![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The true origins of the soma beverage have been lost in the millennia since its use, but that has not stopped modern day scholars from putting out many fascinating theories about what specific plants and effects these ancient people were so enamored with that they held them at the core of their religious practice. These vivid descriptions paint a picture of a plant extract that was known for increasing awareness, imparting visionary mystical experiences, and helping those who took it to feel strong sensations of bliss, light, poetic inspiration, and immortality. Celebrated in both Hindu and Zoroastrian traditions and scripture, this beverage - which is talked about at length in spiritual texts like the Vedas - is widely thought to have been a potent psychedelic, and it was certainly of immense importance in religious ceremonies. One of the most compelling mysteries surrounding the ancient use of psychedelics revolves around the ritual concoction known as soma. Since then, new theories have abounded about the origins of soma. Psychedelics advocate Glenn Wasson first proposed the theory in the 1960s that the Amanita muscaria mushroom was, in fact, the ancient Indian psychedelic called soma. ![]()
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