my mum and dad just gave me two more skulls

[Samhain]

A rather unusual pressie to give to your son really, don't worry they not mad (not with regards to this anyway) i love animal skulls, very magical, the first two where bird, this time its another bird and what we think is probably a lamb, and its jaw still attached
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[Boogabaah]

what'cha gonna do with them?

[Samhain]

what'cha gonna do with them?put them in my room, add them to my altar and use them for rituals
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[121]

What kind of rituals?

[Boogabaah]

groovy

[Samhain]

What kind of rituals?
my witchcraft rituals
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[Samhain]

groovy
mind you if you can think of another use for them, do enlighten me :cool:
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[strgchz]

that cool bro. Ive alwayys wanted to practise wicca, but becuase of my fears that were given to me by my parents, I was always afraid that God would strike me dead or sum b.s.

[Boogabaah]

mind you if you can think of another use for them, do enlighten me :cool:
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hmmm.. nope

maybe bury them.. give them back to nature.. but i have a feeling thats not what you plan on doing

[stinkfoot]

You have generous and understanding parents... no bones about it.

[celtgrrl]

haha.

i love skulls too, although i only have human reproductions. but about six of htem grace my living room at all times.

[Samhain]

You have generous and understanding parents... no bones about it.
haha nice one, I think they're making up for the fact that when i was a kid they didn't understand me at all, I think they are actually straight laced but feel that they do not want to alienate themselves from me
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[Samhain]

that cool bro. Ive alwayys wanted to practise wicca, but becuase of my fears that were given to me by my parents, I was always afraid that God would strike me dead or sum b.s.
there are ways you can challenge yourself on this, anyway p.m me if you want anymore imfo
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[Zoomie]

I've been looking for a fresh fox roadkill. Tan the hide and let the maggots clean the skull for me. I couldn't ever kill anything. But I want a fox skull for the ceremonial staff I made during Pennsic last.

[rg paddler]

You have generous and understanding parents... no bones about it.

..and you know what they say...two heads are better than one

I've got a sheep's skull but the fields are littered with those things - they are good to practise drawing.Those witchcraft rituals.. Are they for the good or the dark lord?

[Bellfire01]

A rather unusual pressie to give to your son really, don't worry they not mad (not with regards to this anyway) i love animal skulls, very magical, the first two where bird, this time its another bird and what we think is probably a lamb, and its jaw still attached
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Well, not really. My ma has a skull of some animal. (It may be shrunken.) She had a snake head wearing a cowboy hat and a turtle shell rattle lol.(Can’t spell the animal that looks like a turtle lol)

[stinkfoot]

(Can’t spell the animal that looks like a turtle lol)
Tortoise?

[Bellfire01]

Tortoise?
Thank you because spell check wasn't helping me lol.

[stinkfoot]

No prob.

Every once in awhile I can prove to be somewhat useful. :)

[ihmurria]

hmmm, I think skulls are really neat but mostly just mammal skulls, or very old fossil skulls. Never found bird skulls particularly fascinating, but that's just me

[Samhain]

..and you know what they say...two heads are better than one

I've got a sheep's skull but the fields are littered with those things - they are good to practise drawing.Those witchcraft rituals.. Are they for the good or the dark lord?
please don't get me preaching, witches tend to have a goddess and a lord, none of them (the gods and lords) are wholey good or bad and dark is a form of energy, which is very powerful and very far from being bad

I've been looking for a fresh fox roadkill. Tan the hide and let the maggots clean the skull for me. I couldn't ever kill anything. But I want a fox skull for the ceremonial staff I made during Pennsic last.
my mum bleached the lamb skull before I got it which I don't partculary like, but i'm not going to argue about smething that I didn't even own at that time, how long do you think maggots would take, and where would you put it in the meantime?

hmmm, I think skulls are really neat but mostly just mammal skulls, or very old fossil skulls. Never found bird skulls particularly fascinating, but that's just me
I think I agree although I've always loved skulls so when my parents gave me my fist ever skull, that was bird, i was over the moon
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[Zoomie]

my mum bleached the lamb skull before I got it which I don't partculary like, but i'm not going to argue about smething that I didn't even own at that time, how long do you think maggots would take, and where would you put it in the meantime?
Maggots take about two weeks to completely strip an exposed skull in temperate weather. I would use a milk crate, to keep stray dogs and opossums and the like from dragging the skull away.

[Samhain]

Maggots take about two weeks to completely strip an exposed skull in temperate weather. I would use a milk crate, to keep stray dogs and opossums and the like from dragging the skull away.
keeping it in the garden?? its a shame you don't live closer to me, you sound like an interesting guy to sit down and have a herbal tea with!
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[Bellfire01]

Amatures. You go to a powow and they will tell you how to perserve one.

