I used labradorite, Picasso marble, peridot, onyx and a greenish yellow stone that was unknown to me at the time. It's a variety of serpentine, now one of my favorite power stones, that contains minute quartz crystals and flecks of black magnetite (lodestone).
I chose the pendant because I had been told it was the "Hand of God" and to me represented both service to the Divine and magick power.
This talisman really took on a life of its own, and felt more powerful when I finished it than I expected. I stared at it for a while, taking in its energy-specific nature, and realized that this was a piece that most people in the Craft wouldn't be ready for. I knew some priests who could handle it, but this necklace was clearly not for any of them. I almost took it apart to tone it down, but I meditated on it, and the name came to me: Raven Digitalis.
That caught me off guard. We have mutual real-life friends and were networked on Myspace and Facebook (funny thing- he sent me a Myspace request, and I saw his book GothCraft on shelves at Barnes and Noble a day or two later, not realizing the connection until I noticed the author's photo and thought it seemed extremely familiar), but we had never met. It was a strange thing to have to explain, but being a fellow practitioner he didn't think it as weird as some people would. And he gave me the world's best testimony:
"OH. MY. GOD. I just got the necklace and am wearing it now. You weren't kidding; this is a powerful piece of work! I can't believe how "made for me" it is -- I don't usually feel so attached or drawn to pieces ... this is something special that has a particularly potent energy I haven't quite grasped yet. What a gem. I will treasure this for life; thank you again!!!"
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