THE SNAKE : BOTH THE MOST INTENSELY FEARED AND WORSHIPPED SYMBOL OF ALL. AS RELATED TO SOUTHERN FOLKLORE AND VOODOO TRADITION, WE FALL ON THE WORSHIPPED AND RESPECTED END OF THE SPECTRUM. IN SOUTHERN FOLKLORE IT IS SAID TO BE A GOOD OMEN TO DREAM OF SNAKES, IF YOU MOVE PAST THEM YOU WILL CONCUR ANY OBSTACLES YOU ARE FACING. IN VOODOO, SNAKES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE HOLDERS OF INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE - KNOWING THAT WHICH CANNOT BE SPOKEN. THEY REPRESENT THE SPIRITUAL BALANCE BETWEEN THE GENDERS AND ARE CELEBRATED FOR THEIR SACRED AND ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE. THIS TOTEM OF THEIR SHED SKIN, A SYMBOL OF THEIR GROWTH, HONORS THIS BELIEF. 



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A REAL PIECE OF A NATURALLY SHED SKIN FROM MY PET BALL PYTHON, ERZULIE, WHICH I HAVE COATED IN A THICK LAYER OF COPPER AND OXIDIZED, THEN GIVEN A LIGHT WAX COATING WITH CYPRESS OIL TO SECURE ITS PATINA AND BRING SUBTLE SCENTS OF THE SWAMP.



ATTACHED ARE THREE BEADS, MADE OF CYPRESS WOOD, HAND STAINED WITH A SECRET MANY INGREDIENT BLEND, INCLUDING CHICORY AND CLOVES TO HOLD THE MAGIC OF NEW ORLEANS CLOSE.