Based on this hypothesis “humans have a very ancient tradition involving the use

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Based on this hypothesis “humans have a very ancient tradition involving the use of mind-altering experiences to produce profound, more or less spiritual and cultural understanding”, in an essay of 750–1000 words use the plant Nymphaea nouchali to argue for or against this hypothesis. To defend your argument, make sure you correctly identify what the archaeological data indicates about past uses of the plant. You also will need to provide the following background information:

A.The common and scientific names, as well as the family, to which the plant belongs.

B. Its geographic origins, current distribution, and current uses.

C. The chemical nature of the psychoactive principle, and its physiological effects.

(PLEASE ANSWER IN YOUR OWN WORD)

Explanation / Answer

We live in a age where a divine illution is dismissed as a hallucination, and the desire to experience a direct communication with God is often termed as Mental Illness. Humans have a very old tradition involving the use of mind altering experiences to produce profound, more or less spiritual and cultural understanding.

Traditionally, the use of majority of the mind altering drug plants have been strongly associated with ritual/religious activity. Customary or pre-industrial motivation for the ingestion of the psychoactive organic materials hace been dictated by spiritual and or medicinal requirement. Mind altering plants can produce altered state of consciousness depending upon the quality and quantity of the psychoactive material ingested.

Nymphaea nouchali is often known by its synonym- Nymphaea stellata.The common names are Blue lotus, Star lotus, red and Blue water lily. Its native to southern and eastern parts of Asia. Its the national flower of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

this is an aquatic plant , and is native of Afghanistan, Indian subcontinent, Taiwan, Southeast Asis and Australia. It is used as a garden flower in Thailand and Myanmar. It is found in the static or slow flowing aquatic habitat of low to moderate depth.

It is used as an ornamental plant for its spectacular flower and is most commonly used for the traditional and cultural festivals of Sri Lanka.

its also used an an Ayurvedic plant in Indian Ayurveda in the name Ambal, and is used to treat Indigestion. the Tubers and Rhizomes can be used as food items. Dried plants is used as Forage for the animals.

This plant was used in the Egyptian fresco depicting them as the components of funeral scenes. In the recent times these datas were further studied and it was interpreted that the Shamanistic priest who was of a high valued in the society, guided the soul of the living and the dead, provided for the transmutation of the sould into other bodies and the personification of plants as possessedd by human spirits. the use of this plant for ecstacy was proved by the papyri.

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