[Zoomie]

keeping it in the garden?? its a shame you don't live closer to me, you sound like an interesting guy to sit down and have a herbal tea with!
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Looking for the pic of the staff. Yes, I just tuck it behind the shed. Tan the hide with salts and the natural tannic acid from cedar chips. And I would enjoy a tea with you.

[cerridwen]

very cool... although I've never known any ritual work that involved using bones of any kind, although that's just me. I wouldn't know what to do with skulls if I had them... other than decorate my altar for the Day of the Dead or Samhain or something.

[Samhain]

and that I have my new digi camera I'll take a pic of them all and post a pic in this thread
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[fritz]

Would love to see pics of your skulls, Sam...How many do you have now of varying animals?

[Samhain]

Would love to see pics of your skulls, Sam...How many do you have now of varying animals?
3 bird skulls and one animal I forget what it is have to ask mother!!
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[fritz]

Nice collection! Now I'm curious what the other one is too.

[Samhain]

Nice collection! Now I'm curious what the other one is too.

makes me sound like a rubbish pagan that I can't tell you :D
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[fritz]

Is that a pagan that picks through trash? :D

(I would never think that of you Sam) *flutters eyelashes*

[Samhain]

Is that a pagan that picks through trash? :D

(I would never think that of you Sam) *flutters eyelashes*
oh pfft :p

[ipwnzoru]

ur so lucky, i love sticking my penar in skulls!!!!!

[themnax]

skuls are supposed to help be able to draw the shape of the head they were once inside of. sometimes i think people are too casual about them and sometimes too out of context otherwise.

and i realy, i'm not sure i can or should judge that either.

you know, life death, both part of being in the same universe as all the diversity of everything else too.

=^^=
.../\...

[fritz]

I think I'm up to thirteen skulls at this point. None of mine are real, though...I've only found one website where I could legally purchase a real one...I didn't like the three there.
I'm into human, though, I doubt I'd turn down an animal one...Should one present itself to me.
I've found sites where you can get a mix of cold cast resin, & bone supposedly.

Two of my skulls are plastic life sized ones...One shoots fake flames out of it's head...I painted it, & made him freakier/spookier looking...
The other plastic one I named Bertha, because she has black roses sticking out of the top of her skull, & leaves, & moss on her face...If you put batteries in her she plays the death march funk, & the roses dance! Hahaha!
I have one ceramic one, (out of a few ceramic ones) signed by Tom Savini...I keep thinking about giving him away, because he has bad memories of my ex associated to him.

[fritz]

Sam, did you figure out what the other animal is...? Or did I skip/miss reading that somewhere in this thread? (lamb?)

[Samhain]

Sam, did you figure out what the other animal is...? Or did I skip/miss reading that somewhere in this thread? (lamb?)
No still need to ask, will post here as soon as I know
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[warmhandedcanadian]

I think that's really nice that your mom gave you your first skull sam!!

[Samhain]

I thought I'd post a pic of these ones I found on the net until I get around to taking pics of my skulls
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/index03.jpg
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/crystal_skull_small.jpg

[Samhain]

Nice collection! Now I'm curious what the other one is too.
we think its probably lamb
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[Samhain]

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/1838/DSCF0399.jpg
this is a pic of my skulls you can see 3 bird skulls, the other animal skull that we think is probably lamb, the black skull is a candle I made myself from a mould, the two statues are 'mother and father death' they go on my altar for death rituals

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/1838/DSCF0408.jpg
a closer look at 'mother and father death'
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[Samhain]

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/1838/DSCF0404.jpghttp://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/1838/DSCF0403.jpg
a closer look at the skulls
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[warmhandedcanadian]

ohh hooo witchy woman see how high she flies ........

are those the words?

[fritz]

Oh, I just love it! Very nice! Ma, & Pa death look great together! :D

[Anima_Mercury]

Those skulls remind me of Judas in The Passion of the Christ. As he sits by a fire, two children approach him and ask him what's wrong. When Judas curses them, they turn into demons. They chase Judas, tormenting him as he flees outside the city walls. The next morning, Judas finds the donkey from Palm Sunday lying dead and being devoured by maggots. Wow, that scene... so significant.


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[Samhain]

Those skulls remind me of Judas in The Passion of the Christ. As he sits by a fire, two children approach him and ask him what's wrong. When Judas curses them, they turn into demons. They chase Judas, tormenting him as he flees outside the city walls. The next morning, Judas finds the donkey from Palm Sunday lying dead and being devoured by maggots. Wow, that scene... so significant.


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I know I'm going to regret asking you this, but why did they remind you of all that?
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[Anima_Mercury]

I know I'm going to regret asking you this, but why did they remind you of all that?
SThat was just description to remember what part of the movie I wanted to remark.
The pics you posted reminded me of the skull of that donkey.

why you said you'd regret asking?

