The Sea Journey

The Sea Journey tarot card rosary
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The Sea Journey is the VI of Distaff in the Mysteries of Mary Tarot Deck (listed elsewhere in my shop). This is a unique handcrafted rosary necklace with the image of Mary under a glass bubble in a bohemian style - lightweight frame and a lightweight rosary - with a vintage holy medal dangling at the bottom.

The Sea Journey card is Mary on a barge in the tradition of Isis, crossing the river Styx or metaphorically the waters of consciousness.  This tarot card is a major initiation taking you deeper into life and the Sacred Mother's mysteries. 

'Mary is the bridge between heaven and earth, between the human and the divine worlds, between human and divine justice.' - Andrew Harvey

This card depicts the tradition of carrying an image of Mary in a boat on a sea or river journey in a sacred procession and celebration.  This ritual reminds one of the processions of Sante Sara la Kali as seen in the card V Vessels in the Mysteries of Mary Tarot Deck.  An image of Mary is sanctified with prayers, incense, candles and flowers and placed on a boat.  It is a Sea Journey to new shores, both within and without.

These rosary pieces are created in the practise of the making of sacred altars and they contain the healing energies of both the image, the meaning of these cards and the spiritual energy that they were created with.  Here is one of many testimonials : 'I received our Lady of Lourdes, mystical healer stunning wearable shrine today. The moment Hettienne shipped it, I saw a white light with a white flame in its centre. Throughout the shrine's travel I would keep visions of it. I can firmly attest that this is more than a necklace, but carries divine consciousness which is transferred powerfully through the artist's love and devotion. The package arrived fully intact, filled with frankincense and myrrh and tiny shells and pebbles, the precious necklace safely wrapped. Thank you! Arathi Ma.'

The Mysteries of Mary tarot deck took four years to complete.  Each card is a print of a handmade three dimensional shrine depicting the Mysteries of the tradition of Isis-Maryam-Mary.  It fits together the myth and metaphor as contained in Egyptian, Jewish, Greek, Christianity and the various Gnostic teachings (amongst others) of the feminine and masculine Christ and the inner Sacred Marriage.  The deck is at once an artistic and mystical vision of the sacred mysteries of the Soul and its unsung feminine path.  Each card is an individual shrine dedicated to an archetype, an initiation, a Mystery in the Great Mystery and a vignette of one of the stories woven into the tapestry of Mary.  You can read more about my tarot deck and book at www.hergracesacredart.com.

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blessings

Hettienne

Mystical Rose

Sacred Altar
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This gorgeous vintage St Térèse of Lisieux

rosary box set with small garnets reminded me

of my recent out-of-this-world encounter

with the honeyrose fragrance of the Great Mother of Love

and inspired me to make this one-of-a-kind
sacred altar necklace.

I used a double garnet rosary and combined it with unusual

vintage rose carved bakelite beads, as well as gentle rose coloured

glass beads and gorgeous rose carved glass beads
and luscious fresh water pearls, both gold and oyster.

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I added a beautiful old holy medal, a French Notre Dame

sacred heart and at the back, a tiny swallow and a very old red mercury holy medal!

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Inbetween is a gorgeous red intaglio of St Terese set on a gold

background.

At the end of the piece that hangs down the back,
is a beautiful St Anne and Mary mercury red
bubble holy medal - very old.

  

You can shorten it into a choker length or wear it longer.

The rosary case can open and you keep something

valuable inside.

blessings
Hettienne

Christmas Sale at the French Madonna

Christmas Sale now happening
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all jewellery and shrines
less 25%
till Christmas Day

Come and visit
blessings,
Hettienne

Triumph of the Immaculate Heart

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You who radiate peace, dear Mary,

help us to break this obsession with war

and vanquish the culture of death.

Too many people have died, Blessed Mother,

and no amount of official explanations

and strategic manipulations

can possible justify such suffering.

At this very moment, all over the planet,

dozens of battles are raging,

like bursts of flame exploding

from different zones of a forest on fire.

Whether they take the form of the 

massive bloodshed of entire communities

or single acts of domestic violence,

your Mother-Heart will not tolerate such hatred.

You break yourself open

and offer us the only true antidote

to the poison of global strife:

universal love.

The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart

from

Mother of God

Similar to Fire

by

Mirabai Starr

Blue Cloak of Mary

The Blue Cloak of Mary
a sacred altar


'She says that she is with her beloved from the beginning
before the foundation of the world,

speaking from the deep ground of life as the hidden law that orders it,

the craftswoman of creation. 

She is the intelligence within nature, the animating

energy of the cosmos;

rooted in tree, vine, earth, and water and active in the habitations of humanity.

She is the principle of justice that inspires all human laws.

She is the invisible spirit guiding human consciousness;

a hidden presence longing to be known,

calling out to the world for recognition and response.

To those like Solomon, who prized her more highly than rubies,

she becomes their wise and luminous guide.

blessings

Hettienne

Fragrance of Roses

Gracious Lady of Life,

Whose garment is the shining heavens.

You are the white Moon among the stars

And the beauty of the green Earth.

You are the Oneness of all things

And the completion of the spirit.

You are the mystery of that which we seek,

If we find not within,

We will never find it without.

For You have been here since the beginning,

And You are that which is attained at the end of desire.

    -  the Rose Sisterhood

Grace

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

 Blessed art thou among women 

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. 

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

 Pray for us bodhisattvas of love 

Now and ever as we shine 

With virtue, health and life.

