{"product_id":"the-second-sight-crow-skull-purple-labradorite-ring-limited","title":"The Second Sight. Crow Skull. Purple Labradorite 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Set with one 7 mm round purple labradorite\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePurple Labradorite\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePurple Labradorite with a ‘full range’ of colors, including purple, has also been called ‘Spectrolite’ ~ though over the years these more colorful iterations have been given many other names depending on the range of colors captured in the specific cuts we’ve been able to source. Sometimes they are called ‘Sunset Labs’ for the way they appear to hold the melting colors of the setting sun - pinks and lavenders as well as even hints of flaming reds and deep purples, are all married within one stone. Other stones under the name ‘Belladonna’ (which is my personal nickname ) vary from the purples of wet oyster shells to the pale lavender of the petals of belladonna flowers - each stone is unique and carries within it its time underground - where under pressure, its glorious colors bloomed within. Interestingly, it’s light that enables its range of colors to be reveled - turning it in the light, while on the finger or in ones hand - creates a kind of ‘shapeshifting’ effect - the internal fractures and layers within the stone allow for different colors within the stone shift, flash, and to reveal themselves differently. \u003c\/span\u003e\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":48308895613177,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/9287\/files\/bm_product_194_plab_hero_ef.jpg?v=1776954034","url":"https:\/\/www.bloodmilkjewels.com\/products\/the-second-sight-crow-skull-purple-labradorite-ring-limited","provider":"Blood Milk Jewels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}