SHIVA or SIVA or NATARAJ
Divinity manifests in creation under three different aspects; creation, sustenance, and destruction or dissolution. In Vedic trinity, Brahma is the aspect of God that creates, Vishnu that which sustains and Shiva is the name given to the ‘destroyer, or recycler aspect’. All things are brought into being through the combination and re-combination of other things. The physical part of all living things eventually returns to the soil from which it sprang, to feed once more the planets that again become food. It is a constant cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

Shiva is the destroyer of anything that gets in the way of the pilgrim soul. He is the key to growth and transformation. Shiva becomes happy when you have a keen sense of priorities or “dharma”, clear boundaries and when you understand your end-to-end path in life. When you have achieved this you have the means to become fully passionate and will become a vehicle of power and influence. Shiva sits in the navel centre where he presides over the digestive system, and sustains the bodily processes. However he also rules the 3rd eye or seat of transformation. When he feels compromised the difficulties of various natures can afflict the digestion, which leads to the deposition of toxins around the body. 

“The world, with its immovable and movable objects, is nothing but the cosmic dance of Shiva. This blissful cosmic dance evokes awe and wonder, for it is beyond human comprehension” Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

As Nataraj, or the “King of Dancers”, Shiva is seen dancing within a ring of fire, representing energy. All creation is just energy, nothing but energy, now manifesting as matter, then being reconverted to energy. The dance of shiva can be seen as the dance of creation itself.

“Siva….sends through inert matter pulsating waves of awakening sound, and lo! Matter also dances, appearing as a glory round about him. Dancing, he sustains its manifold phenomena. In the fullness of time, still dancing, he destroys all forms and names by fire and gives new rest. This is poetry, but nonetheless, science”. Coomaraswamy. 

COPPER “MANTRA” BRACELETS
The mantra depicted on these bracelets is Om Namaha Shivaya” which is a praise to the Hindu deity Lord “Shiva”, the destroyer of illusion and EGO. Shiva helps us to move forward in our life, as we learn to let go of attachments and old modes of behaviour and thoughts which bind us to the “illusion” of the 3D world.  See above for more in depth explanation of Shiva. The copper is well known to assist in relieving the symptoms of arthritis and RSI and also it will help to raise your overall energy. Copper works much like a crystal (all metals have various energy vibrations helpful to humans), and you can see this when you think that copper is a great conductor of electricity and we, as magnetic beings, are also “electrical!” 

LINGHAM
The Lingham is the symbol of creation and specifically, Shiva’s creation. It is ellipsoid in shape and is known as the “cosmic egg” as per Vedic scriptures, and it is from this Lingham that the universe is said to have emerged. It is interesting that the orbits of planets and other heavenly bodies are elliptical and so are the sub-atomic particles within the nucleus of the atom. Therefore, even from a scientific point of view, it is correct to say that creation comes into existence through a lingham, indeed the totality of the universe is in the shape of a lingham. The ceremony of bathing the Lingham, is a symbolic nurturing of the universe and of planet earth. Like all symbolic acts, when performed with awareness, it can actually DO what it represents.