he is one and the same symbol. The flame of intelligence shining between his horns is the magic light of the universal balance, the image of the soul elevated above matter, as the flame, whilst being tied to matter, shines above it. The beast's head expresses the horror of the sinner, whose materially acting, solely responsible part has to bear the punishment exclusively; because the soul is insensitive according to its nature and can only suffer when it materializes. The rod standing instead of genitals symbolizes eternal life, the body covered with scales the water, the semi-circle above it the atmosphere, the feathers following above the volatile. Humanity is represented by the two breasts and the androgyne arms of this sphinx of the occult sciences."


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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Voodoo in the sky... | Voodoo pendants - Damballah, Papa Legba, Vevo, Ogoun, Damballah, Baron Samedi, Ayida-Weddo, Ayizan, Maman Brigitte

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/224318427/papa-legba-haitian-voodoo-pendant-vodou?ref=shop_home_active_4
 Papa Legba is loa who is the intermediary between the loa and humanity. He stands at a spiritual crossroads and gives (or denies) permission to speak with the spirits of Guinee, and is believed to speak all human languages.



https://www.etsy.com/listing/238539762/ogoun-ogun-pendant-haitian-voodoo-veve?ref=shop_home_active_8
Ogun (or Ogoun, Ogún, Ogou, Ogum, Oggun) is an orisha (deity) and loa (spirit) who presides over iron, hunting, politics and war. He is the patron of smiths, and is usually displayed with a number of attributes: a machete or sabre, rum and tobacco. He is one of the husbands of Erzulie, Oshun, and Oya and a friend to Eshu.



https://www.etsy.com/listing/238540072/damballah-pendant-haitian-voodoo-veve?ref=shop_home_active_7
Ayida-Weddo is a loa of fertility, rainbows, wind, water, fire, and snakes. Ayida-Weddo is known as the "Rainbow Serpent". Variants of Ayida-Weddo's name include Aida-Weddo, Ayida-Wedo, Aido Quedo, and Aido Hwedo.




https://www.etsy.com/listing/238540234/baron-samedi-pendant-haitian-voodoo-veve?ref=shop_home_active_6
Baron Samedi (Baron Saturday, also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi) is one of the Loa of Haitian Voodoo. Samedi is a Loa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix, and Baron Kriminel. He is the head of the Guédé family of Loa, or an aspect of them, or possibly their spiritual father. 'Samedi' means 'Saturday' in French. His wife is the Loa Maman Brigitte.




 https://www.etsy.com/listing/238439987/ayizan-pendant-haitian-voodoo-veve-vodou?ref=shop_home_active_5
Ayizan (also Grande Ai-Zan, Aizan, or Ayizan Velekete). She is a racine, or root Loa, associated with Vodoun rites of initiation (called kanzo). Just as her husband Loco is the archetypal Houngan (priest), Ayizan is regarded as the first, or archetypal Mambo (priestess), and as such is also associated with priestly knowledge and mysteries, particularly those of initiation, and the natural world.



https://www.etsy.com/listing/217856428/maman-brigitte-haitian-voodoo-pendant?ref=shop_home_active_1
Maman Brigitte (Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, Manman Brijit) is a death loa, the wife of Baron Samedi. he drinks rum infused with hot peppers and is symbolized by a black rooster. Like Baron and the Ghede, she uses obscenities. She protects gravestones in cemeteries if they are properly marked with a cross.




https://www.etsy.com/listing/217849132/damballah-voodoo-snake-pendant-ritual?ref=shop_home_active_3
"Dambala oh, Dambala, God in the Sky, My ashade lwa, 
Dambala Wedo, that's tough, oh! Erzulie oh!"
Damballah is one of the most important of all the loa (also spelled lwa). Damballah is the Sky God and considered the primordial creator of all life.