Shrunkin heads?

Question

I grew up in a strange family (mother was part of a coven) I recall one of the women in my mom's coven having shrunkin heads .... what is the signifigance of them in the world of wicca?

Answer 1

The practice of making shrunken heads originally had religious significance; the heads were believed to harness the spirits of those enemies and compel them to serve the shrinker.

They believed in the existence of three fundamental spirits:

* Wakani - innate to humans thus surviving their death, later turning into vapor.
* Arutam - literally "vision" or "power," protects humans from a violent death and assures their survival.
* Muisak - vengeful spirit, which surfaces when an arutam spirit-carrying person is murdered.

To block the last spirit from using its powers, they decided to sever their enemy's heads and shrink them. It also served as a way of warning those enemies.

Tools

Many Wiccans use a special set of altar tools in their rituals; these can include a broom (besom), cauldron, chalice, wand, Book of Shadows, altar cloth, athame (a knife used in rituals to channel energy), boline (or a knife for cutting things in the physical world), candles, crystals, pentacle and/or incense. Representations of the God/Goddess are often displayed. The tools themselves are just that — tools — and have no innate powers of their own, though they are usually dedicated or charged with a particular purpose, and used only in that context. For this reason, it is usually considered rude to touch another's tools without permission.

Answer 2

Shrunken heads are mostly made by headhunters who live in Southern New Guinea. They have ZERO to do with Wicca.

Answer 3

None.

Answer 4

its voo do