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This is one of our most popular pages on the site, including jewelry to do with Baphomet, Thelema - the Unicursal Hexagram and the Star of Babalon and 777, Ceremonial Magick - the Hexagram, Tetragrammaton, Golden Dawn and Masonic jewelry, even La Couleuvre Noire jewelry. Tarot Jewelry, Gnosticism, the Cabala and jewelry of Wicca
Found throughout human history, the Horned God has always represented the unknown and, usually, sexual energy. In the form of Baphomet this deity represents the life force of planet earth. Caricatured as "the devil" by Christians, this hunter's god may have been the earliest divinity worshipped by human beings. Baphomet is venerated by all types of Western magickal traditions:Ceremonial, Chaos, Thelemic, Left Hand Path and Wicca.
Medium: $130 Code:330(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $175 Code:329(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $230 Code:328(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Medium: $550 Code:330au(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $1000 Code:329au(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Very fancy Baphomets here, and I must say, he likes it! The version on the left is 14kt gold backed with argentium and the version on the right is the same but with a fancy bail and yellow diamond eyes! Man, those eyes did flash. Diamonds are expensive even at these small sizes so email us if you'd like a quote on different stones - say rubies or emeralds! It is also $75 less with a standard bail.
Backed Baphomet Pendant, 14kt Gold + Argentium
Medium: $570 Code:330aubck(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $1030 Code:329aubck(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Backed Baphomet Pendant, 14kt Gold + Argentium + Diamond Eyes
Medium: $800 Code:330aubcks(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $1355 Code:329aubcks(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
More Baphomet Jewelry
You can have godnames stamped and oxidized around the rim of the Extra Large Baphomet. In the image shown the names are Baphomet, Babalon, Luxferro, Azazel and Inana. More commonly the names are Baphomet, Lucifer, Set, Pan, Ahriman, and Leviathan. If the words fit, you can have an invocation to the Horned God stamped around the rim. On the right is a customized Baphomet. It has the letters NOX cut out and soldered to the top. You can customize Baphomet any way you like. Mark's personal Baphomet, for example, has a Tibetan skull at the top - which would cost a little more than this. Email us if you want a customized Baphomet or letters other than NOX.
Extra Large: $270 Code:328n(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Medium: $170 Code:529(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $210 Code:530(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $270 Code:531(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Both of these Baphomets are variants on the style made famous by Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan, on which the Baphometic head is surrounded by the Hebrew letters for Leviathan. See a Leviathan ring HERE. These are the Church of Satan's version (well, our version of their version) of Baphomet. The customer who first requested this piece got permission from the COS for us to make it. These two are the same except that the letters are cut out on the right and soldered on top on the left. We can't cut them out any smaller than a large.
Medium: $170 Code:426+(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $210 Code:405+(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $270 Code:406+(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Large: $210 Code:405(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $270 Code:406(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
More COS Baphomets; the version on the left is a stylized one using our Baphomet and the spectacular version on the right is a COS Baphomet in 14kt Gold with ruby eyes and a fancy bail! Baphomet was quite happy about this version. The medium size of this version would have the letters soldered on top. He can be had without the fancy bail ($75 less) and with something other than AAA faceted ruby eyes if you just don't care enough to do the very best :) Email us!
Medium: $170 Code:1117(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $210 Code:956(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $270 Code:913(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Medium: $870 Code:426+aus(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $1190 Code:405aus(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Baphomet with Ouroborous Jewelry
In these designs The Horned One is within a rim composed of the world snake, the worm ouroboros. This is a spectacular design with deep engraved lines representing the snake's scales. The snake represents the cyclical nature of natural phenomena: birth-death-rebirth; time and the multiverse. On the right, Baphomet is surrounded by the Hebrew letters for Leviathan and then surrounded by the ouroboros.
Medium: $170 Code:973(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $210 Code:963(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $270 Code:964(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Large: $210 Code:956snk(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $270 Code:913snk(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
This customer wanted a Baphpmet like the one above left - with some differences. He wanted twirly horns like a ram and he wanted the snake's head to be almost tortoise-like. He was very happy with his goat + snake. Email us for a variation of your very own.
This very large Baphomet was a one of a kind pendant, forged and created with a series of layers of sterling silver. It is a complex, three dimensional, sculptural piece. The center is a flaming tree, an element popularized by both Eliphas Levi and H. R. Geiger. This piece was about 2 1/3 inches in diameter and consisted of 5 layers. There was only ONE of this design and it was sold for $500.
Mark would be happy to make another custom Baphomet of this kind of complexity but it will not be the same as this.
Another custom Baphomet, this one after Eliphas Levi's design per request of the customer. He has AAA faceted sapphires in his eyes. This is an example of the custom Baphomets we can do - love to do actually! We can make one for you, but it will not be exactly like this. Email us why don't you?
A fabulous dog tag for a fabulous pup. You should be so lucky! Here is the beautiful and proud owner.
Here are three versions of our Baphomet as signet rings. These are large rings, the table where Baphomet is placed cannot be any smaller than 1 inch (25.4 mm) in diameter because of the intricate face. Like all our rings, these signets are fabricated, not cast, so they very strong. Email us for more information.
This ring in argentium sterling silver costs $400.
This ring cost $700. We recently made one with the Baphomet and the circle in 18kt Gold and the ring in argentium. The cost of that ring was $900.
This Eliphas Levi Style Baphomet ring costs $425 and up - depending on the size. Until recently, Mark wasn't able to make teeny tiny flaming tree thingys like this but he has recently acquired a jeweler's microscope so now he can go really, really small!
"Love is the Law, Love under Will." These are some of the symbols of Aleister Crowley whose Order of Thelema continues his Great Work. 93! 93!
Star of Babalon Jewelry
This symbol was Aleister Crowley's personal symbol and is popular with Thelemites. The Star of Babalon invokes the aid of the angelic guardian spirits of the 7 planets. In this context it also means the Law of Thelema: 93.
Do What Thou Wilt!
Babalon—also known as The Scarlet Woman, The Great Mother or the Mother of Abominations — is a goddess found in Thelema. In her most abstract form, she represents the female sexual impulse and the liberated woman; although she can also be identified with Mother Earth in her most fertile sense. At the same time, Crowley believed that Babalon had an earthly aspect in the form of a spiritual office, which could be filled by actual women — usually as a counterpart to his own identification as 'To Mega Therion' (The Great Beast) — whose duty was then to help manifest the energies of the current Aeon of Horus.
Small: $50 Code:077(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $60 Code:556(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $80 Code:555(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $110 Code:559(45X45mm or1.8" diameter)
Small: $150 Code:077au(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $250 Code:556au(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $400 Code:555au(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
"This is the Mystery of Babalon, the Mother of Abominations, and this is the mystery of her adulteries, for she hath yielded up herself to everything that liveth, and hath become a partaker in its mystery. And because she hath made her self the servant of each, therefore is she become the mistress of all. Not as yet canst thou comprehend her glory." - 12th Aethyr
"This is Babalon, the true mistress of The Beast; of Her, all his mistresses on lower planes are but avatars" Although Crowley often wrote that Babalon and the Scarlet Woman are one, there are many instances where the Scarlet Woman is seen more as a representative of the universal feminine principle. In a footnote to Liber Reguli, Crowley mentions that of the "Gods of the Aeon," the Scarlet Woman and the Beast are their earthly emissaries. Though many women could be the "office holder" of the Scarlet Woman, there could be only one Beast - Crowley himself.
Small: $50 Code:981(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $60 Code:927(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $80 Code:982(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $110 Code:989(45X45mm or1.8" diameter)
Small: $250 Code:981au(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $420 Code:927au(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $735 Code:982au(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
If the number of the Beast is 666 then the number of Babalon is 777. Her consort is Chaos, the "Father of Life" and the male form of the Creative Principle. Babalon is often described as being girt with a sword and riding the Beast. She is often referred to as a Sacred Whore, and her primary symbol is the Chalice or Graal. As Crowley wrote, "She rides astride the Beast; in her left hand she holds the reins, representing the passion which unites them. In her right she holds aloft the cup, the Holy Grail aflame with love and death. In this cup are mingled the elements of the sacrament of the Aeon" (Crowley 1981, p. 94).
This is a fabulous, layered, argentium sterling silver version of 777.
This ring features the personal sigil of Aleister Crowley. The letters BABALON are inset in the triangles fromed by the seven pointed star. This complicated signet ring costs $400 and up to fabricate.
Here is the 777 ring with 14kt yellow gold on argentium sterling silver. This ring costs $750 - depending on the size. The table of rings with this much raised lettring and emblems must be 1 inch (25mm) in diameter minimum.
This Star of Babalon ring is set with a large cabochon synthetic sapphire. This ring can be made somewhat smaller ring than the 777 rings above; it costs $350 and up.
The unicursal hexagram is so-called because it can be drawn unicursally - that is, in one continuous movement. This is significant when forming figures in ritual magick, where a continuous line is preferred to an interrupted movement. The symbol was devised by The Golden Dawn, and later adapted by Aleister Crowley as a device of personal significance.
