The Unicorn

Unicorns symbolize innocence, purity of heart and primal perfection. Where unicorns played, the land was said to be in eternal springtime. The creature's horn was believed to have vast magickal power including the ability to negate poisons. This powerful totem helps to bring peace, gentleness, courage, inner wisdom and healing.
To many, it means power, purification, healing, wisdom, self-knowledge, renewal and eternal life. In the 4th century BC, Greek historian Ctesias told about a wild animal with healing powers and a spiral horn on its forehead. Medieval myths suggested it could only be caught with help from a virgin who would befriend it.

The unicorn has traditionally appeared as a Symbol of chastity and also an emblem of the word of God. Legend has it that the creature is tireless when pursued, yet falls meekly to the ground when approached by a virgin. It is reputed to live for a thousand years and to be the noblest of animals.

The unicorn is a legendary animal from European folklore that resembles a white horse with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead, and sometimes a goat's beard and cloven hooves. First mentioned by the ancient Greeks but are not found in Greek mythology, but rather in accounts of natural history, for Greek writers of natural history were convinced of the reality of the unicorn, which they located in India, a distant and fabulous realm for them.

It became the most important imaginary animal of the middle Ages and Renaissance when it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness. Until the 19th century, belief in unicorns was widespread among historians, alchemists, writers, poets, naturalists, physicians, and theologians.


The unicorn is a very positive and affirming symbol, showcasing the best of love, strength, and purity. Unicorns have always been associated with good in nearly all cultures. Perhaps there is power to this symbol.

Lambda

One symbol which continues to remain popular is the lower case Greek letter lambda.

The symbol was originally chosen by the Gay Activists Alliance of New York in 1970. The GAA was a group which broke away from the larger Gay Liberation Front at the end of 1969, only six months after it's foundation in response to the Stonewall Riots.

While the GLF wanted to work side by side with the black and women's liberation movements to gain unity and acceptance, the GAA wanted to focus their efforts more concisely on only Gay and Lesbian issues.

Because of its official adoption by the GAA, which sponsored public events for the gay community, the lambda soon became a quick way for the members of the gay community to identify each other. The reasoning was that the lambda would easily be mistaken for a college fraternity symbol and ignored by the majority of the population.

Eventually though, the GAA headquarters was torched by an arsonist, destroying not only the building but all of the organization's records, and the movement never recovered from the loss. The symbol, however, lived on.

Whatever the lambda meant or means today, it's everywhere. Even though at one time it acquired a strictly male connotation, it is used by both gays and lesbians today. Back in December of 1974, the lambda was officially declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The lowercase Greek letter lambda carries several meanings. First of all, it represents scales, and thus balance. The Greeks considered balance to be the constant adjustment necessary to keep opposing forces from overcoming each other. The hook at the bottom of the right leg of the lambda represents the action required to reach and maintain a balance.

To the Spartans, the lambda meant unity. They felt that society should never infringe on anyone's individuality and freedom. The Romans adopted the letter to represent "the light of knowledge shed into the darkness of ignorance." Finally, in physics the symbol designates and energy change.

Thus the lambda, with all its meanings, is an especially apt symbol for the gay liberation movement, which energetically seeks a balance in society and which strives through enlightenment to secure equal rights for homosexual people.

The Chalice

The chalice or cup is a symbol of the element of water, a feminine element representing intuition, gestation, psychic ability, the subconscious, and the emotions. In ritual use, it can hold wine or other libations, or salt water. It is often used for scrying.
Many beautiful chalices were created for Eucharistic use in Celtic churches, and remain some of the finest examples of such work in the world. Eventually, the cauldron and chalice of Christ merged into one symbol, and became synonymous with the mythical Holy Grail.

Cauldron

The cauldron is symbolic of the Womb of the Goddess, source of all life and re-birth, creativity, inspiration, and knowledge.

