Amulet making part II - the difficulties of connection

As I wrote earlier, I am in the process of making an amulet for someone I know who is going through a tough time. Two weeks ago I completed the brass prototype of the design (pictures below). I made a prototype to learn the skills needed to make jewelry and to see how the design would look. It came out pretty well, if I do say so myself. So this past week I bought some silver and began work on the real thing.

While I was working, I took out a picture of the person for whom the amulet is being made and placed it in front of me . My thinking was to connect to her energy while I was creating the amulet so it would be linked to her. In creating the prototype amulet, I snapped two hacksaw blades (they are very, very thin). In the first twenty minutes of working on this amulet, I snapped six blades. My cuts were uneven and ragged, and nothing seemed to be going well. I stopped working and took a moment to try to figure out what was going on - my body was relaxed, my hands were soft, but my energy was crazy.

I realized I connected to her and had drawn her energy into the room with me. She is in a chaotic and crazy place in her life where things just don't seem to be working out as she wants them too, and that was effecting my work on the amulet. Once I realized that's what was going on, I was able to change my connection to one of healing. In that way, the making of the amulet became a tikkun for her, not just an object of power.

It was still difficult to complete the cutting, but I was able to do so without breaking any more blades and emerged with something I was happy with. The more I worked, the more focused I had became, and the smoother things went. I am hoping the energetic of 'chaos to focus' will stick with the amulet and help her along.

The front:


(The letters are done in ancient Hebrew writing, and I have a lot to learn about how to photograph jewelry - sorry!)

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