Unveiling the Sacred Plant: Reidentifying Soma, Haoma, and the Assyrian Sacred Tree
Soma, the sacred plant of the Rigveda, and its Iranian counterpart Haoma in the Avesta, have long remained shrouded in mystery. While earlier scholarship identified Soma with various candidates such as Amanita muscaria, Ephedra, Cannabis, and Peganum harmala, no consensus has emerged. This study offers a multidisciplinary approach, combining textual analysis, fieldwork in the Kutch region of...