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This pendant is a combination of the Native American Medicine Wheel and the Tree of Life. I used silver plated copper wire, permanently colored black, red, and yellow copper wire and a lead and nickel free feather charm.
- Unique design
- Handcrafted
- Silver plated copper wire
- Permanently colored copper wire
- Lead and nickel free feather charm
*Pendant has two size options. You can choose a 2 inch (50mm) pendant which is the regular size. Or you can choose a 1 and 3/4 inch (40mm) pendant which is the junior size. There is a sizing chart in the pictures for reference. Just use the drop down menu to make your selection.
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About the Medicine Wheel:
Native American “Medicine” is not referring to a pill or procedure you would have done in a hospital. It is the vital force that is inherent in Nature itself and your personal power that you can use to become more whole and complete.
Native American traditions weren’t based on a set of beliefs or an interpretation of revered writings. They were based on the rhythm of life through the observation of nature. Their observations showed that there are no straight lines in nature. Everything seems to express itself in circular patterns from birds’ nests to the cycle of seasons and life. The wheel represents Wakan-Tanka (the Great Everything or Universe) and also one’s personal space or personal universe.
Also sometimes known as the Sacred Hoop, the Medicine Wheel has been used by generations of different Native American tribes for healing and health. It represents the Four Directions as well as Father Sky, Mother Earth, and Spirit Tree – all of which symbolize dimensions of health and the cycles of life.
The Medicine Wheel is many things on many various levels and has many different meanings and uses. It is a circle which represents natural and personal powers in complete balance, and which shows that everything is interconnected and part of one cosmic whole. It is the circle of awareness of the individual self, and a circle of knowledge that gives one power over one’s life. It is a shamanic map, or philosophical system, that can be used as a guide to help us find our way and ground us when we embark on inner journeys. We can use it to understand ourselves as well as life itself. It can be used for finding direction in life and for aligning physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual realities. One can use it to attune themselves to Earth influences and forces and to the natural energies that affect their lives.
Each direction on the Medicine Wheel represents a path of initiation into the mysteries of life, the goal being to make contact with your Higher Self (or your True or Spiritual Self). Each path can help you with self-realization and acquiring knowledge to put meaning and purpose into your life.
A Medicine Wheel can be used as:
➼ an aid to meditation
➼ a device for centering your consciousness
➼ a representation of your honor of Nature.
➼ a symbol of protection
➼ an altar
➼ a sacred space
About the Tree of Life:
The Tree of Life is a symbol of unity and how we are all interwoven into the fabric of this Universe. The lines of separation that are drawn in our society are imaginary and we can overcome them when we accept each other for everything that we are. To me, it is a symbol of how nature is interconnected. We, as humans, are taught that we are not of nature when in truth, it is what we are made of. We are all one family interconnected and bonded with each other and nature.
The concept of a tree of life has been used in science, religion, philosophy, and mythology. A tree of life is a common motif in various world theologies, mythologies, and philosophies. It alludes to the interconnection of all life on our planet and serves as a metaphor for common descent in the evolutionary sense. The term tree of life may also be used as a synonym for sacred tree.
The tree of knowledge, connecting to heaven and the underworld, and the tree of life, connecting all forms of creation, are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and are portrayed in various religions and philosophies as the same tree.