Angel Jewelry

Here are two of the many angel designs that Mark has done. Most are custom (but not this one), so if you have an angel that you particularly like, send us a picture. In all likelihood we can make your version. We call these two angels the Standing Angel though he/she should really be called the Assertive Angel) and the one on the right the Dancing Angel. These angels and the next one can have either a triangle (an AIDS angel), a heart (an angel of Love) or a spiral (a symbol of the birth-life-death continuum) in its middle. If you don't tell us what you want we'll send you a Heart Angel .

Moon Jewelry

This is light in darkness, the manifestation of the divine in the void. The tidal influence of the moon, its' waxing and waning, has resulted in its association cross-culturally with water, death, and the female reproductive cycle. It is a symbol of the female/goddess energy of the divine. Our moons are hand cut, hand rounded, and hand polished to a high shine - like every other piece for that matter - making every piece a one of a kind.

Moon with Moonstone Pendant

The sun is seen as fiery, powerful and masculine, the moon as cool, powerful (think tides) and feminine. Any stone can be balanced on the moon's tip but the moonstone seems, ah, quite appropriate.

The moon can be made in any size up, although 15 mm wide is the smallest we can go.

Moon and Star Jewelry

The moon is light in darkness, the manifestation of the divine in the void. It is a symbol of female/ goddess energy. The star represents solar, or male energy. So the total piece is the Yin-Yang of the heavens - male and female, light and dark, chaos and order (which is chaos and which is order, eh?)

This symbol appears on the flags of a number of Moslem countries and is often (in a slightly different rotation) seen as a symbol of Islam though it appears to considerably predate the birth of that religion. Another interpretation of this symbol is that it references the conjunction of the planet Venus and the crescent moon in the night sky. The waxing moon was a renowned Greek symbol for Artemis so it may be that the symbol originally refers to the two Goddesses Artemis and Aphrodite.

Moon Female Jewelry

The moon symbolizes the cyclic, mysterious, feminine and tidal forces of the goddess. The cross subscript stands for the Earth and again for the female. The symbol as a whole represents the power of the goddess in her aspects as Gaia and Luna. As the female with pentagram was dreamed by Pam, this was dreamed by a friend of hers! It can be made smaller or larger. A pair of xs moons with females make great dangle earrings and would be twice the price of the pendant. If you wanted post dangles email for prices for them.

Sun with Stone Pendant

The sun is primarily associated with the male spirit, its symbols are: fire, gold, the eagle and the lion. This version has a central stone here seen as an citrine but also would be lovely with amber, garnet or opal (spectacular!).

Although solar deities are generally male and "enemies" of the lunar deity (usually female), sun goddesses are found on every continent. Some mythologists believe that sun goddesses are actually more common worldwide than their male counterparts. We believe that solar deities are primarily male because a few better known mythologies (ancient Greece and Egypt) have male solar dieties. The dualism of sun/male/light and moon/female/darkness is found in many European traditions that derive from Orphic and Gnostic philosophies, with a notable exception being Germanic mythology, where the Sun is female and the Moon is male.

Sun/Moon Jewelry

Fire, gold, the eagle and the lion are the sun's emblems. The moon is light in darkness, the divine in the void. It is associated with water, death, and the female/goddess energy . Here the sun encloses the moon, becoming a symbol of union: the yin yang of the heavens. Design based on tattoo flash by Ken Cameron.

The Sun, Sawel, and the Moon Menot/Men- deities, possibly twin children of the supreme sky-god Dyeus from proto Europe - continued in Hindu religion as Surya and Mas; in Iranian religion as Hvar and Mah; in Greek as Helios and Selene (these were later pushed out by imported Anatolian deities Apollo and Artemis); in Latin mythology as Sol and Luna and in German mythology as Sol and Mani. The usual scheme is that one of these celestial deities is male and the other female, though the exact gender of the Sun or Moon tend to vary among subsequent Indo-European mythologies.

Simple Cross Jewelry

Crosses are very old symbols, long predating Christianity, and generally refer to the feminine principle, or the axis mundi (the center of the world). Christianity adopted many of these attributions through the veneration of the Virgin Mary and the placing of Christ as intercessor between God and Man. On the left is our version of the Christian Cross, with slightly flared arms. In the case of the cross crosslet, on the right, the crosslets are guardian emblems, restricting the flow of energy and protecting the earth center. In this cross the fourth arm, pointing down is longer, showing the direction of energy moving from spirit to earth.