Small: $50 Code:079(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $60 Code:078(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $80 Code:831(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $110 Code:830(45X45mm or1.8" diameter)
Small: $175 Code:079au(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $275 Code:078au(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $470 Code:831au(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Unicursal Hexagram Pendant with Stone
Crowley's adaptation of the unicursal hexagram placed a five petalled rose, symbolizing a pentacle (and the divine feminine), in the center; the symbol as a whole making eleven (five petals of the rose plus six points of the hexagram), the number of divine union. Putting a ruby as a symbol of the rose in the center of the unicursal is most Crowleyan. We can even make one with a five petaled rose in the center AND a ruby on top of that if you like - see below! Prices, by the way, are for synthetic rubies or genuine garnets; the ones shown are faceted but you can have cabochon too. Genuine rubies are a bit more expensive. Email us re those prices.
Small: $65 Code:079s(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $75 Code:078s(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $100 Code:831s(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $135 Code:830s(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Small: $205 Code:079aus(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $330 Code:078aus(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $535 Code:831aus(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Unicursal Hexagrams with Rose and Stone
Crowley's personal unicursal hexagram features a five petalled, inverted rose, at the center. The gorgeous piece on the right is a silver unicursal hexagram with a 14kt rose gold rose and a faceted, tube set rhodolite garnet. Majestic, it is! We can set a ruby (genuine or lab grown) also. On the left is a version with the rose in silver, which is a little less expensive. Email us re stone prices or if you'd like to have the unicursal hexagram with just a rose and no stone.
Small: $65 Code:079r(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $75 Code:078r(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $100 Code:831r(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $135 Code:830r(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Small: $100 Code:079rs(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $125 Code:078rs(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $170 Code:831rs(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $210 Code:830rs(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Unicursal Hexagram in Circle Pendant
A totally interesting - who knows if it's true - interpretation of Anton LaVey's lightening bolt; Marilyn Manson's shock symbol; Ziggy Stardust's 'Z'; AC/DC, KISS and Black Sabbath's 'Zs' says that they are all 1/2 of a unicursal hexagram! Who knew? Maybe even the Nazi's too! Go here for that: 'z' as 1/2 unicursal hexagram
Small: $50 Code:399(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $60 Code:401(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $80 Code:402(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $110 Code:432(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Small: $210 Code:399au(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $350 Code:401au(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $650 Code:402au(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Unicursal Hexagram Rings
Another one of our fabulous hand crafted signet rings. This one has a unicursal hexagram within a circle and a Crowleyan rose in 14k rose gold on it. Rings like this cost $375 and up.
Here's a wide-band style ring, with a unicursal hexagram and a lab grown faceted ruby tube set in the center. Rings like this run $275 and up. This ring has the advantage of having very sharp points - if you like that sort of thing.
This 14kt yellow gold split band ring featuring a unicursal hexagram with a 14kt rose gold rose uses solder lamination techniques to back the hexagram with an argentium silver disk. Rings similar to this cost $500 and up, depending on ring size.
Here's another wide-band style ring, with a unicursal hexagram and a faceted garnet tube set in the center. In this case the unicursal is backed and oxidized and there are symbols on both sides. In this image you can see the inverted pentagram on the side.
In this image the symbol on the side is an Eye of Horus. Of course you can have most symbols placed on the sides. Rings like this cost $350 and up in argentium sterling silver.
For the well dressed Thelemite here's the unicursal hexagram as a pair of backed and oxidized cuff links. We can make pretty much any symbol you see on this page into cuff links. These cuff links are torpedo style, but we can also make them with a bar and chain. To see that or many more styles, look here.
This is a two sided custom piece ordered by a member of the Haitian Voudoo-Thelemite syncretic order La Couleuvre Noire. Thelemites and vouduns will know of this order through the work of Michael Bertiaux. More information on the history of this order is available here. Two sided pieces like this are extremely complicated to fabricate. This one was nearly two inches in width. Two sided pieces of similar size and complexity would cost $500 and up. Email Us with the design of your order's magickal seals. We'll be happy to turn them into something as gorgeous as this!
Hexagram Jewelry
The hexagram is a mandala symbol called satkona yantra found on ancient South Indian Hindu temples built thousands of years ago. It symbolizes the nara-narayana, or perfect meditative state of balance achieved between Man and God.
As the Star of David, the hexagram is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism. It is named after King David of ancient Israel; and its earliest known communal usage began in the Middle Ages.
In Ceremonial Magickal terms: Just as the Pentagram is an image of Man/God/Existence perfectly in balance Elementally, the Hexagram is a balanced symbol of the Planetary powers. It is important to understand that the planetary powers have nothing to do with the physical planets they are named after. They symbolize certain non-physical forces that affect our existence, much as the tide of the seas is guided by the moon. The Hexagram is also a symbol of balance between the Magnetic and Electric powers (also known as the Yin and Yang of the Tao, also corresponding to the Pillars of Mercy and Severity in Hermetic Magick). The upper triangle is colored Red, the Lower triangle Blue. With the Red symbolizing the Electric, Fire, the Male, etc. and the Blue symbolizing the Magnetic power, Water, the Female. Each point of the star is bejeweled with a planetary symbol, with Saturn being at the very top, followed in clockwise by Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Luna, Mars, and Sol in the Center of the star. It is important during energy work, imho, to build the Hexagram into one's aura, as it represents balance in all of the celestial forces that affect our beings. It is even more important than the Pentagram to build into the aura, as the Elements are emanations of the Magnetic and Electric powers, and are under their "Presidency" for lack of a better term.
The above is from a fascinating discussion about the hexagram, including The Lesser Banishing Ritual of The Hexagram
Extra Small: $40 Code:1400(15X15mm or 0.6" diameter)
Small: $50 Code:505(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $60 Code:506(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $80 Code:507(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $110 Code:503(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Extra Small: $140 Code:1400au(15X15mm or 0.6" diameter)
Small: $200 Code:505au(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $375 Code:506au(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $610 Code:507au(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
The hexagram is also used by the Christians as the Star of Creation. To Mormons it symbolizes the Tribes of Israel and the friendship and affinity Mormons feel towards the Jewish people. Rastafai and the Zion Christian Church, a 3 million Black Christian church in South Africa use this symbol. To Muslims, David and King Solomon are mentioned in the Koran as prophets and kings. Rael of the Raelians says the hexagram was brought to this planet by extrasolar genetic engineers! To Wiccans, it is '"as above, so below". One professor theorizes that the "Star of David" originated in the writings of Aristotle, who used superposed triangles in different positions to indicate the combinations of different basic elements.
So the hexagram is not only everywhere and forever but, as a simple geometric shape, like the triangle, circle, or square, the hexagram has been created by various, different peoples with no connection to one another over time.
Hexagram with Tetragrammaton Jewelry
In this variant the hexagram is backed with a textured disc of sterling silver and the tetragrammaton: Yod-Heh-Vahv-Heh, the secret name of God, is included in Hebrew. An amethyst is set in the center. The symbol can be made without the hebrew letters and without the stone - email us for prices and to buy.
Medium: $100 Code:304s(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $135 Code:305s(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Here is the Hexagram/Tetragrammaton symbol set on a band style ring. This particular ring costs $300, but the price varies depending on the size and stone. See our rings section for more styles (picture your design on the style you like).
Tetragrammaton Jewelry
Quaternary means four elements in one and this quaternary is the tetragrammaton (Yod-Heh-Vahv-Heh = the secret/sacred name of God, the Word, the Logos, Christ) that is incarnated within the pentagram (the Kosmic Human is represented by the five points of the Hieroglyphic Esoteric Pentagram: one head, two arms and two legs). In Exodus 3:14-15 the name is associated with the idea of "being," and hence some have understood the original meaning to be "He who brings being into being."
The tetragrammaton on the right contains a large central moonstone and five elemental stones at the points of the pentagrams. This is a laminated piece, backed with sterling a silver textured disc. This symbol is generally considered to be the most powerful in Ceremonial Magick, containing the protective qualities of the pentagram, two circles signifying the microcosm and the macrocosm, and the name of the Creative Force. This is a heavy, impressive and powerful piece!
The tetragrammatons, when made as a small, will not have that inner circle - see the backed version below - too tiny! The backed tetragrammaton with stones, on the right, can be made in a small but with faceted stones only. You know the drill.
We can put a stone(s) on the tetragrammaton on the left; fewer stones on the tetragrammaton on the right; fancy bails on either - email us about that.
Small: $100 Code:1612 (20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $120 Code:759 (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $175 Code:760 (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $225 Code:761 (45X45mm 1.8" diameter)
Medium: $210 Code:759bksts (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $280 Code:760bksts (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $370 Code:761bksts (45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
This tetragrammaton differs from the ones above in that it doesn't have the inner circle. That's because this was a small. Medium and up can have the inner circle. Without the fancy bail, the price is $15, $20 and $25 less.
