Last year my then girlfriend Ivana gifted me a crystal of Rhodochrosite. This crystal has a long history in Argentina, and is a symbol of love and devotion. During my most recent dieta in Peru I was fingerpicking some chords and began singing with them and wound up connecting very strongly with this crystal. It became a kind of touchstone for my relationship with my wife, and the song came together very quickly. Eventually I recorded a version of it for our wedding. The following is a little description of the stone that we had read during the ceremony: Rhodochrosite, or Rodocrosita, is the national stone of Argentina. It is a symbol of unconditional love and compassion. The crystal is said to encourage emotional healing, love, creativity and intuition. This stone is commonly found in the form of stalactites and stalagmites in the caves of Argentina, and is also found in the United States. Ivana presented Dirk with a piece of Rhodochrosite last year. Later he realized it was a good symbol for their union, and wrote a song about it during his most recent trip to Peru. Rhodochrosite, known as “Rosa del Inca” or “Inca Rose,” was believed to have been discovered in the pre-Colombian 13th century silver mines in what is now the Northern part of Argentina when it was part of the Inca Empire. An Incan ruler named Viracocha was credited with the discovery of the beautiful red stone, and it became sacred to his people who revered it as the solidified blood of their ancestral kings and queens. Thus, Rodocrosita is also a symbol of ancestry and lineage. And so this ceremony reflects the pink and white colors of this sacred stone, and represents the union of Ivana and Dirk’s national identities as well as being a symbol of familial love and eternal devotion.
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