
Volcanic glass
Lava that cooled too fast to grow crystals, at least 70 % silica: obsidian is glass the earth made in one breath of fire. In the lore, it soaks up what's thrown at you the way black soaks up light.












What gets past your guard sinks into it, not into you: black volcanic glass with gold inside, worn at your heart.
The gifts are yours to keep.
The Full Moon Promise: 30 nights or your money back, keep the piece.
Ships in 48 h with tracking · arrives by Dec 2 for your zip
One size: a sphere of about 0.7 in on an adjustable braided cord that slides from close at the collarbone to long over a sweater, so it sits at your heart on any neckline.
Ships in 48 h with tracking; arrives in 7-12 days, and the page shows the date for your zip. Free shipping from 2 pieces, $4.95 for one. Order by Dec 5 for Christmas. Maya answers every message herself, usually within the day.
Your sphere on its cord in the burgundy velvet pouch, card I The Shield with its three nights on the back, the 3-night activation audio behind its QR, and your Seeker card.
Wasn't sure at first. Month-end at the office, the whole team on edge, and I came home light every single night. Whatever gets past my bracelet sinks into this.
29"My bracelet bounces it. My obsidian soaks up whatever gets past. That's the only way I can explain it. The supervisor who used to ruin my whole evening? I leave her at the desk now."
31"My granddaughter just got her license. I can't ride with her. So I gave her the second one from my Pair and slid the knot to her heart in the driveway. She sends me a selfie with it every Sunday."
47"My last 'golden obsidian' was bright yellow and I found out it was glass. This one is black until I turn it under my desk lamp, then the gold just rolls across it. I do it in meetings now."
22"Bought the Pair before our wedding: mine, and one for my husband under his shirt. He laughed. Six weeks later he's the one who asks where his is before work."
19"Black obsidian made me snappy. The gold sheen one doesn't do that to me. I'm calmer at work, not harder. My coworkers noticed before I did."
26The bracelet, the bubble, the deep breath before the meeting: a wall turns most of it away. What slips past has nowhere to go but into you.
A wall sends most of it back; whatever slips through has to land somewhere. In the old lore, obsidian is the stone that takes what's sent and keeps it off you, and this one shows you it's the real thing.

Lava that cooled too fast to grow crystals, at least 70 % silica: obsidian is glass the earth made in one breath of fire. In the lore, it soaks up what's thrown at you the way black soaks up light.

The sheen is light catching tiny gas bubbles that stretched flat as the lava flowed. Turn it and the gold moves; hold it still and it goes black again. That's the test no copy passes.

Aztec priests polished obsidian into mirrors to read visions; John Dee, astrologer to Elizabeth I, scried in one of Mexican obsidian that now sits in the British Museum. The stone seers used to see what was coming now rests at your heart.

Obsidian is hard but brittle: it chips on a knock, which is why obsidian bead bracelets crack against a desk. A sphere has no edge to chip, and at your heart it stays out of harm's way.
It won't stop her talking. It keeps what she sends from staying in you. It's still stone: a fall on tile can chip it, and the cord wears before the sphere does. Both are replaced free for a year. You don't have to believe in it. You have to wear it.

Card I of the 22-card Arcanova deck: The Shield, the same card as the bracelet, because the sphere is the Shield's second layer. Gold-foiled, tarot size. On the back: your three nights and the QR to the 4-minute activation audio. Keep it on your nightstand, your altar or your mirror.


