March 9, 2010

Isn't it illegal to buy or own human bones and skulls?

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SOURCE : Isn’t it illegal to sell human bones and skulls?
It is perfectly legal to possess and to sell Human Bones in the United States. One of the main sources of confusion on this issue is that prior to 1987, the majority of human bones for sale here and in other countries were prepared in [...]

Resurrection Men : Stalking the Dead…

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SOURCE : Resurrection Men: Stalking the Dead…
Resurrection times spanned some eighty years between approximately 1750 and 1832 when the passage of the Warburton Anatomy Act brought an end to the period. During resurrection times and especially during the latter thirty years of the era citizens living in the major cities of the realm suffered from [...]

Amazing Skull Illusions in Pen and Ink Illustrations

Gluttony/Lust Skull

SOURCE : Funnbee.info: Amazing Skull Illusions
Bizarre optical illusions in pen and ink featuring various scenes which – when seen from a distance – turn into human skulls.

Visual Tricks and Hidden Images in Album Covers

Gossip Skull

SOURCE : Look Closer: Visual Tricks and Hidden Images in Album Covers – Rate Your Music
amazing visual illusions of skulls, devils + women

Sweet Skulls: For Those With a Taste For Terror!

Dia De Los Muertos

SOURCE : Sweet Skulls: For Those With a Taste For Terror!
If you like skulls, (and by extension, skeletons) then you’ll enjoy this site.

Dance of Death or Danse macabre : the Grim Reaper gallery

Vitral da catedral de Berna / Stained glass at Bern Cathedral

SOURCE : Dance of Death | Danse macabre | Danza Macabra | Пляска Смерти
Amazing collection of medieval depictions of the grim reaper – over 330 MB on one page!

Symbolism of the Skull and Crossbones or Deaths Head

Yarr!

SOURCE : Symbolism of the Skull and Crossbones – Otherwise Known as the Deaths Head
the very image of a legendary pirate captain appears to confirm a greater, deeper meaning. Going out on a limb, firstly the wearing of a patch – being one-eyed is of major significance when we recall Odin/Wotan, the chief of the [...]

Templar Legends : The Necromantic Skull Of Sidon

SOURCE : http://www.templarhistory.com/sidon.html
It is well known that the order of the Templars was monastic in nature and therefore forbidden to have involvement with women as shown in the Templar Rule of Order. The legend of the “Skull of Sidon” claims that one Templar knight had a relationship with a woman who died. He dug up [...]

History of the Jolly Roger

T´ Jolly Roger, aye.

SOURCE : History of the Jolly Roger
One legend has it that the Jolly Roger obtained its appellation from the French name for the red flag, the “Jolie Rouge.” And so it may be, for the flag was first used by a French order of militant monks known as the “Poor Soldiers of Christ and the [...]

The Relic tradition (sacred personal effects) in Catholic Christianity

Portrait of an articulated skeleton on a bentwood chair

SOURCE : Relics
If these aren’t examples of the use of relics, what are? In the case of Elisha, a Lazarus-like return from the dead was brought about through the prophet’s bones. In the New Testament cases, physical things (the cloak, the shadow, handkerchiefs and aprons) were used to effect cures. There is a perfect congruity [...]