{"product_id":"the-second-sight-crow-skull-garnet-ring-limited","title":"The Second Sight. Crow Skull. Garnet Ring. *Limited*","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIMPORTANT:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e This jewel is limited and we are unsure if they'll be available again in the future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e We recommend Express Shipping with signature required upon delivery to best ensure it arrives safely in your hands. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note : \u003c\/strong\u003eYou must either leave your ring size in the notes section while going through the check out process or reach out to us via email ~ info@bloodmilkjewels.com ~ after placing your order to confirm your ring size. We cannot begin creating your ring until your ring size is confirmed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBecause these stones are limited, we are not able to accommodate any requests for specific stone preferences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the world, the Ancient crow has been both revered and feared across many different cultures, often carrying the overlapping associations with Death and Magic on its iridescent black wings. Its eerie caws haunted the trees in front of my childhood home, making it one of the first birds I felt an attachment to as a child. Watching a staggeringly large murder of them pass overhead in Minneapolis one winter made me feel connected to ancestral time. A feeling akin to looking at the Moon~ knowing my ancestors ( \u0026amp; yours ) gazed up in wonder to see the same thing, years and years and years ago, a map of time like the inner rings of a tree. In this way Crow, a liminal creature of this world and the next, connects us to our ancestors through time and beyond death. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown to be a psychopomp that guides souls to the Underworld, it also behaved as a messenger, ferrying omens and portents between realms. These responsibilities linked Crow to Odin as well as Apollo, also marking Crow as a creature of divination, prophecy and the powers of the second sight. This magic also tethered Crow to the Witch, where they were also considered the Witches familiars, shape-shifters and intelligent beings capable of sharing their hidden knowledge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHighly adaptable, Crows are opportunistic in their eating habits, like Vultures, they'll even eat from the dead. Partly because of this, they have been linked to the Underworld as liminal, supernatural creatures, co-existing between the realm of the natural, living world, and the realm of the unseen, of the dead, ferrying messages to and from these earthly and spiritual planes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConsidered tricksters in some cultures, they have also been proven to have a strong sense of memory, their remembrances extending as far as individual human faces that have wronged them, or likewise, those who have fed them, as they are known to leave gifts for their caretakers. This exchange is a beautiful example of the relationship building humans are capable of with the ‘wild’; a nourishing one rather than a destructive or possessive one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAssociated with prophecy and known to have the ability to foresee the future, their caws were known to be used in divination rituals and via ornithomancy. Lastly, within Alchemy, the image of the Crow is symbolized as the first stage of the transformative process or 'Nigredo'. This stage involved the blackening or cooking of the alchemical ingredients to begin the pathway to the final stage, or the Philosopher's Stone. Within Carl Jung's interpretation of Alchemy as an \"Inner Alchemy\", this first stage causes the individual to confront their Shadow Self, the start of a deep descent into a union of the conscious with the unconscious. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*Details* :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- 39 mm from top to bottom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e - 14 mm wide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Sits 12 mm off of the finger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Set with one 7 mm round garnet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGarnet:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarnet is seemingly named for a few things, the most interesting and well known being that of the Pomegranate, named for either its glowing red color or its relational look to the seeds within when polished. This has tied it to the myth of the Goddess Persephone in some of its lore, who is as inseparable to the Pomegranate and its fateful seeds as Eve is to the apple of Eden. This association, admittedly, is what first drew me to Garnet, but its long and storied history, spanning many cultures and parts of the world is as fascinating as just about any other gemstone of my acquaintance. I also fell for its uncanny beauty, which  like a glowing ember one can wear on the skin, appears alive like fire does. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an ancient gemstone, the Egyptians knew of its power and beauty, which seems to be the seal of magical authenticity on the stone as it was found not only amongst grave goods but also within the settings of talismans wrapped in the layers of mummies to protect the body on its journey to the afterlife. I imagine it being present with its wearer before the weighing of the heart, as it’s a stone closely aligned with the heart ( akin in this way, to Rose Quartz. ) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated under extreme pressure and temperatures in the darkness of the subterranean realms, Garnet persists and thrives under these difficult circumstances - suggesting strength and personal resiliency. It’s also, like the Phoenix, associated with fire and its transformative properties, rising from extremely high temperatures. It’s considered to be a stone of creativity, as it’s ‘blood’ colored and associated with fire and the heart, ( as mentioned above) suggesting a quickening of the blood, a call to creative action, passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis passion also extends to both romantic and platonic relationships, the stone was given to strengthen bonds between friends and lovers due to its association with the Persephone myth in a strange nod to how Pomegranate seeds kept Persephone bond to the Underworld for part of the year\/ being returned to the Upper realms for Spring\/Summer, ( this also made it a traveler’s stone) as well as for its color being similar to heart’s blood. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother interesting bit : in the Medieval Ages it was considered to ward off Melancholy and also, interestingly, to be the material that Dragon’s eyes were made of. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll in all, Garnet is a wildly magical and highly potent stone, beautiful, ancient and intense; a personal raging fire to keep close- to remind you that you belong to the land of the living. To quicken the blood when feeling otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis jewel is hand cut and therefore may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. It has not been fabricated by a machine rather it hand cut and therefore might not be uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stone and the cut. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e***IMPORTANT***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis jewel is handmade to order, just for you, with care and focus. Please allow approximately 6 - 8 weeks for creation before shipping.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVisit the Policy Page to make an educated and informed purchase \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodmilkjewels.com\/pages\/policy\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHERE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you have further questions, we are always here to serve you in a kind and timely manner: via info@bloodmilkjewels.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blood Milk Jewels","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308897054969,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/9287\/files\/bm_product_194_0254_ef.jpg?v=1776954062","url":"https:\/\/www.bloodmilkjewels.com\/products\/the-second-sight-crow-skull-garnet-ring-limited","provider":"Blood Milk Jewels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}