A little while after Alexander's latest Ginger update comes this one from the Verbena:
Alex -
Turned up some info that might be interesting re: Reynolds Park weirdness. Turns out those symbols you found are actually hieroglyphics. Some of them seem to be extracted from the Book of the Dead, the funerary text of the ancient Egyptians. A lot in that book about protecting the deceased in the afterlife, spells to ensure they never worked or wanted for water and of course a lot about judgment from the big guy, Osiris.
The interesting (or creepy) part is they're slightly modified from the original incantations the Egyptians would have used. I couldn't translate all of it but there's some unsettling stuff coming through about hunger and devouring and maybe something about an abyss. My best guess right now with what you found is that somebody (or a few somebodies) had those animals there to be used by spirits, sort of like temporary hosts. The question is - why and to what greater purpose? It's not impossible to attract or even bind a spirit to an object, I've seen the women in my old coven coax spirits to awaken or bartered with them for favors but this seems to be on another level.
Turns out Denver has its own Ancient Egyptian Study Society so I tagged along the other night since they were discussing something that might just fill in a few blanks. Maybe not, too, but according to this presentation, the Egyptians used to make use of these statues called Ushabti (at least, later on) and they represented the servants of whoever had died. Apparently on the other side, they could be called into service. Now originally, the servants were actually sacrificed but they eventually decided that was unnecessary and the statues would do the job (nice, huh?)
Here's what I thought was really interesting - these little likenesses? They used to inscribe them so they could be 'activated' when the need for their services arose in the afterlife. Maybe our mystery mastermind is trying to summon some sort of spiritual servants to do their bidding.
I also met a guy there, claims that he's in town for school, anthropology focusing on American Folklore, seemed just a little skittish and has some recent (from what I could sense, we're talking weeks here rather than months) injuries to his left forearm. I'm not saying he's the one responsible but it might be worth checking out his story, see if it adds up.
His name was Etienne Delacroix.
Kiara
Alex -
Turned up some info that might be interesting re: Reynolds Park weirdness. Turns out those symbols you found are actually hieroglyphics. Some of them seem to be extracted from the Book of the Dead, the funerary text of the ancient Egyptians. A lot in that book about protecting the deceased in the afterlife, spells to ensure they never worked or wanted for water and of course a lot about judgment from the big guy, Osiris.
The interesting (or creepy) part is they're slightly modified from the original incantations the Egyptians would have used. I couldn't translate all of it but there's some unsettling stuff coming through about hunger and devouring and maybe something about an abyss. My best guess right now with what you found is that somebody (or a few somebodies) had those animals there to be used by spirits, sort of like temporary hosts. The question is - why and to what greater purpose? It's not impossible to attract or even bind a spirit to an object, I've seen the women in my old coven coax spirits to awaken or bartered with them for favors but this seems to be on another level.
Turns out Denver has its own Ancient Egyptian Study Society so I tagged along the other night since they were discussing something that might just fill in a few blanks. Maybe not, too, but according to this presentation, the Egyptians used to make use of these statues called Ushabti (at least, later on) and they represented the servants of whoever had died. Apparently on the other side, they could be called into service. Now originally, the servants were actually sacrificed but they eventually decided that was unnecessary and the statues would do the job (nice, huh?)
Here's what I thought was really interesting - these little likenesses? They used to inscribe them so they could be 'activated' when the need for their services arose in the afterlife. Maybe our mystery mastermind is trying to summon some sort of spiritual servants to do their bidding.
I also met a guy there, claims that he's in town for school, anthropology focusing on American Folklore, seemed just a little skittish and has some recent (from what I could sense, we're talking weeks here rather than months) injuries to his left forearm. I'm not saying he's the one responsible but it might be worth checking out his story, see if it adds up.
His name was Etienne Delacroix.
Kiara