The Greek Goddess of health and cleanliness was called Hygieia or Hygeia. Our English word, hygiene, came from this goddess. The word hygieia didn't translate specifically to health but rather meant "wholeness" or "soundness." The goddess Hygeia was represented by the rose and the pentagram. As I'm not going to be handing out candy today, I think with this article one should ask themselves some questions. I'll point you in the right direction and then you should look everything up for yourselves. The better your research, the more you will understand the way your brain functions and how to become healthier. Ask yourself, or research it, what do the points of a pentagram mean? What is the fifth point and what does it stand for? What does sound have to do with health? What part of the brain is larger in musicians than in non-musicians? What other mythological figure has similar symbols of the rose and the pentagram? By the way, the goddess Hygeia is often painted or sculpted holding a jar, sound familiar?
The concept of Hygeia or hygiene is related to disease. Most diseases are the result of unhygienic practices. With proper sanitation, clean surroundings and clean air and food most illnesses can be prevented. In hospitals, doctors have to sanitize their hands and operating rooms so their patients don't get infections. For autoimmune diseases or HIV/AIDS, whether it is Africa or America, there is a common theme of an unhygienic environment or unclean circumstances which facilitate transmission. Hygiene doesn't just refer to cleaning one's room, or not having sex in the shower at the gym, but also means cleanliness or purity of one's mental, emotional and psychological health. It seems that cleanliness is next to godliness, or rather, is next to GODDESSLINESS.
