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| 36 Wisdom of Nature Card Set | A Pocket Thought (Single Lifestone) |
The Lifestones
The "Lifestones" are a set of 36 "stones" each bearing a symbol representing a detail from nature and accompanied by a simple lesson. The messages came about largely through a process of observation combined with reflection, and have unfolded over a period of many years. Lifestones are available as...
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| 36 Wisdom of Nature Card Set | A Pocket Thought (Single Lifestone) |
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The complete set comes in a small green velveteen bag along with a hand-bound explanatory booklet. Apart from being a series of simple life lessons based on common natural materials and presenting an uncomplicated approach to living, these stones can be used for focus and as a springboard for personal meditation and journaling. |
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| How The Lifestones Came To Be |
| The lessons and insights have always been around us, waiting only to be seen and
recognized. After years of gathering from field and forest the materials she
used in her artwork, Maia came to realize that Nature had become her teacher,
that she was learning from twisted roots, pods, tendrils, leaves, feathers, and
other treasures. Along with this awakening came confirmation in a line from
Chief Yellow Hawk's Native American Prayer: Make me wise so that I may know
...the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Maia now proceeded to create a series of symbols. When there were 18, the set felt complete. As for a name, her husband's suggestion that they be called Lifestones seemed fitting. Maia later learned that the Hebrew word for 18 also means life and that the number 18 holds a special place within the context of Judaic mysticism. Confirmations from such vastly different spiritual traditions were truly gifts. An extraordinarily vivid dream inspired Maia to develop additional symbols. Instead of producing a second set of 18, she decided to expand the original series into one of 36 (a multiple of 18). The blank cards have been included because Maia feels that the wisdom of the earth reaches far beyond the limitations of a printed set. It is hoped that they will eventually hold hand-drawn symbols for other details from nature with specific messages important to the owner of this set of cards. |
The Lifestones are also available individually as chokers. They are gift boxed and come with detailed information about the significance of the symbol.
