People are created from clay in many world myths. Some say that the different colors of skin tone result from our various foreparents' differing times in the divine kiln. Clay goes back to the Paleolithic, and to this day it cradles our food and drink.

On the other hand, stones have long been associated with magic. Every stone has a particular quality that can be utilized in magic; stone amulets have a long history. Stone built temples and homes, and tumbled polished rocks to be worn or carried for magical purposes. Stone and clay are the flesh and bones of the earth, the most permanent of all forms of art. To work in stone is to work for the future, knowing that someday a distant descendant will cradle your work lovingly in their hand and wonder about its maker. It is a link forward as well as a link back, using those children of the Mother who live the slowest, and thus can travel so quickly through Time.

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Excerpts from “EarthBound: Pagan Homesteading” by Raven Kaldera