Conference hydra::dejavu

    To a certain extent, if any symbol helps you make a "connection,"
    it could be termed "occult" jewelry.  However, usually, that's reserved
    for such things as regular talismans.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
    
    P.S.:  The bat, while considered mysterious and aligned with the
    forces of evil in Western European (and derivatively, U.S.) culture,
    it's considered a symbol of good luck in the Orient.
    
    Sounds like it'd make a dandy Hallowe'en decoration
    
    -SK
    

  Me and my boyfriend have pagan-star pendants. (I wear 2 as earrings)
  We got them at a little shop that favors jewelry, crystals, etc.
  The person who made them only made a few, and now they're
  unavailable.  The best feature is the actual physical feeling
  we get when we wear them.  I usually get almost nausous, and
  a surge of adrenaline.  His affects him similiar.  We're sure
  that a little magic was used by the artist...
  
  This is also a good part of town to find anything from bats to
  fairies (a personal fav.) in jewelry, and other assorted goodies.
  
  Theresa

  I couldn't think earlier, but the pendants are Pentagrams.
  t.

    Re .3:
    
    > ...      The best feature is the actual physical feeling
    >we get when we wear them.  I usually get almost nausuos, ...
    
    Are you feeling all right?  I don't think I'd want to wear something
    that almost nauseates me ...
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
    

    RE: .3, .5  (Theresa, Steve)
    
    If I had a piece of jewelry that made me nauseous, yet wanted to
    wear it, I would do a *thorough* cleaning on it first.
    
    If the maker indeed used some kind of magic that I reacted to in
    this way, I would want no part of it.
    
    Elizabeth
    

    Re: .3 & all the replies to it . . .
    
    I know that all of you cautionaries out there are rightly concerned,
    but consider that even a sensation as (supposedly) distinct as nausea
    is not always a bad thing.  There is the kind of nausea that
    results from being truly ill, and the kind of _almost_ queasiness
    that is part of the adrenaline surge.  It is very much a part of
    stage fright, a feeling that I, as a performer, am very familiar
    with.  It can go anywhere from the "butterflies" in the stomach
    sensation to actual physical retching (Laurence Olivier supposedly
    still has to throw up before and during stage performances offstage;
    but I bet no one ever advised him to give up acting . . .)
    
    Anyway, the light "heaves" that accompany the adrenaline surge (that
    surge does, I believe cause your stomach to react physically) may
    or may not be caused by malevolent energy.  It is certainly probably
    caused by very _powerful_ energy.  If the energy received from the
    pieces feels otherwise good, i.e., one likes being hyper-charged
    and is strong enough to handle it without feeling burnt, the nausea
    is not a big deal, just goes with the territory.  When dancing,
    the high received from personifying the music and the applause of
    the audience more than compensates me for any offstage queasiness;
    maybe this is something similar.
    
    Perhaps what the noter of reply .3 might find good is to find ways
    to (a) learn more about the energy that seems to be generated, (b)
    how it can be perhaps used to best advantage and (c) how to protect
    ones self from possible undesirable effects.  To continue my
    performance analogy, I have suffered for years from something I
    call post performance crash syndrome.  It comes, it seems, from
    from having my adrenals overstimulated and the resulting "hangover"
    leaves me fatigued, head-achy, and shaky.  (You can get the same
    effect by drinking too much coffee.)  Nothing a few days of rest
    rest and proper diet doesn't cure, but it's nice to know that it's
    a natural reaction, and will disappear with proper TLC.  You may
    need to learn how to deal with a similar reaction to the pendants.
    
    Good luck with your pendants; they do sound interesting . . .
    
    Marcia                        

    Thanks for the replies about our pendants.  I've been 'out of touch'
    for awhile.
    
    re.7  Thanks Marcia, you described how I feel about the energy.
    
    My boyfriend however, is a Wiccan and knows exactly how to use and
    direct the energy.
    
    Needless to say, I don't wear them every day...
    
    Theresa