Over the years, I have seen many "pagan prayer beads" talked about, but never felt the inclination to make them myself, because they seemed too generic, too much a mimcry of rosaries, nothing that appealed to me. However, while visiting another spiritworker, she showed me her own set of beads and something clicked - a way to make them personalized and powerful. Each bead is related to the god/spirit it represents by color, type of stone, name of stone, shape, or something like that. Everyone is reprented here - gods, personal spirits, daimones and wights, animal and plant allies, etc. I do not have formalized prayers for my beads - rather I use them as a complement to my daily prayers. I go through each bead and pause to speak to the god or spirit it represents - to thank them, to pray for something, to think of them for a moment, to have a long discussion; it varies each time. I have found this to be a simple yet deep practice that enhances my entire spiritual life, both the more traditional religious practice and my spiritwork.