Thanks for the link. I have always been taught that Ayahuasca emerged from the jungles of the Amazon. But something never felt quite correct with that and I often wondered if that assumption was incorrect. What if it goes back much earlier? What if another culture brought it to the Amazon? The ancient Egyptians revered Acacia trees, an abundant source of DMT. We also know that Syrian Rue grew wild all around ancient Egypt. With the Egyptian's advanced knowledge of chemistry (Khem - istry) and alchemy (Al - Khem - Y) I find it inconceivable that the ancient Egyptians did not know how to extract and purify DMT from Acacia roots and extract and purify Harmalas from Syrian Rue. Certainly they would have also formulated it into a combined powerful powder or drink. This article supports that theory that DMT + Harmalas (Ayahuasca or whatever else you want to call it) originated in ancient Egypt, then spread outward to other areas like the Amazon and India, etc using whatever similar plants were in that area to construct an a analogue brew or extracted and purified powder.
The article also refers to this brew as “The Blood of Christ”! What if the Bible passages that refer to this actually meant a potent psychoactive brew instead of wine or the literal blood of a human? The Moses story also always struck me as a situation where he brewed up Acacia root with Syrian Rue and had a powerful visionary experience. The 'burning bush' was the Syrian Rue plant where one of the powerful components of the brew he drank came from.
Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous.
— Terence McKenna
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