- Small: $135 Code:1612bk
- 20X20mm or 0.8" diameter
- Medium: $165 Code:759bk
- 27X27mm or 1.1" diameter
- Large: $235 Code:760bk
- 36X36mm or 1.4" diameter
This version of the Tetragrammaton was designed by John Dee for an amulet. We made it into a signet style ring. This had a black onyx in the center but you can choose any stone. Rings this complex and massive cost $500 and up.
Here the John Dee ring has the tetragrammaton in 14K yellow gold. Rings like this cost $850 and up.
You can have an elegant and classic ring similar to this one. Prices start at $750.
Goetic and Other Magickal Seals
We can make pretty much any Goetic, Solomonic, Angelic or Demonic seal that you would care to commission. Mark is developing his engraving skills so he can fabricate the Enochian Watchtowers for any of you practitioners of John Dee's magickal system. Seals like these are used in demonic (or angelic) evocation.
In many cases we can do seals at 75% of our large size (27 mm or 1.0"). So - really - Email us for your custom seal or sigil.
Andras Seal Pendant
This, the Seal of the Grand Marquis of Hell, Andras, is from the Goetia and is an incised argentium sterling silver medal 36mm in diameter (1.4"). A Seal of this or greater complexity costs $180 or more. Email us with your interest.
Azazel Seal Pendant
This is the Seal of Azazel , a demon sometimes associated with Satan. This is an incised argentium sterling silver medal 36mm in diameter (1.4"). A Seal like this costs $125. Email us with your interest.
Andromalius Seal
This is the Seal of Andromalius , a Goetic Demon Count charged with the responsibility of bringing back thieves and their stolen goods and is presents usually as a man holding a serpent/. This is an incised argentium sterling silver medal 36mm in diameter (1.4"). A Seal like this costs $150. Email us with your interest.
Sigil Bracelet
Any sigil can be recostructed and placed on a bracelet. This was a combination of the Sigils of Malphas and Samael. Sigil ID style bracelets like this run $200 and up, depending on the length, size of the link and complexity of design. Email us with angels or demons or personal sigils and with the size you would like the bracelet to be.
This couple commissioned wedding bands with personal sigils they had devised soldered around the silver bands in 14K yellow gold - his sigil on her ring and vice versa. Sets like this cost $750 and up.
Astaroth is referred to in The Lesser Key of Solomon as a very powerful demon. In the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with feathered wings, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a beast with dragon-like wings and a serpent-like tail. According to Sebastien Michaelis he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness, vanity, and rationalized philosophies. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him. He was also said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents. Quite a guy, huh? Rings with demon seals start at $400.
John Dee, Elizabeth I's astrologer and court magician, designed this ring. Mark executed it as a size 10, heavy 14kt gold ring. The table of the ring, pictured here, is 1 inch square. This is a ceremonial ring, specially made for a customer involved in Dee's magick. On the right you can see the heavy gold band and the way in which Dee believed the ring should be fabricated. Elizabethan jewelry had not developed the signet style ring, which would be the way that a modern ring would fulfill Dee's design requirements. A ring similar to this would cost $2000 and up today. We can make the plate smaller which is considerably less expensive.
Note that we have John Dee's version of the Tetragrammaton in the form of a signet ring above.
Here is the John Dee Ring in argentium sterling silver with the enochian lettering and emblem in 14K yellow gold. Rings like this cost $425 and up with a 1" square table. Email us with questions.
Enochian is the angelic language that John Dee used with Edward Kelley to converse with the spirits. Here the Enochian word has been incised into a band ring. Rings like this cost $275 and up.Email us with questions.
You can also have rings with Cornelius Agrippa's Angelic Script (Malachim) or his Celestial alphabet. Rings like this start at $325. Email us with questions.
Golden Dawn,Masonic and Other Hermetic Orders Jewelry
The Golden Dawn, one of the most important Hermetic Orders of the Magickal Revival and the end of the 19th Century, patterned itself after the Masons, a magickal order which, to this day, remains the largest and most successful magickal fellowship in the history of Western occultism.
Extra Large: $180 Code:1120(50X30mm or 2.0"X1.2")
Extra Extra Large: $240 Code:1121(66X40mm or 2.6"X1.6")
Small: $70 Code:1122(27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Medium: $85 Code:1123(36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Large: $115 Code:1124(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Tarot Card Jewelry
According to a Tarot historian, Tarot cards did not come from playing cards nor playing cards from them. There are also those who believe that Tarot cards originated in Egypt. In some circles, they are thought to be the sole surviving "book" from the great fire that burned the libraries of ancient Egypt. In this theory, the cards are considered to be the hieroglyphical keys to life. There is, however, no evidence of this. They did appear in Italy around 1440 and were used to play games. It wasn't until the 18th century, in France and England, that followers of the occult discovered Tarot cards. They saw the symbolic pictures of the cards as having more meaning than the simple trump cards they were used for at the time. They used the cards as a divination tool, and occult writers wrote about "the Tarot." After this, the Tarot became a part of occult philosophy.
The pieces below depict the Hanged Man, the 12th trump card. It refers to the hanged god as a metaphor for death, renewal and self sacrifice. Aleister Crowley found this repugnant as it alludes to Christianity: "Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I console not: I hate the consoled and the consoler." The Book of the Law.
We can make the trumps as cards or pendants and they can be all silver or all gold too.
We LOVE making Tarot cards! Order more!
Small: $60 Code:773(25X19mm or 1.0"X0.7")
Medium: $80 Code:769(33X23mm or 1.3"X0.9")
Large: $115 Code:770(43X30mm or 1.7"X1.2")
Extra Large: $140 Code:771(57X41mm or 2.3"X1.6")
Medium: $150 Code:1311(33X24mm or 1.3"X1.0")
Large: $210 Code:1312(44X32mm or 1.7"X1.3")
Isn't this great?! The Hanged Man (Atu XII) and the Magus (Atu I) as cuff links! We can do some trumps this small, obviously, but many are too complicated. Just let us know what you want.
Gnosticism probably predated Christianity and was nearly eradicated by the Catholic Church in the 13 Century but it survives to this day and was very influential in the development of esoteric and mystical movements in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. We feature some of the most popular symbols of Gnosticism, but would be happy to make more. Email us!
The serpent or dragon eating its own tail can be traced back to ancient Egypt, circa 1600 BCE, though the pig dragons ( a type of ouroboros) of the Hongshan culture (47002200 BCE) of China are even older. From ancient Egypt the design passed to Phoenicia and then to the Greek philosophers, who gave it the name Ouroboros ("self-devourer"). It is also a well-known Gnostic symbol. The cosmic egg, which is protected by the worm (dragon/snake) is represented by whatever stone you love, here we used a hematite on the left hand worm, a turquoise on the right.
We can get quite a few stones to fit both of the smalls and the medium alternate worm but our choices really narrow for the medium regular worm and the large of both kinds. You might want to Email us first.
Small: $100 Code:837 (20mmX20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $120 Code:838 (27mmX27mm or 1.1" diameter)Large: $155 Code:839 (36mmX36mm 1.4" diameter)
Small: $100 Code:837a (20mmX20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $120 Code:838a (27mmX27mm or 1.1" diameter)Large: $155 Code:839a (36mmX36mm 1.4" diameter)
The Ouroboros is a greek word, and means "tail swallower." The ouroboros is usually depicted in the form of a snake swallowing its tail, and is usually circular, although it is sometimes depicted in a lemniscate shape - the infinity symbol - where it symbolizes the balancing of the upper and the lower (as above so below). The religious or spiritual aspect of the leminscate worm predates its mathematical origins. It has been found in Tibetan rock carvings. In the tarot, the lemniscate represents the balance of forces and is often associated with the magician card.
There is a large selection of oval stones available. This is a magnificent piece of lapis, but we can get almost any stone you want - email us.
Cut and carved from 14kt yellow gold 16 gauge sheet the worm ouroborous, a gnostic symbol for the cyclical nature of reality, is priced at $400 and up, $450 and up for the one with the 2 mm faceted emerald eye.
The argentium version starts at $150 and goes up. The version on the lower right has an exquisite AAA sapphire in a 14kt gold setting for the eye. Not too expensive at these tiny sizes: prices start at $200.
You know you can have almost any stones you want, right? Email Us about that.
This customer wanted a large ring with a large stone but he didn't want the bulk of a signet ring, so Mark crafted a heavy duty band ring for him. Prices start at $325 and go up depending on size and stone.
Chnoubis (Xnoubis, Chnoumis, Chnuphis) is an Egyptian Gnostic solar icon, found most often on gnostic gems, and amulets for protection against poison and disease. He is a composite figure with the head of a lion and the body of a serpent, usually with seven rays emanating from the head, sometimes, with the twelve zodiacal signs. Chnoubis is an aspect of the Gnostic Demiurge, Yaldabaoth, and is associated with Abraxas. Images of Chnoubis are most often found inscribed on gnostic gems, small talismans made from semi-precious stone, that date from the first century onward.
