Blessing Bead Mala Necklace with Tassel — Story and Myth
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Blessing Bead Mala Necklace with Tassel

Blessing Bead Mala Necklace with Tassel

$60.00

Choose from: Gypsea Shell, Cross, Buddha, Butterfly, Pineapple, Cross Roads, Elephant, Carrion and Sun, Horse and Moon, Patoo (Owl)

108 Blessing Bead Mala (necklace). Mala means necklace or garland. There is a story from India that Krishna the Hindu God made a necklace for Radhe his consort from these seeds, it is said to be a necklace that represents victory and of overcoming obstacles and odds. In the christian story the seeds are known as Job’s Tears, named after Job in the bible, Job had everything did not curse god and was very happy and so god gave the devil permission to take everything away from Job as a test. It turned out that Job never cursed god and he was eventually blessed with more than what he lost. The tear shaped seeds represent Job’s many tears that he cried. In Jamaica there is a story I heard from the maroons, they said during times of war with the British red coats, they would hide their children in caves and leave a trail of the seeds on the ground to mark which cave the children were in. After the fighting ceased they would look on the ground to find the tear shaped seeds that would lead them to the cave where their children were safely hidden.

108 is an auspicious number. 1, 0, and 8: Some say that 1 stands for God or higher Truth, 0 stands for emptiness or completeness in spiritual practice, and 8 stands for infinity. As 108 relates to the Sun and Earth: The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Earth. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 108 times the diameter of the Sun. Moon and Earth: The average distance of the Moon from the Earth is 108 times the diameter of the Moon. The larger bead, not part of the 108 is a guiding bead and marks the beginning and the end.

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GYPSEA Shell Mala  with tassel~

Like a free spirit the snail carries  its home on its back.  It symbolizes that anywhere we go is home. Feeling at home anywhere is being okay with who we are.

A full circle moment, these shells are found in Jamaica on lands that have a river running through. In the Yoruba creation myth, the entire world was once water.  Obatala in Yoruba mythology is the sky father and he possessed a magic snail shell which contained earth. Acting on instructions from the supreme being Olódùmarè, Obatala cast this land upon the oceans, thus creating the continents.  Obatala then molded the land into men and beasts.  As he crafted the Earth and its inhabitants he drank a bit too much palm wine that his mental clarity became dulled and the humans he made while drunk did not look like the others.  Eventually he passed out altogether and Oduduwa (Owner of the Womb of creation) was left to finish the work.  When Obatala saw what happened to the humans he created while he was drunk, he vowed to never drink again and to protect persons with disabilities, he is the patron saint of persons with disabilities.   Persons with disabilities are the community of artisans that assemble our pieces.