商品簡介
Explore the meanings and symbolism of beads from around the world. Includes 20 projects to make your own beads.
Strings of beads are universal to all peoples and beliefs. They’re given many names—mala, rosary, masbaha, komboloi, prayer beads—but no matter the culture or context, they’re a tangible symbol of connection to our memories, our hopes, our loves, and our best selves. Beads can tell a story, and can inspire us, celebrate someone or something we love, or help us work through a difficulty.
Beads can be made from wood, clay, crystals, bone, shell, glass, metal, plastic, paper, and much more—even coins, buttons, seeds, and pasta. And the meanings are as varied as the materials. It’s not so much what beads you string but why and how you string them. There’s symbolism in the type, number, materials, and source of the beads and the words that go with them—mantras, prayers, promises, affirmations, and meditations.
In Mindful Beads, explore all of this and go further, learning where to find beads and how to make them, instill them with significance, and incorporate that meaning, protection, and promise into your life.
作者簡介
Alice Peck is an author and editor living with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Alice likes to think and write about finding the sacred in the ordinary, and is the author of Be More Tree and The Secret Language of Herbs, both published by CICO Books, as well as numerous book reviews and articles. Find out more at www.alicepeck.com.
