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Sunday 11 August 2013

The power of stones

As long as I can remember, I am very interested in other peoples cultures, especially their religions. I am very fascinated and inspirated by all those several beliefs, and you can see it in my work (also see my previous post). Today, I worked on serveral 'power stones', which are shamanistic power objects. Maybe the word 'shaman' makes you think of the Native Americans, but there are many more people in the world which are connected to shaman belief.

Back to the stones. I used animals with the shaman meaning of each animal in mind, and combined it with the connecting colors. I also used ancient Celtic symbols.

Three finished stones. A turtoise with an orange background, because orange is a healing color, and a tortoise stands for healing, too. A white owl on the small stone, because white stands for pureness and an owl for silence, so that connects. The yellow stone has the Mother Goddess on it, which stands for creation. The spiral stands for growth and life, what connects with the green color. The yellow symbolizes wisdom.


The back of the stones. The triple spiral is a sign of female power an growth. The Celtic cross on the yellow stone symbolizes faith, trust and spiritual love and connects with the purple colour, which stands for peace of mind and meditation.


This is the small owl compared to my forefinger. Pretty small, isn't it?