The Jesus Prayer: Handmade Prayer Wheel/Pendant/Medal on Chain, for Meditation, Calm, Peace

"A handmade medal/pendant/'prayer wheel' on a chain, of the Jesus Prayer. The prayer is an ancient vehicle used to infuse calm and steadiness into one’s everyday life and, at a deeper level, to continually shift one outside normal patterns of thought (the chattering mind) and toward a more direct experience of the presence of Wisdom and peace. The prayer, which, in a sense, is an answer to St. Paul’s admonition to 'pray without ceasing,' seems to have its explicit origins in the practice of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, around 500. It took root and was developed in the Eastern Church (particularly in monasteries, as at Athos), and eventually moved further out into the world (as clearly evinced by a fine recent documentary, Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer). The prayer has a number of variations; one of the most common ('Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me') is inscribed on this medal. One method of saying the prayer is to recite, out loud or silently, the first half as one inhales, and