http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000s7kz.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000s7kz http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007p29a.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml the Loa of the Dead; usually pictures as a grinning skeleton in a top hat- one of the most recognized of the loas outside of vodoun http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007ak0x.xml 0f8516c36c3fa2adbe03cc1a5bab9bbe image/gif 496 407 5903 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007ak0x pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f the serpent; a primordial deity, who with his companion Ayida, created the cosmos. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007b50r.xml 6310b2d0f871c3fe88ef4e91335478ee image/gif 480 293 4932 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007b50r pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f ogoun's spouse, the embodiment of femininity and love. Similar to the goddess Venus. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007cppt.xml 558d38b7f50b5b9ed2ba2bdb1ed05f4e image/gif 665 570 11891 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007cppt pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f a warrior; martial masculinity; related to the Yoruban Orisha of the same name, and also to Shango. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007dscr.xml cdc8ad62b020b93a08dde56e84c18023 image/gif 384 521 8815 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007dscr pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f like the Yoruban Eleggua, Legba is the guardian of crossroads. As in Santeria, he must be honored before any other Loa. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007eq16.xml bec4b8f6695ca745f0653dadf7c8df5a image/png 800 600 103997 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007eq16 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f The divine serpent and the rainbow-- "male and female" respectively. They are wisdom "incarnate", if they were flesh and bones. Their powers reside in the domain of knowledge. They are healers represented in the Egyptian and Western (European) caduceus, the symbol of medicine. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007fcep.xml c6269fb10660c36b785c5998802f47b1 image/jpeg 150 194 6161 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007fcep pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f the primordial sea http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007gka0.xml 4224a721ffd030e360969da65d7e68d9 image/gif 159 146 7927 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007gka0 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f Three-Deity Mandala of the Auspicious Beginning http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007h88s.xml 4a36c8de7aceab62ebd56885664e1258 image/jpeg 640 636 133329 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007h88s Nepal, 1420 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007krzh.xml 06a30cf6a6b5a82ce06a8f31f463a0ea image/jpeg 575 576 230321 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007krzh pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f Yamantaka is a Mahayana Buddhist deity. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007p29a.xml 8f5ee11185e620a7c12d51f1dcf8eaa9 image/jpeg 578 576 206583 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007p29a pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f Mandalas of the dead representing deities of the other world, Tibet, 19th century http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007q228.xml ec793860280e399e2c4db7d7f17c215d image/jpeg 525 576 223300 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007q228 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f 19th century http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007r524.xml b9ce7649e9f96594e861df2eddb24b98 image/jpeg 429 576 188656 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007r524 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007t6pz.xml 31e340735e9b1661ad22b3ed694bcfb8 image/jpeg 494 567 56222 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007t6pz pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007wwf8.xml 789696a4febf045cc3bb00d80e03be90 image/jpeg 469 496 40839 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007wwf8 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f Painted buffalo hide on wooden frame. Denver Art Museum. 19th century. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007x60f.xml 1c4c49b8299c58b7bb7a85b2746f5b47 image/jpeg 487 610 74208 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007x60f pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f Souix medicine shield with painted buffalo head. Fleming Museum, University of Vermont. 19th century. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007ywha.xml 1b06111b60d175b73e5884466f6a1995 image/jpeg 426 481 90867 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007ywha pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f This first קמיעה kemaya is a print made by a Scribe/Sofer of Psalm 148. This "Kemaya" is used to protect people from being talked and gossiped about. It is also a guarentee of hope that all humble people who keep away from arguments will be protected. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007z098.xml 59f059c36058475c56dbcd4c10dc8ea2 image/jpeg 719 500 74880 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0007z098 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f On vellum. Ca. 18th C. Shiviti is the opening word, in Hebrew, of the verse from Psalms 16:8 "I have set the Lord always before me." The verse-- included in the daily prayer-- was often written on votive tablets to be hung in synagogues in order to exhort worshipers to greater faith. The verse also appeared on amulets-- like this one-- meant to protect the owner from harm. The most common motifs of ornamentation for both the synagogue plaques and the amulets were the seven branched candelabra, representations of the holy places in Israel, animals or mythical beasts and persons. The lion was the commonly used animal and always appears in pairs. This amulet also includes statements in large block Hebrew characters regarding devotion to God. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/000802cc.xml 628ec0bea41227f3273e7e2f8f07d0e3 image/jpeg 715 957 219708 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/000802cc pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/000810tg.xml 3d85832b49f5193b2bc3b7e04c2159e4 image/gif 150 259 9303 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/000810tg pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/00084h0k.xml 6f50e921409ca99b034aff9872ee479d image/jpeg 99 112 15791 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/00084h0k pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f from the Leser Key of Solomon http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/000876c2.xml 0f32d684eef82e1072d7267ff5083b8e image/jpeg 256 259 20142 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/000876c2 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f from the Lesser Key of Solomon http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/00088fyz.xml 338e08a178b09c194b8721fd0f4227de image/jpeg 256 257 20657 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/00088fyz pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f the three small pentacles of Solomon, and that of the Gospel of St. John. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/00089pcs.xml 5604ce8abea5cea783137b71725e019d image/gif 312 309 5003 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/00089pcs pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f the Pentacle of Solomon http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008ad5w.xml e1693b1e6a74989ee24226f299eeda0f image/gif 400 400 5117 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008ad5w pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f "This one will serve to conjur the celestial and infernal powers." To be placed over the heart. http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008b60f.xml b7a316f45ec7205eac7adfcc2c3ceb6a image/gif 508 512 19797 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008b60f pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f "to make you loved by the most beautiful portion of the human race" http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008cqe4.xml 9a027edcf6da1d67987115a38cbb1a38 image/gif 508 512 23849 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008cqe4 pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f "enable you to discover all the treasures which exist and to ensure you the possession of them" http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008dh7t.xml 7dd70f45a81f382fd8a50c9a8fb71e98 image/gif 488 628 25056 http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/0008dh7t pagan http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/gallery/0000hq6f