SOMA

sōˈmə, psychotropic plant, the juice of which was sometimes drunk as part of the Vedic sacrifice (see Veda). Many hymns in the Rig-Veda are in praise of soma. In the late Vedic period substitutes for soma came to be used, and the original plant was lost. It has recently been identified with the fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, used in Siberian shamanism.

See R. G. Wasson, Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality (1971).

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books on: Soma  - 2070 results

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Living Religions of the World
Book by Frederic Spiegelberg; Prentice-Hall, 1956
Subjects: Religion--Philosophy, Religions
...enjoy the delicious abundantly honored Soma food, which all Gods and mortals, pronouncing...thou avertest the anger of the gods; Soma, enjoying the friendship of Indra, mayest...a swift horse its burden. We drink the Soma, may we become immortal; we have attained...
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The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective
Book by Ingrid Monson; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Blacks--Music--History And Criticism, Music--Africa--History And Criticism
...hell be after you too soma denke folo ye soma do di The somas first child is also a soma Hali soma musoni...involved in sorcery hali soma kuna fugula ye soma do di Even the somas hat is a soma hali soma kanda juru ke somaya la Even the...
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Epic Mythology
Book by E. Washburn Hopkins; Motilal Banarasidass, 1969
Subjects: Mythology, Hindu
...the favorite wife of Soma. Dak a gave the twenty...zodiac (his daughters) to Soma. The remaining twenty-six objected to Somas partiality for Rohi i...12 (by inference), Somas father is thus made out...this derivation, making Soma rise at the churning of...
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The Sacred Thread: Hinduism in Its Continuity and Diversity
Book by J. L. Brockington; Edinburgh University Press, 1981
Subjects: Hinduism
...offered to Indra and Vayu. The filtered soma next flows into jars or vats where it is...milk to sweeten it. This admixture brings Soma into a special relationship with the Waters...a thunderer and a loud- sounding god. Soma is a bull and the waters are his cows whom...
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Classifying the Universe: The Ancient Indian Varna System and the Origins of Caste
Book by Brian K. Smith; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects: Caste--India--History
...palasa resin: the palasa tree is Soma, and Soma is the moon, and that moon is one...parn a = palasa tree is called "Somas terrible power ugram sahas ," and...the sacrificer "the drinking of soma," just as the use of the palasa...
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Vier Grosse Galizische Erzahler Im Exil: H. W. Katz, Soma Morgenstern, Manes Sperber Und Joseph Roth
Journal article by Anne Fuchs; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Vier grosse galizische Erzahler im Exil: H.W. Katz, Soma Morgenstern, Manes Sperber und Joseph Roth (Book)--Book reviews
...Galizische Erzahler Im Exil: H. W. Katz, Soma Morgenstern, Manes Sperber Und Joseph...galizische Erzahler im Exil: H. W. Katz, Soma Morgenstern, Manes Sperber und Joseph...essays deal with a lesser-known figure, Soma Morgenstern, whose work has been rediscovered...
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The Adventures of a Japanese Monk in Colonial Korea: Soma Shoei's Zen Training with Korean Masters
Journal article by Hwansoo Kim; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 36, 2009
Subjects: Colonialism, Japan, Korea, Monasteries, Monks, Religious studies
...financial support throughout Somas trips across Korea. In return, Soma contributed diaries and...place for Abe to send Soma to begin practicing. Somas first impression of the...left a deep imprint in Somas mind. Soma reflects, "I believe...
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Kaundinya, Preah Thaong, and the "Nagi Soma": Some Aspects of a Cambodian Legend
Journal article by Rudiger Gaudes; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 52, 1993
Subjects: Cambodia--History, Folklore and nationalism--Cambodia, Khmers--Literature, Legends--Cambodia, Mythology--Cambodia
...Kaundinya, Preah Thaong, and the "Nagi Soma": some aspects of a Cambodian legend...ye as his queen, and gave her the name Soma, i.e., "moon daughter" or "moon...Thaong; Queen Liu-ye is called Neang Soma or Neang Neak. The land is also called...
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The Indissociable Unity of Psyche and Soma: a View from the Paris Psychosomatic School1
Journal article by Marilia Aisenstein; International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 87, 2006
Subjects: Cognition & reasoning, Hospitals, Psychoanalysis
The Indissociable Unity of Psyche and Soma: a View from the Paris Psychosomatic School1...to the old mind/body problem, the psyche/soma dualism. In transferring the duality psyche/soma on to the duality of the drives, psychoanalysis...
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Psyche and Soma: Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-body Problem from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
Journal article by Julius Rocca; Medical History, Vol. 47, 2003
Psyche and Soma: Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind...Wright and Paul Potter (eds), Psyche and soma: physicians and metaphysicians on the mind...relationship between soul (psyche) and body (soma)" (p. 37). Robinson summarizes how...
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Ploughing the Clouds
Magazine article by Dp; Whole Earth, Summer 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma (Book)--Reviews
...PLOUGHING THE CLOUDS by DP The Search for Irish Soma Peter Lamborn Wilson. 1999; 150 pp. $14.95. City Lights. Hymns of praise for Soma are central to the Rg Veda, the oldest...Europeans. Students generally agree that Soma is a plant (if we include mushrooms...
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CVS Wades Further into the E-pharmacy Pool
