[Jewelry making - Article 00369] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Fetish Jewelry

[Benjamin Mark]

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    Anybody out there remember Tippi Hedren in The Birds? Well ... I
    have a similar theme to show you... not quite  la Hitchcock of
    course... but then what is? 

    So... that said... shall we discuss Fetish... or Fetishism... or
    Fetis hes. Actually... I'm not being fair. I'm only talking about the
    type of fetish in which a spirit is said to live in an inanimate
    object. The other two on the list have less to do with spirits and
    more to do with human penchants... an area in which I think I shall
    not tread... caution being the better part of valor and all that. 

    I have a turquoise necklace to show you. It is of Zuni origin and
    dates back to the early 1950's. It is a Fetish Necklace... and the
    Fetishes are birds. Ah... you see how neatly this is all tying in? Do
    you think Hitchcock ever suspected the labyrinthine paths his works
    would one day take. 

    And now of course comes the question... why a fetish necklace? What
    good is it? Tell us that Benjamin... why don't you. Well... let us
    not forget the magical powers inherent in fetishes. How can one not
    venerate an object that promises not only good luck... but is
    inhabited by a being of great powers who has it within his/her
    powers to grant you all your wishes and cure you of all your ills.
    Sadly... my necklace does not tell what kind of bird these little
    fetishes represent. Are they Cocks, or Crows, or Cuckoos, or Doves?
    Are they Eagles or Geese or Hawks? The list is endless. And perhaps
    it doesn't matter. 

    All that matters is the inhabiting spirit... which... as it turns
    out... may well be an ancestor. Your Auntie Gilda may be in one of
    the Birds. Your Uncle Mike in another. Your grandfather
    Jake--curmudgeon that he was-- may be in yet another. Let us not even
    mention the Hatfields and the McCoys. There are possibly tribes and
    tribes of unfriendly entities inhabiting these turquoise birds strung
    about the owners neck. I counted over 75 of these little feathered
    imps. 

    75 different spirits folks... each inhabiting his own bird...
    possibly each hating the other... or perhaps loving the other... or
    perhaps lusting after each other (does anyone out there know if
    spirits lust). There's room here for conflict mes amis. 

    I read that some spirits are eager for human flesh and blood. Does
    red liquid ooze out of the sides of their mouths as they voraciously
    dine on the wearer of the day of the necklace of fetishes? 

    Hear ye hear ye. Necklace for sale... cheap. Look at the pretty
    little boidies. Necklace miss? Pretty turquoise necklace around that
    elegant slender aristocratic neck... here... try it on... I'm sure
    you will be enchanted. They say it's magical my dear. Try it on. Yes
    yes. Do. 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Current Tidbits... and then click on it in order to view a Turquoise
    Fetish Bird Necklace. 

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com
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