108 vintage venetian beads with baltic amber

why do i make necklaces with 108 beads?

the significance of 108*:

the number 108 has a fascinating significance across different cultures and disciplines. it can be found within the structure of sacred texts that are central to yoga and eastern philosophy.

Shiva Rea explains in Tending the Heart Fire, “there are 108 chapters of the Rig Veda, 108 Upanishads and 108 primary Tantras.” and these texts are written in Sanskrit, a language comprising

54 letters, each with a masculine (Shiva) and feminine (Shakti) form, 54 x 2 = 108.

Ayurveda and Other Religions

in the field of Ayurveda, there are 108 sacred places in the body, identifying intersections of matter and consciousness. when these ‘marmas’ are worked on, they can awaken and align vital energy.

in Buddhism and Hinduism, there are 108 beads in the classic japa mala, used for prayer and mantra. for members of the Vedic tradition 108 denotes the wholeness of the universe: one represents the

solar masculine, zero the lunar feminine and eight the infinite nature of all things.

Mathematics and Astronomy

mathematicians are fans of the number 108 for its countless patterns and potential divisions. for example, it is divisible by the sum of its parts and most of its proper divisors, making it a

semi-perfect number. as applied to astronomy, the diameter of the sun is approximately 108 times that of earth and the distance from our planet to its solar star is, on average, 108 times the diameter of

the sun. a similar parallel relationship also exists between the earth and the moon.

*main source: Gaia.com