This is hard to tell with certainty, but I have a theory about this...

Our friends in Australia, Jaap and Irma (Jaap designed this website) shared one day with us what they experienced in Australia. Sometimes they visit remote farms in the outback, that aren’t connected to the local electricity grid. Instead these farms use solar power, based on direct current instead of alternating current with an alternating frequency. It came to their mind that on these farms there was such a quiet atmosphere. It ‘felt’ different there, more calm. Jaap and Irma themselves also live pretty secluded, but do have a connection to the power grid. However, sometimes this falters and they lose power. One day there wasn’t electricity during a whole day. By the end of that day they felt strangely good, like they had a long rest, just like on these farms. They considered this very remarkable.

What I think is that the Akaija gives you this same calmness. Everywhere in Europe and everywhere in the so-called civilised world the ether is disturbed by frequencies related to electro-magnetism caused by the ever-present power grid. These vibrations reach over long distances and melt together with each other, building one big blanket, covering vast continents. This is called electro smog.

Since mobile communication has taken such a giant leap, many GSM and UTMS antennas add their own networks, all sending a variety of pulsating frequencies into the ether. Governments declare these networks to be safe for our health, probably because this involves a multi billion-dollar business. Besides that we surround ourselves with increasing numbers of electric devices, among which computers with wireless connections.

So we’re exposed to an abundance of unnatural frequencies and more are added every day. All these frequencies affect our health and we aren’t even aware of them anymore. Only when we go far away from civilisation can we feel the quiet vibrations of nature. However, even from outer space we are bombarded by frequencies of satellite communication. So where can we hide?

Compare this with the water of an indoor swimming pool early in the morning. This water is completely quiet, flat like a mirror. You can clearly determine every fine detail on the bottom. When you slightly stir the water with one finger, from that point concentric circles start spreading all over the pool. Add more fingers around the swimming pool and the surface becomes more and more disturbed. Circles collide into one another and there the ripples are twice as high, so-called hot spots. The whole pool is disturbed and the bottom is now invisible.

When people with an Akaija tell us they feel more calm, we presume that this is related to the fact that the Akaija restores our connection with the cosmos and with Earth’s oscillating field (the Shumann frequency). These are our sources of life energy that are overpowered by the strong electromagnetic disturbances. We loose the connection with ‘above’ (the bottom is invisible) and our body acts out of tune. Scientific research has proven that people living day and night in a cage of Faraday, without a watch to check the hour, not seeing daylight, after a few days develop an out of sync sleeping pattern. This is because they are disconnected from Earth’s basic frequencies. In remote area’s where the blanket of electro smog is hardly present - on mountaintops without antennas, at sea, on the plains, in reservations - the atmosphere is quiet. There you come to rest, there you can meditate and be in silence again, feeling connected.

The Akaija renews your connection with this ‘Field’. Your life energy is renewed and supplemented, your energy system starts flowing again and you are less sensitive to disturbances, like electro smog. The Akaija doesn’t neutralise this radiation, but strengthens your energy field, connecting you once again. It’s not to be expected that we can do much against the influence of so many billions of dollars related to telecommunication. And the electric power grid will still be necessary for a while. But it would be interesting to sketch a future in which we again feel closely connected to the cosmos, to our life sources. Then we as a civilisation will really take a step forward, instead of being expelled even more from paradise.

The Akaija helps you. It’s a jewel from the Light world. 

But... this is just my theory.

2. My silver Akaija turns black or yellow. How come?

We have had quite a lot of questions from people whose Akaija turned to black. The Akaija is made of first proof silver, meaning that it contains 92,5 % silver. This is common for silver jewellery. The 7,5% other metals are for sturdiness and strength of the metal, because pure silver is very soft. By the way: in the Akaija's no nickle or cadmium is used.
Besides this, since last year every Akaija gets a very thin rhodium-layer. Rhodium also is a precious (and expensive) metal. It's commonly used on nearly all silver jewellery and gives a shining finish, protecting it better against scratches, and against dulling or blackening of the silver.
A silver polisher of the Queen's Palace ones told that, when snow has been falling in winter, silver turns black very easily, causing him to spent many extra hours to clean. Funny, but he could know.

But there may be reasons for the Akaija (even with the rhodium finish) turning black. The Akaija is capable of absorbing energies, positive as well as negative energies, somewhat like crystals do.

One cause can be warm and sweaty weather, but there are other causes that you probably don't expect...

