After all, it was during deep meditation that Van Tassel himself thought up The Integratron.

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Also in the sale is another Indian-inspired Cartier piece, a platinum and diamond bracelet with a seed pearl and diamond tassel.

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Let it not dampen the tale that Van Tassel died in 1978.

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The tassel, derived from turban ornaments and reflecting the looser, freer clothing of the period, became a quintessential element of art deco jewelry.

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The Venusians aboard (Van Tassel must have recognized their license plates) invited him to explore the spacecraft and shared with him the principles for rejuvenating the human body.

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Over the next 18 years, the masterpiece was built at a geomagnetic vortex near Landers, California, purportedly drawing from the powers of Giant Rock: an enormous, freestanding boulder thought by Van Tassel to be a centre of UFO activities.

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Set in the remote, post-apocalyptic desert landscape that is Landers, California, the 38-foot high white dome was built in the 1950s as a research facility by George Van Tassel, a test pilot and aeronautical engineer for Howard Hughes.

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Roger is wearing crocodile tassel loafers.

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And after a parade of misadventures in pseudo-maternity wear, Kim Kardashion finally looked, dare I say it, stylish and even sexy in a short black number with a keyhole on the neckline and sheer batwing sleeves, which she paired with a long drooped gold tassel necklace.

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