The morning glory is a flower of dual personas, the bright blue joy of the open flute calls one to admire while the twisting vines that tend to choke other plants instills a weariness in all who approach its heart shaped leaves. The morning glory is also called the bindweed and while the latter calls to mind a negative image the former is enough to overcome any unwholesome traits the come to mind. The morning glory is representative of rebirth and overcoming the negative aspects of oneself. One story of the birth of the morning glory comes from a Japanese myth that tells the story of the sun goddess and how becoming angry with her brother she shuts herself in a cave. The earth was then thrown into a continuous state of night. Eventually the god of thought commanded all the 800 gods to collect 500 colored jewels to hang outside of her cave to entice her to come back to the world. Seeing the beautiful colors the sun goddess emerged but in the midst of the gods rejoicing a mirror fell on them and scattered them into a mess of broken jewels and shards of the mirror. In the morning with the rising of the sun goddess the broken shards became morning glories, which explains why in Japanese the word for morning glory also means jewels of heaven. The morning glory necklace and earring set is made with Peruvian opals, jade, rainbow moonstone, amazonite, and 14k gold. The pale blue form of opal found both in Peru as well as in Oregon and Idaho is one of the easier opals to wear because it is more calming than other forms of opal and can aid in the psychic abilities of the wearer. Opals are a truly amazing stone in the sense that they are linked to past lives and the enhancement of achieving ones destiny while righting karmic wrongs of the past. The opal can be considered bad luck but only if the wearer refuses to acknowledge the aspects of their life that needs adjustment. Overall, opal is a powerful aid for clairvoyants. Jade is a cleanser of the soul. It enhances spiritual learning that takes form in the physical plane and thus allows the wearer to access past life learning in order to aid in the present. Rainbow moonstone is a connecter to the spiritual level and also is known to repair any type of malfunctions of the endocrine system. Amazonite is an extremely soothing stone that increases the balanced expression of ideas and impulses. Amazonite is a stone of pure joy. Gold strengthens the heart. The Morning glory set, with its open flute shaped blooms, should be worn by a woman who has many facets but whose inner light is a jewel from heaven.

The Box

The box is made of linden wood and is decorated with Japanese hand screened paper and velvet leaves, the top of which is adorned with amazonite, moonstone, and a jade flower all hand sewn on silk. The purpose of the morning glory box is not only to house the jewels within but also to cast of glory blue hue on the early light of morning that creeps through the curtains with the first rays of dawn.