The Key Factor

China has engulfed most of Lhasa with wide streets, gigantic Chinese characters to dwarf the Tibetan predecessors and armed soldiers that are dispersed throughout the city to maintain the 'peace.' Tibetan Buddhist temples still remain with enormous volumes of hand-written holy texts that I am sure contain the secrets to the universe.  

Product Information: I found this key in the Lhasa outdoor market and knew immediately it would be a pendant with its unique Eastern feel. Since the key came from a place where people have spent decades trying to balance the body and the spirit, I thought it would be apropos to set stones that pertain to the colors of the chakra into the key.

The Chakra is a concept referring to wheel-like force centers which, according to traditional Indian medicine, are believed to exist on the surface of the lowest layer in the "human energy field" beginning at the base of the spinal column and moving upward to the top of the skull. When energy does not flow freely from the Chakras, the body does not function properly and some people believe that one must reestablish the free flow of energy in order to heal. All of the seven Chakra points have a color associated with it, represented on this key by sapphires and one single ruby at the end.

The key is 2 inches long.