To us 21st century folks, a skeleton key is an anomaly in a world of key fobs and electronics locks.Just touching a skeleton key you wonder about what lock this once opened, what treasures were hidden behind its vigilant keep.
Practical or ornate, each key has a mystery that it unlocks with in you.The symbology of the skeleton key begins with its structure or the bones of an idea or concept. The Skeleton key can unlock a new way of thinking or as shown in the Tarot card the Hierophant a path to enlightenment. The Spiritual leader that is the Hierophant opens the doorways to knowledge, those doorways are not hidden but they are not yet open to our understanding.
The Skeleton key can unlock that mystery.It is said that in the Hierophant card, the keys are a symbol of the Keys of Solomon also known as the keys to the upper world. The upper world, also known as the Kabala is where you can create change through creating magic and opening the road to a new possibility.
The key is a symbol of the power to open and close at will creating liberation of body, mind and knowledge of the mysteries.In folk magic, the skeleton key has been about opening the road - the road of your choosing; the spirit realm, to prosperity, new opportunity, love, fertility, luck, healing. When you needed something to open up in your life, you would use a skeleton key and crossroad magic.
If you bring your key to the crossroad, you are opening the door for anything and everything from talent to wisdom to money.The skeleton key is a strong symbol for breaking through barriers and creating a safe passage to your goal. In root work and conjure, keys have been placed in mojo bags, carried in pockets or worn around the neck on a st ring, just to keep it close to the body. Placing the key on your altar or hanging it in or above your doorway for protection was another common magical use. In this day and age, a key hung above the interior of your main door would be a good protection from losing your home
.When you look at the key, think about what freedoms or blessings of yours it could unlock. During the birth of American hoodoo, a key meant EVERYTHING to a slave! It could have been the key to theirchains, their subjugation and their freedom. To be a slave entrusted with a key was to have the powerto keep yourself and your family from starving as well as having a slight modicum of freedom. Thepower in that emotion of survival alone can create magic that is barred by nothing.
You can use a skeleton key in spells that open up your possibilities and free your mind from the thoughts and behaviors that kept you a slave to something.All of these uses of the skeleton key have one thing in common; opening the door or locking something in to a protective state. All of this is done through the spirit and magical realm. St Peter himself holds the master key to the gates of heaven and is also considered one the keepers of the
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You will receive pendant with a Chain that measures (500mm),