But keep in mind, just as a reminder, the information given here is not scientific, but based on our findings, your stories and experiences. Meanwhile more than 2500 Akaija's are circulating and we've got many reactions.

There are certain types of people who seem to be extra sensitive in causing their Akaija to turn dull, or black, or even yellow. These types are:
-people under stress, or with ever present trauma's (like mourning).
-people living or working in electromagnetic polluted environments, caused by f.e. high-voltage power lines, railways, computers, DECT-phones, UMTS/GSM antennas, etc. The Akaija, laying in front of an monitor screen (no LCD) turns dull in just a few days. So you don't need to wear it.
-people using a lots (and certain kinds) of medication.
-people addicted to alcohol, sigarettes, etc.
-depressed people (but often these people drink and smoke more. No prejudice about this, but it's simply a fact in many cases, and very understandable. Everything is connected.
-sensitive people, sometimes with psychic abilities, vulnerable to 'attacks', because they don't know yet how to protect themselves.

Do Akaija is trying to you against these influences, because it 'sucks in' energies, transforms them, and sends them away harmlessly. At the same time your energy system is strengthened, preventing negative energies to get to you.

Normally spoken the dull look can be cleared away with a bit of silver polish on a cotton or woolen thread. Move the thread through Akaija back and forth (maybe you need a 'third' hand or foot for this) to clean he inside.
In rare cases even this isn't enough, because 'it' (the colour, the energy) has gone inside the metal. It sounds strange, but I seen one such Akaija myself. A man, drinking and smoking a lot (4-6 beers a day average) for years, showed his Akaija to me. It was yellow! Not a little yellow, but more yellow than a golden Akaija beside it. At home I tried to get rid of it, using a polishing machine and polishing agents for several minutes, but I saw no effect at all! Apparently the yellow 'stuff' had soaken the Akaija. This stuff could be nicotine, or could be gal, from the galbladder/liver, because the liver is the organ that tries to keep you clean from any poison in your body, like sigarettes, alcohol, chemo, stress, medications, etc.
We've given him a new Akaija that turns yellow too, but much more slowly. We've heard this a few more times, but I've not seen these Akaija myself.
The golden Akaija doesn't seem to get dull. We've never heard about this.

This typical behaviour of the Akaija is part of his working. He protects you if necessary against 'negative' energies. For it is not only a jewel, but a healing device, a cosmic tool to help you.

Not everyone will notice the healing powers of the Akaija. For this several arguments should be taken into account.

When not suffering from a headache, yet swallowing an aspirin, you will not notice the working of the aspirin. In other words, when people feel healthy, when their energy system works well, they may not notice the working of the Akaija. But what these people tell us is that they feel attracted to it and appreciate its design. Besides that, it will still give you protection, even if you don't notice this. In other words: the Akaija keeps your energy system going.

One other reason that the Akaija doesn't work the way one would like it to work, whilst it’s owner may be very ill, can be that the Akaija is not supposed to work, or only in a specific way. This is a bold statement, that we certainly don't want to use as an excuse to someone who says that his or her Akaija isn't working. Maybe we raised certain expectations by all this information.
The thought from which we speak is this one:
We are on Earth to follow lessons, taking part in one big school of life, and certain illnesses can be part of the teaching package. Our guardian angels in the Light world are what they’re called: guardians. They protect us; stand guard for us, which also means they take care that we follow the road as planned. Our life plan, our package sometimes holds certain problems, diseases that we are to overcome, or at least to learn from. This has to do with the reason we came into this life, what we want to learn, like conquering fear, accepting what comes your way, learning how to deal with... Our guardian angel takes care that the Akaija is not in conflict with this plan. But on the other hand, the Akaija can also be part of this plan, giving you enlightment at the right time, in the right way.

An often heard statement is that one ‘felt very much attracted to the Akaija’, when he or she saw an Akaija for the very first time. The Akaija made a lasting impression in their mind. If you had this feeling when seeing an Akaija for the first time, you can be sure a soft impulse was given to you by... your guardian angel? The Akaija is not just another jewel, but it is made to help us, to enlighten us. Therefore the Akaija never comes your way by accident.

This is a complicated matter, dealing with the purpose of our life on Earth, the meaning of illness, even death, and the bigger picture behind all this: growth in consciousness... and Love. I mentioned this in only a few sentences because we would prefer to invite you to connect with us for deeper questions. If you have questions or wish to talk about this don’t hesitate to get into contact with us.

