Sodalite Blonde Willow Dreamcatcher Ceiling Windchime

This Dreamcatcher is 8 1/2 inches across.

Dream catchers are one of the most fascinating traditions of Native Americans. The traditional dream catcher was intended to protect the sleeping individual from negative dreams, while letting positive dreams through. The positive dreams would slip through the hole in the center of the dream catcher, and glide down the feathers to the sleeping person below. The negative dreams would get caught up in the web, and expire when the first rays of the sun struck them.

Native Americans believe that the night air is filled with dreams both good and bad. When the dream catcher is hung over or near your bed swinging freely in the air, catches the dreams as they flow by. The good freely flow through the dream catcher, slipping through the outer holes and slide down the soft feathers so gently that many times the sleeper does not know that he or she is deep in dream sleep. The bad dreams not knowing the way out get tangled in the dream catcher web and perish with the first light of the new day.

Sodalite is an excellent stone for bringing mental clarity and encouraging rational thought. It is also said to calm the mind allowing new information to be processed and taken in. Sodalite is said to bring joy to a heavy heart and to encourage self-esteem, self-trust and self-acceptance. It is also believed to balance the emotions and calm panic attacks.