De-Armor the Heart
An Oil Blend for Softening & Opening the Heart
In the ancient Sumerian myth, Inanna—Goddess of Heaven and Earth—chooses to descend into the underworld to visit her sister, Goddess Ereshkigal. In preparation for this journey, Inanna adorns herself in sacred regalia—her crown, her jewels, and her royal robes—and sets out to pass through the seven gates that separate her realm from that of her sister.
At each gate, she is stopped and asked to remove one piece of what she wears.
Her crown is taken. Then her necklace and jewelry. Then her breastplate, her royal instruments, and her robes. One by one, the markers of her identity and authority are stripped away.
With each step deeper into the underworld, she becomes less recognizable as the powerful goddess she once appeared to be. By the time she reaches the final gate, she stands completely unadorned—no titles, no protection, no armor to shield her.
When Inanna enters the throne room of Ereshkigal, she is not met with compassion, but with the full force of the underworld’s truth. She is judged, struck down, and hung on a hook—lifeless.
This is a stark and sobering moment in the story: the realization that there are thresholds in life where power, control, and identity cannot carry us forward.
Surrender is the only option.
Yet the story does not end in the underworld. After a time, help is sent, and Inanna is restored to life. She rises and begins her ascent back through the gates. But she does not return as she was. Having released everything that once defined and protected her, she emerges changed—stripped of illusion, intimately acquainted with both loss and truth.
Inanna’s descent is a sacred unraveling. It reminds us that the layers we wear to protect the heart—our roles, our defenses, our carefully constructed identities—cannot follow us into the deepest places of healing. To truly transform, we must be willing to release, piece by piece, what we no longer need to carry.
What remains is not emptiness, but essence: a heart no longer armored, but clear, present, and profoundly alive.
De-Armoring the Heart ~ An Essential Oil Blend
Today’s blend is crafted for the sacred act of opening the heart—of gently, consciously releasing the hurt, anger, and fear that have bound your inner light in bands of iron.
This is not a passive softening. It is a willing unraveling.
Like Inanna at the gates of the underworld, you are invited to meet the layers that have kept you safe—your identity, your defenses, the beliefs you’ve built in the name of protection—and, one by one, begin to loosen your grip on them.
This isn’t a blend for the faint of heart. It asks for presence. For honesty. For the courage to feel what has long been held beneath the surface. Not to force it open, but to allow it to soften, in its own timing, in its own wisdom.
Because the heart was never meant to remain armored.
And what waits beneath the armor is not weakness—but something far more powerful: truth, tenderness, and a quiet, unshakable strength that no longer needs to defend itself.
De-Armor the Heart
Rhododendron x 2 drops ~ melt away the armor over your heart
Geranium x 1 drop ~ nurture your heart and help it open
Orange x 2 drops ~ let yourself feel joy
Place these drops in your diffuser and let your heart open.
I hope this blend finds you when your heart needs it most.
Thank you so much for reading and walking this sacred path with me. If you’ve enjoyed this journey, please subscribe and share—it helps this little garden continue to thrive.
UR Sacred AF,
~ Camille Marie, Phoenix Temple