Note for the pessimists among us: Don’t conclude that if you don’t notice the working of your Akaija, that this means you suffer a ‘bad’ disease. Or, if your Akaija has been crushed under a table-leg, this Akaija wasn’t meant for you. Indeed this may sometimes point to the fact that you don’t need the Akaija anymore or that it already has done its job for you, for whatever reason. But... maybe you should take better care of it, keep it with you instead of putting it everywhere. In other words... don’t generalise, but keep thinking and feeling.

Several people told us they got extremely tired from the moment they received an Akaija. A very friendly, hard working lady who couldn't afford staying off work ill, told me on the phone that she could hardly stay awake during the first week she had an Akaija. She could only do two things: working and sleeping, her eyes kept closing even during daytime. After that week she was fed up with it and put the Akaija aside.

Fascinating is that people mentioning this type of reactions all seem to be very hard-working, are under a lot of stress and are not eager to take time for themselves.

This effect of the Akaija is called regulation. The Akaija opens, clears and regenerates the energy-pathways. Compare this to the blood circulation. People with narrow energy-pathways don't have much energy. They will notice that wearing an Akaija gives them more energy. When, on the other hand, people push their body to the limits and continue to do so, not listening to signals telling them to slow down, doing what their body asks them to do, they force their energy paths to open and thus can go on by pure will power. This behaviour is ruining ones health and over time causes permanent changes in the energy pathways. The Akaija restores these changes, re-routing if necessary the pathways. For starters these people will notice that they need a lot of sleep.

If you don’t want this, then we can only tell you: “Don’t wear an Akaija”.

By the way: a few weeks after the phone conversation with the woman mentioned above she has been out of the running for more than a month. Things had just got too much for her...

The Akaija opens a pathway to the surrounding energy field. This energy flows like water, clears out blockages, regulates, etc. In our opinion this complements other jewels and stones people wear, instead of causing a conflict.

No. Don't do it.

Of course it's your own decision, but if you ask our advise this will be our answer.
Your Akaija is personal. Wenn you have been wearing your Akaija for a while and you borrow it to someone else, chances are that it will still work well, but when you get it back after days or weeks or even months, you will probably notice that it doesn't work anymore like it did before. It doesn't suit you anymore. We now have heard this from several people who did it and in short their remarks are like: "It doesn't feel like mine anymore", "It feels like dead weight around my neck", "It doesn't work anymore", ...

Why this is the case is hard to tell at the moment. Probably it has something to do with our guardian angels and guides. They take care of you, and make sure that you are presented with something that helps you, because they know that it's for your well being. If you then give it away...

By the way... don't be afraid that your Akaija will not work anymore when you give it in hands of someone else just to show it to them so they can see and maybe even feel its working. This will not affect the Akaija. As far as we know almost everyone does that.

The Akaija came into existence because of some 'futile' question I was asking myself...
It was about half a year after the passing away of my beloved friend Linda and I just started painting with my airbrush again, my favorite hobby. Besides that I was already fascinated by spirals and vortexes for a long time. I just completed a painting, titled 'Aurahealer' (see picture) and I had this itchy feeling... something's missing. The problem I was thinking of was that spirals have an inward moving 'line' OR an outward moving 'line'. But for some reason I tought: both movements should be present at the same time. A vortex is in fact a spiral too, but in 3-dimensional state, so the inward moving line is moving up or down at the same time. Now... how could both energy-lines (inward and outward) be present at the same time? When you simple cause a spiraling line to move on from inward to outward, then the lines will cross each other and that didn't feel right. I was playing with iron wires to visualise this and suddenly I came up with a strange rotating/tumbling movement. I held this tiny figure against the light and made a sketch of it that I used to paint on the painting with gold leafs. That symbol was the 'primeval' Akaija, though we did not have a name at that time. We simply called it 'inversion symbol'.

At that time I wasn't a goldsmith so it lasted about two years before I was able to (and thought of) making this symbol for real in silver. Meanwhile we had discovered that this painting had a powerful influence on several types of electro-acupuncture.

In short: the Akaija represents a cosmic/geometrical principle.

This principle is: Inversion
For example: inversion of rotation, like inversion of a spiraling movement... but also of the rotation of cosmic bodies, like planets. Picture in your mind the planet Earth, as seen from a distance. Every 24 hours the Earth completes one rotation, called a day. The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
When the Earth would tumble over its rotational axis, the North Pole would become the South Pole and vice versa. After that the Sun would rise in the West and set in the East. In fact you call this a spin-inversion of the planet Earth. Such tumbling over happens while the Earth still is rotating around it's normal axis.
To prevent confusion: this process is not the same as polar shifting, where the magnetic north pole moves southward. This is an rotational axis-inversion.

