There are some tools I have never wanted to sell separately. Because together, they will give you something new.
An old nail is only iron until you understand what iron was asked to do.
A stone point is only stone until it is given a direction. Ash is only the remainder of fire until something needs to be ended, held, marked, or remembered - I know, I already sell the ash. It can be used for many things... However..
The old craft was built from things like these. Things that had already belonged to the world. Iron that had weathered. Stone shaped into a point. Ash and earth kept in small vessels. Crystals used as markers, witnesses and anchors.
Each is a small working chest containing a collection of objects chosen from the material language that runs throughout Grimrunes and my heritage. iron, stone, ash, crystal, copper and old working objects, alongside two pieces that can leave the chest and travel with you.
One of them is a copper-bound Labradorite talisman. And the other is The Seer’s Eye, an existing Grimrunes talisman normally offered on its own, created for sight, perception and the things noticed at the edge of ordinary seeing. In this context, you will use it differently. But it will all be taught to you.
Inside each Black Reliquary you will receive:
one weathered iron working nail
one knapped stone point - similar to the ones from the Stone Age. They are all dfferent in size and color.
one ash vial
one dark working stone
one pale working stone
one copper-bound Labradorite talisman
one Seer’s Eye
a gathered handful of raw dark crystal points
the Black Reliquary chest itself
and a printed Black Reliquary field guide, made specifically for this edition.
The guide will arrive inside your chest.
It will explain each object in greater depth: what it is for, how it belongs to the larger working system, and different ways you may begin using it. It is not just a list telling you that one crystal means protection and another means intuition, of course. If you know my work by now, you know that much.
The purpose of the Reliquary is to teach something older than that: how objects become tools. Some of the things inside are meant to hold. Some to direct. Some to protect. Some to open perception. Some to mark the edge between what may enter and what must remain outside.
The things in this is a combination of protection, connection and re-direction.
This is not a beginner’s crystal set. It belongs to the older Grimrunes current, the world of iron, ash, thresholds, buried things, carried things, and ordinary objects that become extraordinary through use.
Each Reliquary will differ slightly. Some stones are different. That is intentional. These are not factory-made sets. And when they are gone, this Reliquary closes. I may create another collection one day. But it will contain different things. This exact collection will not be repeated.
