Lavender

We all know that a rose means love. Did you know that Lavender means devotion?
Imagine giving a loved one, friend or your soul mate a gift of Lavender, meaning that you are giving or saying with devotion.

What is devotion? The first component of devotion is love. Love is self-giving, giving yourself to your beloved through feelings, thoughts and deeds. So devotion involves giving yourself loyally and with deep affection. Devotion also brings the meaning of humility which is humbling yourself before your beloved. A person practicing this form of devotion strives daily to let go of pride and arrogance. In pride and arrogance we don't have a single chance to love anyone or we can say that we are engrossed in our own thoughts and attainments that we have no love to spare or give. Lavender flowers also represent purity, silence and luck.

The color of Lavender, a soft shade of purple, is strongly feminine because purple is the color of royalty, the color lavender also speaks of elegance, grace, unique, special, romance and spiritual healing.

Lavender and love are ancient match. Here'a a story that tells us that Judith anointed herself with perfumes including lavender before seducing Holofernes, the enemy commander and this allowed her to murder him and thus save the city of Jerusalem. The power of this seductive scent also used by Cleopatra to seduce Julius Cesaer and Mark Antony.

Another ancient Christian reference to lavender involves how it got its scent. The plant is believed to have been taken from the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. According to the legend, the clothing of baby Jesus bestowed the scent when Mother Mary laid them upon a bush of dry. this may explained why the plant is also regarded as a holy safeguard against the evil.

As an herd, lavender has been documented use for over 2.5000 years. In ancient times lavender was used for mummification and perfume by the Egyptians, Phoenicians and peoples of Arabia.

Sources,
Lavender by Elen Spector Platt and Lavender: Practical Inspirations by Tess Evelegh