The Hopi Indians, the Maya's and Nostradame by the way have predicted that something like this could happen in the near future, and it seems to have happened more than once in Earth's history. These prophecies mention 3 days of darkness during this event. And that could be right, because...
Let's say that the North Pole is tumbling over towards the Sun, then part of the nothern hemisphere would be in bright daylight for about 2 to 3 days, and parts of the southern hemisphere would be in darkness for about 2 to 3 days, given that(!).... the completion of the tumbling process will not take longer than this time-period. Other parts of the world would experience an irregular day-night rythm. It is not necessary for the Earth to come to a full stop and then start turning the other way. Such a process would require immense amounts of energy and would be catastrophic for all life on Earth, because it would take many years to complete. An axis invsersion during the rotating wouldn't require that much energy, because the rotation speed is not influenced at all. But of course such an event for not pass by unnoticed.

Starting from the point what is well known in physics about electron-spin-inversions (on a very small, atomic scale), namely that such inversions can only be caused by very strong electro-magnetic fields (EMF), one would wonder which force in the Universe would be powerful enough to cause the Earth to tumble over. That's hard to tell, but maybe this could be caused by the solar wind, that is released by the Sun containing huge amounts of energy. The Sun's behaviour is rapidly becoming erratic so close to the year 2012. The Sun is close to a new era. The Mayans knew this and their entire calendar is based upon the separately rotating Sun's magnetic fields, who behave like a biorythmic clock. A second cause could be our enormous increase in the use of electricity (high voltage powerlines) and mobile phoning (countless numbers of GSM/UMTS antennae). Who shall say?

Now something strange can be noticed in the inversion of rotating bodies...
From a cosmic viewpoint there's no up or down. When seeing the Earth from high above the North Pole she turns ClockWise. But seen from high above the South Pole she turns Counter ClockWise. So our Earth holds both movements at the same time. Her movement is relative to the viewpoint of the observer. This too is a cosmic principle namely: duality. It is like yin-ying, good-evil, light-dark,left-right, etc. No judgement should be made in these. It exists... it is. So inversion of the rotation axis is in fact an illusion. And yet... not entirely.

Now how does the Akaija fit in this context?
Looking at the picture of the Akaija you see a horizontal circle. This is the Equator. Seen from above (on the picture) a line separates upward from the circle, goes up, down, up again and fuses with the circle. Remember the characters and numbers of 'Akaija'. The 'K' splits in two 1's, or 11. The IJ (9 and 10) fuses into one single 1. Isn't that a coincidence? But this line fuses... in opposite direction!
Now look at the Earth. Think of the Earth as being totally transparent... and on the Equator a very big and very bright lamp is placed. Follow the Earth's movement and after 24 hours this lamp returns to the same location.
Now think of the Earth's axis tumbling over, while it still rotates, in let's say about two days. When you follow the lamp on its path you will discover that it describes a trajectory exactly like the Akaija.

The Akaija already has proven itself among many electro-acupuncturists using a device called the 'StarLight'. Using this therapy (see www.health-angel.com) a phenomena can be measured and treated that (within this therapy) is called electron-spin-inversion. This phenomena can be found by a rapidly increasing number of people (about 70% of the patients) and it is caused by electro-magnetic radiation. The symptoms are chronic fatigue, not getting up in the morning feeling quite rested, increasing sensitivity for about anything (people, t.v., computers, bright colours, sounds, all kinds of food, sometimes even thoughts from others, etc), adverse reactions to medicine, increasing allergies, etc.). All these reactions are caused by a seriously weakened aura, caused by this spin-inversion. Instead of energizing ones aura, it is weakened, because energy is drawn out from us on the atomic level. The aura is our energy field that protects us from the 'outer world'. Everything that you sense with our senses, including the third eye or sixth sense, are impressions. When our aura is weakened all these impressions come to us unfiltered. This costs a lot of energy, and besides that we are vulnerable to 'attacks' (like entities) and so we get very tired. Under ideal circumstances (like on holiday in a natural environment: mountains, forests, sea) one could recover from this state of illness, because the bad influences of radiation are gone, and we get rest instead of extra work stress. But upon entering our radiation polluted environment we are back to where we came from.
The StarLight and the Akaija appear to help each other in these, because the StarLight can easily neutralise an electron-spin-inversion in living tissue, and the Akaija prevents it from happening again in almost every case. This statement is supported by many StarLight therapists in the Netherlands, and also a few in Germany, Switzerland and Norway.

