the snake wind around the base of the bone-man’s head. The serpent is the bringer of wisdom and all manner of deep and otherworldly magic.

Finally, it is completed!  Handcarved by Andrew Jimenez and Angelina Nelson (me).  Ready to be dedicated on the dark moon.  The (real ebony) wood was sained in silver-tear, rubbed in juniper, censed with juniper branch and mandrake leaf, oiled with my private blend of wormwood/mandrake anointing oil (everything hand collected and hand made of course).  It rested on a bed of its own shavings and rabbit bones during the last dark moon.   We sanded and smoothed it, blessed and re-blessed it and everyday felt the weight of its beautiful energy.  

To continue reading this post, see the original at “The Bone-Man, the snake and the alraun“.

http://ivypaths.blogspot.com/2011/10/bone-man-snake-and-alraun.html