Gaia High Luxury

The depths of the Earth, like the sky, have since the most remote ancient times inspired in Man wonder, curiosity and deep interest which has led not just to scientific research but also fantastic visions of the underground world and imaginary journeys: surely the greatest of these is Jules Verne. This year celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of his death.

The journey which I have designed for Omas is engraved on gold to have a clearer symbol of the old splendid civilization and the much-craved perfection never obtained.

........so says an old American tale: “ The oldest men, just like metals, lived hidden away in the bowels of Fertile Mother Earth. Down there, in the depths, they waited to overcome their embryonic state and, once they had reached full perfection, emerged into the light of the sun.”

In a fantastic journey, in the dark of the depths, symbolized by the colour of vegetable resin and the splendour of gold and precious jewels which mark out the inhabitants, the downward slide into the world to which the mythologies of all ages and all cultures have always referred.

A powerful machine, which penetrates the various geological layers and opens up a space to move into this hostile world: carnivorous plants, gigantic spiders, scary water beasts, little masterpieces adorned with emeralds and crystalline stones surround the visitors and fill him with wonder, and fear.

Beneath this, within a magic vision, small elves with dragonfly wings offer their foetal stones and seem us to entice us towards the ancient city below.

A civilisation far far away in time, which we imagine to be perfect, is near to the centre of the globe which, due to its chemical composition, is represented by a ball of iron pyrite surrounded by magnetic waves.

On the top, rock crystal set between four jaws, like the Earth and its four cardinal points.

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