Welcome to our second Australian Talismans of Power Newsletter!

What a busy and exciting time we are having! Our lovely new website is not yet a year old but we are sending our Talismans all over the world. Check out our calendar for where and when you can see us with our beautiful pieces, new designs are coming out all the time.

Lucky Sydney besides the Mind Body Spirit Shows in May and November there are two extra shows at Brighton-Le-Sands at the Psychic Fair and if you ever want to see a special piece for a special occasion between shows and the web photos are not enough, you can ask Rona to bring a selection to our centrally positioned shop Penny Moon.

Lucky Melbourne has an extra Mind Body Spirit Show this year in November.

For the first time we’re visiting Adelaide! LJ will be bringing our beautiful Talismans to a The Mind Body & Psychic show in June!

Another first, we’ll be at the Mind Body Spirit Show in Brisbane at the end of June.

We know how important these shows are for you to experience the energy of Shankari’s ‘Tools of Light’ in person. It makes ordering off the web so much easier.

We’re launching lots of new Shankari product this year - The Angel Cards of Self Healing and The 33 Points of Light Crystal Oracle Cards. Check out 33 Points of Light on our home page and follow the link for a free reading. The actual deck will be available later this year, just keep an eye on this newsletter.

We will also be sourcing other products throughout the year like our beautiful silk lotus lamps. Soon we will have Shankari’s son Omah’s beautiful silk Chakra Banners for sale from the website.

Don’t forget if you have a photo wearing your favourite “Talisman of Power” please send it to us. We love to see you wearing our beautiful pieces and we want to share your joy by including you on our website, especially if you are a New Age practitioner as so many of our Shankari Friends are.

Thank you for all your support and we look forward to serving you from the web and at the next show.

Lots of Light…

Chris, Rona and LJ.

Silk Lotus Lamps

In our search for complimentary products for you, we have found these beautiful silk lotus lamps.

Borrowing from Hinduism, in Buddhist Symbolism, the lotus flower represents purity of body, speech, and mind, floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire. The Buddha is often depicted sitting on a giant lotus leaf or blossom.

Shankari often uses a lotus blossom silver setting on her pendants, particularly when a carved crystal Ganesh or Quan Yin is seated on a solid silver lotus setting.

These silk lotus lamps come in turquoise, pink, white, and red, orange, green and purple, are approximately 20 cm high and make a beautiful feature for your home.

They are AUD $90 with a $10 freight charge. Enjoy!

Shankari's Bali Retreat Grand Opening Workshop

Shankari's Bali Retreat Grand Opening Workshop from January 10th to January 20th was a great success.

Eighteen participants from Japan, Zambia, France, Australia and the US were initiated as the founding members of Shankari's Crystal Family of Blood, Light, and Spirit. Membership was achieved through workshops with Shankari's 33 Points of Light Crystal Oracle deck. Shankari also taught the Blue Fire and Portal Rituals. Participants were also given a preview of Shankari's new CD The Blue Pearl Meditation, designed in both Japanese and English.

The Grand Opening Workshop consisted of an introduction to all of Shankari's seminar teachers: Cainan initiated participants in the use of The Angel Cats of Self Healing card deck; Omah taught silk painting and yoga; Jiah Vishnu shared the secrets of the Pranayama and the sacred ‘Om’; Prince Dewa Balian taught 5 Flower Meditation and Balinese Ceremonies; Ayu, Komang, and Desak (Shankari's Bali Retreat Balinese Dance Instructors) shared the subtleties of Balinese dance and Nicky gave lessons in Rindik, a traditional, bamboo Balinese musical instrument.

Shankari gave gifts to all the workshop participants of custom-made, traditional, ceremonial clothing to wear during their final performance of Balinese Rindik music and Joged dance.

Highlights of the ten days included beach ceremonies, a trip to the Lemurian Music Temple, a Barong Performance in Shankari's Balian Palace Gardens, and a blessing at the Quan Yin Temple in Seminyak. When not involved with classes, guests relaxed in the three pools, enjoyed a tropical beverage at Café Lotus or simply strolled through the gardens and meditative paths abundant at Shankari's Bali Retreat.

For future workshop information, please visit www.shankarisbaliretreat.com.

How does my jewellery work?

My pieces of Living Magic, loosely called ‘Shankari’s jewellery’, work all by themselves……

They are actually self propelled Etheric Cleansers and Realignment Experts from another dimension. I am an alchemist, within my work there are thousands of pieces of ancient encoded information that translate into my Talismans by osmosis, not through conscious intellectual instruction but rather through ancient knowing…….

