Gifts Under $100

The God of Wealth, carried as a card you keep close. Talisman cards belong to a long tradition of carrying a written blessing with you, in a wallet, a phone case, a desk drawer, so the intention stays near through the day. This one...

A small card to carry, blessed at temple before it reaches you. Talisman cards belong to a long Chinese and Buddhist tradition of carrying a written blessing close, in a sleeve, a wallet, a phone case, so that protection travels with you through the...

A brass wind chime, kept in feng shui for the sound as much as the metal. Hung where a draught can reach it, the chime turns moving air into a soft, clear tone, traditionally used to lift the feel of a still or heavy...

Five emperor coins, worn at the neck rather than hung at the door. Old Chinese coins are round with a square hole, the round standing for heaven and the square for earth, so to wear them is to carry a small balance of both....

Five coins, from the five emperors of the Qing dynasty's most prosperous years. Old Chinese coins are round with a square hole, the round standing for heaven and the square for earth, so to carry them is to carry a small balance of both....

In Chinese tradition, red string is the cord of qi in motion, tied at the wrist through life's thresholds. Through 本命年 (one's zodiac year), through 太岁 (Tai Sui clash years), through any passage worth steadying. The Five Emperors Coins, 五帝钱 (wǔ dì qián), are...

The Five Wealth Gods, gathered in one set, each carrying a different kind of fortune. In Chinese tradition the gods of wealth come as a group, governing fortune from different directions and in different forms, earned, saved, and unexpected. Together they are kept to...

Fluorite is the stone for a clouded mind. Crystal practice knows it as the stone of focus, worn to quiet mental noise and bring one clear thought to the front. The bands of green and violet are natural, the way fluorite grows, layer over...

A working piece: a little bottle of green fluorite you can fill with the scent you wear. Fluorite is the stone of focus, worn in crystal practice to quiet mental noise and bring one clear thought forward. Here it is hollowed into a small...

A still figure for a still corner. This Buddha is finished in a soft gold glaze over ceramic, the kind of surface that catches light without shouting for it. The glass-like finish holds a quiet glow, shifting gently as the light moves through the...

Gold ingots, the old shape of saved wealth. Before paper money, the ingot, the yuanbao, was how fortune was stored in China, and it has carried that meaning into feng shui ever since. Kept in the home or office, ingots stand for savings, value,...

A phurba dagger with a guardian face at its crown, cast in titanium steel. The phurba is a ritual dagger whose three-sided blade stands for cutting through ignorance, attachment and aversion. The wrathful face above the blade belongs to a protector, the fierce expression...

A teardrop of cinnabar, finely carved with the Heart Sutra and lotus. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. The Heart Sutra is the shortest and most recited of...

The Horse and its guardian, carved on the two faces of one cinnabar pendant. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. In the tradition each zodiac animal has a guardian...

The Hu Lu has been a protective charm in Chinese homes for centuries. Shaped like the calabash gourd, once dried and used to carry medicine and water, the Hu Lu came to stand for health and a long life. Taoist practice has long used...

The Hu Lu has been a charm for health and protection in Chinese homes for centuries. Shaped like the calabash gourd, once dried and used to store medicine, the Hu Lu came to stand for wellbeing and a long life. Its narrow waist and...

A sleek ceramic burner with no feet, sitting flush to the surface. Its low, legless form is the quietest kind of incense holder, made to disappear into a shelf or a desk and let the smoke do the work. It holds both sticks and...

The beckoning cat, with one paw raised in welcome. The Maneki Neko comes from a Japanese tale of a cat that waved a passing lord out of the path of a lightning strike, and it has been kept ever since as a sign of...

A protection amulet of cinnabar, engraved with mantra script on both faces. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. Amulets in this form are carried as written protection, the...

Small trees of polished crystal, leaves cut from natural stone. The tree is an old symbol of growth and steady abundance, and a crystal tree carries that wish in miniature, each stone chip catching the light on fine wire branches. Kept on a desk...