--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "wtsdv" <liberty@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Marco Moretti"
> <marcomoretti69@...> wrote:
> >
> > I believe that soma is the amanita muscaria.
>
> Original ritual *sauma was clearly ephedra, with or without
> additional varying ingredients added.
This is an excellent topic for further elaboration on myth-making by
indologists.
Soma is not a myth; the writings about it by modern-day scholars are
attempts at creating a myth.
Soma is a commodity, purchased for a life-activity. More on this,
later, with particular reference to the semantics of ams'u. And, if
the list permits, about hom 'gold' and the rebus: homa 'bison'.
What are the etymological grounds for the faith that ams'u
means 'stalk'?