Who knows... maybe the Akaija adds a tiny stone to keep our Earth straight up. Is that far fetched to think of? Well, maybe, but... one thing is sure: the message of the Akaija is a very loving one... 'We are One', and if there's 1 force in the Universe that is capable of anything, it is the power of Love.

But maybe mankind like it behaves right now needs a hard but loving transformation... An Earth-Axis-Inversion?
Who knows....

During our conversations with people about the Akaija and their reactions and experiences to it, we notice that notable many people suffer from fatigue, or even chronic fatigue, who have the feeling they are drained from their energy, notwithstanding that they are very sensitive and spiritual minded.

Being sensitive means to be more open to what is around us, for the world, for the people, and also for the 'invisible', for signals you receive. When you are aware of the needs of other people, you can put yourself in their place, you understand what bothers them, you understand their problems, their pains.

What happens next is that you are attractive to people who need attention and care. People with problems can talk to you about this, and during these conversations they feel better, because someone understands them, they find a hearing ear, a helping hand, a shoulder to cry on.

Someone with a problem, a sorrow, an illness, who needs to be cared for, thinks his/her problem is important. In their experience THEIR problem is centered. A patient is allowed to be egoistic, because he or she needs to get better. They, but in fact everyone, have the right to ask for help.

This is fine, as long as they don't carry their quest for help too far. They need to know what their limits are. They usually don't know this, so this needs to be made clear to them by others.

Defining your limits this is called, and especially sensitive and spirituel people find this very hard. They sacrifice themselves for the benefit of others. "They need my help!" they say. "I have to do this!" "This ought to be done!" "Isn't that the right thing to do?!"

Imagine f.e. that someone calls you with a problem that he or she is troubling with. You listen to their story, give some advices, sympathise with them... But after a while you notice that the other is pulling your attention. You want to stop this conversation, but you find yourself listening to ever more of the same. The other obviously notices that you're done now, but he or she feels fine by this conversation, so the longer they can have you attention, your energy, the better they feel. This conversation feels good to them, they are energised by it. They don't feel so lonely anymore. Sometimes these people take it a big step beyond this and start threatening you with words like: "I need to be able to call you, because sometimes I don't know what I'll do to myself if I've no one to talk to."

This behaviour is called moral chantage (in Dutch, maybe in English there's be better word for it): To make you feel bad when you don't act the way they wish.
And when you listen to this, they have you at their disposal.

When you're helping people out of love, you pass on energy/love to the other. This energy you receive from Above, from your guardian angels, and they get it from... The Almighty One, the Universal Source, God, Allah....
Love flows... and flows... such is her nature. You can't possess Love, you can't command Love.

But your guardian angels know exactly when to stop. From this moment on you'll be on your own in giving energy. You'll notice this because you feel "Now's the time to stop. I'm done for now." You get tired. You can't focus your attention anymore. Maybe you have an appointment planned in the next hour or so, or you had something in mind that you want to do next.

When you don't listen to this inner voice saying 'enough is enough', then you keep going, thinking that the other's problem is your problem, that you have to do this. Maybe you cancel an appointment, or change your plans. You start to wriggle in turns... to keep on helping, you keep on giving energy, you keep listening... and there you go beyond your limits.
Because now you use your own energy and not the energy that was given to you by your guardian angel. Your guardian angel knows exactly what is good for you, keeps in mind what is important for you! You have your life, and you life is important too!
Of course there are execptions, emergencies, etc... but if such is the case, then you'll know. Sometimes the situation justifies extra help. And in such a case you'll receive any help from your guides that is needed.

Normally it's not meant for you to sacrifice yourself. Their problem is their responsibility, not yours! Because when you've drained yourself completely for the sake of a few, you're exhausted, and you're of no use to others that might need some of your attention. In contrary... maybe now you yourself are in need of help! Was that your aim?

In the therapists world there's a word for this: the social worker's syndrome. Sometimes people speak of a so-called 'hole' in your aura, through which your energy flows away. What it means is that you're unprotected. Everyone can steal your energy, enter your aura. You don't protect yourself. Sometimes you might even experience entities, so-called 'hitch-hikers' trying to feed on you. Where are your borders? Where are your limits?

Now... what can you do about this?
The answer is really simple in fact: 1. Be aware of. 2. Conquer your fear.

