Saturn Mortar & Pestle

Onça’s Vessels Collection of Alternative Care Products is to assist the healing process, support wellness, and stimulate growth. In a hands on approach, be proactive in ones own journey with health. Onça’s vessel series were handcrafted in east Berlin, Germany by Studio Jarow. The combined components were sourced and brought together in the making of kitchen and altar utensils. Inspired by the craftsmanship of indigenous folk, each piece was individually prepared in honor of their traditions, resembling simplicity, while considering material shape and dynamics. In addition to our Planetary Magic series, we have created singular vessels that complement divine workings with the planetary forces.

MORTAR + FEMUR PESTLE = SATURN ACCOUTREMENT

BEST FOR: Mortar is used in cooking to prepare wet or oily ingredients as well as grinding spices into powder. The mortar is big enough for domestic use and make great addition to any ritual altar. Combined salts, resins and potions can be grinded and well mixed.

HOW TO: Use, rinse and dry well after every use. If the mortar is used primary for ritual practices, do not mix with foods and keep away from children.

COMPONENT DETAILS:

♦ The mortar: Concrete mortar, sizes about: 12.5 Ø cm, height 5,5 cm, weight 1,1 kg. Black colored cement and consecrated earth. The bottom is fitted with fine Italian leather base. Use it to grind many types of seeds, herbs and spices. Enjoy the rich and satisfying flavors.

♦ The pestle: Femur pestle filled with led core, sealed with steal, lined with leather binding. The pestle length is about 18 cm with 5 Ø cm, weighting around 0,212 kg. Designed to fit comfortably in the hand, the femur is resistant to wear and is beautifully finished to showcase the natural elements of the original bone. Because of the led filling on this particular Saturn bone pestle, we do not recommend to use it in workings with any food or other potions that could be ingested!

E N E R G E T I C S

Planet Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the most distant that can be seen with the naked eye. Saturn is the second largest planet and is best known for its fabulous ring system that was first observed in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei. Ancient Greeks and Romans, associated Saturn to the God of time (Cronus) and space, ruling the manifest world as we know it.

In astrology Saturn is considered to create boundaries, teaching discipline and experiencing hard lessons, growth and survival. Saturn acts as preserver through crystallization. The energies of Saturn are those which rule the inheritance of karma. Saturn is the trajectory and the achievement over time, the essence of challenge, as well as the treasures of wisdom earned over the hardships.

The body of Saturn

Saturn is associated in medical astrology with the hard structures that hold our body; the skeletal system, the knees, joints, and teeth. Saturn also corresponds with the processing of minerals within the body, particularly our kidneys (and urinary bladder). In esoteric anatomy, Saturn is usually associated to “the processing of spirit”, where kidneys in itself are also seen as the doorway to spirit. Saturn is also associated to the gallbladder, and the skin.

If there is any planetary correspondence of herbs which teaches us the wisdom of making change it is that found through Saturn. These herbs help us let go so that we can begin moving forward with our lives. Saturnian herbs will help recognize what is needed to transcend limitation. As well as helping develop structure in our own lives, they provide an understanding of the essential qualities of structure, supporting us in grounding-out the dream, in order to manifest.

The Orphic Hymn to Saturn

The Fumigation from Storax
ETHERIAL father, mighty Titan, hear,
Great fire of Gods and men, whom all revere:
Endu’d with various council, pure and strong,
To whom perfection and decrease belong.
Consum’d by thee all forms that hourly die,
By thee restor’d, their former place supply;
The world immense in everlasting chains,
Strong and ineffable thy pow’r contains
Father of vast eternity, divine,
O mighty Saturn, various speech is thine:
Blossom of earth and of the starry skies,
Husband of Rhea, and Prometheus wife.
Obstetric Nature, venerable root,
From which the various forms of being shoot;
No parts peculiar can thy pow’r enclose,
Diffus’d thro’ all, from which the world arose,
O, best of beings, of a subtle mind,
Propitious hear to holy pray’rs inclin’d;
The sacred rites benevolent attend,
And grant a blameless life, a blessed end.

Find out more about Saturnian Planetary Magic from our free to read catalogue with carefully selected background on the planet and its symbolism.

MORTAR & PESTLE

Mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used since the Stone Age to the present day to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. The mortar is characteristically a bowl, typically made of hard wood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone such as granite. The pestle is a blunt, club-shaped object. The substance to be ground, which may be wet or dry, is placed in the mortar where the pestle is pounded, pressed, and rotated into the substance until the desired texture is achieved.

Mortar and pestle in culture and symbols

The antiquity of the mortar and pestle is well documented in early writing, such as the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus of ~1550 BC (the oldest preserved piece of medical literature) and the Old Testament (Numbers 11:8 and Proverbs 27:22). In Indian mythology, Samudra Manthan from Bhagavata Purana creates amrita, the nectar of immortality, by churning the ocean with a pestle.

Since medieval times, mortars would be placed or carved on the gravestones of pharmacists and doctors. Modern pharmacies, especially in Germany, still use mortars and pestles as logos In Russian and Eastern European folklore, Baba Yaga is described and pictured as flying through the forest standing inside a large wooden mortar (stupa), holding the long wooden pestle in one hand to remove obstacles in front of her, and using the broom in her other hand to sweep and remove her traces behind her. This seems as a trace of some ancient rituals connecting the witch symbols of Baba Yaga with the use of mortars in alchemy, pharmacy and early chemistry, which was all seen as magic by uneducated people in Medieval Ages.

Molcajete & Tejolote

A molcajete and tejolote are stone tools, the traditional Mexican version of the mortar and pestle, similar to the South American batan, used for grinding various food products. The molcajete was used by pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican cultures, including the Aztec and Maya, stretching back several thousand years. Traditionally carved out of a single block of vesicular basalt, molcajetes are typically round in shape and supported by three short legs. They are frequently decorated with the carved head of an animal on the outside edge of the bowl, giving the molcajete the appearance of a short, stout, three-legged animal. The pig is the most common animal head used for decoration of this type.

In the pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican period, the molcajete had a lid and the set was believed to be used for burial of members in society of high status. Additionally, throughout the prehispanic Mesoamerican period, they were decorated with various colors and designs, and orange wares were identified as the most common characteristic of the molcajete. The matching hand-held grinding tool, known as a tejolote, is made of the same basalt material.

HONOR. RESPECT. INTENT.

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Jarow for Onça Vessel series are reclaimed, recycled and repurposed. This particular mortar & pestle could be preordered and it takes two weeks for delivery within EU and additional times apply for the rest of the world. Due to the nature of the elements use, each custom piece is unique and differences and variations are inherent to the materials used, most being of organic origin and therefore standardization is not possible. Also, availability and acquisition of some materials are limited or prohibited, and similar materials are selected for the applied element. These variations are intended by the artists and are part of the design, as each is unique interpretation of the same concept.

The artist reserves the right to disclose these above mentioned aspects at their discretion but not necessarily.

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