This particular style of Chonubis was first made as an XXL (Extra Extra Large: $325,
68X58mm or 2.7"X2.3"). These smaller versions might have a bit less engraving. Want that super duper size? Email us.
Chnoubis is an aspect of the Gnostic Demiurge, Yaldabaoth, and is associated with Abraxas. We made a pair of these for a couple of esoteric practitioners and we made each ring twice. Why did we make them twice? Because we put the Hebrew letters that are between the rays on backwards and the rings were so many layers by this time (hand-made not cast) that they just flew apart when Mark tried to re-solder the letters. Incredibly complex rings like this start at $450.
See the Making Of (Version 2) slide show here and if that link doesn't work please email us.
Moses was commanded by the God of the Israelites to raise a serpent upon a staff after he prayed that his people be healed from attacks by venemous snakes. Later Christians saw the story as a prophecy of the Crucifixion. In Gnosticism the symbolism is similar to that of the Cathar Cross, which may be derived from it, in which salvation comes from transcending the serpent of Time and Bodily Manifestation.
Abraxas is the name given by the early Gnostic Christians to the embodied form of God. In Gnosticism, God is called the 'Pleroma', which means fullness. Pleroma would correspond with Brahman in Hinduism, Ein Sof in Jewish Kabbalah and the Tao of Taoism etc. This is God as the unknowable; the God beyond concept and imagining. This is the God that is the source of all being and the ground of all existence.
This fabulous jewel was commissioned by one of our customers in Greece. There are many variations of the rooster headed Gnostic God. Email us with your request. We can make this larger but no smaller and of course we can make this in silver.
Here is a different Abraxas on a signet ring. You can also have the Greek letters as in the pendant above or, if you prefer, the name Abraxas in Greek around the signet. Email us with your customization. Rings like this run $350 or thereabouts.
The Cathar Cross, the symbol of Catharism (the form of Gnosticism mercilessly persecuted by the Medieval Catholic Church) features a leminiscule, or figure 8 on its side, symbolizing infinity as a snake eating its own tail. This sideways figure 8 is also known as the Worm Ouroborous and references Leviathan. Surging out from that is a double cross symbolizing the earth and the heavens. This cross is also a variant on the World Tree. The symbol is exactly the same as the Brimstone symbol in Alchemy and was adopted by Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan.
Small: $50 Code:974 (20X18mm or 0.8"X0.7")
Medium: $60 Code:975 (28X24mm or 1.1"X0.9")
Large: $80 Code:976 (37X31mm or 1.5"X1.2")
Extra Large: $110 Code:977 (50X42mm or 2.0"X1.7")
Small: $250 Code:974au (20X18mm or 0.8"X0.7")
Medium: $420 Code:975au (28X24mm or 1.1"X0.9")
Large: $740 Code:976au (37X31mm or 1.5"X1.2")
or Kabbala(h), Cabala, or, if you're in a hurry, QBL
The Western Esoteric (or Hermetic) Tradition, a precursor to both the neo-Pagan and New Age movements, differs from the Jewish Kabalah in being a more syncretistic system. Hermetic Kabbalah reached its peak in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a 19th-century organization that was the pinnacle of ceremonial magick. Within the Golden Dawn, Kabbalistic principles such as the ten Sephiroth were fused with Greek and Egyptian deities, the Enochian system of angelic magick of John Dee, and certain Eastern (particularly Hindu and Buddhist) concepts within the structure of a Masonic - or Rosicrucian - style esoteric order. Crowley's "Liber 777." is a set of tables relating various parts of ceremonial magick and Eastern and Western religion to thirty-two numbers representing the ten spheres and twenty-two paths of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. The syncretism embraced by Hermetic Kabbalists is evident, as one may simply check the table to see that Chesed (for example)"Mercy," corresponds to Jupiter, Isis, the color blue (on the Queen Scale), Poseidon, Brahma, and amethysts.
The Jewish Kabbalah is an interpretation key of the "soul" of the Torah, or the religious-mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature. The term "Kabbalah" was originally used in Talmudic texts, among the Geonim, and by early Rishonim as a reference to the full body of publicly available Jewish teaching. Over time it became a reference to doctrines of esoteric knowledge concerning God, God's creation of the universe and the laws of nature, and the path by which adult religious Jews can learn these secrets. Kabbalah, according to the more recent use of the word, stresses the esoteric reasons and understanding of the commandments in the Torah, and the occult cause of events described in the Torah. Kabbalah includes the understanding of the spiritual spheres of creation, and the ways by which God administers the existence of the universe.
Large: $200 Code:240(54X27mm or 2.1"X1.0")
Extra Large: $225 Code:263(70X35mm or 2.8"X1.4")
Large: $825 Code:240au(54X27mm or 2.1"X1.0")
Wicca utilizes a number of symbols that we feature on the Pentagram page and the goddess symbols are on the Egyptian page because they started in pre-dynastic Egypt. Here are a few more Wiccan symbols.
The moon symbolizes the cyclic, mysterious, feminine and tidal forces of the goddess. The cross subscript stands for the earth and again for the female. The symbol as a whole represents the power of the goddess in her aspects as Gaia and Luna. The female with pentagram was dreamed by Pam and the moon/female was dreamed by a friend of hers! It can be made smaller or larger then we show. A pair of moon/females make great dangle earrings and would be twice the price of the pendant. - email for info about earrings. Or for an Extra Large! Or to add a moonstone!
Extra Small: $40 Code:600 (19X10mm or 0.7"X0.4")
Small: $50 Code:085 (25X13mm or 1"X0.5")
Medium: $60 Code:084 (33X17mm or 1.3"X0.7")
Large: $80 Code:619 (44X23mm or 1.7"X0.9")
Extra Small: $90 Code:600au (19X10mm or 0.7"X0.4")
Small: $150 Code:085au (25X13mm or 1"X0.5")
Medium: $250 Code:084au (33X17mm or 1.3"X0.7")
Large: $440 Code:619au (44X23mm or 1.7"X0.9")
In many traditions of Wicca, as well as some other Pagan religions, one's studies are marked by Degrees. A Degree shows that the student has spent time learning, studying and practicing. It's a common misconception that attaining a degree is an end goal, but in fact most HPS will tell their initiates that being granted a Degree is just the beginning of a new and empowering process.
Below are the degree symbols that we've made. The First Degree pendant is a two part piece with the pentagram soldered on top of the inverted triangle. The Second Degree is sometimes an inverted or point up pentagram in circle - see those HERE and HERE.
If your degree system symbols are different from these, don't hesitate to ask for them! We're happy to make whatever you need or want.
Small: $60 Code:1618 (20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $75 Code:1619 (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $100 Code:1620 (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $135 Code:1621 (45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
Small: $50 Code:663in (20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $60 Code:662in (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $80 Code:660in (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $110 Code:661in(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)
In initiatory Wiccan, that is witchcraft in a recognized coven, the Third Degree is the highest degree and usually involves an initiation through the Great Rite. This symbol is used by Wiccans who have achieved that level of understanding.
This symbol represents the triune nature of the goddess. Here she is the waning, waxing and full moon at the center (which is represented by a moonstone). She is a symbol of female, magickal energy. Other stones can be used of course. The dark side of the goddess can be portrayed with hematite or black onyx, as the creator side can be with garnet or ruby. This is one of our favorite pieces for its power and anonymity - that is you can wear it and not be outed for being a witch, or worse....a feminist! Moonstones are expensive in large sizes and this piece takes large stones. If you wanted an onyx or a garnet or yet another stone the price would be less. Email us for those prices. See more goddesses HERE and HERE
The triple goddess also appears as the three goddesses of fate. In Greek Mythology they are the Moirae; in Norse mythology they are the Norns. The Weird Sisters of Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Wyrd Sisters of Terry Pratchett's novels are most definitely inspired by these deities. (In Pratchett's work, they are referred to as "the maiden, the mother, and... the other one, as everyone is quite afraid of calling Granny Weatherwax a 'crone'.")
Small: $70 Code:251 (13X21mm or 0.5"X0.8")
Medium: $95 Code:250 (18X28mm or 0.7"X1.1")
Large: $150 Code:800 (24X37mm or 0.9"X1.5")
Small: $250 Code:251au (13X21mm or 0.5"X0.8")
Medium: $450 Code:250au (18X28mm or 0.7"X1.1")
Large: $750 Code:800au (24X37mm or 0.9"X1.5")
This is a particularly Wiccan version of the triple goddess, putting the protection and unification sigil - the pentagram - in the center where the full moon is.
