Woven Medicine Rattle
This beautiful Rattle was woven under the boughs of an old Ash Tree. Created in ceremony and birthed from red deer hide from the Highlands of Scotland. One side features hair-on-hide, lending a distinct wildness here. It is stitched with waxed cotton and mounted on a roe deer leg, completed with a barn owl feather and a fallow deer bone.
Inside is a gathering of fox cub bones, blended with red carnelian crystals and clear quartz, which amplifies all that is held here.
You can read their creation story below.
This beautiful Rattle was woven under the boughs of an old Ash Tree. Created in ceremony and birthed from red deer hide from the Highlands of Scotland. One side features hair-on-hide, lending a distinct wildness here. It is stitched with waxed cotton and mounted on a roe deer leg, completed with a barn owl feather and a fallow deer bone.
Inside is a gathering of fox cub bones, blended with red carnelian crystals and clear quartz, which amplifies all that is held here.
You can read their creation story below.
This beautiful Rattle was woven under the boughs of an old Ash Tree. Created in ceremony and birthed from red deer hide from the Highlands of Scotland. One side features hair-on-hide, lending a distinct wildness here. It is stitched with waxed cotton and mounted on a roe deer leg, completed with a barn owl feather and a fallow deer bone.
Inside is a gathering of fox cub bones, blended with red carnelian crystals and clear quartz, which amplifies all that is held here.
You can read their creation story below.
Holding this rattle in my hands, woven with Fox, Deer, Owl, and soft hand-spun wool it's as though a gathering of forest spirits is cradled within my grasp.
I often sense the membrane between the betwixt and between, sometimes pulsating as if to beckon, 'look here,' other times, like now, feeling it thin —as though I could stretch my hands through, touch who is there and feel their breath upon my skin. It's though my ears can discern the conversations that my human form cannot comprehend.
While crafting this rattle, these words were spoken to me by the Ash Tree beside me:
'I know nothing of what is to come,
I know nothing of what will be discovered,
Nor the muddied pathways my feet may tread,
Nor the songs I am yet to encounter.
But I do know the surrender in not knowing,
The pain in the loss,
The joy in the love,
And the gift in realizing I am a part of everything.'
The Roe Deer leg this one is held on rests perfectly in my hand. A remembering of the wild hooves that lived in contact with these lands, the beat still vibrating in the depth of my palm. In the Celtic traditions Deer are held in high regard and are closely intertwined with nature, spirituality, and cultural heritage. They are symbols of renewal, transformation, strength, virility, and are viewed as graceful spiritual guides.
The Deer and stag are considered some of the most sacred animals in Celtic mythology.
Inside the rattle head is a blend of Fox cub bones Red carnelian and Clear Quartz, Red Carnelian crystals, known as the Artist stone, bringing energies of empowerment and self confidence, combined with deep passion and inner creativity inviting new wonders and magic into your life. In folklore it is said this vibrant stone was once used by Ancient Byzantine and Assyrian cultures to foster courage, both in battle as well as during performances, where this stone was believed to help timid speakers become eloquent and bold.
And because of its red and orange hues, Carnelian is said to represent the fertile menstrual blood of the Mother Goddess Isis– the goddess of motherhood, magic, fertility, death, healing and rebirth.
The fox bones welcome in the magic of the Fox - The Fox, a bringer of healing and a being with deep connections to shamanic practices, embodies divine symbolism, supernatural abilities, holistic healing, and esoteric knowledge. In essence, the Fox stands as an extraordinary spiritual ally.
As a spirit guide and sagacious messenger, the Fox hold a high intelligence and a penchant for trickery, the Fox is acutely aware of malevolent mischief. Its presence often acts as a caution, prompting you to sharpen your awareness of your environment.
The Fox aids you in devising ingenious solutions to your current challenges. These solutions typically demand perseverance through adversity and steadfast determination until you navigate through the existing hardships. The Fox also advises thorough contemplation before any planned action to avert further complications from impulsive decisions. This creature guides you to see beyond deceptions, adjust to your findings, and perceive with absolute clarity before proceeding.
With them they impart wisdom, cunningness, adaptability, and protection, serving as a faithful guide on the spiritual journey, teaching quick thinking, strategy, and instinctual trust. The fox also signifies transformation and shapeshifting.
Finished Barn Owl feather, it is woven with the energies of the one who hunts in the dark, on silent wing,
Exchange is £78.00 , plus P&P, or with Kerbside prick up available if you are near Ludlow, Shropshire
