Indigenous Handcrafted Earrings - Birch Bark & Elephant Skin Jasper

• 18k Gold Plated posts
  
• Birch Bark
• Elephant Skin Jasper

Elephant Skin Jasper helps to overcome loneliness, learning to love yourself. It can aid you to feel more positive about life, and if you have a situation in your life that you feel is hopeless, use this stone to help you. Good for traveling (amulet), especially driving. Attracts wealth for business travel and negotiation. Protects the house from deterioration. Elephant skin jasper also known as Calligraphy Stone or Miriam Stone is a stone of Introspection and Stability.

In Native culture, the birch tree is strongly associated with guidance and protection. As the birch is a pioneer species this gives it a symbol of rebirth, new beginnings and growth. As a totem the Birch tree brings knowledge of ancient traditions and lost wisdom. It is believed that the birch tree is a protectant from lightning strikes and evil spirits.

The birch tree as a totem is associated with the Earth Renewal Moon which falls between December 22nd and January 19th. One of the most ancient and abundant of trees the birch tree was used for many things by First Nations Peoples. The bark was used for writing or painting stories on. The sap was used both as a syrup and a beverage. Teas and medicinal remedies were made from the bark and leaves of the birch. Placing the leaves of the birch tree on hot rocks in a sweat lodge creates a vapor that helps to cleanse the body and get rid of static electricity.