Syrian Rue once was an evil witch..

[pitubo]

I found a little bedouin story about syrian rue on the net.
http://www.acacialand.com/Harmla.html

.. Her husband grabbed her by the hair and cut off her head with his sword, crying out for her to become a bush so repulsive that even donkeys could not eat more than one mouthful of it. ..

 

[downwardsfromzero]

Funny how many plants of power have stories of their origins as some human or part thereof!

"From the poison in her belly erupted snakes that pushed the flames away." - This line stood out to me somehow.

The whole story also resonates with the tradition that harmel/esfand is used for protection against they evil eye.

Interesting stuff, thanks!

 

[kerelsk]

This reminds me of one of my visions from the first few times I was attempting consuming 3g crushed syrian rue + a. confusa brew.

I was just meditating lying down, looking into myself and trying to see what syrian rue was. It approached as a weak vision, almost as if seen in the mirage of a hot desert: a stout, gnarled crone. With a voice and visions.
Lots of harmalas in my experience with smaller amounts of dmt can produce more dreamscape-type imagery.

I feel that each encounter with the plant is unique in its presentation, even so it has a noticeable signature. Each trip is very different.

btw... acacialand.com is an awesome domain name

 

[Intezam]

hahaha.....a poison that causes restlessness? Sounds familiar :lol:

We also didn't know that they still have beduin shamans (fugara). So this is all very interesting.

However.....if we had to choose, we'd rather choose the fuqara over the fugara

 

[BecometheOther]

that acacia land site is really awesome,

This guy is saying that they have indeed been combining rue and acacia for a long time now. Among other really cool things. Check it out!