Ivory – a symbol of wisdom, experience, and good fortune

IVORY / IVORY, luck – wisdom – experience – tradition

IVORY ABILITIES, A SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS - WISDOM - EXPERIENCE - POWER - STABILITY

Elephants are a symbol of strength, power, stability, and wisdom. They are placed in front of shop or house entrances to ward off bad forces.

brings inner peace and balance,
used to ward off evil forces
used in traditional Chinese medicine
believed to help treat cancer

The elephant is among the largest and strongest animals on Earth. It is not always the most graceful creature, yet it gives majesty a good name and is known as a royal animal (expressing pride, dignity, and honor).One stone tablet once found in Greece says: "Plato told me that everything I need to know about life, I can see in elephants." – gentle, strong, foolish, and intelligent, elephants awaken our emotions and we probably awaken theirs. Watch elephants closely and you will soon notice the intelligence in their eyes, as well as their playfulness.

Currently, elephants around the world have a positive symbolic meaning – we consider them symbols of luck, wisdom, and experience. For their social life, they also represent a symbol of loyalty, community, and unity. Some say that if someone has an elephant statue in their apartment, you can tell by its placement, appearance, and the way it is treated, who has created a peaceful inner calm and a path to a happy and content life in their living space.

Our interest in elephants is probably due to the fact that we have a lot in common with them. Elephants and humans have developed the largest and most complex brains in the mammalian kingdom, making us aware of the world around us, inventive, and adaptable. Elephants, like us, lead long lives and care for their relationships and families, living in communities and societies. Elephant offspring also have a long childhood during which they learn all practical life skills.
Tracing the origins takes us to Southeast Asia and India, where elephants are revered and embraced in many spiritual depictions.
The depiction of the Hindu god Ganesha with an elephant head represents loyalty, intelligence, and strength (in Hindu tradition, elephants are considered sacred animals and are a national treasure of India). Generally, Ganesha is considered the god of luck, success, and wisdom. The Vedic god Indra is most often seen with a strong white elephant by his side (the god of thunder, rain, rivers, and lightning).
In twentieth-century American society, the deity receded into the background, and the elephant itself came to the forefront.Many believe that the depiction of an elephant with its trunk raised will "shower" us with blessings and good luck and prevent the outflow of money - for this reason, elephant statues or tapestries with elephants are commonly placed near entrance doors.
THE ELEPHANT SYMBOL IN BUDDHISM
For Buddhists, the elephant symbol represents mental strength and awakening; it appears in the role of a spiritual guide helping us on our journey.That requires patience. At the beginning of the journey to enlightenment, the mind is depicted as a wild gray elephant, unpredictably tearing down everything in its path. Only after we begin to recognize the magnitude of our mind and start the process of enlightenment does the image of the elephant in our mind transform into a white elephant, focused on the true meaning of our life. By taming the mind, we tend to strengthen the image of the elephant and direct thoughts towards solving and choosing our own reality.
In other words – merely possessing strength is not enough; we should be able to moderate our strengths and work with a focus on a clear and well-defined goal.
The elephant tells us to remain determined to achieve these goals and to accept the existence of obstacles that we must overcome with the help of our abilities. Similarly, we should be able to listen to messages from higher realms. When we cannot find a solution within available resources, listening to and trusting our intuition can clarify the path.
ELEPHANTS ACCORDING TO FENG SHUI
Chinese Feng Shui draws on certain Buddhist postulates in which the elephant is a powerful heavenly creature carrying Buddha’s jewel of fulfilled wishes – the finding of inner peace, balance, or a sense of fulfillment in life. In Feng Shui philosophy, the elephant is used in more detail, and the chosen elephant should fit well into the intended space.Apart from the material, the color scheme or their number also matters here:

a red elephant helps communication and is more suitable for the workspace

a richly decorated, silver, gilded, or embellished elephant is usually an elephant of fertility

two blue elephants placed in front of the entrance to a room protect children from danger

an elephant in black is a protector against jealous and envious outsiders

the yellow elephant Fuk Luk Sau especially supports women, gives energy, and harmonizes relationships

a blue elephant with six tusks accompanied by a blue rhinoceros protects against thieves, accidents, and losses

