Medicine Rattles
Living Tools for Sacred Work
The Medicine Rattle is not simply a tool. It is a living presence…
Medicine Rattles are sound healing tools, which often work with hand drums to clear energies and call in your spirit guides, helpers and allies.
The Story of the Medicine Rattle
Medicine Rattles are born from a conversation between the land, Spirit, and the maker.
The rawhide used in my rattles is not commercially produced. It is the leftover, the offcuts, the pieces that would otherwise be discarded. Instead of becoming waste, these pieces are gathered with care, honoured, and given new life.
The corn inside the rattles holds ancient symbolism of nourishment, life cycles, and sacred offering. The sound of the corn carries a grounding rhythm, connecting you to the heartbeat of the earth as well as Ceres: one of the Goddess Asteroids in the far outer reaches of our Solar System.
I sometimes include crystals inside the rattles. Each crystal is chosen for its energetic properties, to amplify healing, clear blockages, or align intentions.
The Medicine Rattle carries all these layers:
- the animal’s gift,
- a piece of one-tree
- the nourishment of corn,
- the crystal’s vibration,
- and the breath of the maker who sews it closed in ceremony.