Tree Agate Tumbled Stones, 1 lb inspiration power candles share altar space

power candles share altar space with High John the Conqueror root

the shapes the mind reaches for when it is trying to understand

and the small ritual of the lid marks the practice as set apart

which sits beside the old folk practice of burning a candle to draw luck

The dead are family

Tree Agate Tumbled Stones, 1 lb inspiration power candles share altar spaceA pound of tumbled tree agate: milky white chalcedony from India, veined through with green in branching, fern like patterns. An honest note on those branches: the dendrites are mineral inclusions, usually green chlorite or hornblende, that grew in tree like shapes, not actual plant fossils. The stone only looks like a forest pressed in white, which is enough. Tree agate is the gardeners' member of the agate family, kept for growth, patience, and the