The Common Cause– Page 3

Persephone and the Eleusinian Mysteries

Persephone and the Eleusinian Mysteries

It is said that after the abduction of Persephone, Demeter searched high and low for her daughter, stopping to rest only in the city Eleusis, west ...

The Son and the Sisters: Spirit of the Sun and Moon

Are you a sun person? Beckoned by summertime, heat and sweat and salt? Do you melt without hesitation into new experiences, and laugh aloud while ...

How We Price Our Ethical Jewelry

People are always curious about how jewelry companies price their pieces - how can that tiny little piece be worth $800? I was one of those skepti...

On Wine, Circe, Sunscreen, and Smiirl: A Casual Interview with CE Founder, Torie Tilley

Sara Long: Torie hey! How’s the new office space? Torie Tilley: HEY!! You beat me to it. I’m usually so punctual too. The office space is... empty...

Conscious Collecting: On Mindfulness and Jewelry

When I went away to college, I gave away most of my jewelry. I kept an amber necklace my mother gave me, a hematite bracelet from a childhood frien...

Medusa: The Outspoken

“You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she's not deadly. She's beautiful and she's laughing.” -Hélène Cixous, Laugh of t...

Athena: The Unrivaled

Athena is the goddess of war, but leaving it at that would be doing her a great disservice. A patron of heroes, bright-eyed Athena is known for he...

Aphrodite: The Dreamer

Have you ever been in love? Have you ever fallen asleep next to someone you trust with your heart? Have you had a small animal curl up in your lap...

The Story Behind the Talisman Collection

I thought that launching a small jewelry company three months before a deadly global pandemic and recession was going to be the hardest thing I di...

Artemis: The Huntress

Goddess of the hunt, lady of the wild beasts. Seek her in the mountains, the forests, the marshes; find her with a band of huntresses, young nymphs...

Gaia: The Beginning

First, there was void, whose name is Chaos. Then sprung Gaia, verdant and lush, like pea shoots through snow. Gaia is the Earth personified, her n...

Persephone: The Wanderer

Persephone is not powerless. She never was. In the sparkling pomegranate seeds that tied her forever to the Underworld, we find the quiet strength ...

Circe: The Sorceress

Multi-faceted and intelligent, Circe was a goddess that had to do it all herself, and thus has become a symbol of knowledge and feminine power.