Talismanic symbols on moro kris blades gallery!

[VVV]

David,

It was Aleister Crowley who defined (stipulated) the difference between the two kinds of magic (magic vs magick) you describe. I assumed in my comment that you were aware of this fact based on your interest in "magick". Obviously I was wrong on this. My comment that the term "magick" is semi religious of course presupposed that you were familiar with its background.

Michael

[David]

Originally Posted by VVV

David,

It was Aleister Crowley who defined (stipulated) the difference between the two kinds of magic (magic vs magick) you describe. I assumed in my comment that you were aware of this fact based on your interest in "magick". Obviously I was wrong on this. My comment that the term "magick" is semi religious of course presupposed that you were familiar with its background.

Michael

Hi Michael. Since Detlef has revived this thread i just noticed that i never responded to your last post to me. Yes, i am very familiar with Crowley's writings and that he is indeed credited with first making this spelling distinction (magick vs magic). So no, you were not wrong on this. However, it does not change the fact that personally i have chosen to adopt the spelling of magick with a "k" whenever i use the word when it is associated with "real" magick as opposed to stage magic such as slight-of-hand or other performance tricks. This distinction for me has little to do with what Crowley's chosen magickal practices were. It is simply a way to separate the spiritual from entertainment. Obviously magick squares have nothing to do with entertainment in this regard, so i will continue to use the spelling of magick with a "k" when i discuss these things. Sorry if folks find this confusing.
Also sorry this response took more than 10 years! LOL!

[xasterix]

Adding a couple more heavy kris on the top/left, very light kalis on the bottom/right.

[xasterix]

I dug up this dress-less Maranao kris (blade only), and decided to rebuild it with a vintage Maranao hilt with carabao horn pommel, plus Zamboanga-made asang-asang. I decided not to include a ferrule (I didn't have one that could fit, and a lot of Maranao kris hilts don't have ferrules anway). I don't have the materials (nor the skill) to build a scabbard- and I didn't want the kris to travel to the South just yet, so it's still incomplete. It's long (24.2in blade) and heavy; the engraved old Arabic characters were translated by a Malaysian scholar as the "Kalimah Syahadah" or Shahada. It carries a deep religious implication; according to a Mindanao scholar, the kris was likely used for qurbani (Islamic ritual sacrifices). IMO it was engraved and assumed its ritual role at a later time; in its previous life, it may have been a dedicated battlefield kris.