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Hey SL Has anyone ever heard this expression used in a Spiritual sense? It comes up in Alchemy as the "Pissing Mannequin": the fluid being the dew that strengthens the Negredo (the blackened mass,...

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There's a Belgian statue (very famous) that is "the pissing manneke" (Manneke Pis). It's the only association I have with your request.

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Cedar Oh Yes!!!! That's a very interesting link! I can chase that up on google Thanks!

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Here's a link to the main website about this statue - it's the english main page:www.manneken-pis.com/mainen.html

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The modern bronze Manneken Pis was sculpted by Jerome Duquesnoy the Elder in 1619 (he had two sons - Jerome Junior and Francois, who both are also renowned sculptors). A stone version - nicknamed...

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I haven't heard of this before Wolfie. I have used Poppets though. And I have done extraction work where the water I'm cleansing my hands with during the session has changed color and odor. Is that...

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First to come to mind was Mandrake, often called the mannequin. It's a root and tied to sorcery, alchemy, and witchcraft. It is said to scream when pulled from the ground. This was used to make...

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I heard of Mandrake through Harry Potter. In the book it's actually a little guy, just like the Manneken Pis statue. It screams like a banshee when pulled out of the soil, Harry and his classmates...

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Dashing through, but wanted to ask what a poppet was? Is this a different spelling of puppet or something different?

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Wolfie, From a google search the mannequin and sorcery are discussed in the Don Juan. From what I can see it involves sorcery and disguise to enact a specific aim. I think an interesting contemporary...

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Cedar... the piercing scream is real. They used to tie the root to a dog and then go a distance away calling the dog to them. As the dog ran to it's master it pulled the root out. Mandrake is a real...

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrake_(plant) That's a link that contains quite a lot of info about the Mandrake, its uses and legends and all that.

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Earthwalker, Cedar thanks for the links: I will have a look tomorrow: something else came up today that put me in a bit of a spin so I got waylayed tonight. Cinn I wondered if a poppet was something...

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Not only that - but have you checked out where Duquesnoy studied?

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I've never heard of the Pissing Mannequin but the first thing it brought to mind was a little toy one of my former co-workers would keep on her desk.... a boy who, when you push his head, his pants...

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Just watched a programme about how religion and God have been perceived throughout the ages... The presenter was talking about Iranian religion going back to its earliest known days. He was talking...

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Fascinating .... Apart from following the physical clues ...the way you express this; - sounds like you really are "stalking" and "tracking" this down on "Subtle Realm" as well .... ...Read More

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A bit off topic: Here are some links to the topic "assemblage...

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Artic Thanks for your post! It brought a lot of points together: the "waves" aspect linking to water, which has been important on my path of late... Wolf packs do stalk their prey, and as it is...

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Quote:Wolf packs do stalk their prey, and as it is knowledge that is being stalked, then I can understand this too!Heheheheh ...... that was what I was trying to point at. It was/is kind of...

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