Before language, there was feeling The first act of seduction was never a touch - it was a gift . Eve did not convince Adam with words; she offered an object. Had that offering been a jewel - a ruby or emerald stone catching the light, it wouldn't have faded into myth, it would have survived as a sacred object. In cultures where adornment is a love-language, jewelry isn't decoration - its devotion made visible. This is why, when two people choose marriage, they exchange rings