Friday, November 23, 2007

Diamond Skull Jewellery

Jewellery suggests adornment, beautification and attraction. It is an embellishment that makes a statement about the wearer. It is no more a fashion accessory patronized by women. Of late it has found favour with males as well. Rings, pendants, chains, brooches, chains, bracelets, necklaces and watches have long been decorated with expensive stones and diamonds to enhance their exclusiveness and as a suggestion of finery. Gold, silver and platinum have, since long, held together gems, pearls, diamonds and other precious stones to be owned by buyers with a sense of pride and ownership. Expensive and modern pieces of jewellery do not need to shout to announce the social stature of the wearer. It is obvious.

Diamond skull jewellery is the latest entrant into the arena of fashion jewellery. It is now fashionable to have various symbols, religious and otherwise, depicted through encrusted diamonds on beautifully crafted skulls. It is thus no reason to be surprised if a diamond encrusted skull catches one’s eye while it is on someone’s finger or dangling from a chain or a brooch.

Diamond studded skulls are juxtaposed with religious symbols like the cross and the crucifix, almost like the co existence of good and evil, life and death, sadness and happiness in this world. The Christian context is overtly suggested in the twin depiction of the cross and other symbols along with the skull, a mute statement of the human experience being incomplete without the presence of evil.

Moreover, more and more celebrities from all over the world are sporting these latest pieces of diamond studded skulls thereby contributing to their popularity which results in the rage catching on. Well, there are also some who say that it doesn’t go down well with everybody and that itself contributes to its being exclusive. Not everyone can flaunt it with the same flair and confidence and yet make a style statement with a diamond studded skull.

The fashion-conscious as well as the religiously inclined endorse the latest trends in fashion oriented religious jewellery, thereby giving a fillip to new introductions in jewellery. The world community also comes together by wearing the same symbols and identifying co-brotherhood by displaying their allegiance to the same religion. These symbols can be made obvious by wearing visible and easily demarcated pieces of jewellery that catch one’s eye as well as attention.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Rosaries

Practicing religion is not necessarily a weekly occasion when one visits the Church or one’s specific place of worship with one’s family. Practicing religion is also about one’s conversations with one’s own self. It is also about treating God as one’s friend and confidante, someone who is always by your side, someone you don’t have to travel far to be with. At such times a rosary keeps one connected to one’s Conscience, to The Creator and leaves one feeling secure and cared for.



Wearing or holding a testimonial of one’s practiced faith is a great way to start a conversation and to establish a connection with persons of the same faith in any corner of the world. In a world that is ridden with exhibitionism and vulgar display of wealth, one is much better off exhibiting or proclaiming one’s allegiance to one’s faith wordlessly but surely.

A rosary is a string of beads that is largely carried by people as a mark of their reverence. A set of Rosary beads contains fifty beads in groups of ten [Every ten beads signifying a decade], with an additional large bead before every decade. These numbers are in accordance with the number of psalms, or a third or two-thirds of them. Since longer than can be remembered, the counting of prayers on a string of beads is customary and has been adopted through generations of followers.

In the beginning of the 20th Century Rosaries were at times made from the seeds of the ‘rosary pea’ or ‘bead tree’. Rosary Beads are sometimes made to enclose sacred relics, or drops of holy water. A set of blessed Rosary Beads is a Sacramental.

The beads can be made from a variety of materials like wood, bone, glass, crushed flowers, semi precious stones and even precious materials including coral, glided silver and gold. Traditionally a Rosary is available in the form of a string of beads of varying materials but for easy use it is also seen in other forms like a ring finger, bracelet and the latest from is as Rosary Card which has bumps on it to depict the beads.

In an ever changing world environment, one thing that can only grow stronger is the belief in God and the proof is that one never has to look far and look for long before one spots a Rosary.




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