Cauldrons are associated with the Element of Water and are commonly used for scrying and psychic divination. The cauldron is seen as a traditional tool of witchcraft.

The cauldron is a Female Symbol - The symbol of the Goddess and corresponds to the element of Water they are are commonly used for scrying and psychic divination.

The 3 Legs reflect the Maiden, Mother, and Crone aspects of the Goddess. It is used in ritual as a container in which magickal transformations can occur and is often a focal point of a ritual.

During spring rites, it can be filled with water and fresh flower petals and in winter, fires can be lighted within the cauldron to symbolize the rebirth of the Sun.

Unicursal Hexagram

The unicursal hexagram is a hexagram or six-pointed star that can be traced or drawn unicursally, in one continuous line rather than by two overlaid triangles. The unicursal hexagram is used to express a high level of self-confidence and belief that one can achieve the highest of goals and become a divine figure. The symbol was devised by the Golden Dawn, and later adapted by Aleister Crowley as a device of personal significance.

The unicursal hexagram, allocates the sun to the upper point, the moon to the bottom and the four elements to those remaining.

The unicursal hexagram is symbolic of the divine union between man and his god or gods. The triangles are also often used to represent opposites such as fire and water or male and female, so the unifying of the symbol into one represents the union of opposites.

Our Sterling Silver Unicursal Hexagram

The Dryad

The Dryads are female spirits of nature who preside over the groves and forests. Each one is born with a certain tree over which she watches - she comes into existence with it and often lives in a tree. Dryad females are very pretty, but not stunningly beautiful; they are very slight in build, appearing child-like sometimes even when they are very old. Indefinite in life spans, they are very long lived, but also tend to not keep track of the years.

The lives of the Dryads are critically connected with that of their trees; should the tree perish, then she dies with it. If this is caused by a mortal, the gods will surely punish him for that deed. The Dryads themselves will also punish any thoughtless mortal who would somehow foolishly or cruelly injure the trees. Wherever there are large wooded areas it is likely that there are Dryads.

Our Dryad Pendant

Spiral

The spiral is probably the oldest known symbol of human spirituality. The spiral has been in rock carvings thousands of years old, on every continent in the world and found on many tombs. The religious significance can only be guessed at, and almost certainly has a connection with the sun, which traces a spiral shape every three months in its travels. Spirals have been a primary Goddess symbols since the late Paleolithic era, as a sign of Life. As such, it is also one of the primary Wicca symbols.

The Spiral symbolizes the continuity of life and spiritual growth. It is the constant flow of nature’s processes going outward than back inward as Heaven and Earth are joined.

The Spiral is one of the most common natural shapes, seen in nature from galaxies to sea shells to the pattern of a falcon's dive.

Our Spiral Pendant

Four Leaf Clover

Four leaf clovers are an age old universally accepted symbol of good luck. According to legend, Eve carried a four leaf clover from the Garden of Eden.

According to tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally. According to legend, each leaf represents something: the first is for faith, the second is for hope, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck.

The significance invested in them pre-dates Christianity, going back to the pagan period, when they were Celtic charms. Celtic dominance once extended across Ireland and much of Western Europe. It was the Druids (Celtic priests) who elevated the plants with four leaves to the status of Celtic charms, allegedly potent against malevolent spirits. Their status as Celtic charms is the origin of the modern belief in their power to bestow good luck.

The first literary reference to draw on the tradition as Celtic charms seems to have been made in 1620. In that year Sir John Melton wrote, "If a man walking in the fields finds any four-leafed grass, he shall in a small while after find some good thing."

The mystique of the four leaf clover continues today, since finding a real four leaf clover is still a rare occurrence and omen of good luck.

One of our Four Leaf Clover Pendants

Labrys

Labrys is the term for a symmetrical double headed axe and is one of the oldest symbols in the Western World. It comes from the Minoan Civilization of ancient Crete. The word Labrys is derived from the word Labyrinth which originally referred to the complex many-roomed palace of the monarch of Minos. Many scholars agree that the Minoan people were matriarchal, and that they were ruled by a Queen and a caste of Priestesses. The Labrys was a symbol of their power. Today, it means the reclaiming the power of women over their own lives, in both personal and political dimensions.

