Linden Meditation Rune Bowl: 'Moon Flower'

Linden Meditation Bowl: "Moon Flower" 

Size: 4.25" x 4.25" × 2.25" (11cm x 11cm x6cm)

A small, but solid, hand-carved bowl of nicely coloured, aromatic linden wood.

A lovely, tactile object that has a lovely rich feel and a lovely shape to sit in the hand.

A simple visual design that allows contemplation of words or images.

The words around one side of the the bowl are:

THIS MOON FLOWER

BLOSSOMS, THEN FADES, THEN BLOOMS AGAIN

The rune text is from the 'The Poetic Edda:

MANI HEITIR

METH MONNOM

EN MYLINN METH GODOM

KALLA HVERFANDA HVEL HELIO I

SCYNDI IOTNAR,

EN SCIN CVERGAR

which can be translated as:

'Moon' he is called among Men,

and 'Waning' by the Gods,

he is Whirling Wheel in Death Hastener' by the Giants,

'Shine' among the dwarves..

Time, Death and Rebirth are the keys to understanding the deep myths of the Moon in Norse and Celtic myth.

This piece can be treated as a sculpture, or as a meditation piece to be held and turned over in the hands, considering the words, or letting them wash over the quiet mind.