Part of my Lily Dale series, (the largest community of spiritualist mediums, located in Upstate NY, which I visited in the summer of 2010) this piece marks my interest in Victorian Spiritualism, and how it has thrived in the shadows of modern society. Seances were made popular in the mid 1800's and consisted of a group of people who encircled a table, often holding hands, in candle lit darkness to communicate with the 'other side' or the spirit world. These gatherings were popular during the Victorian era, and it's said even President Abraham Lincoln participated in them in the White House during his presidential term.

This act of communicating with the Spirit World is also a metaphor for communicating with one's Self, the Unconscious, or the Shadow Self we only catch a glimpse of from time to time.

*Details* : 

- 68 mm from top to bottom of tear

- 8 x 17 mm pear cut Onyx  

- Shown on Miguel on a 20 inch chain

Onyx: is best known for being a natural stone that acts as a kind of 'psychic armor' against the negativity of others. It is also used to soothe grief and heartbreak. It is a wonderful grounding stone and a stone of self mastery, enabling its wearers to have mental and spiritual focus.

These Onyx "tears" are hand cut and therefore may have very slight differences in size and may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. These are not fabricated by a machine, they are made by hand and therefore aren't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the gemstones and the cuts.

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