The tear-shaped cut of these precious garnets, embedded in precious metal, calls to mind the blazing Sacre Coeur. Framed on either side with dazzling chains with lapis lazuli stones, which catch the light, the stud earrings are enchanting expressions of divine light.
The Olympic deities Athena and Zeus are both said to have used the image of the gorgoneion as an amulet of protection. Their use of magic against evil is a practise carrying across the centuries. As such, the wearing of the Gorgon’s image emphasises the divine aspects within all of us. It’s fearsome yet beautiful face represents what has been called a dynamic life energy, the tug of wild spirits that calls to all of us. Here it is set between two sparkling garnets.
The Olympic deities Athena and Zeus are both said to have used the image of the gorgoneion as an amulet of protection. Their use of magic against evil is a practise carrying across the centuries. As such, the wearing of the Gorgon’s image emphasises the divine aspects within all of us. It’s fearsome yet beautiful face represents what has been called a dynamic life energy, the tug of wild spirits that calls to all of us. Here it is set between two sparkling garnets.
The tear-shaped cut of these precious garnets, embedded in precious metal, calls to mind the blazing Sacre Coeur. Framed on either side with dazzling chains with lapis lazuli stones, which catch the light, the stud earrings are enchanting expressions of divine light.
The ancient city of Thonis is an Egyptian Atlantis - a rich city lost beneath the ripples of the Nile. The fertility god Hapy stood watch over the metropolis, the caretaker of the riverwater’s life bringing flows. The Thonis Hapy earrings pay homage to the sunken treasure of this magnificent city’s most important deity. Silver is set with garnet, gold with an opal.
Dinars, or ancient Persian coins, such as these, come from a culture in which truth is of utmost importance. To wear a dinar earring is to permit oneself honesty both internal and external, to commit to clarity of mind, spirit, and speech.