The Labrys traces its connection to lesbianism and women from thousands of years ago. It was resurrected as a female symbol in the 1970s by a number of lesbian and feminist organizations. Its popularity grew when articles about its origins were published in feminist literature of the time. Today, the Labrys has been superseded by other symbols, but can still be seen adorning jewelry.

Our Sterling Silver Labrys

Hummingbird

Hummingbirds represent the power of joy and a focus on the bright side. They bring swiftness of thought and the ability to hover over a situation so that it can be examined carefully and healed.

It is not commonly known that the fluttering wings of the hummingbird move in the pattern of an infinity symbol - further solidifying their symbolism of eternity, continuity, and infinity.

They are considered to be symbols of peace, love and happiness. Ancient pagans held them sacred for their tireless energy and anxiety.

Our Hummingbird with an Amethyst

Fleur de Lis

Fleur de Lis means “flower of the lily”. This stylized lily flower has traditionally been used to represent French royalty in a historical context.

It is widely thought to be a stylized version of the Iris. Decorative ornaments that resemble the fleur-de-lis have appeared in artwork from the earliest human civilizations.

It signifies perfection, light and life. Legends differ on the origin of the fleur; some stories say that Clovis, the king of the Franks was presented with a lily by an angel to represent purification, on his conversion to Christianity. A lily that appeared at Clovis' baptismal ceremony was a gift of blessing from an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The lily is also the emblem of the Virgin Mary, and some say the three petals of the fleur-de-lis represent the Holy Trinity.

Our Fleur de Lis Bracelet

Triple Goddess

The Triple Moon Goddess symbol represents the Maiden, Mother, and Crone as the waxing, full, and waning moon.

This symbol is associated with feminine energy, mystery, and psychic abilities

In many modern Pagan traditions, the triple goddess in the form of Maiden/Mother/Crone is honored. She is seen as the feminine counterpart to the Horned God, the female who provides polarity to the male essence. There are several styles of the Lunar Triple Goddess symbol.

In modern Wicca, and many Pagan religions, the Maiden is seen as the young woman who has not yet awakened. She is all about enchantment and new beginnings, youthful ideas and enthusiasm. She is associated with the waxing phase of the lunar cycle, as the moon grows from dark to full.

The Mother is the next phase in a woman's life. She is fertility, abundance and growth, the gaining of knowledge. She is fulfillment -- sexual, social, and emotional -- and she is represented by the full moon. Springtime and early summer is her domain; as the earth becomes green and fertile, so does the Mother.

The Crone aspect is the final stage. She is the wise woman, the darkness of night, and eventually death. She is the waning moon, the chill of winter, the dying of the earth.

Our Triple Goddess Necklace

Refined Silver

Everywhere you look these days, you see signs saying…”We buy Gold and Silver!” So what happens to it?

Silver is sold to a refiner who has a choice to either buy mined silver or to buy those old rings and broken chain you don’t wear anymore and refine it into sterling silver or gold if the case may be. A refiner brings the metal back to their pure elements, and they are of identical quality to newly mined metals.

The Silver Dragon, a socially conscious jewelry company, uses silver refined with reclaimed silver not supplied from the mining industry, saving our earth’s natural resources.

By using reclaimed metal, we decrease the demand for newly mined ore. Remember, precious metals can be repeatedly recycled with no loss in quality; they are a naturally renewable resource.

Mother would approve.

Tourmaline

Tourmaline is used to attract inspiration, diminish fear by promoting understanding and encourage self-confidence. It acts to clear, maintain and to stimulate each of the energy centers of the body.