This symbol is more about the goddess energy of Hecate and her ilk, who are the offspring of the female spirit of primal darkness at the creation. The Three Furies, who have crescents on their heads and represent the tough side (to say the least!) of the goddess, are older than all the gods. Like the Wyrd Sisters they are the past, present and future. They are the most ancient, unknowable, and powerful goddess energy there is. Part of The Prayer to Selene:
To You, wherefore they call You Hekate,
Many-named, Mene, cleaving Air just like
Dart-shooter Artemis, Persephone,
Shooter of Deer, night shining, triple-sounding,
Triple-headed, triple-voiced Selene
Triple-pointed, triple-faced, triple-necked,
And Goddess of the Triple Ways, who hold
Untiring Flaming Fire in Triple Baskets,
And You who oft frequent the Triple Way
And rule the Triple Decades,
This symbol comes with a chain attached. In silver we chose 16" 2.0 mm bead for the small; 18" 2.0 mm bead for the medium and 18" 2.5 mm bead chain for the large. Another chain and/or length can be chosen - email us about that. Gold prices are so variable that you will have to email us for prices of whatever chain you would like for the 14kt gold triple crescent or to see what we recommend.
Small: $80 Code:620 (20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $95 Code:923 (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $130 Code:378 (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Small: $210 Code:620au (20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $340 Code:923au (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $540 Code:378au (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
This refers to the many threes on this planet - the three sides of the goddess; the three fold nature of gods, goddesses, and humans: body, mind, and spirit; love, power, wisdom; and for Christians, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is also John Bonham's (of Led Zeppelin) symbol. For what it meant to him click here.
We made this ring for a fan of John Bonham but is also a symbol of the goddess and her threefold nature, as you know. Hand-made argentium signet rings like this with a simple symbol and no rim start at $300. Email us if you'd like to have one or any other goddess symbol on a ring.
Hekate is associated with a curious wheel shaped design, known as Hekate's Wheel, or the "Strophalos of Hekate". It is a circle which encloses a serpentine maze with three main flanges, that in turn are situated around a central, fiery spiral. The symbolism refers to the serpent's power of rebirth; to the labyrinth of knowledge through which Hekate could lead humankind, and to the flame of life itself: "The life-producing bosom of Hekate, that Living Flame which clothes itself in Matter to manifest Existence" (according to Isaac Preston Cory's 1836 translation of the Chaldean Oracles). The three main arms of the maze correspond with her being a triple goddess, as well as goddess of the three ways, and that she has dominion over the earth, sea, and sky.
The version on the right will have a standard perpindicular fixed jump ring; this one was made for a key ring.
Small: $70 Code:734(20X20mm or 0.8" diameter)
Medium: $85 Code:735 (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $115 Code:736 (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Medium: $110 Code:1420 (27X27mm or 1.1" diameter)
Large: $150 Code:1421 (36X36mm or 1.4" diameter)
Extra Large: $190 Code:1422(45X45mm or 1.8" diameter)


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Campaign of the Month: October 2017
Blood and Bourbon
Augusto Vidal
Iron-fisted prince of New Orleans
"The reputation of power is power."
"Perhaps it is because I've spent so many of my nights in cities on the verge of chaos or collapse, but I can name few princes of such enduring strength and capability as Augusto Vidal. More than two hundred uninterrupted years of rule in one of the most challenging cities in the New World, amid a court beset by elders in rare numbers and of impressive age for the New World, is a number all but unmatched. Were I to hold up an example to others of a prince, I can think of no stronger candidate. His reign, one blemished only by a disaster of such a magnitude as to lay waste to Kindred and kine alike, is a testament to his will, wits, and skill. Indeed, were one religious, one might ask if Hurricane Katrina were not almost a challenge from God against the long-reigning prince. Not that I am. And not that I'm impartial in the matter…"
—Jonathan North
"There may be those in New Orleans who think themselves pretenders to the throne. Prince Vidal is no actor, no pretender, no phantom soon dismissed. All know the score, and it is clear. Vigila semper, semper paratus, semper fidelis, et nune et semper."
—George Smith
Vidal is tall for a Spaniard, with crisp, Mediterranean features and broad shoulders. His slick, black hair always appears wet, and he still wears the neatly trimmed Van Dyke he kept as a mortal. Unfortunately, the maintenance of this perfect facial hair takes up a considerable portion of the first hour of every night when Vidal rises, due to the fact that he was Embraced scraggly, without being given the chance to first tidy his appearance. Vidal dresses to impress in dark, hand-tailored suits of the finest cut, but he never forgets the lesson of function before form. He speaks with the sharp, authoritative staccato that characterizes his countrymen, and even after so many decades in the New World, has never shed his thick accent… or even cared to.
Augusto Vidal is almost certainly not the name he was born with, but it was all so long ago. Some say he was a petty Castilian noble, an infanzone who married into greatness. Some say he was the fifth son of an already great line whose only hope for glory was to earn it in battle. Some say he was the nephew of Alfonso VII and a knight within the Orden de Santiago. Whoever he was, his steel ran red and slick with Moorish blood.
Why did he do it? Why did he hate the Moslems? He seethed when they conquered his family's lands after the Disaster of Alarcos. Or he watched as they raped and butchered his wife and children before his eyes. Perhaps he simply sat and listened at his father's knee when the man told him to hate them. He no longer speaks of the reason. Maybe he no longer remembers. It was all so long ago.
He fought in a crusade called by a terrified pontiff. The battle was glorious. It slit the throat of the Almohads. The Reconquista would carve Cordova, Jaén, and Seville from the caliphate's rotting carcass within twoscore years. Nearly all of Iberia would be Christian again before the thirteenth century was out.
The victory was not without cost. A stray arrow pierced his leg. A felled horse crushed his flank. Or a Moor's scimitar split his gut. It was all so long ago. He lay in the dust gasping for water when the victorious army quit the field, his throat as dry as the rust-red mountains beneath Andalusia's setting sun. Content to have given his life in Christ's service, the dying crusader made peace with God and waited for death.
Death found him first.
She silently strode through the field of corpses, a grim harbinger before whom even the crows and buzzards took flight. It was no coincidence that she found him where he lay. Battlefields were good feeding for her kind. She sped those waiting for death on their way, glutting herself on lifeblood that would have otherwise watered Andalusia's parched soil. She saw something in him. A noble spirit. A valiant heart. A skilled swordarm. Or perhaps she was simply no longer hungry. Whatever the reason, the fallen warrior was spared one death. He received another.
Thus was the future prince of New Orleans brought into the Clan of Kings by Urcalida, childe of Tiamat, childe of Ventrue. Urcalida, Celtic warrior-queen of a city forgotten by time. Urcalida, goddess to Iberia's Phoenicians under the name Astarte. Urcalida, veteran of the Punic Wars. Urcalida, methuselah-queen of Madrid.
Among the Camarilla, the name of Augusto Vidal has come to be synonymous with two things: the city of New Orleans and the determination of Ventrue superiority. Few cities in the New World can claim so many trials and tribulations as can New Orleans, and yet through it all, Vidal has endured. He is the first and only prince the region has ever recognized, and as a result, he has come to be seen as something of an icon among clan members across the United States and beyond.
Vidal's history and that of New Orleans are one and the same after 1769 and need not be repeated here. Since Hurricane Katrina, however, their once inextricable paths have seemingly diverged. Vidal has always been a distant prince, and it is well-known among his clanmates that much of his time is occupied by his considerable duties as strategos for Clan Ventrue's interests across the Southeastern United States. Vidal has grown even more remote in recent years and now makes public appearances only rarely, delegating much of his duties to Donovan and Philip Maldonato.
More to come…
• 3.
Ventrue (e. prehistory, d. unknown)
• 4.
Tiamat (e. millennia ago, d. 3rd century?)
• Unknown sire(s) (e. unknown)
• Augusto Vidal (e. centuries ago)
Emmanuel Costa (e. 18th century, d. 1815)
• Sire(s) unknown. Vidal has little cause to recite his lineage among Kindred who are his inferiors. It is relatively common knowledge among the city's Ventrue that he claims descent from the methuselah Tiamat.
• Childe of
Tiamat (e. millennia ago, d. 3rd century?) The monstrous Tiamat is considered one of the most terrifying examples of Ventrue's blood to have ever been Embraced. She is said to have butchered whole Sumerian cities, drunk the souls of her childer, consorted with Strix, unleashed plagues of demons, and to have slaughtered so many kine that she became worshiped by the Babylonians as a deific embodiment of darkness, death, and primordial chaos: Tiamat. Modern scholars agree that stories of her exploits are likely exaggerated, particularly those concerning her role in shaping mortal history. However, there is little doubt she was one of the most dreadful Cainites active during a savage era when the Masquerade was still a formative concept.
Tiamat notably resented Mesopotamia's transition away from warring city-states into unified empires, and bitterly fought against every mortal nation-builder from Sargon of Akkad to Cyrus the Great. Her efforts came to naught and she was eventually lured away from the Seleucid Empire by the promise of greater bloodshed in the Punic Wars. She became enamored by Roman military power as a means to wreak further carnage, and (allegedly) whispered in Crassus' ear that great riches and glory could be won by conquering Parthia. She spent the next four centuries traveling between Rome and Persia, fighting on the sides of both empires and reveling in the bloodshed. She finally disappeared during the Sack of Ctesiphon in 283 and was hoped destroyed by her contemporaries.
