Sterling silver cross with embossed detail on sterling silver belcher chain.

The Celtic cross symbolises the bridge to higher energies and planes of existence. It represents the relationship between the celestial realm (vertical axis) and the earthly plane (horizontal axis). The circle around the cross symbolises both the Great Wheel of Life and the solar energy. The tall shafts, like the ancient menhirs and the inscribed stones of the dark ages, represent the union between the earth and spirit, the stones firmly fixed in the earth and reaching upwards to the heavens. In this way it can be seen that Celts easily adapted their ancient religious beliefs to the new ones introduced by Christianity.

Width: 13mm  /  Height: 29mm  /  Chain length: 18" (45cm)

Supplied in a satin and velvet-lined gift box.

Sterling silver cross with embossed detail on sterling silver belcher chain.

St Petroc was a Welsh nobleman who was educated in an Irish monastery and then sailed with a small band of followers to the Camel estuary. He built a church at Padstow with a Celtic monastery as a centre for spreading the Christian faith. In his travels he also started churches in Bodmin and Little Petherick, as well as in many parts of Britain, Wales and Brittany. King Constantine ruled the area at this time and was said to have been converted to Christianity by St Petroc when he rescued the deer that the King was hunting. There are many legends about St Petroc's healing, miracles and banishing monsters. He was buried at Padstow. In the 12th Century St Petroc's Church in Bodmin obtained his relics and put them in a painted ivory casket, which can still be seen today.

Width: 18mm  /  Height: 24mm  /  Chain length: 18" (45cm)

Supplied in a satin and velvet-lined gift box.

Sterling silver cross on sterling silver belcher chain.

Placed in the mystic centre of the cosmos, the cross becomes the ladder by means of which the soul may reach God.

Width: 18mm / Height: 24mm / Chain length: 18" (45cm)

Supplied in a satin and velvet-lined gift box.