Lapis Lazuli & Black Onyx Mala Bead Necklace

Lapis:  Intellect - Clarity - Truth - Sophistication

Onyx : Strength - Protection - Transformation

About Lapis Lazuli 

Lapis Lazuli is a semi precious stone admired since 7000 BCE.  Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome all revered lapis lazuli.

King Tutankhamun has a famous mask made of lapis lazuli and  Cleopatra used a powdered lapis lazuli for eye shadow. Wealthy Italian artists in the Renaissance and Baroque periods also made important art pieces with lapis.

Lapis is known for its rich color blue. The stone is etymologically linked to the color blue, as seen by the word for blue in spanish: azul. 

About Mala Beads

Mala beads are used as a tool in meditation. Similar to how weights facilitate working out at a gym, mala meads are a physical tool to improve meditation practice. Practitioners of hindu and buddhist meditation will count 1 bead upon each repetition of a meditation mantra, or phrase.  Each time the phrase is repeated, count 1 bead, and move to the next, until reaching the 109th bead--the guru bead with tassles.

Here is a video describing how to meditate with mala beads and how they can improve your practice.

size: 4 / 6 / 8mm beads available. 90cm long