{"product_id":"baphomet-hourglass","title":"Baphomet Hourglass","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBaphomet Hourglass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBaphomet Goat Hour Glass Gothic Satanic Sabbatic Goat of Mendes Winged Baphomet Invertible Sand Timer Statue. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSandtimer is made of cold cast polyresin, hand painted and polished individually. \u003c\/span\u003eApprox. size 5.75\" x 4.5\" x 2.25\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease be aware that this sand-timer is not meant for exact timing. It measures around 5-8 minutes, but the exact time measured can vary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoth the mechanical clock and the hourglass found powerful symbolic roles during the Renaissance. The complex mechanical clock with its rotary gears became a metaphor for the heavenly spheres or for the wheel of fortune. But the hourglass, whose sands run out, was a thing of this base earth. It became a metaphor for the running-out-of-sands we all inevitably face. It became, and it remains, a universal symbol of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edeath.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo technologies, one simple, one complex, running side by side -- the clock making a continuum of time, the hourglass segmenting it -- the clock speaking of timelessness, the hourglass showing us finality -- the clock evoking things celestial, the hourglass reminding us of base earth. They are\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYang.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eHourglasses found their place in setting off blocks of time. The time between canonical hours in a monastery, or between watches on shipboard. They ran neither long enough nor accurately enough to be of much use in marine navigation. They were a poor person's timepiece -- a kind of clock for everyman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Witches Sage LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43390847615039,"sku":"13522","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/6019\/6671\/files\/BaphometHourglass_A_13522_tm.jpg?v=1781360588","url":"https:\/\/honaleerituals.com\/products\/baphomet-hourglass","provider":"Honalee Rituals \u0026 Apothecary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}