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A Brief Introduction To Twelve Step Prayer Beads

About 500 years before Christ, people tied knots in strings as a way of keeping track of repetitive devotions. Primitive forms of prayer beads were made of fruit pits, pieces of bone, hardened clay and dried berries. The wealthy used precious stones and jewels.

Twelve Beads = Twelve Prayers

Twelve Step prayer beads are prayer beads made for people in Twelve Step recovery groups for the practice of Step Eleven. An offshoot of many styles of prayer beads, identifiable by twelve core beads.

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Catholic Rosaries

Catholic RosaryI have so much fun exploring all the varieties of beads out there. Lets look at some! First we have what most people associate with prayer beads which is the Catholic Rosary. What a lot of people don't know is how many styles of Catholic rosaries there are! It is amazing. What you see here is a typical five decade rosary. There is The Franciscan Rosary, chaplets, wedding rosaries, one decade rosaries, rosary rings, the Servite Rosary, auto rosaries, rosary bracelets and more. Keep in mind there are styles within some of these styles! The picture I chose is from VaticanJewelry.com

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Malas

Mala

Buddhist use what are called malas. These beads are used to count chants or mantras. The typical Mala like the one shown here has 108 beads. Buddhist will recite 100 mantras and the extra are to amend pronunciation or other mistackes in recitation. Smaller malas are also used with 19, 21, 27, or 54 beads.

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