On 06/08/2011 09:47, Morgan Leigh wrote:
I saw that too -
perhaps it was the way it was cut - as the eminent Egyptologist Alan
Lloyd kept saying there were no Egyptian sources -
but i would have liked him to comment on the section in medical Papyrus
Ebers -
perhaps he was asked but it was edited out ?
The problem is the misidentification by Napolean's botanists has
wrongfooted Egyptologists ever since -
I done a little more experiments having made the potion - although so
far have to confess i find it mainly a soporific -
(suppressing dreams could be a viable use in Egyptian context)
Although "Runic John" suggests I take it in the morning (ie when not
tired) -
which would fit with Egyptian use ... parties in early morning - bit
like Ramadan?
The symbolic interpretation concerns the idea that the inner bit of
plant resembles the rising sun -
therefore images of folk sniffing it are actually them looking in -
however others say the smell of egyptian
"lotus" very strong in natural habitat - but difficult to known if
people are talking about right botanical there.
Use of all this is in well know Egyptian techniques of sleep incubation
of dreams (for divination) -
hence the occurance in famous Egyptian dream manuals. -
"Ama et quod fac vis"
Mogg
> Greetings Mogg,
> Speaking of the blue lily, I saw sacred weeds recently where they did
> the blue lily. They were so skeptical. "No, it's purely symbolic", and
> then once the people had done it "Just because it had narcotic
> properties doesn't mean they used it that way"!!! I mean, seriously??
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Morgan Leigh
> PhD Candidate
> School of Sociology and Social Work
> University of Tasmania
>
> O
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