Description
This popular Legacy Ankh is currently on back order! Orders ship in January.
A beautiful Tanzanite completes this Rhodium-plated 925 Silver 2nd Generation Legacy Ankh. The ankh features a gorgeous violet faceted 5MM AA-Grade tanzanite gem sourced from the AGTA (American Gem Trade Association).
Meaning: Tanzanite (aka Blue Zoisite) is a transformational stone that helps defeat old behavior patterns to make way for the development of intuition and higher consciousness. It promotes serenity while aiding in spiritual detoxification, promoting calmness over anxiety, and self-confidence over fear.
Attributes
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Gemstone Type: Tanzanite
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Stone Shape: Round
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Stone Size: 5mm
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Stone Type: Natural
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Color: Violet-Purple
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Birthstone: December
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Enhancement: Heat-treated (H)
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Grade: AA
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Mohs Hardness: 6–7
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Clarity: Eye-clean
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Refractive Index: 1.692–1.7
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Specific Gravity: 3.35
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Brand: AGTA
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Mineral Source: TANZANIA
This Limited Edition of the D'Drennan Design is on back order. Ships in January!
*How big is the Ankh? It's 6cm high (2.36 inches)
About the Legacy Ankh
The Legacy Ankh is a special version of the bladed ankh and is the sigilium which represents the virtues, teachings, traditions, culture and philosophy known as the Black Veils. Some of the Black Veils include virtues like Immortality, Romance, Elegance, Seduction, Apotheosis, Music, Art, Decadence, Nightside, Dayside, Unity, Family, Magick, Dance, Civility, Hospitality, Honor, Diversity, Chivalry, Decadence and Xepher.
In 1996, Master Metal Manipulator D’Drennan was commissioned by Father Sebastiaan to make an exclusive version of a bladed ankh to represent the Black Veils and the Legacy. Thus was born the Legacy Ankh, the most recognized international symbol in the Vampyre / Vampire Culture and community. This precious artifact is proudly worn proudly in public and openly in ceremony by Vampires and Black Swans to symbolize their Legacy and understanding of the Black Veils.
THE ANKH
The ankh, or in Latin the crux ansata (cross with a handle), was originally the Egyptian hieroglyph which meant “life”. Many ancient Egyptian artworks, especially funerary art, depict gods and pharaohs bearing this symbol. The ankh was also associated with Osiris, the god of death and rebirth, and ankhs were often placed with mummies in order to symbolically convey the gift of immortality.
Over time the ankh came to symbolize immortality and can even be seen as a key to unlock the gates of death. The Rosicrucian tradition and members of Hermetic orders often use this symbol in their rituals. The Coptic Christians, also employed it as a symbol of life after death. Ankhs incorporating mirrors into their design have sometimes been used to symbolize perception of the subtle reality.
The bladed ankh first appeared in popular culture in the 1983 film The Hunger, based on the vampire novel by Whitley Strieber and directed by Tony Scott. With its historical symbolism, cultural significance, and esoteric nature, the bladed ankh was the obvious and most common symbol for the Vampire.
