Hey Guys,
Some of you may have seen on the homepage to the Alchemy-Illuminated.com website that I'm going to be selling jewelry which I've crafted myself. I've been doing it on eBay for nearly 3 months now, and since I don't ship internationally, sales have come to a slow crawl. I basically ran out of buyers.
So the next logical step is to move it to my website, and then eBay won't get an 11% cut either, since I'll be selling it directly from the website. Then eventually I'll make an entire website devoted to the jewelry and other things, like homemade candles, incense, and soap, as well as my artwork.
All of my jewelry items go beyond just something you wear, because I cast over
30 spells on each one from own personal Book of Shadows -- the spells are all my own, written by me, and entered into the book only after proving they worked. Of course the words of a spell don't really have anything to do with the outcome, but a Book of Shadows helps to empower your own spells and give them a "concrete" reality. I also write using dragon's blood ink and a quill feather pen. This helps to give the words a special place in your mind. Plus it's amazing how much better I am with words when using a feather quill -- feels like so many lifetimes before this one, all we used was quill pens because there was nothing else.
Anyway, I've been hesitant to add my jewelry items to the website because most people say it might decrease sales of the alchemy books if people see that I'm a "wacko" who does spell casting. But once somebody actually tries wearing one of my rings or amulets for a few weeks, they become believers. One man on the very first night of meditating with the free candles and incense I include, was pushed down into his bed by a spirit! How's that for proof? lol
Not everyone has been having instant results, but those who do their daily meditations seem to be quite pleased. I have repeat customers who have ordered 5 times already! I package all my items very nicely with red and black paper, and red cellophane wrapping. It's been quite a success on eBay, but with the alchemy community I'm sure the low-lifes will use this as another way to attack the credibility of my work.
But the way I see it is this -- only 1 in 10 people actually pay for my book, the rest get the eBook version for free, and most of the people interested in the book aren't the scientific type --- they are the spiritual type that would LOVE to have a hand crafted piece of professional quality jewelry from me. And with all the free gifts I include, I make darn sure I'm the only person my customers ever want to buy "enchanted" jewelry from.
The fact is that I'm not just an alchemist, and I was into the "Craft" before I was interested in alchemy. And without the powers I obtained in the Craft, I doubt I would have succeeded with alchemy. It was a very narrow window of opportunity that I slipped through to find the correct paths to the stone, and I do believe I owe it all to the power of mind over
matter.
So far I've sold over 50 items, but I've only made about 20 rings with the wire wrapping method, and 10 amulets. For the custom rings, I have photos of all the gemstones I currently have in stock, and people can choose which stone they want, what size ring they want, what spells, and what wrapping style. Or they can choose between 5 different ring shanks that are made of normal sterling silver, and I can set the stone in that ring shank. I made that available mainly because the males didn't like my wire wrapped rings -- they complained that they look to feminine. But I also have a 2nd style with a thicker ring band. You can see examples of both below. I do mostly cabochon stones, but I've also done faceted garnets as you can see.
I'll have many more examples on the jewerly sales page. This babies aren't cheap though -- it takes between 4.5 and 6 feet of Argentiun sterling silver wire to make each ring! And Argentium is even more expensive than fine .999 silver because it contains germanium to help make it tarnish proof. It's so shiny already that it doesn't even need to be polished like normal sterling silver, but I still polish each one before I send it out. The normal prices for these rings is anywhere from $50 to $75 each. And those are just my prices -- everyone else doing this style of wire wrapping charges at least $80 per ring, and for the gold wire rings, you don't even wanna know how much they charge for those.
I only work with silver because it's the metal for psychic ability and for using with gemstone energies. Plus gold just look too cheesy in my opinion -- looks like the person is just trying to show off their money.
For the amulets, it's usually about $40, even though the stone is much larger, usually 40x30mm, and a lot of wire has to be used, and it's even harder than wrapping the rings.
Eventually I'll also be casting my own ring shanks since there is only about 5 bucks worth of silver in them, but I have to pay $20 for each ring shank right now. Then I'll be decorating them using the soldering method, and I'll be a true Artisan craftsman!
This is the "male" style design. But I used a few too many wires and a larger gauge than I was supposed to (20 instead of 24), so the wires are crowding the face of the stone a bit too much. Also the central 4 wires of the band that form the braided "Celtic" design will be replaced with a single flat decorative wire that with a design stamped or molded onto the face. It took 14 five to six inch wires, sitting side by side to make that ring. The normal design only takes 4 wires. So it was ridiculously difficult. Using one flat design wire as the central wire instead of 4 braided wires would certainly make everything easier, plus I'll be able to let the customers choose which design they want for the center.
It's really gone be a beautiful thing, and people might talk trash about the spell casting part, but I think all the photos of my work will speak for themselves, and most people will respect me
even more, not less, like so many people have warned me.
I simply refuse to sell just "normal" jewelry when I have the power to "enchant" it. Elixirs can also be made from the different gemstones I use in the rings, and the best part is the silver sterilizes the water and kills bacteria while the elixir is being made over a 24 hour period. You just drop the ring in a bottle of drinking water, then let it sit for 24 hours. You place it in the sun during the day, and the moonlight at night, then you have yourself a potent elixir, which if taken daily, can really do wonders depending on the stone type used.
Some stones have unbelievable powers, like
SPINEL which is the gemstone of immortality! Helps you look younger and more attractive, and rejuvenates you!
Then there's also a stone called SERENDIBITE, and can you guess what it does? That's right, it actually creates serendipity in your life! It makes you be in the right place at the right time to make awesome new discoveries! It's a very rare stone, and in rough form it only comes as pieces smaller than 10mm round, and faceted form even smaller. I bought one for $20 + $5 S&H which I'm going to set into a ring. The rough pieces I bought will be wire wrapped and included in some of my amulets. The same goes for the Spinel. I haven't been able to get a faceted Spinel yet because the people buying these rares stones are vicious little bastards! They sneak in a higher bid during the last seconds of thee auction, so I can never win!