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Please Note: This necklace will be created with an 18" bar link chain. If you desire a different chain length you must reach out to us immediately after placing your order for a custom quote on the additional length.

The Tear Collector/s series was created with the idea that these talismanic jewels could act as assistance to moments of intense emotions : be that grief, sorrow, anger, or more "gentle" yet persistent states of being such as melancholy, that the wearer may struggle with. The twin scorpions as well as the 'tear' act as both guardians as well as the ever persistent myth of the tear catcher bottle ~ collecting your 'tears' for you, helping carry your intense emotions and grief by way of being a tactile object that can be held, rubbed and pressed on to call you back into your body or make you feel less alone should you choose to develop a relationship with your jewelry.

The practice of jewelry being imbued with sentiment and meaning beyond its object-ness is about as old as jewelry is, worn for many reasons ~ including love, friendship, status, as well as mourning and remembrance. These scorpions are particularly tactile, with their stingers being slightly sharp to their spindly legs and the groves of their abdomens. Lastly, their gemstone tear, a stand in for your own, is a stunning pear cut amethyst. This stone color is darker than some of our previous amethyst offerings. The photo accurately portrays the color of the stone.

Scorpion:

Over 400 millions years old (older than the Dinosaur or the Spider) the ancient Scorpion has been an image of both destruction and healing over the ages. Like the Spider, it is both nocturnal and poisonous, carrying potent venom in its stinger as well as a fierce strength in its front pincers. Many species of Scorpion are subterranean, often waiting underground in solitude, emerging to ensnare and devour its prey. This links Scorpion the Underworld like Spider; its unconscious, instinctual nature helps him conquer transformation within the shadowy depths.

Often feared with venom strong enough in some species to mortally poison man, these Scorpions act as a protective talisman and also a talisman of transformation. As an added layer of meaning: Scorpion also speaks to the Shadow Self of Carl Jung’s ideas on ‘Inner Alchemy’. Its ability to transform, its destructive and links to the underworld ( realm of shades and shadows) underline the idea of the Shadow; which is seen as the repressed, unwanted or unaccepted parts of oneself.

An extension of ‘Darkling, I Listen’ ~ this collection of jewels urges the wearer to move towards self-acceptance through the jewels as talismans. The process of individuation or transmutation is the process of becoming ‘whole’. For Jung, this didn’t mean becoming ‘good’, but becoming complete in the sense that one accepts all of their unconscious ‘faults’ as well as their experiences (their pasts) to become whole or complete. In ‘Inner Alchemy’ each phase of the alchemical process from antiquity was re-assigned new meanings: i.e. the quest for the philosopher's stone is truly a quest to become whole. In the 'Nigredo' process, everything is blackened, putrefied, 'killed' in a sense, to allow for new growth. It is during this phase in 'Inner Alchemy' that we are confronted with the knowledge our darker aspects, a phase in which we must accept our shadow selves. When we accept and acknowledge our more shadowy aspects, the parts of ourselves we have been conditioned to suppress, the parts of ourselves we hide from others as well as ourselves, we are on the path to wholeness. We become more accepting of our flaws, our darknesses. Having struggled with my own shadow self for many years, this talisman represents not only that long tangle with ‘darkness’, but our ability to become whole.