✨Handcarved soapstone mortar and pestle with purple and natural colored Lotus design
✨Mortar bowl is about 3.61 inches wide and 2.46 inches tall (9.2 cm wide x 6.2  cm tall)
✨Pestle measures about 3.72 x 1.3 inches (9.4 x 3.3 cm)
✨Handmade & infused with Reiki energy
✨Great for gift giving!
✨Each order comes with printed information and a bonus crystal!
 
Mortar and Pestles are extremely helpful tools that we use within the craft in order to grind, mix, blend or to combine components. Usually mortar and pestles are made to be used in combination with herbs. The mortar and pestle is a spiritual tool representing the unification of the male and the female; the phallic symbol of the pestle and the womb symbol of the mortar.   Perceiving the tool as the mundane aspect of male and female, as well as the divine God and Goddess, is a powerful aid in our magickal workings. It is a vessel of transformation and by utilizing the energy put into the tool, the user can transform a mundane ingredient into a sacred form. A new mortar and pestle should be blessed simply by using it. Putting your energy into the grinding motion that comes natural with this tool is exactly the kind of energy needed to begin to bond with it. To season a new mortar, fill it at least half way with raw rice. Working the pestle very strongly against the mortar fills in the tiny crevices and removes any small bits of stone left behind. Take some time each day or night working the rice against the walls of the mortar for about a week. This is an excellent technique to use when refreshing the mortar after working with a particularly sticky resin, or just after a long time of use with different products. It is recommended that you own at least two mortar and pestles.  If you grind down herbs for medicinal use, you will want to keep this one separate from the one you would use to grind down resins and other materials that are toxic if ingested.  Some like to keep one for herbs and one for resins and woods.  Use your best judgment, but keep safety in mind.
 
Regarded by many cultures as sacred, lotus flowers give various meanings and symbolism. They are called the Flower of Life because of their association with the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Lotus flowers play a vital role in Buddhism. They generally represent spiritual awakening, purity, and faithfulness. This belief roots from the fact that lotus flowers emerge from muddy waters. For Buddhism, that means the act of rising above despite the challenges and moving towards the light of wisdom.