Primavera Luxury Altar Box - Springtime - Sandro Botticelli

This stunning Primavera altar box will add a touch of luxury when working with the energies of Spring.

In a ornate wooden box which is a sturdy, well made, hand-carved wooden box, made from sheesham wood. The carving on the outside is an intricate, highly polished and a beautiful design.Wooden box external dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 x 6cm (7 x 5 x 2.5 inches).

Inside the box contains:

4x Spell candles - Pastel colours, 1 of each - Yellow, Green, Pink and lavender

1x Organza bag of Mugwort, Jasmine, lemon balm and clematis. Adorned with a rabbit charm

1 Amethyst tumblestone with bag and info card

1x Wooden Triple Moon candle holder

1x Twinings Balance Tea

3x Patchouli incense cones with metal holder

1x Bag of Wildflower Seed balls (24) with wish spell scroll

1x Mini besom broom adorned with white ribbon

1 Printed on Photopaper 'Primavera' by Sandro Botticelli (who is one of my favourite artists). Various interpretations of the figures have been set forth, but it is generally agreed that at least at one level the painting is "an elaborate mythological allegory of the burgeoning fertility of the world." 

One aspect of the painting is a depiction of the progress of the season of spring, reading from right to left. The wind of early Spring blows on the land and brings forth growth and flowers, presided over by Venus, goddess of April, with at the left Mercury, the god of the month of May in an early Roman calendar, chasing away the last clouds before summer. As well as being part of a sequence over the season, Mercury in dispelling the clouds is acting as the guard of the garden, partly explaining his military dress and his facing out of the picture space. A passage in Virgil's Aeneid describes him clearing the skies with his caduceus. A more positive, Neoplatonist view of the clouds is that they are "the benificent veils through which the splendour of transcendent truth may reach the beholder without destroying him."

Twinings Balance Tea - Lemon Balm (29%), Lemon Verbena (25%), Spearmint (12%), Apple Pieces, Rose Petals (10%), Beetroot, Lychee Flavouring (4%), Vitamin B6, Natural Flavouring

Amethyst is a crystal for powerful growth and spiritual protection. It is believed to promote emotional balance, intuition, and restful sleep.

Lemon Balm is an ideal herb for Love, success, healing, and psychic/spiritual development.

Jasmine – for love, peace and connections.

Mugwort is said to have many magical properties, including warding off negative energies, enhancing lucid dreaming, and facilitating astral projection.