In afghanistan there is a plant called Som. It is an ephedra that produces a greenish docotion.
pbs.org/thestoryofindia/ask/answers_1.html From: richardatrwilliamsdotus <rich...@rwilliams.us> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 10:03 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Arctic Home in the Vedas! cardemaister: > That might be an "additional proof", that Bal > Gangadhar Tilak was right when he conjectured > that the Vedic culture as described in the > Rgveda (especially hymns to uSas [dawn]) > originates from quite far North... > This makes a lot of sense. The Sanskrit speaking composers of the the Rig Veda must have originated where the Soma was abundant. It is a fact that the Soma ingredients don't grow in the Himalayas. In contrast, Terence McKenna says that there are many observed instances of the use of hallucinogenic plants in places like Siberia and Finland. Soma was of course, was a decoction made from among other ingredients, mushroom of the Stroperia cubensis variety. So, when we find in the Rig Veda whole mantras devoted to Soma, we must assume that Soma was at the top of the list of forces to be propitiated. If you've ever eaten a so-called 'magic' mushroom, you would know what I mean. It's just awesome! So much more so for the Rig Veda composers, apparently, since they memorized and recited liturgies to Soma for over 3,000 years over a long distance from Siberia, to the Caucasus, to the steppes of Eurasia and hence into South Asia. According to what I've read, the composers of the Rig Veda DID NOT come out of India with the secret mantras to form the Indo-European group of languages as claimed by David Frawley. Read more: 'Soma in Indian Religion' Etheogens as Religious Sacrament http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/Etheogens.pdf Work cited: 'Food of the Gods' The search for the original tree of knowledge, a radical history of plants, drugs, and human evolution. By Terence McKenna Bantam, 1992