• Childe of
Ventrue (e. prehistory, d. ?) Clan Ventrue holds that their founder perished long ago, making them the only clan completely free of an Antediluvian's manipulations.
• Unknown
Emmanuel Costa (e. late 18th century, d. 1815) Emmanuel Costa was a gifted architect and civil engineer partly responsible for rebuilding New Orleans after the Great Fire of 1788. Though Vidal initially had high hopes for his childe, Costa's involvement in Du Valle's rebellion and assassination plot prompted a mortally embarrassed Vidal to personally behead him in an open court. The prince subsequently swore never to Embrace again.
• Others? (e. unknown) Many Kindred have speculated whether Vidal sired other progeny before Emmanuel Costa. After all, he was some five centuries old when he first came to New Orleans. The prince, however, has never publicly spoken of any other childer—and none have have been foolish enough to ask.

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Highlights: Bluegrass Style First Set (one big highlight), DWD, YEM
Listen Here: http://www.phishtracks.com/shows/1999-07-01
1999 is Full of Unique Phish Shows.
On the heels of a brilliant ambient jam-filled show in Bonner Springs, Kansas, Phish seemingly spun 180 degrees in the opposite direction and proceeded to drop the Antioch, Tennessee bluegrass tinged gem of a concert. A stunning collection of country and bluegrass influenced takes on heavy tour rotations and a smattering of special guests from the Tennessee hills seemed to take over the first set of this show. The second set - free of special guests - was a bit more experimental but brief due to extremely violent summer storms that enveloped the venue (even folks in the pavilion were getting soaked).
This blog is currently tasked with rating 1999 shows based upon how they fall on the "ambient jam grading scale," and thus every GREAT show might not necessarily score well for ambient style jams. This is a prime example of a Phish concert that is extremely unique - and should be heard by all Phans - but that does not necessarily fit the overall theme of 1999's sonic explorations. The guest sit-ins during the first set of this show are really spectacular - Jerry Douglas on dobro, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, Tim O'Brien on fiddle (and vocals) and Gary Gazaway on trumpet.
|Credit: Musicgods.com
SET 2: A 3 song set with a 1 song encore. That's it folks. Dropping the all too common Down With Disease opener for the second set, it is evident the band was feeling the pressure of the inclement weather and was anxious to get to the centerpiece jam of the night. Trey blazed through the initial solo with precision, intent and fire-wrought licks while the band did its best to stay on pace with the guitar virtuoso. Anastasio spent almost 6 minutes of the initial jam putting on a clinic before descending into what is the only ambient jam of section of a jam seen throughout the night. As the band lets the jam descend into a feedback drenched chaos, Trey layers his guitar with the similar effects of the My Left Toe jam from Kansas on 6/30/99. The ambient jam builds for a couple minutes before Trey returns to the signature DWD guitar lick and the band returns for the final stanza of the song. The Prince Caspian that follows is delicate and beautiful in its own way - a definite must-hear for fans of the mighty water dweller. The You Enjoy Myself is a funky throw down harkening the Fall of '97 and expansive in a way that modern YEM jams fail to achieve. No ambient jam in this classic take on YEM, but it certainly isn't needed as this one speaks for itself.


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= intense stretch
It's a New Moon in Cancer, and many of us are certainly feeling the watery element of this sign, emotions may run deep during this transition. To balance this prana energy, and stimulate manipura chakra (solar plexus center), This pose will help calm the mind, and hopefully the heart.
Understand there is so much intensity with our planetary forces, people are shifting. We are redefining what truly makes us happy, so be sure to take your heart space whenever possible.
Start by sitting on the floor with your legs together and straight out in front of you. Once here you lift your ribs slightly, tip your hips forward bringing your torso down toward your legs.
Now reach your hands towards your feet and bring your gaze towards your toes. Hold here for several breaths.
Make sure to adjust the stretching sensation in your hamstrings until you find what is comfortable and challenging to your sitting bones. Now use your breath to work, which will help improve your flexibility. Continue to move your torso slightly forward, breathing slowly and further into the pose.
For an in depth explanation on this pose, please go to Yoga Journal. http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/477
Photo: Freelance Yoga Teacher, Tiffany Caronia


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An Electric Partnership between DIT and Renault
L to R: Robert Simpson Head of School, Mechanical and Transport Engineering, Eric Basset, MD Renault Ireland, Declan Allen Assistant Head of School Mechanical and Transport Engineering.
10th March 2011
A new partnership between Renault Ireland and DIT to deliver tailored electric car training programmes to the Renault Dealer network was signed on Saturday 26th February at the Irish Times Motor Show.
The Department of Transport Engineering at DIT Bolton Street will provide electric vehicle education, training, assessment, technical problem solving and diagnostic trouble shooting on behalf of Renault Ireland.
According to Eric Basset, Managing Director of Renault Ireland, the partnership with DIT is strategic to the development and training for their electric vehicles. "It is a pleasure to be working with DIT. We are on schedule for the launch of our range of electric vehicles starting with the Kangoo Z.E. arriving in November. The partnership will ensure that our network receives superior training in advance of the launch and ongoing throughout the coming years".
DIT helicopter placed on Skoda Yeti at the Motor Show features stand as featured on recent Top Gear TV programme.
Declan Allen Head of Department, DIT is thrilled to be part of this new era in Irish motoring. He is looking forward to building on this new partnership with Renault Ireland to deliver tailored electric car training programmes to the Renault dealership-network. "There is no doubt in my mind the automotive industry is entering a new era with the roll out of electric cars and I look forward to seeing Renault's extensive range of electric cars a common sight on our roads.
The Department of Transport Engineering, DIT
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While debtors are allowed to keep all of their property, the court approves a new interest-free plan for repayment. A written plan is created giving details of all the transactions that will occur, and the duration of the same. The repayment must begin within thirty to forty-five days after the case has started. The transitory stage of paying a trustee who then pays a creditor, as in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is usually eliminated with Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.
Although, in some cases people may involve a trustee who would take care of disbursing money to the creditors as per the plan. Also, as per the law the creditors must strictly adhere the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Repayment Plan approved by the court and are in fact prohibited to collect any claims from the debtor. Your attorney will prepare new repayment plan to best suit your situation.
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. The main manufactured goods lines of Red Tree fashion brand are casual wear, party wear, formal wear outfits for men and women. Now this clothing brand is back with its latest and restricted collection only for men.
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Expectations of summer/
I'm currently sitting on a hard metal bar in Dubai airport, waiting for gate C20 to open, as this is the only place with a UK power socket. I'm here, of all places in the world, due to my summer placement in Perth, Australia!
There. That's the exciting introduction done, now for the dull back-story.
I have just finished my second year studying Chemistry at Plymouth University, and therefore am at the point at which I should start thinking about dissertation… Or rather, that's what I thought last September. Instead, I'm now on my way to Australia due to a very lucky and convenient chain of events (going something like me missing my gap year → realising I could do a summer placement research project → remembering I have an uncle in Perth → discovering there's a recent PhD student from Plymouth doing research there in a similar field → asking a lot of people nicely → me sat here in Dubai airport!)
The similar field is in fact environmental analytical chemistry, which isn't quite accurate, but is the closest I can define the project at this stage of starting. I'm going to be sampling plant root exudate, and then analysing them, using a range of analytical instrumentation, along with any other techniques that turn up. How it goes from there is completely up in the air- it is novel research, which looks great on an undergraduate's CV, but doesn't exactly inspire confidence past the hypothesis- although any data collected will be what I base my 3rd year dissertation on- in other words, I can't mess it up.
So what am I expecting? Well, in all honesty, I have no idea! My international travel experience extends to a week-long school trip to New York, and a few France/Belgium school and family holidays, whereas my research experience is non-existent. There are a few things I can predict- mostly related to the literature review on the academic side, and to my personality on the rest! For example, I know how I'm sampling the plants, with what instrumentation I'm analysing the samples and the sort of results I hope to obtain. I also know I'm going to get overexcited at nerdy stuff and all the new places, and hopefully have a massive amount of fun! Yes, I'm a grown up. I also just noticed there are birds in the terminal….. But not Wi-Fi (that I can connect to)
Depending on how the summer goes, expect to see more posts around this topic and how my third year is going…Or perhaps not, if I get mauled to death by an angry koala. G'day!


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Hilary writes:
This year marks a very special anniversary – 140 years of the Mothers' Union. This remarkable organisation was founded in 1876 by Mary Sumner, a mother of three daughters, who understood the joys, demands and challenges of family life.
Over the years it has changed and developed but has never wavered in its commitment to pray, to live out the love of God, and to support individuals, families, whole communities and people of all faiths and none. One of its earliest branches was set up in Exeter and by 1900 the Mothers' Union had 170,000 members across the world. Today, it is active in 83 countries and has over 4 million members.
