The Orphic Tablet Pendant made-to-order a vessel of cosmic journey

a vessel of cosmic journey

this pendant translates an ancient image of intimacy into a wearable relic

Heavily guarded by the Egyptians

melding her royalty and her power to make the world blossom

Calliope is most often pictured with her stylus

The Orphic Tablet Pendant made-to-order a vessel of cosmic journeyIn the ancient world, thin sheets of gold were inscribed with instructions for navigating the afterlife and tucked into linen shrouds. A map for the soul; a golden key. This pendant is based on the Petelia Gold Tablet, a 3rd to 2nd century BCE Orphic inscription from southern Italy, unearthed in the 1830s. Its ancient Greek text guides the dead away from the waters of forgetfulness and toward the spring of Mnemosyne: Memory. Cast in solid gold or gold