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Grandmother's Antique Burmese Butsudan Opium Den Poppy Demon Shrine circa 1830 - Gullah Dr. Buzzard's Gift and Master Suite Find - The Voodoo Estate
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Grandmother's Antique Burmese Butsudan Opium Den Poppy Demon Shrine circa 1830 - Gullah Dr. Buzzard's Gift
A Master Suite Find
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Some Back Story
This antique spirit shrine was recovered from grandmother's alcove and the letters, journals and inventory of this estate tell us it was given to her grandmother by a man they name as Gullah Dr. Buzzard of New Orleans in 1930 who stole it, along with thirty-four assorted lead, bronze and iron amulets and opium weights that were used with it, from a San Francisco opium den he had visited. All were recovered from this alcove and we will be offering them individually, so please stay tuned,
She tells a fascinating tale of Dr. Buzzard visiting grandmother with this tale and these gifts, as told to her by her mother, Marie Glapion. The owner of the establishment was as Chinese sorcerer who Dr Buzzard had seen at this shine, invoking The Poppy Demon with the little ducks. What he witnessed caused him to covet these items and conceal them in his cloak on the way out, gleeful ion the fact that stealing them increased their power.
This idea of stolen article of magic increasing in power is frequently found in many cultures.
Dr Buzzard
Her journals first mention a South Carolina Sea Islander Root Man named "Dr. Buzzard," in reference to her mother's death bed visit to him in 1872. Her entries make it apparent that there were numerous “Dr. Buzzard's” that not only she, but her mother and grandmother before her had contact with during their lives, thirty four of them to be exact, but many of these may have been the same man and certainly their sons, but it is the entries from her mother's journals that mention the first of them.
Her inventory entries regarding a handful of Asian artifacts her mother also obtained from a Dr. Buzzard indicate he had traveled throughout Asia twice in his lifetime and had made acquaintances in numerous American Chinatowns. Many descendant's of these Dr. Buzzard's are mentioned in her entries, along with their apprentices, many of whom went by the same name. All were assuredly root workers who followed in that original Dr. Buzzard's footsteps, but making them nearly impossible to identify and attribute.
Our own research, and a foray into this area revealed these people did, and do exist. We interviewed seven current day Dr. Buzzard's, and two of them each had three ritual implements and charms they showed us and described as being made from the remains of the original Dr. Buzzard. The description of the funeral rights of Dr. Buzzard and the comparable three bone artifacts in our possession compose nine of the twelve repurposed remains of the original Dr. Buzzard.
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We take her word for this. Real or imagined, we certainly understand why she and her associates was as feared and respected as they were.
There are numerous mentions in their journals and letters, cautioning the use and storage of this shrine and the once again mentioned weights. Apparently they have a habit of acting on their own and creating a creature akin to a Tokoloshe (a dwarf like water spirit). Hence, no photos of them together with the shrine. They are scheduled for the next photo session and we will include one of these with this shrine at no additional cost.
We unwrapped the shrine for the first time for this photo session and no one here attempted to use it. It is missing pieces and dirty as found, as shown.
It measures approximately 13 3/8" in height, x 13" in length, x 6" in width, weighing 2 lbs., 2 oz.
It is certainly an unusual antique artifact with an extraordinary provenance, that is much nicer then 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 clients, 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, wardrobe or decor, displays really well. Really doesn't get any better than this. There are 12 photographs below to tell the rest of this tale. Buyer to pay $0.00 for Insured Ground Shipping with Tracking, handling and lagniappe.
Rest assured your order will be carefully packed to withstand the onslaught of the most deranged of parcel carriers.
The Opium Poppy Demon and its Invocation
Her journal entries list, "Poppy Demon Invocation" for use in, "Chasing the Dragon." This is described as a ritual and social practice of soaking a measured (weighed) ball of opium in absinthe, placing it an offering spoon, then pouring a small amount of absinthe in the spoon to,"saute the ball of dope" before it would be smoked either in a pipe or by heating the spoon and inhaling the smoke through a pipe. Although done socially at their in house lounge, they would also, "Chase the Dragon" in a religious invocation of "The Poppy Demon."
\Using this shrine with the aforementioned weights and polished reflective surfaces, they would materialize apparitions of this demon during, "ceremonial use in calling the demon spirits into this world," claiming they were able to summon what they called it's, "Spirit Guides justifiably described as Poppy Demons."
There are numerous journal entries concerning this and their use of opium and absinthe induced meditations, one of which reads; "androgynous energies well suited as in dream work, shielding one from dream attack and nightmares. Used in communication they are as a conduit with their realms and are soothing to the eye and spirit."
She also makes numerous entries concerning these sessions attracting, "a good number of life energies and manifestations that will linger in the reflections."
Later entries urge caution in making eye contact with unknown apparitions and caution the use of this invocation by "the feint of heart and inexperienced."
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But Back to the Shrine
According to her journals, she discontinued use of this shrine in the late 1940's, replacing it with two others for their use. This was then relegated to grandmother's alcove, the exterior of which became storm damaged, most likely during Hurricane Andrew. Although the shrine is damaged, we do not believe it was damaged by the storm, it is however, quite dirty from being exposed due to the loss of the storage coverings in this room from the storm. The shrine and aforementioned weights are some of the few pieces recovered from this area.There are numerous mentions in their journals and letters, cautioning the use and storage of this shrine and the once again mentioned weights. Apparently they have a habit of acting on their own and creating a creature akin to a Tokoloshe (a dwarf like water spirit). Hence, no photos of them together with the shrine. They are scheduled for the next photo session and we will include one of these with this shrine at no additional cost.
We unwrapped the shrine for the first time for this photo session and no one here attempted to use it. It is missing pieces and dirty as found, as shown.
It measures approximately 13 3/8" in height, x 13" in length, x 6" in width, weighing 2 lbs., 2 oz.
It is certainly an unusual antique artifact with an extraordinary provenance, that is much nicer then 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 clients, after receiving items from this estate have reported dream contacts and other unexplained phenomenon.
Rest assured your order will be carefully packed to withstand the onslaught of the most deranged of parcel carriers.
The props are not part of the deal but you knew that already.
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