Every woman who wears one thinks of someone first: the daughter in her first hard job, the granddaughter who just got her license and drives off without you. You can't ride with her. The second sphere goes with her, at her heart. And in the old rule a gifted stone is the strongest kind, so the one you give counts twice.
The Pair · mine and hers · $58| Our golden obsidian sphere | Yellow "golden obsidian" beads | Obsidian bead bracelets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black stone, gold inside that moves in the light | bright, see-through yellow: usually glass | black, little or no sheen | |
| Passes the phone-light test | ✕ | rarely | |
| A sphere: no edge to chip | — | beads that chip and crack against a desk | |
| Worn at the heart | on the wrist | on the wrist, in the line of every knock | |
| Says what the stone is | "obsidian", nothing more | "natural stone" | |
| Charged on a dated full moon, named on your order | ✕ | "energized", no date | |
| Its own card and 3-night ritual | ✕ | ✕ | |
| Chipped or frayed? Replaced free for a year, no return | ✕ | pay for a new one | |
| 30 nights or your money back, keep it | return it at your cost | return it at your cost |
Wear it through one full moon. If nothing changes, write to Maya: full refund, no return label, and you keep the sphere and the gifts.
The cord is the part that wears first, so it's covered too. Send Maya a photo. A new sphere on a new cord, charged on the next full moon, is on its way, shipping included. Keep the old one, no return. (A lost piece isn't covered.)
I've had the Shield on my left wrist since August. It helped, but the end of a call-center shift still sat in my chest. I added the obsidian at my heart. Now I clock out and it stays at the desk.
My granddaughter just got her license. I can't ride with her. I fastened the second sphere on her before her first drive alone and she only takes it off for the shower. I still wave from the window. I just breathe out now.
Worst week at work in years, and by Friday the cord had frayed right through. It took the hit. Maya sent a new one charged on the next full moon and didn't want the old one back.
I'd been sold a bright yellow "golden obsidian" bracelet before. Glass. This one is black until you put a phone light on it and turn it, then the gold slides across. My sister ran the same test and ordered her own.
She's living with her in-laws for a while. Heavy house. We both wear ours at the heart, hers on the long cord over her scrubs. She says the house feels quieter on her.
I don't really believe in this stuff. My grandmother kept a black stone by her door. I bought the Pair for my best friend's birthday and kept one. It can't hurt, and it's the prettiest thing I own.
Hold it under your phone's flashlight and turn it slowly. On the true stone, the sheen sits inside the black and slides across it as it turns. The bright, see-through yellow beads sold as "golden obsidian" are usually glass. Ours stays black until the light finds the gold. Jasmine: "My sister ran the same test and ordered her own."
Take it off for the shower and the pool. The stone doesn't mind water; the braided cord lasts longer dry. A rinse on each full moon is all the water it needs, and if the cord ever frays in its first year, we replace it.
The braided cord adjusts with a sliding knot, from close at the collarbone to long over a sweater; slide it until the sphere rests at your heart. The sphere is about 0.7 in.
Black obsidian has that reputation in the lore: some women feel snappy or heavy in it. Golden obsidian is the gentle one: in the lore, the gold softens the black, so it holds without pushing. Wear the Shield with it and the bracelet takes the first hit, so the sphere only holds what gets past. Alicia: "The gold sheen one doesn't do that to me."
In the lore it does, which is why it comes with one care step: on each full moon, rinse the sphere under running water and give it a night on the windowsill (or on the selenite plate). The Moon Calendar marks every full moon of 2027, so you never miss one.
We replace it, free, for its first year: send Maya a photo and a new sphere on a new cord, charged on the next full moon, ships with shipping included. No need to send the old one back. A lost piece isn't covered. When it happens, our women have their own words for it. Carmen: "It took the hit."
It ships in 48 hours with tracking and arrives in 7-12 days; the page shows the date for your zip. For Christmas, order by Dec 5. Arcanova is a small studio: Maya answers every message herself, usually within the day. Our pieces are made by partner workshops in Yiwu, the jewelry town that supplies most of the world's charms. We choose each model, charge every batch on a dated full moon, card it, and replace it if it breaks.
Most women feel it by the third night, once it's sealed; what follows you home quiets in the first week, and by the first full moon it's the new normal. If nothing changes in 30 nights, write to Maya: full refund, no return, you keep the sphere and the gifts.
No. Plenty of our women start where Karen did: "I don't really believe in this stuff. My grandmother did. I wear it anyway." Wear it through one full moon and judge for yourself, with the Full Moon Promise behind you.
Join the 3,700 women who stopped carrying home what got past them. A sphere of black volcanic glass with gold inside, its card and three nights to seal it; the Pair for you and the woman you'd protect, $58 with $70 of gifts that end with this batch. Thirty nights to feel it or your money back, and a year of free replacement, cord included.
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