Haoma and Harmaline: The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Scared Hallucinogen, 'Soma' and its Legacy in Religion, Language, and Middle Eastern Folklore'. By David Stophlet Flattery and Martin Schwartz.
Contents include: Historical and Geographical Availability of Harmel, Ethnobotanic Continuity of Sauma in Iran, The Evidence of Zoroastrian Rituals, and more! Fascinating, scientific account of hallucinogenic drugs.
Flattery & Schwartz use the Avesta as their primary source for considering the identity of soma/haoma (the two words are etymologically identical, the former coming from the Indian branch and the latter from the Iranian branch of Proto-Indo-Iranian). And from the Avesta, they place a particular emphasis on Yasna 9, 10, and 11... texts whose origins have been estimated to be some time roughly in the two centuries preceding the birth of Christ (which puts them at least a millennium later than the Vedas). MsSVig
Contents include: Historical and Geographical Availability of Harmel, Ethnobotanic Continuity of Sauma in Iran, The Evidence of Zoroastrian Rituals, and more! Fascinating, scientific account of hallucinogenic drugs.
Flattery & Schwartz use the Avesta as their primary source for considering the identity of soma/haoma (the two words are etymologically identical, the former coming from the Indian branch and the latter from the Iranian branch of Proto-Indo-Iranian). And from the Avesta, they place a particular emphasis on Yasna 9, 10, and 11... texts whose origins have been estimated to be some time roughly in the two centuries preceding the birth of Christ (which puts them at least a millennium later than the Vedas). MsSVig