 A wearable sacred altar  in creamy, and mother of pearl worn colours :  a beautiful porcelain cabochon with image of Blessed Mary set in a bronze frame sparkling with rhinestones;  many old and worn bronze medals;  a piece of worn  mother of pearl rosary forms part of the necklace;  a hand made unique bezel;  many really old and worn mother of pearl and bone and crystal beads - all together forming a beautiful piece called Grace

All my items are created as part of my spiritual practise in The Temple of Mary.  If you would like to read more visit my blogs at http://maryammariamary.blogspot.com and The Temple of Mary at http://bookofmarysacredheart.blogspot.com.  You can go to my shop's blog at http://hergracedevata.blogspot.com for more pictures of this piece.

I take special care in treating and packaging these sacred objects and shipping with tracking number is included in the price.

blessings

Hettienne

Archangel Michael - Defender and Protector of the Blessed Virgin

St Michael is one of the three angels mentioned

by name in Holy Scriptures.

The name Michael signifies

'Who is like God'

I visited the grotto and the Archangel Michael festival

in Mont Sant'Angelo in Italy. 

Michael appeared here, in a cave, more than once to the local villagers

many years ago and he is revered by his devotees 

during an annual pilgrimage to Mont Sant'Angelo.

Read about my personal pilgrimage to Michael on my blog at http://pathofdivinelove.blogspot.com/2011/03/archangel-michael-wayshower-and-animus.html

He is called Chief of the Order of Virtues,

Chief of the Seven Archangels

Prince of the Angels

A beautiful vintage holy card

perfectly mounted and removable from the frame

A swarovski crystal chaplet and miniature

gold miraculous medal

crowns

wings

sacred heart

michael blue

rhinestones

vintage statue

Saint Michael the Archangel, Powerful Spirit of Truth

Take my hand and lead me to Divine Truth.

Protect me from all the evil in the world.

Guard me and compensate for all my weaknesses.

Change, bless, and restore the consquences of all my mistakes.

Carry me on the wings of your love and might to the

Throne of God and pray to Her with me forever.

Amen.

All my pieces come with a catalogue label, name and number 

Dimensions : 13.5 x 16.5 x 3.5 cm 

Each one of my pendants, shrines, paintings and other sacred art are first infused with holy water from Lourdes (which I brought back), and then infused with holy relic oil of more than 53 Saints & pure essential oils. A mixture of one hundred oils are used, including frankincense, myrrh, spikenard, agarwood and rose. It is also immersed in blessed pink dead sea salts, infused with rose petals steeped in holy oil of a third relic of St Therese of Lisieux and it is packaged with blessed salts, frankincense and sprinkled with holy water collected form many sacred places in the world. So it becomes sort of holy object to be handled with reverence and care. 

All my items come beautifully packaged and securely wrapped and parceled. I mail first class international shipping with a tracking number free of charge to you. 

Carried by angels

Angels relate to our capacity to love,

to accept ourselves fully,

and to embrace life.

Reigning above the heavenly host
is the spirit of the Shekinah,
the feminine face of the Divine,
through whom all creation is made manifest.

The heavenly realm interacts with the physical
world, and the two become one, in the incarnation
of the Divine in a human being.

The Higher Principles thus find expression in
flesh and spirit.

In Judaism, the manifestation of the Divine Presence

in human life takes the form of a created being of

light called the Shekhinah.  

Meaning literally the 'indwelling' this is the feminine

aspect of God that brings peace and blessing

to the home.  In biblical times it referred to the glory

emanating from the Source.

Then Shekinah was then seen as a heavenly messenger,

and later as the Holy Ghost.  In the Kabbalah,

she is the mystical Bride of the Lord, who channels

grace to the lower worlds.

Because we contain the Divine Spark within us,
our actions resonate throughout creation. - The
Angelic Year, Ambika Wauters


In this shrine the blessings and healing energies
and powers of the birth of the Christ within the personal
self and and within humanity, the Guardian Angel and
the Queen of Angels all come together in a beautiful
altar.

The Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Christ,
is our link with the eternal feminine principle within us.
She is the embodiment of truth, love, surrender and
miraculous healings and manifestations.

Her litany describes her as
Queen of Angels,
Mother of God,
Mother Inviolate,
Tower of Ivory,
House of Gold
 Mystical Rose
and
Gate of Heaven

This shrine captures the colours and names
of the Holy Litany
and here Mary is seen as the Queen of Angels
protecting the child within us against
the pitfalls, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual,
on the personal journey in this world.

The trees and fir garlands and small berries
are all symbols of the regenerative energy and the power
of renewal and Grace
of the Christmas tide and of the good news that
Love can and will be born within the heart
of humanity.  The traditional Christmas tree
has the shape of the pineal gland, known to be
the seat of consciousness and enlightenment
in the human brain.

In the centre of the shrine is the Stag,
an ancient symbol of the Christ.

The small child is stepping onto the angel
wing stretching out in front of her.
They will carry you lest you should knock
your feet on a stone or rock

The shrine forms part of my special Christmas
Guardian angel series.

Here are links to some of the other stories :

http://hergracedevata.blogspot.co.za/2015/11/it-is-pink-christmas.html


Meditation
Feel your heart expand and contract with each breath that you take.
Let it soften and ease as you affirm life.
As you do t his, be conscious that you are opening up to your
life force with each breath.
This is how you experience renewal at all levels.
As you feel this happen, ask yourself
where you need to renew your commitment to life,
to be the best that you can be.
Renewal comes when you affirm your desire to
accept life on its terms.


Prayer
Blessed and Beloved Mother of us all,
you surrendered to the will of God
to bear the fruit of our salvation.
You accepted a higher will than
your own so that all humanity can be raised up.
We open our hearts and minds to
receive your grace, love and courage

blessings
Hettienne