My pieces have proved to be profoundly active on even the most unconscious client. This is why they have the power to work on your relatives and friends in a subtle way, realigning them to truth and a new ‘Integrity of Being’. The effect of the pieces can also be amplified by the intent of the wearer - but it is not necessary.

How do you work with my jewellery?

When you first receive it, cleanse the piece from the energies of everyone and everywhere else by leaving it out on the full moon, so it can bath in the subtle energies of the moonlight. Then make your clear intention known to the universe - speak it out loud - so you are your own witness.

Note: All my pieces are strong; it will not affect the work they are doing for you if another person touches them. They don’t become a liability, they are not that energetically fragile or vulnerable. I am a Warrior, and I make robust, powerful Weapons of Light for the ‘Brave Hearts’ of our time! A weapon must be trustworthy in battle and thoroughly respected in peace time.

People have reported feeling this energy around my pieces. They represent an opportunity for the wearer to receive constant support for their personal intent. You must decide if you are ready for that level of support. How clear is your intent?

Tools of power have been my business for centuries.

I once had a series of dreams where I was shown a whole collection of jeweled daggers and swords. I was rather confused as to their meaning. Was I to make these amazing objects of power?

Soon after I had these dreams, I went to Istanbul, Turkey, where I went to visit the Topkapi Palace, once the centre of the known universe in Europe. There was a time when the Topkapi Palace kitchens fed three thousand of the city’s poor every day.

At first I found myself in the palace kitchen museum. I almost swooned at the sight of a huge black metal cooking pot. I sat down for a moment, stunned. I then gave myself a little talk:

”Perfect! You’ve come all the way to the other side of the world on a personal quest of discovery to find out you were a cook!”

I regained my composure and continued on to the armory.

There they were - all displayed on the walls - rows and rows of jeweled knives and swords, exactly as I had seen in my dreams. I was relieved to know that I had already made them and didn’t need to do it again!

Of course I soon realized that the armory would also have made the cooking pot. That’s why it was so familiar.

As I turned from the jeweled daggers I found myself face to face with a helmet behind glass, inches from my nose. I felt a surge of absolute recognition go through my whole body.

The helmet was made of the finest silver and gold filigree, and the design around the edge, repeated several hundred times, was a small curvilinear graphic that has haunted me since my childhood. I painted it on my school bag and drew it over all my books - it was my personal sign!

Talismans of Power for the Light Workers of the world.

Making tools of power is my mastery, which is why I can never teach jewelry making. It is not entirely the outcome of my conscious mind and I don’t need to learn anything from it. We only ever teach what we need to learn. Teaching for me is about the rituals to activate the five spiritual Chakras…..The Blue Fire and The Portal. This is what I teach because through this I will learn.

Like most humans I am working on unconditional self love and acceptance. What are you working on?

Blazing tales of wonder.

Remembering all we have ever been and are about to become

Your sister through chaos and comfort,

Shankari the Alchemist

QUAN YIN

One of the most distinctive symbols in our Talismans of Power is the female form of Quan Yin, celebrated by Shankari as the Moon Goddess of femininity and peace. The most visible symbol of female energy in the solar system is the Moon. The cycles of the Moon link with the cycles in women’s bodies and that most powerful creative force – the vital magic of birth.

Kuan Yin is the bodhisattva of great compassion. Amongst Buddhists she is known as the Chinese Goddess of Compassion. Kuan Yin originated as the Sanskrit Avalokitesvara, which is her male form. The Sanskrit name "Avalokitesvara" means "the lord who looks upon the world with compassion".

Commonly known in the West as the Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin is also revered by Chinese Taoists as an Immortal. The name Kuan Yin, also spelt Guan Yin or Quan Yin, is short for Kuan-shih Yin (which means "Observing the Sounds of the World").

Translated into Chinese, the name is "Kuan Shih Yin"or Quan Yin.

Kuan: observe.
Shih: the world / the region of sufferers.
Yin: all the sounds of the world, in particular, the crying sounds of beings, verbal or mental, seeking help.

Actually, everyone can be a Kuan Yin. You may say that you don't have magic powers, but it is your compassion that can transform you into a Kuan Yin. With your eyes and hands you can help others, and with your compassion you can bring peace and tranquility to this planet. A Shankari Quan Yin is an instrument to help bring you to this understanding.

Due to her symbolising compassion, in East Asia, Guan Yin is associated with vegetarianism. Chinese vegetarian restaurants are generally decorated with her image, and she appears in most Buddhist vegetarian pamphlets and magazines.

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