This listing is a pre-order for one hand crafted 18 inch Crystal Drum™ from The heART of Ritual.
The Crystal Drum™ is very unique drum, both in it's energy and in it's creation. They are made using botanical hydrosols and crystal essences, and carry the energy of these plant and crystal colleagues. The handle of each drum also includes elements of these plant and crystal colleagues. In ordering one of these drums, you are inviting a plant and crystal colleague(s) to come forward for work with you.
Each ritual drum always has a story, and to better understand the medicine of the Crystal Drum™, I will give you insights into the one you see here.
Pictured here is an extraordinary drum colleague that came through ove the Winter Solstice for collective womb work. It's wood medicine is Birch (one of the Celtic Trees relating with the Solstice) which I dyed with natural pigments made from local acorns and walnuts.
This beautiful Reindeer hide was steeped in snow crystals and ecodyed with belladonna berries, hawthorn berries, rowan berries and more. To this I added my own essences of datura flower, wild rose, crab apple blossom, mugwort blossom, yarrow blossom, rose spagyric, mugwort spagyric, various thorn medicines, plant tinctures, and crystal essences of selenite and ruby. A piece of Ivy revealed itself as the handle while out walking with the pack one day, and I mounted it with seven small garnets that I found in the meltwater of a nearby glacier, one garnet for each direction. Ivy is a good plant teacher in the fine art of letting go and not becoming too attached, garnet is a wonderful crystal colleague for the womb and those who menstruate. It is also a wonderfully grounding and connecting crystal that links the iron of the (h)earth to the iron within (our blood). The medicine bundle that this rawhide was wrapped around included fresh jasmine and wild rose flowers that came into blossom on Winter Solstice morning, inside our studio space. It's magic speaks for itself...
ABOUT
The drum hoops I make are made with locally sourced sustainably managed Birch wood. These are steam bent and shaped by hand, ensuring a uniquely formed and solid foundation for your ritual drum. The glue I use is hide glue, made from the offcuts of the Reindeer rawhide that forms the drumhead of your drum. Each drum hoop is infused with my 13 Moon Wild Rose ritual oil, and finished with one of my crystal and plant pigment ritual drum waxes; Sol, Luna or Earth. The choice of wax depends on the overall energy of the drum. The drum head is Reindeer rawhide that is directly sourced from the Saami in Finland. I infuse each rawhide with flower, crystal, mushroom and tree essences when soaking, and depending on what each drum calls for, healing botanicals and crystals are also placed in the water with it too. The pigments that I work with on the rawhide are from my own wild colour cauldron library of colour, and created from wild native medicinal herbs, the Celtic Trees of the Year, healing flowers, and crystal, mineral and earth pigments. If the drum calls for it, I might also add colour to the hoop using my own wild colour pigments and/or botanical inks. Each drum is then placed in the custom made drum rack in our dedicated ceremonial space, and carefully monitored as it slowly drys and acclimitizes. Once fully stable and tested, it is prepared for shipping. Each drum is finished with a conditioning layer of my beautifully fragrant 13 Moon Wild Rose ritual anointing oil and comes with a care sheet.
If you prefer to work with specific plant and crystal colleagues, then please place an order for a custom drum instead and we will be in touch to discuss your needs.
If you wish to order a custom Drum Sounder for your drum, please see the relevant listing in the RITUAL RHYTHM section of our shop. Our 18 inch and 24 inch drum stands will be available for pre-order in December 2021.
For those who feel drawn, the 13 Moon Wild Rose ritual anointing oil is also available to purchase in our store.
ORDERING & SHIPPING
The photograph you see here is an example of a Crystal Drum™. Note that each one will be unique and one of a kind, with different plant, tree, and crystal pairings, resulting in different colours and patterning. You will receive an email from us when we begin to bring through your drum, another when it is fully birthed, and a final one to let you know when it has shipped. The drum itself is the one that sets the pace.
