In a little break from the norm today I thought I would tell you a little story about a ring I have worn every day for the last six years, a ring that some of my clients might recognise, a ring very beloved to me!
When I was a little girl I believed in magical rings. I really, really believed in them. It wasn’t just a game I played and really, deep down, I knew there was no such thing. I genuinely believed that somewhere out there were magical rings that could make you invisible and make your every wish come true. At the time my greatest wish in the world was to have long straight hair as opposed to a frizzy mess but there it is, the wishes of five-year-olds are always simple. That particular wish came true in the form of hair straighteners.
Now I’m a big girl and I still believe in magical rings. I spent half my life looking for one and then one found me.
About six and a half years ago I came across the ring in the photograph**. I was bored at work (my old day job used to have that effect on me I’m afriad) and randomly searching on line. I wish I could remember how I came across this particular jewellery site, but I can’t. This morning I did manage to find the website itself. Take a look. I can’t imagine what brought me there – a Jewish jeweller who makes symbolic and mystical jewellery. Whatever your preconceptions, that really isn’t very me, you know? Despite the whole believing in magical rings thing.
Anyway, not knowing anything about Jewish mysticism or Kaballah I found myself ordering this ring. It is the symbol of abundance, and symbolises the power of good will in your life. I remember it arrived the day after Boxing Day. It was beautifully wrapped with a note written in Hebrew and English. I put it on my finger and it’s been there ever since.
The thing about abundance and magic in general is that amazing things happen – amazing things that we need to happen but not the things we think we want to happen. There’s an important life lesson there, I don’t need to spell it out to you.
Within a month of getting that ring I had met my beloved and taught my first yoga class for actual money (not much money, but that’s yoga for you). In the six or so years that I have worn this ring life has had its usual ups and downs but when it comes to the things that matter – love, yoga, my business, friends, the life I want to live – they have come, in abundance and in the most unexpected of ways. You could say this is coincidence. I say that it proves once and for all that there is such a thing as magical rings.
Do you have a piece of jewellery that is magical to you? Or any object that has such significance?
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** This ring is the Shefa symbol. The Shefa symbol was supposedly received in direct transmission from Archangel Metatron by Dvora Pearlman. It was received as a teacher and a tool to learn, to use and to connect with the great divine.
Shefa is a word in Hebrew that literally means Abundance. This word, in its highest and most profound meaning, means a tool for creating abundance. It holds powerful kinetic energy, the kind of energy that when coupled with one’s intent for the highest goodness and aligned with the Divine will, can move mountains or feed the world.
