Marked as the Goddess

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At birth we are marked as the goddess.

To be marked as the goddess is a sign of sovereignty, honor,

acknowledgement and devotion to the goddess within, and

to our divine feminine beauty, wisdom, purpose and journey.

 

As daughters of the Great Mystery, SHE:

All females must undergo the sacred rite of transformation.

 

 

 

HENNA: THE PLANT OF TRANSFORMATION

 

The ancient Goddess custom and mysterious art of using henna

to paint designs upon the hands, feet or body is called Mehndi.

It dates back to antiquity (1550 BCE).

 

In ancient times, evidence indicates that women painted their hands

with henna to honor and emulate the fertility goddess.

Thousands of years ago in Goddess temples, henna was used in erotic rituals.

Throughout the ages henna has been used to adorn and bless women as a rite of passage,

and to dye, condition and protect hair, nails and skin, among other uses.*

 

Some say the use of its magickal power was to guard against misfortune.

Others say it was used exclusively to adorn, or enhance inner beauty.

Old wives tales speak of its power to invite romance and heal mind and body.

Spiritual teachers believe it bestows happiness, wealth and universal blessings.

Plant magick says henna grants its wearer beauty, gain, and gentleness.

 

Because henna, like blood, is said to intensify our awareness

of earth energies and to deepen our connection with our spiritual essence,

it is considered a powerful and sacred plant of the Goddess;

one which is especially holy and beneficial to womankind.

 

Henna ushers in the energy of change, renewal and divine existence.

 

Since the beginning women have needed protection and desired adornment.

When we think about it, isn't the purpose of protection and adornment to transform?

Protection transforms fear into trust and safety.

Adornment transforms our sense of self into empowered confidence.

 

Transformation is our birth right. We are destined to transform.

Like the Goddess we transform from girl maiden, to lover, to mother, to crone.

We are constant divine renewal: birth/death/rebirth.

 

Surely, this truth was well known by our ancient mothers.

 

Yet, since wise women history is elusive in nature 

(due to mothers passing wisdom on to daughters through example, song and spoken word),

and much has been lost and destroyed, or was never recorded in text,

the original intent and use of henna might forever remain a mystery

were we not marked as the goddess! Darlings, we hold hidden wisdom!

Within our sacred bodies can be found the secret code; the gifts passed down

to us from our ancient mothers are forever stored in our blood, bones, tears and womb. 

The truth written in our body is a library that only our intuitive knowing can access.

 

Henna assists us in accessing our inner wisdom.

 

It aids us on our sacred journey of change, transformation and transcendence.

Like a messenger, it speaks our sacred intentions to the spirit realm, 

where all change originates. We are the creatrix of our reality.

What we create is made manifest, because we first imagine, dream or call it into being.

 

By setting a sacred intention or prayer at the time of henna application, 

this ancient art form becomes an act of communicating with the divine within us

and making manifest that which we most desire to create. In this way, henna

         offers blessings to all women who transform their body with sacred intentions.