You don't need to brood about all the difficult things that need you need to do, medications, therapies, etc. What it's all about it that you learn about the moment that you cross you limits. When someone contacts you, visits you, calls you, wanting to speak to you about his or her problems... and you have time and oppertunity to listen... then listen! Give this person all your attention. But there is a moment when enough is enough (as we say in Holland). You can sense this moment. When you're sensitive, you can!

Now start remembering situations, conversations, when at a certain moment you started to lose attention, when afterwards you felt terribly tired, etc. What did you do? Did you continue to pay attention, despite your feeling to break it of now. Why didn't you continue this conversation? Why did you pay this person a visit, knowing that you had another appointment, knowing that you needed to go to bed, knowing that you were supposed to do something else, even if it was just to relax, take a bath, go for a walk, watch that t.v. series,... Did you have to step in the breach? Was this really the best solution? Maybe... I can't make the decision for you. Or... was it your fear to say 'no'. Or... was it your ego, saying how good you help others? Or... is this your pattern your whole life... always doing as you're told, without standing up for yourself?

Usually fear is the big issue here. Fear for what the other may tell or think of you. Fear to be disapproved of. Fear not to be a dear and nice (wo)man. In fact this has nothing to do with helping others, but with your own fear.
Become aware! Look at all these situations you crossed your limits. Don't silently blame the other for this... but look what you can do to prevent them from doing so.
Once aware... then you automatically know what you need to do.

It will not be easy in the beginning, but once you conquer your fears, you become stronger. Maybe you make mistakes, being to harsh, maybe you stumble several times, maybe you wait too long, or take the wrong action... never mind. Keep looking. Stay at peace.

Someone who is mentally strong, firm in his or her shoes, is an example for others, is able to help others, without losing him/herself in the process.

Now... why this story?

During our conversations, on the phone, on fairs, in e-mails we've noticed that by some of these people the Akaija doesn't seem to work this strong as expected. Remarkable however is that the (e-mail)conversation often have this as a fundamental topic. So... is the Akaija involved in this somehow? It seems that these people sometimes are even more confronted with this problem than before.

What the Akaija does is to strengthen your energy system, making it going, restoring the flow. The result can be that you suddenly remember what it was like, how you used to feel, having more energy, feeling stronger, more aware of yourself... because somewhere you've lost track, lost your energy, lost yourself. So this renewed feeling won't last for long. Because... if you always give your energy away, forgetting about your limits, then first something has to change... in you! The Akaija confronts you with this, by remembering you about how you used to feel. Reminding you of your... blueprint.

The real change has to take place within yourself. Your guardian angel really is your guide, showing you the way. He or she brings the Akaija on your way... trying to restore your energy, causing you to remember... wishing to feel good again.

So now you need to make a change.

'We' wish you all the best.

For the moment (2008) it's impossible for us to maintain a newsletter in English. We hope to be able to start one in the near future.

Indeed you can find this symbol in the Akaija, as well as the 'normal' symbol: the pentagram with one point facing up and two down. In fact... on the box and on nearly all our advertisement we use a symbol that looks a bit like the pentagram with 2 points facing up. Strange thing however was... when I pictured the Akaija with one point facing up (which is the way the Akaija is made to be as a pendant) then it felt wrong. But... the picture of the Akaija with one point up is the way you wear it, but with the one point facing down is the way it's been used in photographs. But what's going on with this particular symbol... the pentagram... some people link it to questionable groups etc.

There's a reason for this (to make clear that the Akaija is a universal symbol, holding both pentagrams, not only one).
We are of the opinion that symbols and numbers aren't guilty of what they are. It's humans that judge. So the number 13 is said to be a number of bad luck, but in reality it is a number that represents transformation, leaving behing the 'old' because you have grown beyond it. Therefore in the Hebrew language it is a number of maturity. It just depends on what you want to see in it.
Another example: take a look at the Holy Cross that's always used in Christian Religion. Originally it is a symbol of Love, the self-sacrificing of Jezus for the good of mankind. But because of all crusade's, the burning of witches, the inquisitions, the christianization of Indians, Aboriginals, etc, often with a Cross in the lead, saying they act in the name of God... this holy Cross also has gotten somewhat of a nasty taste. This cross now is being used by several churches all over the world, but they do not 'own' this cross. Jezus wasn't Catholic, Methodist or Anglican minded, or whatever religion you may think of. By his non-judgement, his unconditional Love he has made the cross on which he died a symbol of Universal Love.

