Dainty Rose Necklace | Romantic Floral Talisman

The rose appears in the Western esoteric tradition with a precision that separates it from mere floral ornament. In Rosicrucian symbolism, the rose at the center of the cross marks the point where the vertical axis of spirit meets the horizontal plane of matter — the same coordinate the cross has always marked, but now flowering. The rose does not decorate the cross. It is what grows at the intersection when the two axes meet with sufficient force.

In alchemical imagery, the red rose and the white rose represented the sulfur and mercury principles respectively — the active and the passive, the solar and the lunar — and their combination in the rose garden of the philosophers marked the stage of the Work at which opposites had been brought into productive relation. The rose is not tenderness. It is what tenderness produces when it is also precise.

925 sterling silver base. Available in White Gold Plated, Yellow Gold Plated, and Rose Gold Plated finishes. Suspended on a matching chain.