Origanum majorana

Sweet Marjoram, Knotted Marjoram

Message of the Flower

The New Birth

The Mother’s Comment

Birth into the true consciousness, that of the Divine Presence in us.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

When I speak of "New Birth", I am always speaking of the birth of a new consciousness.

The Mother

What is called "new birth" is the birth into the spiritual life, the spiritual consciousness; it is to carry in oneself something of the spirit which, individually, through the soul, can begin to rule the life and be the master of existence.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1957 - 1958: 26 November 1958

You become a new person, and whatever may be the path or the difficulties of the path afterwards, that feeling never leaves you. It is not even something—like many other experiences—which withdraws, passes into the background, leaving you externally with a kind of vague memory to which it is difficult to cling, whose remembrance grows faint, blurred—it is not that. You are a new person and definitively that, whatever happens. And even all the incapacity of the mind, all the difficulties of the vital, all the inertia of the physical are unable to change this new state—a new state which makes a decisive break in the life of the consciousness. The being one was before and the being one is after, are no longer the same. The position one has in the universe and in relation to it, in life and in relation to it, in understanding and in relation to it, is no longer the same: it is a true reversal which can never be undone again.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1957 - 1958: 4 June 1958

Colour

White or mauve

Family

Labiatae

Person who named the flower

Carl Linnaeus

Flower Size

Small, typically a few millimeters across

Flower Texture

Soft

Number of Petals

The flowers are tiny, with a few petal-like lobes

Floral Symmetry

Bilateral

Fragrance of Flower

Fragrant, with a sweet, spicy aroma

Leaf Texture

Slightly hairy

Leaf Arrangement

Opposite

Leaf Color

Green

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

Herbaceous perennial

Life Cycle

Perennial in warm climates, often grown as an annual in cooler regions

Blooming Period

Summer

Climate

Prefers warm, temperate climates

Water Requirements

Moderate, prefers well-drained soil

Soil Type

Loamy, well-drained

Temperature Ranges

Does best in temperatures between 60-80F (15-27C)

Sun or Shade

Full sun to partial shade

Susceptibility to Insects and Diseases

Susceptible to spider mites and root rot in poorly drained soils

Pollinators

Attracts bees and other pollinating insects

Habitat

Native to the Mediterranean region, cultivated worldwide

Role in the Ecosystem

Attracts beneficial insects, used as a companion plant in gardens

Quotations

Not specifically noted

Ornamental

Grown for its aromatic leaves and small, attractive flowers

Uses in Other Aspects of Life

Essential oils in aromatherapy

Endangered Status

Not endangered