Tourmaline has been used to stimulate balance between the left and right sides of the brain to enhance cooperative efforts in creativity and healing. It balances the male/female energies with in your body; it further provides balancing of the mind, of the energy centers and of the auric body inducing the alignment of the mind and the chakra.

Our Goddess Pendant with Pink Tourmaline

The Triquetra

The Triquetra is a triangular Celtic knot design which symbolizes all trinities and especially the realms of Air, Earth and Sea - thus all the world.

In Christian Symbolism, the Triquetra represents the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It's often called the Trinity Knot, Celtic Triangle Knot or Triquetra Knot. This three-pronged knot symbolizes the philosophy that everything has 3 distinct yet interlocked levels representing the three planes of existence - physical, mental and spiritual.

Notice how, although the three points are clearly separate, they are interlocked together, symbolizing the connection between the three planes.

Like the triskel, the symbol could also be linked to the trinity of the goddess representing the threefold nature of the Goddess as virgin, mother and wise woman. It symbolizes life, death, and rebirth.

How to Care for your Sterling Silver Jewelry

Here are a few things you can do to keep your silver shining, and tarnish free. Keep silver away from sulfurous material, sulfur is silver’s main corrosive agent. What’s corrosive? Ammonia (Think glass cleaner.) Nair (Take the jewelry off before you use it.)

OK, you forgot to take the rings off…what now? I am going to tell you a secret…Use vinegar to clean the discoloration. VINEGAR WILL NOT CLEAN SILVER, BUT IT IS OPPOSITE ON THE PH SCALE AND WILL NEGATE THE CAUSE. Then – Use the polishing cloth to polish your silver.

Keeping your silver in an airtight plastic bag (like a Ziploc bag) will also help; this will keep the sulfur and other corrosive agents in the air from coming in contact with your silver. My jewelry box is just a mass of plastic bags…but my jewelry looks good! Your sterling silver jewelry should be worn and enjoyed… your body oils also help prevent tarnishing.

A LITTLE ABOUT SILVER: Silver is considered to be protective, calming, and to have money-drawing vibrations. It is considered a psychic metal. It is said to enhance and empower psychic abilities within the bearer. Silver as a metal is associated with Lunar energies

Our Bracelet BR197

Turquoise

This is an excellent stone for spiritual attunement, for healing and cleansing of both the energy centers and the physical body, and for providing protection. Turquoise is a healer of the spirit, giving a soothing energy and bringing peace of mind. It acts to induce wisdom and understanding, and to enhance trust and kindness. It is said to promote spontaneity in issues of romance and to stimulate the initiation of love. It also provides for a bit of an increase in your psychic powers, and can help you to develop your natural powers.

Our Turquoise Earring

Tiger Eye

This stone contains solar energy. This helps with the psychic process, which involve the solar plexus chakra - promoting intuitive impressions. Therefore, it can be used to enhance the psychic abilities. It is helpful for individuals seeking clarity and for those who must deal intelligently with scattered details which must be brought together into some pattern. Tiger Eye can help you become practical as well as more grounded. It has been used to stimulate wealth and to enhance the stability to maintain wealth.

Our Tiger Eye Earrings

Rose Quartz

This is known as a stone of "gentle love", bringing peacefulness and calm to relationships. This translucent pink stone emits a calming, cooling energy which can work on all the chakras to gently remove negativity and to reinstate the loving, gentle forces of self-love. It brings clarity to the emotions and restores the mind to harmony after chaotic or crisis situations. It can be used for spiritual attunement to the energy of love. It helps when dealing with heartbreak and childhood pain.

Our Rose Quartz Earrings.

Peridot

This soft green stone is used to bring openness in matters of love and relationships. It is an excellent healing stone used to strengthen and regenerate the body. It can be used to cleanse and stimulate the heart and solar plexus chakra, bringing openness and acceptance in the intellectual pursuit of matters of love and relationships. It can be used to magnify the inner aspects of any situation. It also furthers the understanding of those changes which are occurring in your life and assists you in the recognition of negative patterns.

