Silver Choker - Soul Mate Amulet

SOUL MATE – Solid Silver Amulet Pendant & Choker

The Soul Mate set is a stunning fusion of craftsmanship and symbolism, featuring a beautifully detailed solid silver amulet pendant and an embellished solid silver ‘Bedouin’ style choker. Handcrafted to perfection in Egypt, this luxurious piece is designed to captivate and inspire.

The pendant features two halves that are centrally hinged, allowing them to pivot, symbolising two independent entities united by a core connection. The five individual balls represent the five parts of the human soul (ren, ba, ka, sheut, ib) and the five physical senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch). Together, these elements reflect unity, perception, and a harmonious outcome in a relationship.

Key Features:

• Handcrafted in Egypt: Expertly made to the highest standards of craftsmanship.
• Symbolic Design: The pendant’s pivoting halves and five balls represent unity, soul, and the senses.
• Versatile Wear: The choker can be worn independently by removing the pendant for a different look.
• Luxurious: Crafted from solid silver for a substantial and elegant feel.

Specifications:

• Total Silver Weight: 41.2 g (a substantial amount of silver)
• Pendant Length: 6 cm
• Pendant Width: 4 cm
• Choker Diameter: 13.5 cm

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The ancient Egyptians believed that a human soul was made up of five (5) parts, being the (Ren - Ba - Ka - Sheut - Ib)

• REN (name) as a part of the soul, a person's ren (name) was given to them at birth and the Egyptians believed that it would live for as long as that name was spoken, which explains why efforts were made to protect it and the practice of placing it in numerous writings.

• BA (personality) was everything that makes an individual unique, similar to the notion of 'personality'. (In this sense, inanimate objects could also have a 'Ba', a unique character, and indeed Old Kingdom pyramids often were called the 'Ba' of their owner). The 'Ba' is an aspect of a person that the Egyptians believed would live after the body died, and it is sometimes depicted as a human-headed bird flying out of the tomb to join with the 'Ka' in the afterlife.

• KA (vital spark) was the Egyptian concept of vital essence, that which distinguishes the difference between a living and a dead person, with death occurring when the ka left the body. The Egyptians believed that Khnum created the bodies of children on a potter's wheel and inserted them into their mothers' bodies. Depending on the region, Egyptians believed that Heket or Meskhenet was the creator of each person's Ka, breathing it into them at the instant of their birth as the part of their soul that made them be alive. This resembles the concept of spirit in other religions. The Egyptians also believed that the ka was sustained through food and drink. For this reason food and drink offerings were presented to the dead, although it was the kau within the offerings that was consumed, not the physical aspect. The ka was often represented in Egyptian iconography as a second image of the king, leading earlier works to attempt to translate ka as double.

• SHEUT (shadow) A person's shadow or silhouette, Sheut is always present. Because of this, Egyptians surmised that a shadow contains something of the person it represents. Sometimes people (usually pharaohs) had a shadow box in which part of their Sheut was stored.

• IB (heart) an important part of the Egyptian soul was thought to be the ib, or heart. The ib or metaphysical heart was believed to be formed from one drop of blood from the child's mother's heart, taken at conception. To ancient Egyptians, the heart was the seat of emotion, thought, will and intention. This is evidenced by the many expressions in the Egyptian language which incorporate the word ib. In Egyptian religion, the heart was the key to the afterlife. It was conceived as surviving death in the nether world, where it gave evidence for, or against, its possessor. It was thought that the heart was examined by Anubis and the deities during the Weighing of the Heart ceremony. If the heart weighed more than the feather of Maat, it was immediately consumed by the monster Ammit.