Botanical Ecstasies
2021·69 pages
A scholarly exploration of psychoactive plant formulas like soma/hoama, proposing an ayahuasca-like complex from various species.
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A scholarly exploration of psychoactive plant formulas like soma/hoama, proposing an ayahuasca-like complex from various species.
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"Soma and hoama are among the earliest recorded plants that produce religious ecstasy. Mentioned in the sacred texts of the Brahmans, the Vedas, and in the Zoroastrian Avesta respectively, the mystery of their identity has long been contested by scholars. Many plants and fungi have been proposed, including Amanita muscaria and Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), and even ergot (from which LSD was first derived). None of which, however, reliably fit available eviden...
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Central scholarly focus on soma, psychedelics, and ayahuasca-like plant formulas
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Vedic and Zoroastrian texts; religious ecstasy and mysticism central
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