How did they use it? For decades, Egyptologists could have misunderstood. How was the Psychoactive Blue Lotus that grew on the banks of the Nile River thousands of years ago? A study reveals what happened with the psychoactive lotus used by the Egyptians.
Few plants are more famous in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus. It is an impressive nerve that stars in some of the most significant archaeological discoveries. Researchers found their petals covering the body of King Tutankhamun when opening his grave in 1922. Its flowers usually decorate old papyrus rolls.
Comparing lotos
The scholars have long raised the hypothesis that these water lies, when soak in wine, release psychedelic properties. They were used in hallucinations and sex rituals dating from about 3,000 years ago. Today, it is marketed online as a relaxing flower, which can be smoked in a vaporizer or infusing in tea.
According to Liam Mcevoy, Mcevoy, anthropologist at Berkeley points out that what is sold today is not the Egyptian blue lotus. He compared authentic plants that grow in the Botanical Garden of California with samples sold in markets such as ETSY.
Mcevoy believes that Egyptologists could have misunderstood for decades how the Psychoactive Blue Lotus was consumed. He learned about the importance of Egyptian blue lotus through ancient classes and artifacts of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Berkeley. I wanted to know if the plants used in ancient Egypt were the same as they were supposedly available online.
Disassembling myths
He used mass spectrometry to obtain a general idea of the chemical composition of the samples. He discovered that the nuciferine levels were much higher in the verified Egyptian Lotus than in the Etsy flower. This proved that flowers sold online are actually a visually striking, common and non -psychoactive
The psychoactive lotus used by the Egyptians is far from what now exists. Mcevoy’s findings deepen the general understanding about ancient Egypt. And question the supplements with lotus aroma that are sold online today. In ancient times, the ceremonial drink of the day could have been a potion of oil and wine with lotus flowers. Today, the promises of what is marketed online as a miraculous elixir for well -being seems too good to be reality.
