Thousands of people are wearing symbolic and spiritual jewelry right now. They are wearing this kind of jewelry for a variety of reasons. Many are in fear of evil and wear some jewelry to help protect them. Some wear pieces like this for gaining better insight or health.
The most popular form of jewelry that represents spiritualism is the cross. Many people have their own versions of why they wear one. However, there are those mystics that hold beliefs about the Celtic cross that are intriguing and could be the real meaning behind all crosses in all religions. Some believe that the axis lying horizontally means the earthly lands while the vertical line means the direction to heaven.
Celtic people had a cross thousands of years ago as well. The Celtic cross was worn and placed in the home as a protector against evil. This cross had meaning by the actual shape of it. The line that goes across horizontally means the planet earth. The line going across the other vertically means the pathway to heaven is upwards.
Jewish faith has religious jewelry as well. The Jewish Hamas is a pendant that can ward off evil and bad luck. It is worn hanging from a thin red thread. The red thread symbolizes a worm. It meant to be a reminder that no one is greater than just a worm and signifies a great humility that is one the greatest attributes to have.
Jewish people also had another piece of jewelry that has become quite popular today. It is called the Kabbalah talisman is also a pendant piece and is worn as well to keep away the bad things that are out there and could harm the wearer. This pendant is even more powerful against evil if it has the blessing of a rabbi.
You probably know someone that has some part of their body pierced for being able to wear jewelry there. This art has been a part of many cultures for centuries. The ancients were piercing body parts as well for religious and superstition beliefs. Some Egyptian mummies have been found to have parts of their body pierced. Today, body piercing has become quite the thing to do for being in style and cool.
African beads have always been a significant sign of social class and spiritualism. Wearing a certain number of beads in certain colors had distinctive meanings. These beads are made from powdered glass to ostrich bones. Some wearers use beads to denote a political statement whole other wear them to prevent bad things from happening to them.
Spiritual jewelry has a place in all cultures and time periods. From a million years ago until today, the wearing of some metaphysical jewelry is acceptable by religions. Many people wear this kind of jewelry because of beliefs in superstitions of things that will happen if you do not wear a specific piece. If you are interested in any jewelry for spiritual and religious reason, you can find what you are looking for online.
Essay on new age jewelry presented by Christopher Caramelli. Christopher makes the one of kind jewelry for Spirit Journeys’ SpiritWear. There is more info on his handmade jewelry at Spirit Journeys website.