Our Peridot Earrings.

Pearl

The pearl symbolizes purity, faith, charity, and innocence. It is also known to enhance personal integrity. It provided a clean channel to receive spiritual guidance. The pearl has been known as a "Stone of Sincerity", bringing truth to situations and loyalty to a cause. It has been used to inhibit boisterous behavior. It allows you to see yourself as others see you.

Our Goddess with a Pearl.

Opal

One of the basic properties of opal is the amplification of your own traits and characteristics. It allows for true and spontaneous actions, enhancing that which you are feeling and allowing for the release of inhibitions. It can be used to strengthen your memory and to instill faithfulness and loyalty in love, personal affiliations, and business relationships. This mineral has been used to awaken both the psychic and the mystical qualities that you have within.

Our Battle Ax with Opal

Onyx

This stone is used to banish grief and enhance self-control, encourage happiness and good fortune. It is an excellent stone to use too, for centering and alignment of the total person with higher powers. It furthers the awareness of the instincts, helping you see and feel the guidance. It promotes the recognition of personal strengths and assisting you in the understanding of the reality of the moment. It helps you to become the master of you own domain.

Our Black Onyx Ring

Moonstone

Moonstone are available in a variety of colors, such as milky white, brown, orange, yellow, peach, red, green, grey, and pink and blue. Rainbow moonstone is one of the most stunning varieties of moonstone whose color range from milky white to gray and a rainbow like shimmer which attracts attention.

This shimmering stone appears different whenever the stone moves. This phenomenon is called adularescence, which is a unique play of light.White Moonstone stimulates all areas of psychic perception and can enhance vision and dreams. This stone is a gem for lovers and psychics Moonstone is used to alleviate emotional tension. It develops the "feminine" side of your nature, your intuition. It stimulates confidence and composure. It also enhances perception.

Once called the "travelers stone" it is used for protection against the perils of travel. Wear moonstone jewelry as you travel.

Moonstone is a talisman of good fortune and helps you foretell the events of the future. Moonstone Honors the Goddess in all women. The moonstone is associated with the goddess Diana.

Peach Moonstone is a wonderful stone of soothing, feminine energy. Peach moonstone has a loving energy that supports the heart as it stimulates the mind.

It calms and brightens the emotions and it helps to improve the wearer's self-image. It invokes sensuality and gentle passion.

Rainbow Moonstone Vibrates with the feminine wisdom and Goddess energy of the waxing and full Moon, and has a reflective, calming energy. It helps to strengthen intuition and psychic perception and brings balance and harmony. It assists in clearing the psychic senses and the mind as well as easing emotional trauma. It is a positive protection stone.

Grey Moonstone Invoking the reflective, intuitive power and Goddess energy of the waning moon. This stone eases frustrations and lends greater ability to flow and move in harmony natural tides of life. It is helpful in seeing beyond the veil.

Malachite

This rich green stone represents fidelity in love and friendship. Also, it stimulates intuitive and instinctive reasoning, allowing for change which facilitates advancement. It is an excellent stone for clarifying the emotions and for allowing for both the recognition and release of negative experiences which you cannot recall. It helps clear and activate the chakra, to put you on the path to your desired goal. It can be used as a protective stone.

Our Malachite Ring

Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli is a "stone of total awareness", helping to expand your awareness and intellectual capacity. It allows for your conscious understanding of the intuitive and psychic aspects of your nature. It helps to overcome depression and enhances the states of serenity and self acceptance. It is said to bring cheer to the user and bring success in relationships. It has also been used as a protective stone, sheltering the wearer from physical danger and psychic attacks. It assists in balancing the yin-yang energies.

Our Lapis Lazuli Bracelet.

Iolite

This beautiful violet stone helps to release discord from your life. It is useful for the stimulation of visions. It further enables you to enjoy each moment and to awaken your inner knowledge. It is a major stone for use in healing and during guided meditations. The energy enables you to understand and facilitate the acceptance of responsibility to yourself, which leads to excellence in your endeavors and in the management of money. Iolite can help you to attain a constitution that defies physical disorders.