People are often surprised at the range of work undertaken by the MU. Here is just a flavour: in Devon, the MU knits clothing for premature babies; in Leicester it supplies nappies and clothing for refugee families; in Carlisle it runs the children's play area in Haverigg prison. In Baghdad, its members help to run a nursery school and health clinic; in Botswana members campaign against domestic violence and human trafficking; in Spain, MU members have a particular ministry supporting the bereaved. In addition to all of this, wherever there are MU branches, there is a much valued opportunity for social events, mutual support and the sharing of interests and skills. At the heart of everything the Mothers' Union does is a vibrant life of prayer and worship which sustains the work of its members and enfolds those with whom it works.
Our Mission Community has a Mothers' Union branch in Colyton which is always pleased to welcome new members. Please do contact Christine Sansom (552065) if you would like further information.
On Sunday 3rd July at the 9.30 service of Holy Communion at St Andrew's Colyton there will be an opportunity to celebrate the 140 anniversary of the Mothers' Union, and to pray for its work here and across the world. Do come and join us if you can, and do pray for the Mothers' Union in this very special year.
The Mary Sumner prayer:
All this day, O Lord, let me touch as many lives as possible for thee; and every life I touch, do thou by thy spirit quicken, whether through the word I speak, the prayer I breathe, or the life I live. Amen.


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By Kat Pooprasert
Tired of having phobias? A new way of curing phobias is underway and is aimed at nudging people into unconsciously thinking about their fears. This will help them to unlearn their associations of fear in a stress-free way.
Conventionally, phobias are treated with 'exposure therapy', which involves showing someone the thing they are frightened of in a safe environment. This will teach them that they don't need to be scared. Obviously, many people find this process too stressful and drop out, or is too apprehensive to sign up in the first place.
Hakwan Lau from University of California, Los Angeles is one of the leaders of the team that is currently studying a new way to treat phobias. She describes how "we thought if we can do it unconsciously, there's no unpleasantness".
Lau's team uses software that can be trained to identify what people are looking at or imagining as they lie in fMRI brain scanners. This software can identify things that someone is thinking about unconsciously.
With this software, the team has found a way to make people think about scary things without realising. In the study, the group recorded the patterns of brain activity that volunteers had when shown 40 images, some of which included common subjects of phobias such as spiders, snakes and dogs. They then set the team a task to do while an fRMI brain scanner.
When unconscious patterns of activity in a person's visual cortex matched that of a scary picture, that person was given positive feedback and a small cash reward. Thus, this 'neurofeedback' training encouraged subjects to think about the scary thing even more, but unconsciously.
To see if this unconscious exposure technique can reduce phobia-related stress, the team tried it on people whom they had conditioned to be scared of a pattern of colored lines by giving them small electric shocks whenever they saw that pattern.
Then the team asked 30 people to choose two pictures (from the set of 40) that they found most scary. After the neurofeedback training, however, the participants perspired less and even had reduced brain activity in the amygdala region (fear center). Such change did not occur on subjects who were not given neurofeedback training.
To follow up, the team plans to go back to the study participants in three months to ask if they still feel scared of their phobia animals. Only then will the success of the technique be known. Joe leDoux of New York University described that "self-reporting of fear is the gold standard for whether a person has been successfully treated or not".
If this works, the training method could potentially be used for other forms of fear-based conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and various anxiety disorders.


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By Rob Kaszubowski in Sustainable Packaging on September 08, 2016
Public awareness about slack fill is on the rise and laws that publicize significant slack fill fines or penalties are now on the books. How can brands right-size their packaging in the product development cycle?
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I have loved books since I can remember. The intro to my book blog says, "time allowing I love to read", however, when my fiance read that he laughed and said, "Time not allowing you love to read" because I'm always pulling my book out even when it is not entirely appropriate to do so. I now blissfully read e-books on the iPhone. I have no desire to even own an eReader because with the Kindle for iPhone app I can read books anywhere: in packed trains, in meetings, at boring dinners and dull parties without looking antisocial. It's socially acceptable to be gawking at a phone the whole time; pulling out a book? Not so much.
My parents sent me to a school that was well supplied with books and I took full advantage of that. It was compulsory to read a little bit every day. Ideally, each child was to read to their parents for thirty minutes, Monday to Friday, and get a form signed. I generally read on my own. If I didn't like the book I was on, I didn't read it and got my mum to sign the form anyway, I later became adept at copying her signature. I realise now that the compulsory reading list was set because there was something to be gained from each of those books but I did read the majority of what was set so I'll forgive myself.
On holidays, I was allowed to take home as many books as I thought I could read. As a keeno nine or ten year-old one Easter, I took home about twenty books and finished them all in a week. They were all very simple with big writing and pictures but I still remember Mr Crabb, my reading teacher at the time, remarking at the volume I was taking home. It was a lot more than anyone else. It took almost six years to finish the extensive compulsory reading list after which I was placed on "library" which basically meant I was allowed to pick books of my choice from the school library. That was more an illusion though because when the librarian saw how much Enid Blyton I was consuming she banned me from reading those books for fear I would regress.
One of the fondest memories I have of my childhood involves afternoons sitting on a lump of sand outside our house (I picked the sand over the grass because it was like a huge mound of beach sand and I could mould a chair in it for myself) following lunch and savouring a book for a couple of hours before I went out to play. I couldn't tell you what I read in those afternoons all I remember is that I felt more than content. I was happy. I enjoy reading for the sake of reading; reading is pleasurable - for me it is an end in itself not a means to an end. To this day, one of my fantasies is reaching a point in my life when I can just sit and read all day, every day without a care in the world, no school or bills to worry about. I acknowledge that the fantasy is probably better than the reality - I need more than books to enjoy life.
I read very little in high school and university because there was far less available but also because I decided to focus on academia. Reading and the academics are absolutely compatible but I am a compulsive reader; when I'm reading a good book, I don't want to stop. Indeed, on the occasions that I did locate something worthy, I read it in all my lessons. I just stuck the book in between a text books and read it in all my lessons. I'm sure the teachers wondered why I was quiet on such days but they didn't ask, choosing instead to enjoy peace from my incessant questions.
This brings me to the point of this note. How is it possible to grow up in country where libraries are 100% free and grow up not only without a passion for the written word but also without the ability to read?
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The fun thing about reviewing and reading anthology comics is that you never know what you'll find inside. And I was pleasantly surprised by the content of Avery Hill Publishing's first issue of Reads Volume #2. I have not read the first volume, so I cannot provide any views on that. The issue consists of four very different but enjoyable stories. The comic was created by Tim Bird, Luke Halsall, EdieOP, Owen D. Pomery, and Ricky Miller. This review will go over each anthology story one at a time and then concluding thoughts on the whole comic.
Now aside from the fourth story, the other three all have an historical element to them. Let's start with "The Bullpen, Part One", created by Hashall and Bird. The comic focuses on the early day of what would become the Silver Age of Comic Books. I admit I know next to nothing about this time aside from the success of Marvel, so I have no idea if these characters are based upon actual people or represent them. The story begins with company executive Larry informing writer Jack that their comics are failing due to cutbacks and falling buys due to the creation of the Comics Code via the papers of Fredric Wertham (who nearly destroyed the industry with the suppressing rules of the code). To combat this, Larry sets Jack and artist Bill to make something new that is non-crime, non-horror, non-cape wearing heroes, but patriotic. Thus, the two come up with a new story breaking comic conventions called "The Nucleus", though when it comes to who created the idea, Jack paves the way for a possible dark tone in later parts.
All in all, The Bullpen is a very enjoyable story and there are high chances the next part will be entertaining and engaging. The story has a slow burn as the comic's editor Ricky Miller describes it, taking its time to focus on the characters and progress of what will lead to the beginning of the comic industry's Silver Age without rushing to get through it. I like the art style too. Reflecting the type of art used in the 1950s' comics, and reminds me of the style used for Archie Comics.
Next is a chapter of "The Megatherium Club", an ongoing series also produced by Avery Hill, by Pomery. The club itself actually existed, being a group of scientists who worked in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. They were named after the giant sloth species Megatherium. What an interesting choice of inspiration. Their job was to classify new species at the museum, though they seemed to waste most of their time getting drunk and messing around. This seems to be reflected in the story when palaeontologist Othniel Charles Marsh visits the museum to present his newest dinosaur discovery against his rival Edward Drinker Cope. However, several of the club's members appear to be immature, snooty jerks who want nothing more than to ruin Marsh's reputation that leads to pull a prank, which ends up backfiring on them in a pretty hilarious way.
The art style is unique and I like the characters, who are based on real people, all physically stand out from each other. However, it took me a few reads to really understand what was going on and I didn't understand why the scientists hated Marsh. Cope and Marsh were reported to have a very respectable rivalry, though I suppose since this is fictional, some liberties can be taken. On the other hand, the last few pages are quite entertaining and the prankster-like tricks of the sleazy scientists are funny to read, particularly at the great punchline at the end of the comic. My most curious thought is why the scientists save Marsh were speaking like they were from modern day, with Cope saying "What gives?" at one point. It was a little surreal and off putting.
