Sterling Winged Heart Necklace
The winged heart is more than just a common tattoo! I learned from my friend and fellow Handwork member Pat Halpen that it is the symbol of the Sufi movement (a mystical branch of Islam). It is the heart rising to God and not only finding and embracing the divine in everything but opening so wide as to bring us all with it on its accession. I liked this description, especially: “Embracing all forms of spiritual touch, all forms of mystical joining, the winged heart represents to mankind, the lover that seeks the Beloved, the seeker that seeks the Truth, the heart of the beloved that seeks to be free.”
Inexplicably–being the atheist that I am–it just seemed relevant to my life lately. Go figure.
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