Gothic Cross Jewelry

This cross is laminated (two sheets of silver, one cut out and flush soldered to the other), textured, and oxidized. The scalloped ends, in Christianity, refer to the Trinity, but the cross is much older than Christianity and the scallops originally referred to the triune nature of the goddess while the cross itself was a symbol for both the Earth and femininity. This, like almost all of our pieces, can be made larger - Email for details.

Heart Cross Jewelry

This symbol represents ideal Christianity - compassion for all (the heart), sacrifice of the ego (the cross), and the glorification of the human by the divine (the shining rays).

Ichthus Pendant

This is the sign of Christ, the fisher of men, the Piscean savior. The sign combines the cross with the form of a fish. When Christians were under peril of death (Christ's era) they developed a secret code to identify one another without being caught by the Romans - one person would draw 1/2 of the fish in the sand with his sandal and if the other person completed the drawing, they both knew they were safe and could talk about Christian matters, like meetings. The fish part comes from the fact that the 1st letters in Christ's name as Jesus Christ Son of God in Greek spelled the Greek word for fish - icthos. These are truly Christian symbols!

Maltese Cross Jewelry

This cross, adopted by Crusaders (the Knights of Malta and the Templars) long predates Christianity. Essentially and originally the cross derives from the natural phenomenon of two crossed sticks. The Maltese or Templar Cross is really a stylistic variation from this, to four wedge shapes facing each other. The equilateral cross also relates to the balance of the four elements by the fifth, Spirit, which emerges from the four elements of Earth, Fire, Water and Air.

Originally an earth center, mother goddess symbol, this type of cross the Crusaders adopted it in memory of Jerusalem, the mother of all cities, and the center of the Christian universe. Depicted on a banner as red on a white field, it was easy to see & thus may have turned the tide in some battles.

Omega Jewelry

The omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, a long O. The letter has thus come to mean the end, the apocalypse, or a symbol that refers to completion. In Christianity Jesus Christ referred to himself as the Alpha (the first letter of the alphabet) and the Omega (the last), asserting perfection, completion, and inclusiveness. We will do other greek letters - just email us.

In the variant of the Omega on the left, the Capital Greek Letter O, the letter is made from two sheets of serling silver, the top flush soldered onto a textured and oxidized back. Most letters, Greek, Roman, or whatever alphabet, can be made this way.

AA Symbol Jewelry: Triangle in Circle

The triangle in the circle was adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous as its symbol. The triangle represent the union of body, mind, and spirit, the circle stands for the Divine. The symbol is quite ancient. In ceremonial magick the spirit summoned by the magician is contained within this symbol so that it cannot escape This symbol is one of protection and power. For AA members it also stands for the reintegration of personality, damaged by addiction to alcohol. The symbol is popular and used by a number of other organizations.

Key of Willingness Pendant

This is a signature piece of ours. This is one of Mark's earliest designs and as far as we know we are the only people who have ever made it. This is the key to the symbolism of the Third Step Key:

The willingness to adopt spiritual principles, according to Bill W., is the key to recovery, and the Third Step of Alcoholics Anonymous. The three notches on the key refer to honesty, open mindedness, and willingness. A triangle in a circle represents the union of body, mind and spirit in the circle of the divine and is the symbol for Alcoholics Anonymous. Keys are also available for Al-Anon and Narcotics Anonymous.

This last section contains symbols that I couldn't put anywhere else! That doesn't mean that they aren't cool and wonderful though.

Fleur De Lys Jewelry

Although a contemporary symbol for (the-nearly-back-from-Katrina) New Orleans, the lily's symbolism is ancient. As one wiki writer said: "The use for ornamental or symbolic purposes of the fleur de lis is common to all eras and all civilizations. It is an essentially graphic theme found on Mesopotamian cylinders, Egyptian bas-reliefs, Mycenean potteries, Sassanid textiles, Gaulish coins, Mameluk coins, Indonesian clothes, Japanese emblems and Dogon totems. Most writers agree that it has little to do graphically with the lily, but disagree on whether it derives from the iris, the broom, the lotus or the furze, or whether it represents a trident, an arrowhead, a double axe, or even a dove or a pigeon. The essential point is that it is a very stylised figure, probably a flower, that has been used as an ornament or an emblem by almost all civilizations of the old and new worlds." So there!

The lily's symbolism dates back to Ancient Egypt. The Greeks believed Aphrodite added the lily's pistil to make it more phallic. It is the flower of the Archangel Gabriel and is important in heraldry because it resembles a scepter. The lily represents purity and, in some contexts, death. The Fleur de Lys is probably modeled on an iris!

Obama Hope Symbol Jewelry