Last Laugh Amulet for Healing Unjust Wounds

 Our Last Laugh amulet is handcrafted under the auspices of Dionysos Lysios, The Liberator from Sorrow and Releaser of Shackles who unknots bindings of fear and suffering. These amulets center around an orchid pendant, calling in Dionysos in the role he played in the orchid’s Greek creation myth described below. The orchid is surrounded by beads chosen to represent the journey of healing from unjust wounds–the ones that leave us wondering why anyone would be so cruel and how the gods could allow such a thing. These amulets are designed to be worn throughout the healing process to for a quicker relief to suffering. Work with them alongside Dionysos Lysios for Him to bring the comfort that allows for healing to happen and the return of trust after betrayal. May you heal easily knowing that those who have left deep, cruel wounds on you will be brought to a justice that meets Dionysos’ standards. Rest and heal in comfort, knowing that in the end, you will have both a beautiful new blossom in your heart and the last laugh alike. 

We have two styles available currently: Oval and Teardrop. The chain remains the same on both styles, with the only difference being the orchid pendant. Both feature a dried orchid preserved on a white background and a hand-wrapped wire attachment. The Oval amulet features an oval or egg-shaped pendant; the Teardrop necklace features a pendant shaped like a teardrop. 

Each necklace measures 19.5 inches.

The center orchid pendant is made with blossoms from an orchid plant we have tended for years. We originally bought this plant to rescue it: it had been potted without enough room inside a plastic structure that was supposed to support it but had instead become a cage. It would have died if left in the store, but has since come to bloom beautifully with tender care. Each blossom is saved when its time has come, gently dried, and then preserved in resin as a pendant to give it a new, enduring, ongoing life. 

The healing journey is written into the pattern of the 8 beads that surround the orchid pendant on the front of the amulets chain. The number 8 is used here to call in healing through the support of loved ones and unapologetic self-love. They progress from one side to the other, from the wounding to rebirth. The sequence begins with 3 matte red jasper beads that call in the Wounding and Suffering we rise from. Red jasper gets its color from iron oxide, the same substance that makes blood red. They aren’t the shiny red of fresh blood, but instead matte to embody the Scab and Scar of a wounding that, no matter how deep, failed to kill us. Framing the orchid pendant in the center is rhodonite, a mineral byproduct of silver. Rhodonite sacrifices itself so that silver can be formed; it is paired with only gold-tone metals here for this reason. Rhodonite, here, embodies the laying down of self-sacrificial and people pleasing tendencies. It teaches us that those who truly love us, as Dionysos does, don’t ask us to suffer for their sake. Rhodonite sings here, allowed to shine on its own, separated from the silver that demands its sacrifice.

On the other side of the rhodonite are three rose quartz beads, calling in gentle, loving care and sweet, tender self-love. Their pink is soft and could be missed if you don’t look closely enough, but the rose quartz isn’t pink for the sake of its viewer. Its gentle shade is for its own sake, beautiful for its own sake, and confident enough that it feels no need to prove its self-love to others. Around the length of the chain are small glass pearls for beautiful self-love born from a wounding. Glass is made from sand, the same substance that gets caught in the shell of a mollusk. This gritty irritant wounds the mollusk that heals itself by forming the pearl, softening harmful edges and creating beauty in the process.

To see the other offerings in our Last Laugh Collection and how all offerings included were consecrated, as well as inspiration for how to work with them yourself, please refer to our Last Laugh Collection Catalogue. Included in this series are prayer cards ideal for work with these amulets. The Catalogue is available HERE