Our Iolite Bracelet.

Hematite

Hematite can be called a stone for the mind. It helps you clarify things in your mind and can be used for memory enhancement, original thinking and technical knowledge. It assists in mathematical pursuits. It can be used to stimulate the desire for, and to facilitate the attainment of peace, self-control, and inner happiness. It is also conductive to enabling you enter into a loving relationship. It has been said to attract "kind" love.

Our Fairy Bracelet with Hematite.

Garnet

The Garnet is known as a "Stone of Health". A stimulating stone to monitor and adjust the flow of energy, providing for a balanced energy field. The energies of the garnet help to amplify the functions of the emotions and the intellect. It produces an energy which is predisposed to discourage chaotic, disruptive, and disorganized growth. It emits an energy which can be used to stabilize and produce order within the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual systems. It can be used to bring order to chaos.

Our Garnet Bracelet.

Fluorite

This mineral produces an energy which is predisposed to discourage chaotic, disruptive, and disorganized growth. It emits an energy which can be used to stabilize and produce order within the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual systems. It brings order out of chaos. It increases the ability the concentrate, balancing the positive and negative relationship of the mind. Fluorite helps you to see both reality and truth behind illusion. It encourages and sustains the ideal of health, intellect, and emotional well-being.

Our Unicorn with a Fluorite stone.

Citrine

This is one of the two minerals on the planet which does not hold and accumulate negative energy, but dissipates and transforms it. It illuminates the energy of the root chakra, delivering both comfort and optimism. This soft yellow stone promotes a radiance from within your self, culminating in a happy disposition. It brightens even the darkest corners of your reality, and helps you to laugh without restraint. It has a positive influence in education, business pursuits and interpersonal relationships.

Our Ohm with a Citrine.

Blue Topaz

This is known as a stone of true love and success in all endeavors. It promotes individuality and creativity while providing for confidence in trusting your own decisions. It acts to replace negativity with love and joyfulness. This mineral is instrumental in visualization for healing and/or attracting in mediation and in projection. This beautiful blue stone can stimulate the throat chakra so you can more easily say what it is that you want to communicate.

Our Winter Wolf Pendant with Blue Topaz.

Bloodstone

This is an intense healing stone and a "Stone of Courage". It helps to improve your talents and abilities, to enhance creative efforts, and support the decision making processes. It can be used to access the principles of mysticism, providing insight into the immediate spiritual intuition of truths. It is said to give prophetic powers to the wearer and to preserve you from deception and all bodily harm. It grants you abundant renewal, for renewal of the physical, mental, and emotional.

Our Dragon with Bloodstone.

Amber

Amber is a fossilized resin. It allows the body to heal itself by absorbing and transmuting negative energy into positive energy. It emits a sunny and bright soothing energy, which helps to calm nerves and to enliven your disposition. Amber provides an energy to instill the realization and subsequent response of choice, helping you to choose and be chosen. It has been used as a symbol for renewal of marriage vows and to assure promises. It has also been said to bring good luck to warriors.

Our Triple Moon Pentacle Featuring an Amber.

Amethyst

Amethyst It is a spiritual stone, with no negative side effects. It is a stone of peace. It promotes internal balance and harmony and brings stability to the individual. Amethysts are capable of raising ones spirits, promoting self assurance and confidence. They brighten the outlook on life and enhance the sense of humor. This is also a stone of spirituality and contentment. It clears the aura and stabilizes any dysfunctional energy in the body. It is also a stone of meditation as it is excellent in conducting the energy of calm and peacefulness to enter and maintain the state. It controls temperament by imparting a calming influence while clearing away unproductive vibrations. It has, since ancient times, been used to encourage sobriety.

Our Victorian Goddess of Prosperity Accented with Amethyst.