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Universe, Adorned: Ornament in Culture, Cosmos, and Consciousness

The Emerald

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The Necklace of the Mother Goddess

Adornment refers to the patterns through which the universe has created. The world in many visions is the mother goddess, adored. In one group of Amazonian languages, the word for adornments and the word for medicinal plants is the same. Everything is evaluated through the lens of pattern and adornment because adornment is the vehicle through which the power manifests.

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