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[Samhain]

That was just description to remember what part of the movie I wanted to remark.
The pics you posted reminded me of the skull of that donkey.

why you said you'd regret asking?

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because normally your answers are long and complex (joke :rolleyes:)
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[Anima_Mercury]

because normally your answers are long and complex (joke :rolleyes:)
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hehe you're right! ;)


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[Samhain]

I brought a skull candle today in a cheap shop for a £1 its pretty cool, the witch and the frankenstein candles where a bit tacky so I didn't bother :D
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[mynameiskc]

my husband has all kinds of skulls: longhorn, elk, deer, ram, coyote. they call to him. he found one down an old farm well in red mesa. he has a eerie way with birds, too. wild birds come to him all the time. wild animals behave very strangely around dave. he's had more run-ins with wilkd animals coming in to him that anyone i've ever seen. anyway, every time he's out walking about, he'll stumble across skulls. animals come to him when they're dying, too. just like they did to me. all the neighborhood pets would come to my window to die, it was kinda neat, in a bizarre, spooky way.

[Samhain]

my husband has all kinds of skulls: longhorn, elk, deer, ram, coyote. they call to him. he found one down an old farm well in red mesa. he has a eerie way with birds, too. wild birds come to him all the time. wild animals behave very strangely around dave. he's had more run-ins with wilkd animals coming in to him that anyone i've ever seen. anyway, every time he's out walking about, he'll stumble across skulls. animals come to him when they're dying, too. just like they did to me. all the neighborhood pets would come to my window to die, it was kinda neat, in a bizarre, spooky way.
ohhhhh pics I want pics of his skulls!!!!!
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[mynameiskc]

okay. he'd be thrilled to share. he gives some away to family and stuff. they're very popular. he adores their beauty. he has these great pictures of this owl that came to him when it was dying. and he's got some wonderful film of him walking up to a grazing cow elk in the wild. there's anothing picture he has of this wild bird up in the mountains sitting in his hand and eating. once while we were out in the boonies, a coyote cub walked right up to him. i watched the whole thing. my daughter is the same way with cats. if there's a cat within a two mile radius, it will find her and befriend her. i have these great pictures of kai holding some strange cat no one has ever seen while she's going down a slide. but anyway, this is about the skulls. i'll ask him to take pictures of them.

[Samhain]

okay. he'd be thrilled to share. he gives some away to family and stuff. they're very popular. he adores their beauty. he has these great pictures of this owl that came to him when it was dying. and he's got some wonderful film of him walking up to a grazing cow elk in the wild. there's anothing picture he has of this wild bird up in the mountains sitting in his hand and eating. once while we were out in the boonies, a coyote cub walked right up to him. i watched the whole thing. my daughter is the same way with cats. if there's a cat within a two mile radius, it will find her and befriend her. i have these great pictures of kai holding some strange cat no one has ever seen while she's going down a slide. but anyway, this is about the skulls. i'll ask him to take pictures of them.That would be lovely KC and if you wanted to start a new thread on the subject of relating to animals in some way please do!
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[warmhandedcanadian]

So what is the interest for you mostly samhain?

[Anima_Mercury]

samhain, I found out about those crystal skulls!!!!! I know who they belong to!!! http://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

Did you see my posts at Spaceship Karnak????

http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/hilda/ssd/newpix/sing/qskull.jpg

By the way there are many interesting mermaids mommies in my posts there!

Hummm http://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif Crystal skulls make me think of the "crystal ball" representation/symbolism. That must be it!


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[honeyhannah]

Wow! Very cool. I've never seen skulls in my life besides in museums and on tv. It surprises me that so many of you have so much experience with them. I think it's awesome... great collection Samhain, and I really liked hearing about your husbands experience with wild animals and yours with dying pets, KC. I am definately feeling in the spirit! I want a skull collection now.

I used to sketch out masks with skull faces/attributes that I wanted to make, but I never got around to it.

[Samhain]

So what is the interest for you mostly samhain?
well death is a very important aspect in nearly all branches of paganism, I feel skulls link me to the energy of death an important reminder that all things die and without this there can be no new life, truely the sacred spiral!

also Samhain is all about death so it is also a representation of my favourite festival
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[Anima_Mercury]

also Samhain is all about deathAnd REBIRTH or RESURRECTION... escencially. Won't you agree samhain?

http://www.mcknee.co.uk/thumbs/21146057603.png


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[Samhain]

And REBIRTH or RESURRECTION... escencially. Won't you agree samhain?

http://www.mcknee.co.uk/thumbs/21146057603.png


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agreed
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