"And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."
— Matthew 26:39
Gethsemane means oil press.
It was a garden of ancient olive trees on the slope of the Mount of Olives, just outside Jerusalem. A place Jesus had been before. A place he loved. And on the night he was betrayed, he went there one last time — and fell to the ground under the weight of what was coming.
The disciples slept. The darkness was complete. And in that garden, the most important prayer in human history was prayed — not with triumph, but with trembling. Not my will, but thine.
This is not a comfortable story. It was not a comfortable night.
These stones carry that weight.
Deep olive-green threaded with black veining — the ancient trees, gnarled and heavy. Rich burgundy and plum — the crushing, the pressing, the sorrow that was "exceeding sorrowful, even unto death." Dark purple-black with flashes of gold and green — the midnight garden, and the grace that broke through it anyway.
They are small enough to hold in a palm. Heavy enough to mean something.
Eleven stones. One garden. The night that changed everything.
Hand-collected from America's Hometown, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Never tumbled. Never treated. Each set is one of a kind.
About These Stones
Each stone is hand-selected from the shores of Plymouth, Massachusetts — shaped by tide and time, carried here by the Creator's hand. The stones in this collection are likely a mix of the following:
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Olive-green to dark green — greenstone or chlorite schist, a metamorphic rock with a smooth, waxy surface and subtle foliation.
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Burgundy and deep plum — purple argillite or rhyolite, fine-grained and richly colored, sometimes marked with veining or banding.
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Warm rust and amber — iron-stained sandstone or quartzite, their warm tones the result of iron minerals woven through the stone.
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Pink and green speckled — granite, New England's signature stone, flecked with feldspar, quartz, and hornblende.
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Banded or layered — gneiss, whose distinct striping reflects the forces that shaped it deep within the earth.
Not polished. Not treated. What you see is exactly what the shore gave up.
What's Included
- Total set weight: approx. 0.15 lbs