The most entertaining, or at least from my perspective as a lover of film, is "Hitchcock & Film", by Miller and Bird. It is essentially a history lesson on the development of the film industry, with the prelude to a shift of focus on Alfred Hitchcock. The opening is presented by Hitchcock himself as if it was the start of one of his "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" series, and continues to be presented as a documentary before introducing Hitchcock's own history and relationship with the movies. Using the same art style as The Bullpen, the comic is very engaging for someone who loves films and I am a great admirer of Mr. Hitchcock despite having only seen a couple of his films. Tim Bird is a very talented artist and definitely adds to the comic's positives.
The fourth story is a fascinating entry. The story is "The Story of Lucius Jellybean", by EdieOP, is about the birth and life of Lucius Jellybean, created from a petri dish containing a virus and a dissolved slug; creating an adorable white blobby creature that seems to want to do nothing more than be affectionate and happy. Too bad the story shows Lucius is actually a dangerous virus that can cause skin rashes, spreads germs, and triggers illnesses. There is some fun dark humour, showing how the character is cute while causing some hazardous scenarios, and you can't help but like the little guy despite the harshness of his existence.
Perhaps the most fun part about the story is that it has been drawn and coloured like a six-year old was the brains behind it all. It is very striking, colourful and very funny. It gives the impression that if a child wrote this, they didn't understand the dangers Lucius presents and characterizes the virus as an innocent bystander in all things. This is EdieOP's first contribution to Reads, and the story shows her sense of humour and a clever mixture of innocence but blatant danger as well. Very entertaining.
In conclusion, Reads is a pretty decent and fun anthology comic and I'd recommend giving it a read, along with future and past issues of the series.
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If all four indices are 5 per cent above their initial values at the end of year two, investors will receive an income payment of 15 per cent and will start the following year with the potential to earn 7.5 per cent income. If this does not happen, the income opportunity rolls forward, with the potential to earn 22.5 per cent income in year three if all four indices are 7.5 per cent above their starting values and so on. Overall, investors have the opportunity to earn 45 per cent income across the first six-years.
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Alright now this brings us to one of the most controversial topics. Is it even possible to find true love ?? Do we not look at those 80 y.o. couples and wonder where is that kind of relationship ?? Does our generation even understand the meaning ??
The question to the sustainability of a relationship remains eternally un-reverted. But the real dilemma is, are we even ready to accept the possibility of true love. Here are 7 reasons as to why we think, true love does not exist anymore :
1. Most Of Us Are Looking At All The Wrong Places
That's true. Most people from our generation would not recognize the opportunity to fall for the right person at just the right time. So all the time you have been asking God about your true love ?? Look closer, you might have just lost.
2. People Better Find New Options Than Give True Love A Chance
Now here's the catch !! True love is not something to be owned by the impatient. It has to be nurtured over a period of time with the possibility of supporting the other person's dream and idea of life. There is no science to it, it is that simple. Unfortunately people chose begin with new people than to invest in a relationship, and that is the sad part !
3. Most People Do Not Want To Settle
Maybe some people would just not admit it. The fast paced life has made us value things more than people. And this is where all the equations go wrong. If you believe in true love, you better have the courage to find a common footing. By settling down we do not just mean the intention to marry, we mean to settle down as the feeling of being at peace with someone. Being at home.
4. We Have Far Better Social Lives But Still Loath It
It is not a bad thing to have a social life. The problem here is priorities. No two people can be together forever. But some people underestimate the power that a true relationship cna bring in to your life. Unfortunately also most of the love is disguised as friendship and is lost in the constant comparison going on in our social circles. Also social media platforms have almost destroyed how we percieve other people.
5. We Judge People Too Soon
Right ones stuck with the wrong ones ?? Wrong ones don;t care ?? Yes but most of the right equations are tampered by mere judgement and nagging which comes. The best approach couls have been to make an attempt to understand the other person before fighting over pointless judgements.
6. Someone Hurts You And You Decide Not To Trust
Did you get that math problem right in one go ?? Did you not switch though places before you found your dream job ?? That's the thing. Most possibilities or finding true love are ruined when grudge against a wrong person makes the right one look not so good ! And the negativity is projected on other people making them lose hope too !
7. Because We Give Up On It…..
Haha, not to be a sadist. This is the biggest reason a person might not find the ideal relationship. Some times one phone call or a text message can set things right but, Ego is one hell of a drug. We decide not to take that chance and drift apart.
Not to say that we are cynical about finding love ( isn't it ironic that the pictures used above speak about positivity ?? ). But have a look at these points with a different approach and you will find the answers to getting true love. Maybe not so simple, or is it ?? For more slice of life content, find a friend in amazing geek word. You can write us into email@example.com for feedback and suggestions. Till then, have a great time readers !


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Jan 6, 2014
MLP FIM S4 E8 Rarity Takes Manehattan Obsession Is Magic Review
So going off the ass scale I've used the last few weeks, this would be a full ass review.... yeah, let's not call it that. This week I take on Rarity Takes Manehattan and come up with a point most of you probably missed. I also just realized that Twilight is a Princess, how could they have a problem doing anything (like getting a cab) or not being bowed to wherever she went in Manehattan? Everyone remember that big coronation for the new princess? Eh screw you, get your own cab!
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Is Bain Romney's Bane?
A transcript of the weekend's program on FOX News Channel.
Paul Gigot: This week on "The Journal Editorial Report," fresh from a high-dollar private-equity fund-raiser, President Obama attacks Mitt Romney for his ties to private equity. So when will Romney fight back? Plus, Greece on the brink. What its exit from the euro would mean for the U.S. economy. And as California's deficit woes grow, can Gov. Jerry Brown tax his way back to fiscal health?***
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A 1-hour video, 1995 interview with Steve Jobs will air in Bay Area theaters in the near future. (Bay Citizen)
The Neighborhood Empowerment Network named the Divisadero Corridor micro-hood the Comeback Neighborhood of the Year. (HuffPo SF)
Get a first glimpse of Tacolicious' new Mission location, which is set to open this week. (Eater SF)
Meanwhile, here's a look at the soon-to-open Scott Beattie- and Michael Lazar-helmed Oakland cocktail den Plum Bar. (Grub Street San Francisco)


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Kroger Co (NYSE:KR), finished its Wednesday's exchanging session with 0.05% increase, and shut at $37.18.
The Kroger Co., together with its assistants, works as a retailer in the United States and globally. It likewise fabricates and forms sustenance available to be purchased in its stores. The organization works retail sustenance and medication stores, multi-retail chains, gems stores, and accommodation stores.
Ralphs is an accomplice of The Kroger Co., (KR), Ralphs Grocery Company has pronounced the stupendous re-opening of its freshest rebuilt store at 10861 Le Conte in Westwood Village on Friday, September 18. To observe, Ralphs is facilitating a terrific re-opening lace cutting on September 18 at 8 a.m. The new store at 10861 Le Conte Avenue is open 24 hours.
The rebuilt Westwood Village Ralphs speaks the truth 93,400 square feet, numbering an extension of more than 50,000 square feet to take into account a bigger determination of items and administrations for clients. The store is the biggest Ralphs in Southern California and will utilize around 340 full-and low maintenance partners, checking 150 recently enlisted partners from the group.
On Wednesday, Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE:TAP)'s shares slanted 14.22% to $82.97.
Molson Coors Brewing Company manafactures and offers lager and other drink items. The organization offers its items under the Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Carling, Carling Black Label, Coors Altitude, Coors Banquet, Creemore Springs, the Granville Island, Keystone Light, Mad Jack, Molson Canadian 67, Molson Canadian Cider, Molson Dry, Molson Export, Pilsner, and the Rickard's family marks in Canada; and mixes or conveys under the Amstel Light, Heineken, Murphy's, Newcastle Brown Ale, Strongbow juice, Desperados, Dos Equis, Moretti, Sol, Tecate, Miller Chill, and Miller Genuine Draft brands.
The Board of Directors of MillerCoors, the U.S. and Puerto Rican joint venture between SABMiller plc (LN:SAB; OTC:SABMRY) and Molson Coors Brewing Company ( TAP) named Gavin Hattersley to the part of CEO, taking after previous CEO Tom Long, who stepped down on June 30, 2015. Hattersley, 52, had been serving as the interim CEO of MillerCoors since July 1, notwithstanding his part as chief financial officer of Molson Colors.
Hattersley's arrangement is viable immediately. He takes after Tom Long and Leo Kiely as the past two CEOs of the MillerCoors joint endeavor. Hattersley and his wife, Terry, will migrate to Chicago.
Molson Coors has started the procedure of distinguishing Hattersley's successor as CFO. Hattersley will stay in a double limit as MillerCoors CEO and CFO of Molson Coors until mid-November.
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