Pagan & Occultic

Pentagram Pendant

Sterling Silver Pentagram Pendant with stones surrounding corresponding with the elements. (Rainbow Moonstone, Lapis Lazuli, Garnet, Green Aventurine, and Amber.)
Diameter 35mm.

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All Seeing Eye Pendant

All Seeing Eye Pendant - Sterling Silver with Opal Triplet. Height 30mm, Width 35mm.

£40.00

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Sterling Silver with Opal Triplet. Height 30mm, Width 35mm.

This is a very ancient symbol, and is supposed by some to be a relic of primitive sun-worship. In most of the ancient languages of Asia, the eye and the sun are expressed by the same word. The centre of the eye can be seen as a point within a circle, expressing the philosophical idea of the Union of the two great Causes of Nature, which concur, one actively and the other passively, in the generation of all beings.
The Primordial All-Seeing Eye either alone or within a triangle has been used extensively by many secret societies including occultists and freemasons. A symbol of the higher clairvoyance, and used often as a representation of the third or spiritual eye. The esoteric tradition relates the single eye to the inner light, intuitive power, illuminatin, and even the philosopher's stone!

The eye within a pyramid originally represented the god enclosed, during his "dead" period, awaiting rebirth. He was entombed in the underworld, thus becoming Seker, the Hidden One, Lord of Death: Osiris as the mummy, the Black Sun, the Still-Heart. Nevertheless, his soul remained alive and watchful, as indicated by the open eye. Parallels from south eastern Asia might be found in the bindu or life-spark within the triangle of the Goddess-womb, and in the open "third eye" of Hindu Gods while their other two eyes were closed in their periods of deathlike sleep.

Above & Below Pendant

Sterling Silver Above & Below Pendant. Diameter 27mm.

£25.00

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Snake and Dome Pendant

Snake and Dome Pendant with Opal Triplet, Green Aventurine, and Amber 5mm.
33mm diameter.

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The stones used in this piece can be interpreted as relating to the elements.

Serpents are represented as potent guardians of temples and other sacred spaces. This connection may be grounded in the observation that when threatened, some snakes (such as rattlesnakes or cobras) frequently hold and defend their ground, first resorting to threatening display and then fighting, rather than retreat. Thus, they are natural guardians of treasures or sacred sites which cannot easily be moved out of harm's way.

Serpents are connected with renewal or regeneration. This trait is connected with the practice of snakes of shedding their old skin and growing a new one.

The serpent is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. Considerable overlap exists in the symbolic values that serpents represent in various cultures, some of this is due to the common historical ancestry of contemporary symbols. Much of the overlap, however, is traceable to the common biological characteristics of snakes.

In some instances, serpents serve as positive symbols with whom it is possible to identify or to sympathize; in other instances, serpents serve as negative symbols, representing opponents or antagonists of figures or principles with which it is possible to identify. Serpents also appear as ambivalent figures, neither wholly positive nor wholly negative in valence. An example of a serpent used as a positive symbol is Mucalinda, the king of snakes who shielded the Buddha from the elements as the Buddha sat in meditation. An example of a serpent used as a negative symbol is the snake who tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, as described in the Book of Genesis.

Snake Amber Drop Pendant

Snake Amber Drop Pendant. 40mm length. Sterling Silver with Amber.

£55.00

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Amber is often used for protective amulets and medicinal purposes. It appears frequently in mythology and ancient writings. For the Greeks, amber tears were shed by the Heliades when grieving the death of their brother Phaethon; for the Vikings it was Freya's tears for Od. Amber has been called the essence of the brilliant rays of the setting sun, congealed in the sea before being cast upon the shore. It is one of the most time-honored bringers of luck, often found as necklaces in prehistoric graves. Because of the electrical properties of amber it was regarded as having life within.

Serpents are represented as potent guardians of temples and other sacred spaces. This connection may be grounded in the observation that when threatened, some snakes (such as rattlesnakes or cobras) frequently hold and defend their ground, first resorting to threatening display and then fighting, rather than retreat. Thus, they are natural guardians of treasures or sacred sites which cannot easily be moved out of harm's way.

Serpents are connected with renewal or regeneration. This trait is connected with the practice of snakes of shedding their old skin and growing a new one.

The serpent is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. Considerable overlap exists in the symbolic values that serpents represent in various cultures, some of this is due to the common historical ancestry of contemporary symbols. Much of the overlap, however, is traceable to the common biological characteristics of snakes.

In some instances, serpents serve as positive symbols with whom it is possible to identify or to sympathize; in other instances, serpents serve as negative symbols, representing opponents or antagonists of figures or principles with which it is possible to identify. Serpents also appear as ambivalent figures, neither wholly positive nor wholly negative in valence. An example of a serpent used as a positive symbol is Mucalinda, the king of snakes who shielded the Buddha from the elements as the Buddha sat in meditation. An example of a serpent used as a negative symbol is the snake who tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, as described in the Book of Genesis.