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For the enthusiast
worry beads, the Greek komboloi, is a faithful friend,
a "soul mate", a confessor, an amulet made of precious
materials carrying positive energy. The komboloi becomes
a part of you,
relaxes you, draws out your negative energy and replenishes
it with strong positive energy.
Worry beads have so many forms and shapes
that make them a unique, unusual and exotic gift for those
special gentlemen (and ladies) in our lives.
The beads
we use are made of
natural materials,
such as fruit pits, bone, horn, teeth, wood, coral root,
semi-precious stones, and best of all,
amber.
Each material has its own health-enhancing energy, but also its
own sensitivity, so choose them carefully. Their uniqueness should be balanced
with your sensibility to create a strong aesthetic bond.
Worry beads can become a
soothing companion, easing tension at all
times. Try it, and soon you won't be able to part with
it.
Men, especially those who don't
like to wear jewelry, are as impulsive in purchasing and
collecting worry beads as women are about jewelry or
shoes!
 The Greek word for worry
beads, "komboloi" (comboloi), comes from the time when they were used as
prayer beads and combines the word "kombos" (knot), and the
verb "leo" (to say), meaning, "in each knot, I say a prayer".
Prayer beads are said to have evolved in the last 4000 years, and to have been first introduced in India. Hindus and Buddhists called it
"Mala" (using 108 prayer seeds). Muslims called it "Masbaha"
which means "I recite" (using 99 prayer beans), and later the
Orthodox church used 33 knots on a rope which was called "Komposkini",
then came the Rosaries using 59 beads.
Learn more in the
History of worry beads.
Until the Greeks got hold of them the beads where confined
close together, leaving only a distance between them equal to
one bead. It was just enough room for your fingers to move between them
and secure the count for your prayers. But...
... the Greek spirit could not be confined between two beads,
it needed room to dance and make noise, so
the modern komboloi was born. |
