Chakras are the 7 main energetic points of the body. Different colors, stones, rituals, and herbs are used to heal and care for each of these centers.
Masbaha is the Arabic word for rosary, which is very similar to the word masbah, meaning “a pool of water” or isbah, “to swim.” Perhaps the rosary is like a circular space of water in which we swim towards and within the divine.
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A ritual is a familiar, repeated process used to initiate the mysterious. Within simple rituals, used both in the service of art and spirituality, certain objects, like prayer rugs, candles, sound bowls, rosaries, are assigned as vessels that invite the sacred process; it is intended to be incredibly personal, particular, and unique. These objects are not meant to be used in the same way by different people. And while the objects themselves may contain a special energy, it is through intention that an object is made sacred.
Above all, our bodies are our most sacred vessels of communication. The rest is secondary.
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This prayer bead is made with 33 African turquoise beads, a sacred and repeated number for the making of Islamic masbaha’s.
African turqoise is considered the “stone of transformation” —
“It brings change to the wearers life. It encourages growth and development & channels positive energy and increases optimism. It also helps in making clear decisions.”
Before I sell a stone, I spend a long time wearing it myself to fully understand its affect and energy. Through touch and time, I begin to develop a deep relationship with the stone and its qualities. I also begin to witness the way it begins to nudge my life, my decisions, or my attention in a specific direction that is deeply felt but difficult to convey in language.
Each stone has a very particular and sensitive energy, and for this reason, we have to move carefully in the way we mix (or don’t mix) them together. Of course, the power I am referring to is assigned to them by the divine, so to honor their healing and clarifying qualities does not mean this is done separately or in contradiction with God, as some believe. Just as herbs are honored as God’s natural medicine, so too are the stones that deliver into our lives this divine presence in all its variety.
Chakras are the 7 main energetic points of the body. Different colors, stones, rituals, and herbs are used to heal and care for each of these centers.
Masbaha is the Arabic word for rosary, which is very similar to the word masbah, meaning “a pool of water” or isbah, “to swim.” Perhaps the rosary is like a circular space of water in which we swim towards and within the divine.
***
A ritual is a familiar, repeated process used to initiate the mysterious. Within simple rituals, used both in the service of art and spirituality, certain objects, like prayer rugs, candles, sound bowls, rosaries, are assigned as vessels that invite the sacred process; it is intended to be incredibly personal, particular, and unique. These objects are not meant to be used in the same way by different people. And while the objects themselves may contain a special energy, it is through intention that an object is made sacred.
Above all, our bodies are our most sacred vessels of communication. The rest is secondary.
***
This prayer bead is made with 33 African turquoise beads, a sacred and repeated number for the making of Islamic masbaha’s.
African turqoise is considered the “stone of transformation” —
“It brings change to the wearers life. It encourages growth and development & channels positive energy and increases optimism. It also helps in making clear decisions.”
Before I sell a stone, I spend a long time wearing it myself to fully understand its affect and energy. Through touch and time, I begin to develop a deep relationship with the stone and its qualities. I also begin to witness the way it begins to nudge my life, my decisions, or my attention in a specific direction that is deeply felt but difficult to convey in language.
Each stone has a very particular and sensitive energy, and for this reason, we have to move carefully in the way we mix (or don’t mix) them together. Of course, the power I am referring to is assigned to them by the divine, so to honor their healing and clarifying qualities does not mean this is done separately or in contradiction with God, as some believe. Just as herbs are honored as God’s natural medicine, so too are the stones that deliver into our lives this divine presence in all its variety.