The pentagram also has such a history. Originally it is an essential symbol in the Sacred Geometry, consisting of only lines that represent the Phi-ratio, and this Golden Mean Ratio is a fundamental principle in Cosmic Creation. Read the books of f.e. Drunvalo Melchizedek, or Bob Frissel ("Nothing in this book is true, but it's exactly as how things are"). Besides that, the pentagram is in fact a 3-dimensional symbol, and when you then take a closer look, you discover a symbol that is nothing less than a Heart, protected by the circle of 'We'. That symbol has been given to me by Linda, but in fact to us all. The Akaija has both symbols, both pentragrams in it, depending on how you look at it. Now if that isn't a symbol of Universal Love...

Strange when of you think about it, isn't it? Maybe this was the plan of some evil thinking minds in history... to take a universal symbol and by their actions make it look like a bad symbol. That way the healing powers within it wouldn't be discovered. So... maybe now is time to show it, and make clear what it's all about: Universal Love. We are One. And isn't it so that 'We' stands for 'everyone'... the holy man, but also the evil man, the saint, but also the murderer, the child, the victim, the bird above your head, the tree in your garden, your father who is not longer among us, the Aboriginal, the Indian, the Tutsi, the Hutu, the Iraqui, the Afghan, the American... but... also you... with all your good and your bad habits.

It just depends on what you want to see.

Well... I've tried to! When we started with the Akaija (end 2005) I've made dozens of Akaija's out of molten silver. I thought I had the time to do so and we were experimenting a lot to check if the Akaija really was what it seemed to be. This consumed many hours per Akaija, but that didn't bother me. I saw it as a good training to become a silversmith, because in fact I was educated to be a teacher and becoming a silversmith was... er... Linda's idea after she died ;-)

I used her heritage to buy me the tools and materials a silversmith needs. Maybe when I've would have had a thorough education I would have found easier ways to have the Akaija produced in larger quantities, but apparently this was not my way to follow. So it took me several month to fnd out that normally when you want to reproduce a jewel, you go to a casting company.

But when we started asking these companies to do the job for us, we discovered that they had immense problems with this, by the looks of it, simple design. Endresult... after 6 casting companies and 2 dental laboratories, we've found 1 company that could do proper casting, with a good quality, but the next problem was the finishing... making a shining bright silver or gold jewel out of a rough cast object.

The first 1000 Akaija's I've done all by hand, month after month. And again... I needed to learn something... because I was not going to be able to do this the rest of my live and be happy with it, not being able to do anything else anymore. That was the time that we discovered that we needed to find a permanent solution. We've found this solution in India, where we contacted several companies, and we have been there 2 times already, to meet the people, to see and 'feel' the companies, and of course to discus the work. We're not ready yet, the manufacturing of the Akaija is a lot more difficult than we, and every company we've met, expected it to be.

These 2 trips to India are recorded in writing, but so far only in Dutch. I hope to find time to translate it to English soon, but until then, you can only see the Dutch text. But there are a lot of photographs in the texts, that might interest you. So... if you want, download the PDF file Akaija Goes India (about 3,5 Mb).

Indeed!!! We have really good experiences with animals, though not many yet.

In fact we should put this question in the experiences-page, and probably this will be done anyway, but it's interesting to mention it here for now.
We'd already heard that cats can react 'strange' to people with an Akaija. A woman told us that she used to visit a friend of hers, one with a cat. Always as soon as soon as she entered her friends home the cat took of, not to be seen again. This cat simply didn't like her, or whatever. But when she showed up with the Akaija for the first time, the cat sat down on the floor in front of her and stared at her for minutes, like frozen on the spot. Her friend remarked 'Well, that's weird behaviour for my cat!' Finally, after minutes, the cat turned around, walked a few steps, and then stopped, sat again and stared for another while.

Story like this we've heard more than once. Funny too is that cats like to play with the Akaija around the neck of its owner. But... cats are easily amused by hanging and dangling objects (as I can tell, because I love cats), but when horses start acting this way...
In the Netherlands there are certain area's along the rivers, floodlands you can call them, in winters they are flooded by high waters in the rivers. These lands are natural parks and the government has allowed these lands to be used for wild horses (a Polish breed) to live on. People can walk there and sometimes see these horses from far. This man had bought an Akaija a few weeks before and while he was walking alone there, he was approached by number of these horses. They came directly in front of him, and licked where his Akaija was hanging! 'It was such a strange experience!" he said. After a few minutes the horses simply took of, leaving him alone, standing surprised by what happened to him.

