[FairfieldLife] Re: Churning the Milk Ocean

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The most popular version of the Indian myth 'Churning the Milk Ocean' is found in the Eighth Canto of the Bhagavata Purana. In Buddhist mythology, Amrita is the drink of the gods, which grants them

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churning the Milk Ocean

2006-04-05 Thread Richard J. Williams
anon_astute_ff wrote: Interesting how people want to assume that Soma is current hallucinogens. Hallucinogen ingestion has existed since the beginning of plant cultivation. Apparently one of the first plants domesticated by man was the barley plant, from which the ancients made beer. Closely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churning the Milk Ocean

2006-04-05 Thread anon_astute_ff
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anon_astute_ff wrote: Interesting how people want to assume that Soma is current hallucinogens. Hallucinogen ingestion has existed since the beginning of plant cultivation. Apparently one of the first

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churning the Milk Ocean

2006-04-05 Thread hanumanhoffman9
Jaya Guru Datta Here is an excerpt on the Churning and Kurma incarnation of Lord Vishnu: http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktimala/Jan97/Incarnations.html Next is Kurma Avatara. The incarnation as a tortoise. God came and got Amrita for the Devatas. The demons were deprived of it. God did

[FairfieldLife] Re: Churning the Milk Ocean

2006-04-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anon_astute_ff wrote: Interesting how people want to assume that Soma is current hallucinogens. Hallucinogen ingestion has existed since the beginning of plant cultivation. Apparently one of the first