This listing is for one 'Of Earth' Ritual Pigment Set, from The heART of Ritual.
This is a trio of earth prayers for the earth, hearth, healing and belonging through ritual wild colour that connects and protects.
This gathering of three represents the upper, middle and lower world, past present and future, or the maiden, mother, crone...it depends on your personal prayer practice and what the trio means to you.
Green: representing the essential life force of Spring, and the Maiden archetype. Gathered in glacial meltwater in the high Alps last Spring. Air Element. Future potential, upper world.
Red: representing the bloodlines, middle earth, potential and fertile ground, and Mother archetype. Gathered in the iron rich volcanic soils of southern Europe during the summer. Fire Element. Present. Middle world.
Dark Brown: representing the Elder, the Cailleach, the earth element itself. Old wisdom. Gathered on the Beara Peninsula (home of the Cailleach Beara) over Samhain last year, the festival of the Cailleach. Past. Lower world.
I wanted this to be a trio of wild colour as my prayer practice relates with upper/middle/lower worlds and past/present/future (the healing spirals in a triskele) more so than the feminine trio of archetypes of maiden/mother/crone, but as with all ritual and prayer expression, this should always be open to personal personal interpretation in the sense that you make it your own. I personally work with four archetypes, each represents one of the four seasons, and I equally honour the masculine and feminine aspect of each archetype within that season in the way our ancestors here did. As I released a set of four red Irish ochres last year, I wanted to honour the trio of earthly planes this year, hence this set of three.
Note though that as soon as you add your fluid binder to these pigments as part of your paint making process, you are bringing in the water element, Enchantress/Enchanter archetype and Autumn, so even though this is a trio set, the practice itself still fully represents all four seasons, archetypes, directions and elements in the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and *you* bring it together representing the Spirit/Center. I love these pigments, they are so earthy and...comforting.
Revered by the Celts who wore red ochre as ritual colour in battle (protection), prayer (connection) and healing, this gorgeous selection of hand gathered sacred earth is a potent colour prayer and true feast for the senses.
Each of these sacred earth bodies comes in a textured wild clay vessel made from the sacred earth it carries, visually revealing the colour inside.
Those working with sacred body adornment, energetic healing, and subtle anatomy will immediately appreciate the potential in each. Their potential as ritual tools is infinite, and how you creatively work with them and integrate them into your own unique prayer expression is up to you.
They can be applied to the landscapes of the body, on the body of the earth (all surfaces), you can work with them to adorn sacred tools and ritual objects, they can be made into ritual paint or ink for illuminated art, creative journaling, sigil making, talismanic art, and much more.
Please note that these earth pigments are sustainably and ritually handdug, cleaned, washed several times, and hand ground into a fine powder, in what is a very lengthy labour intensive process. These cauldrons are very generous in size (50ml each) with a significant amount of earth pigment contained in each. Once you have finished working with these sacred earths, these textured vessels can be used as spell jars, for herbs, ointments and more.
Each of these gorgeous textured vessels is encrusted with absolutely stunning crystal, mineral, plant pigment and wild clay body developed for this offering, for you to etch your personal and unique symbols, sigils, words and other marks upon. You will also receive a complimentary tool to use for etching your personal symbols and/or words upon these vessels.
Please work with these ritual colours sensibly, knowing that they have the potential to stain clothing, textiles and surfaces! Thank you.
'Of Earth' Ritual Pigment Set (Set of 3)
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