Because we have so many positive reactions to the Akaija we thought that maybe the Akaija is very useful for horses, so in 2007 we started an experiment.
We had contacted a few horse owners, asking them if they were willing to share their experiences with their horses and the Akaija.
One of these, a young woman, had 2 horses. Her horses got the Akaija attached to their halter. She later told that one of the horses needed only 5 minutes to find out that something-strange had happened and immediately started rubbing and rolling, and managed in no-time to crush the Akaija. The other horse needed more time (24 hours), but as soon as it knew why she felt differently, that Akaija too was crushed. So much for the experiment.

Another woman owned 3 horses. One pretty young horse, one old one with several health problems, and one adult horse, but little bad tempered, because of bad treatment in his youth. The younger horse didn't get an Akaija, because she was healthy. The other two got an Akaija. But the owner, careful as she is with her horses, first asked the horses if they would be willing to do this experiment, in the hope it would do them good. So they started the experiment together.
First thing she noticed after a few days was that the young horse was jealous. All day long she was licking the skin around the Akaija's by the other horses. So after one week we decided to send another Akaija and then all was very well, because the young one was striding through the pasture with an air of "I too have an Akaija!". This behaviour was very remarkable.

Something else that she noticed during the first days, was that the skin of the older horse, around the Akaija, was much warmer than usual, easily noticeable with her hands. We have heard this more often, also from people, that the skin can feel warm around the Akaija, and that other people can feel this too. Sometimes (in rare cases) the skin even can be red, and the Akaija can feel like burning hot (without really being hot!)

Like with people, sometimes (not always) the Akaija starts processes indicating that 'things' are being worked out. So with the horses. The older horse had one day that it couldn't get on his feet. The owner wasn't alarmed, because she already knew that nature is the best healer, and the next day the horse good stand again. There also was a small wound on one the legs from which oozed pus for several days. It wasn't infected, she said, it only needed to be kept clean and she felt as if this was part of a healing process, detoxification.
The 3rd horse, being treated bad in her past, appeared to be much better to handle since it had an Akaija.

At this very moment we are in contact with a woman in the Netherlands who treats small children with autism. Also some kind of behavioural problems. The Akaija seems (!! we are not sure yet, because we only have a very few cases) that these children get help through the Akaija to be more friendly, open, and more communicating. Maybe the Akaija is doing something that causes certain problems, physical and/or behavioural, to be relieved in some way. Children... horses... adults... we're all one!
About the horses, the owner said that it took several weeks to see really important changes, but that over the weeks and months, there was a constant line of improvement by all the horses.

But... if you use your Akaija for horse... please communicate with your horse first. Explain what you're going to do. Otherwise your horse will notice something has changed, he/she doens't understand this... and will get it off asap.

At the moment (one of my present activities, Spring 2008) is to develop a rubber donutshape tool, in which an Akaija can be hanging. The donut-shape protects the Akaija against crushing, and the donut can be attached to a key-chain, or whatever seems fit, to attach to a halter. I already have a company to cast/make them for us, and we will make an appointment with this company to check the materials, etc. I might take a few months, but hopefully before the summer we have something useful for the Akaija and horses.

As far as dogs are concerned, we know of two sheepdogs who got an Akaija. Both the dogs are old and have had serious incontinence problems. Both dogs are said to be nearly free of complaints since they have an Akaija.

Akaija®
This means that 'Akaija' is officially registered as a brand. It also means that you're not allowed to use the name Akaija without our written permission, etc etc.
Besides this, also the design of the Akaija is officially and internationally registered.

The 'Akaija' and its name have been passed on to us from the devine Light world, by my passed girlfriend Linda. That is how we started this.
You'll understand that were really impressed when we discovered what beautifull messages were hidden inside it. Not only to me, as a message from Linda, but also to every human being, to mankind, as a message from the Light world. When we discovered that 'Akaija' was hardly being used anywhere on the world at that time, exept in myths and legends and as a word for 'We' in the South Pacific, we knew we could use this name, and we started advertising with and under this name.
To prevent that other companies can forbid us using this name, by stealing it from us, registering it, and subsequently prosecuting us for using 'their' name (we live in a strange world :-), we decided to register it internationally ourselves. So... with the R-sign we state that the name Akaija is not yours to start a commercial company with.

We were given the name Akaija to carry a message in the world, to keep it pure, a message of 'Oneness in We' and we think it to be really important to be careful, sincere and righteous about everything we do regarding the Akaija and its name.