Asclepias acida

The AA, one A bright and the other A shadowed, symbolises that half the work is visible and half is veiled. Sir Francis Bacon later entwined the two letters with hyacinth flowers, or the herb Asclepias acida, representing the golden flower of alchemy. This flower, though golden in nature, is the hyaeinthine color of blue or the sapphire blue of the hermaphrodite ... 

This elixir was made from the climbing plant Asclepias acida ( AA ), which is milkweed. This is a similar herb to the European swallowwort or Vincetoxicum hirundanaria. It is a medicinal antidote whose name means defeat the poison. The first century CE Greek physician and pharmacologist, Dioscorides, called the plant the dog strangler and wrote that the leaves it mixed with meat could kill dogs, wolves and foxes.In the Switzerland, swallowwort is called the Master Herb and in. Austria Jewish herb or White Cross herb. 

The Persians and Indians both made their sacred drinks, Hoama and soma, from fermented Asclepias acida juice, mixed with milk, butter or honey.After drinking the nectar, the adept entered a death-like state for several days. Upon waking, he experienced a state of ecstasy for a few days with higher consciousness, visionary powers, inexhaustible strength and vitality. All 114 hymns in the ninth book of the Rig Veda (circa 1500 BCE) are dedicated to soma ... 

The Soma plant Asclepias acida has small, fragrant white flowers at the end of its branches and few leaves. Christian graves in Rome s catacombs have drawings of a variety of this plant showing long fruits, which is not found in Europe. 

While in times that are more recent, the Persians made Soma from Asclepias acida, some scholars now suggest that the ancient recipes in the Rig Veda strongly imply that Soma was made from two stones or rocks (adrau) in the mountains (girau). It is quite likely that Soma had its tme source in metals before they used hallucinogenic plants like Asclepias acida and more recently. Cannabis... 

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