The Voice is a Goddess

In ancient Egypt the deity associated to singing was the Goddess Meret which was the embodiment of joyful sound and vocal praise carrying the sacred function of ritual chanting that maintains the divine order. Together with Meret we find also Hathor, the Goddess of music, dance, joy and love and

who with her powerful speech and magical utterance represented the master of the divine word.

The word for “voice” in sanskrit is vāk that in Rigveda texts is described as what brings the universe into existence. Vāk is also the name of a Vedic goddess personification of the divine speech that in later period became associated to Saraswati, the Goddess of wisdom that inspires poets. So she was the one with the power of creation, the force that “named” the humankind with the primordial sound.

Is also interesting to notice that in Arabic language the word for “voice” is the same for “sound” and is صوت (ṣawt).

Sufis say: “The voice is the only instrument created by God.”

We are all born in a sound and the birth cry is basically what we create to be heard express and start our process of self knowledge, self naming.

Shamans use their voice to cleanse the space with repetitive words, to call the spiritual guides, to offer blessings, food and reverence to Mother Nature, to create an anchor for the mind while accessing to the different levels of consciousness.

The voice of our mother when we are in her womb resonates during our whole existence. The power of her lullabies to make us asleep is like the chant of a shaman that accompany us in another state of existence and we can recall that voice anytime we want to connect with our childhood to look at ourselves with the most innocent and compassionate eyes.

The journey of unveiling our voice is all of this and more. There is evidence that when we sing we release physical and somatic tensions in the body and subtle body:

• the chest is felt more open and oxygenated

• face muscles are softened

• a sense of liberation in the area of the lower belly as we support the breath from the diaphragm..

• ..and this liberation goes deeper to the emotional level as we release blockages and old trapped emotions

About the last benefit there is much more to say. We often hide our voice in public, we silence it through self-judgment, childhood conditioning, or the belief that our voice is “not good enough.” But the voice is a gateway to healing, is a living vibration that when is consciously activated, confidence rises, clarity sharpens, and creativity flows effortlessly!

So now, let our voice be the guidance, let’s invoke the ancient Goddess and sing, chant, create weird sounds, hum allowing the vibrations to heal the nervous system!

In this picture I am in one of the rooms in Dendera Temple in Egypt. My voice came out naturally reverberating on the walls decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions and the images of Hathor and her son and the Pharaohs bringing offerings to her. Interesting enough this room was the place were they used to store the essential oils and incense to be used for rituals and ceremonies. In that moment I felt surrounded by a rich and delicate fragrance of roses...🌹

𓆃 Find here below the link to my chant in Dendera Temple 𓆃

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