Re: does henna have meaning to it?....please don't be stupid

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Posted by Laila on August 31, 1999 at 03:42:32:

In Reply to: Re: does henna have meaning to it? posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on August 30, 1999 at 14:28:20:

OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HENNA IF YOU THINK ITS JUST FOR
SEXINESS!
: For most women, in most of the four or five thousand years that
henna
: has been used, henna is primarilly a cosmetic, but one that is
: particularly lucky, sexy and beautiful.
:
: There are several traditions were henna had more specific
attributes.
: In North Africa and the Middle East, henna is regarded as having
the
: power to dispell the evil eye, to deter djinn...and generally having
: the qualitly of "baraka", that is, blessedness. THe extent to which
: each person takes that seriously differes greatly. For instance,
all
: of us would classify a four leaf clover as a symbol of good luck,
and
: would be very pleased to find one, but very few people would
actually
: expect to win the lottery with one in hand. Henna and its
: significance is in about the same league with four-leaf clovers.
It's
: reputation as lucky is widespread, but not very deep.

: In India and elsewhere, the patterns often have meanings, but so do
: the patterns in carpets and embroidery. (And in henna, the
: patterns and meanings very closely parallel those of textiles!)
Every
: culture has a visual language as much as a verbal language. The
: patterns are most often for luck, joy, things that women find
: beautiful and dear, or sexy.

: I have LOTS of sheets of henna patterns...I will email you the ones
: for good luck and averting evil. Anyone else? ...just email and
ask.
:



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