ELEPHANTS IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
In Christianity, the symbol of the elephant signifies moderation, chastity, and patience.They are depicted in various ancient artworks and are believed to represent Adam and Eve in their male and female forms. It was once also assumed that elephants do not have knees and therefore symbolize the "fall of man." The fallen elephant represented a person who had fallen into sin.
ELEPHANTS IN AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY
In African mythology, the elephant is depicted as a wise chief who can objectively settle disputes among other animals, which has resulted in its symbolic meanings of strength, power, and wisdom.
ELEPHANTS IN CELTIC SYMBOLISM
In Celtic culture, elephants were mostly foreign (similarly to the Native Americans), and the only example can be found in one discovered text, according to which an elephant was used by King Antiochus I. Sótér in battle to the surprise and terror of his enemies.Subsequently, the elephant took a position in the Celtic symbolic pantheon associated with military strategy.
DREAMS OF ELEPHANTS
The presence of elephants in dreams usually expresses loyalty, intellect, strength, and power.It can mean a reminder of something so that we don't forget something essential, or conversely, holding onto certain memories for too long that need to be left in the past.Dreaming of a baby elephant may symbolize a problem that currently doesn't seem very important, but over time could grow into a challenging issue. A dream about an elephant can also tell us that we need to have more patience and understanding towards other people.
WITH AN ELEPHANT TOWARD HAPPINESS AND PERSONAL GROWTH
The elephant is meant to bring happiness into our lives, and each of us imagines that in our own way based on our journey through life. If you get an elephant, it is primarily up to you what it will look like. The depiction of elephants is diverse and some people may favor, for example, a precious piece, another will get an elephant without ostentatious decoration, some prefer wood while others prefer stone or fabric, just as some are satisfied with one elephant and another gradually acquires several more. Finding happiness and life satisfaction, however, does not lie in an elephant figurine outside of us - it requires deep self-knowledge and self-discipline. Elephant figurines can be great companions on this journey.

HISTORY AND TRADITION
The term “Ivory” (also “Eburn”) refers to the dentin of elephant tusks. They are unusual in that their structure is initially hollow (the place where they first grow) and then solid (the tip). Ivory is renowned for its very characteristic creamy white color, which yellows very slightly over time. In terms of its material properties, it is a biological material that is very dense, flexible, and hard. Its sources today are typically the African elephant and the Indian elephant. Humanity has carved all kinds of useful objects and ornaments from ivory since time immemorial: inlays, buttons, figurines of deities, all manner of decorative small jewelry, … Humanity was already using ivory in the Old Stone Age (Paleolithic). And by the way, the word “ivory” is also very often used to refer to vegetable ivory derived from the seeds of the ivory palm.

Although elephants never lived in Russia, Russia has nevertheless been one of the largest exporters of ivory to the world market since the tsarist era. Currently, at a time when bans on trading ivory are in force worldwide, more than 120 tons of mammoth tusks are exported from Russia every year according to official figures alone.
Alongside mammoth tusks, the horns of extinct woolly rhinoceroses are also extracted from the ground in Yakutia. Rhino horns are among the most expensive things in the world, with the price of one gram reaching up to $170 (about 3,900 crowns). It is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a remedy for impotence or as a substance that improves sexual potency. Rhino hunting is banned worldwide, and so the price of raw material from a prehistoric horn can reach up to 100 million rubles (about 36 million Czech crowns). For “gold diggers” directly at the deposit site, however, it costs three to five million rubles (about one to 1.8 million Czech crowns). The horn reaches its staggering price only through the markups of all kinds of middlemen who are able to transport, legalize, and export the goods abroad.

REAL IVORY
Ivory primarily has a very characteristic texture and color. Your impression of it should be “solid” and “heavy” - see the billiard balls formerly made from it. Likewise, under the fingers, ivory feels smooth as butter, not jagged and rough. On genuine ivory, there is also the so-called on the surface. patina (this, however, is not a 100% detection method, rather an auxiliary one). Ivory is smooth and radiant, and it usually has a slight yellowish tint. When people handled it often (for example, chess pieces), it can even take on a very brownish shade.
Ivory also has lines (much more visible under a magnifying glass), namely parallel ones with small irregularities (they run along the entire length of the product). Exactly at a right angle to them are the so-called Schreger lines ("V" shape or around the object).
Distinguishing products made of hardened plastic, bone, and ivory from one another with unequivocal reliability is not as difficult as it might initially seem. You only need to remember a few of the basic tips mentioned today, and no one will ever sell you anything again that you yourself were not actively looking for on the market...
Ivory can be easily recognized with the help of the so-calledhot test. Simply heat up the first sharp piece of metal you can get your hands on (an ordinary pin/nail is more than enough...), heat it over a lighter/candle/any source of fire at hand and once it is red-hot, touch the given object with that piece of metal – then additionally smell the spot. If the object is made of ivory, you won’t smell anything + this small test won’t harm it in any way (beware, however, that it could certainly damage some ultra-modern plastic!)), if you smell an odor like burnt hair, then it is not ivory, but bone.

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