Soma

Sacred drug of the ancient hindus.

Many identities have been proposed for soma over the years. R. Gordon Wasson recognized it to be an entheogen, and provided solid evidence for his own candidate, the A. muscaria mushroom, although the identity can never be known for certain.

Soma is also the brand name of a prescription muscle-relaxant, and the drug in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"

Documents:

• Amanita Muscaria as the Plant/God Soma of the Rigveda
• Amanita Muscaria - Mycopharmacological Outline & Personal Experiences by Francesco Festi and Antonio Bianchi
  Critical overview of the mycological, ethnobotanical, chemical and pharmacological data & Personal Experiences

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Contacts and URLs:

• Hedonistic Imperative > Soma entry from The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances by Richard Rudgley (related items...)

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