Magazine article by Harris Fleming Jr.; Drug Topics, Vol. 143, June 7, 1999
Subjects: Acquisitions & mergers, CVS Corp, Chain stores, Drug stores, Electronic commerce, Soma Corp, United States, Web sites
...giant CVS would buy e-pharmacy upstart Soma.com in an all-stock deal valued at...June. According to CVS CEO Tom Ryan and Soma.com founder/CEO Tom Pigott, melding...it will expand the sites offerings when Soma.com comes into the fold. Prescription...
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Products
Magazine article; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 68, January 2006
Subjects: Safety equipment and supplies industry, Safety equipment industry
...Occupational Medicine Assocs., Inc., SOMA Div., Melville, NY WBR Engineering Inc...Occupational Medicine Assocs., Inc., SOMA Div., Melville, NY Technovation Systems...Occupational Medicine Assocs., Inc., SOMA Div., Melville, NY Expert Witness Circle...
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How Shall I Think about Death?
Magazine article by Loyal Rue; The Humanist, Vol. 55, July 1995
Subjects: Annihilationism--Analysis, Death--Analysis, Life (Biology)--Analysis
...body and may be viewed collectively as the soma line. The difference between the germ line and the soma line develops into a body whose job it is...The strategy is simple and elegant: the soma line is the instrument of the germ line...
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Pharmacists Play Key Role in New Internet Pharmacy
Magazine article by Carol Ukens; Drug Topics, Vol. 143, February 15, 1999
Subjects: Customer relations, Drug stores, Internet, Pharmacists, Roles, United States
...basis," said Tom Pigott, Soma president and founder. "Large...of service. We believe that Soma.coms pharmacists will have...in our Internet pharmacy." Somas licensed dispensing facility...on the Webs outlaw fringes, Soma officials have promised that...
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Clubbing: THE DJ Q & A; THE Digital Age Is Revolutionising Dance Music, Propelling How We Consume Clubbing in a New Way. at the Forefront of This Is Soma, One of the Most Respected Independent Labels in the Industry. It Is Preparing for a Future Away from Vinyl, Embracing New Technology and Even Branching off onto Their Own Show on Xfm Scotland. Dave Clarke Has Been at the Label from the Start and Is Still Pushing Boundaries. SOMA
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 14, 2007
...Clubbing in a New Way. at the Forefront of This Is Soma, One of the Most Respected Independent Labels...the Start and Is Still Pushing Boundaries. SOMA. Byline: stuart barrie Q HOWS life in the Soma stable? A GOOD thanks.We did well with albums...
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THIS TIME WE'LL BEAT YOU... NOT CHEAT YOU; Soma Reckons Rapid Will Give Celts a New Reason to Hate Them
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 1, 2009
...TIME WELL BEAT YOU... NOT CHEAT YOU; Soma Reckons Rapid Will Give Celts a New Reason to Hate Them. Byline: CRAIG SWAN RAGNVALD SOMA last night insisted he wants Rapid Vienna...tonights match. Former West Ham defender Soma knows he and his team-mates are stepping...
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The Razz: Clubbing Nation: Soma LIKE IT HOT; Tune into Jobs in Music Industry with Record Label's Series of Courses
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 29, 2004
The Razz: Clubbing Nation: Soma LIKE IT HOT; Tune into Jobs in Music Industry...EDUCATION might be the track from Slam that put Soma on the map,but the record label is gearing...a very different style of teaching with Soma Skool. The Glasgow-based label, that...
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Soma Vaults to NCAAs
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), May 28, 2005
Soma Vaults to NCAAs. Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard Kate Soma went from a no-height to a winning height in two short...but on Friday she was soaring again. The 5-foot-1 Soma outdueled an NCAA West Region Track Field Championships...
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PLAYTIME ON THE RED SEA; the Luxury Hotels and the Calm, Inviting Waters of Egypt's Soma Bay Will Entertain Waterbabies. and Relax Their Frazzled Parents
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 30, 2010
Subjects: Hotels and motels--Egypt
...and the Calm, Inviting Waters of Egypts Soma Bay Will Entertain Waterbabies. and Relax...dont need anything stronger to relax in Soma Bay than a swimming costume, a good book...staggering through the desert and stumbled upon Soma Bay, youd dismiss it as a mirage and wobble...
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encyclopedia articles on: Soma  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Soma
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOMA so m , psychotropic plant, the juice of which was sometimes...see Veda ). Many hymns in the Rig-Veda are in praise of soma. In the late Vedic period substitutes for soma came to be used, and the original plant was lost. It has...
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Veda
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...invoked by the hymns or mantras . Offerings of food, butter, or soma are prepared and offered to the fire, which as an intermediary...seeing god of justice, guardian of the cosmic order or rita. Soma personifies the plant whose intoxicating juice was offered as...
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Psychosomatic Medicine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...disturbances that are manifested as physical disorders. The term psychosomatic emphasizes essential unity of the psyche and the soma, a combination rooted in ancient Greek medicine. Common disorders caused at least partly by psychological factors include childhood...
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Somalia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOMALIA soma le , country (2005 est. pop. 8,591,000), 246,200 sq mi (637,657 sq km), extreme E Africa. It is directly south...
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Somare, Sir Michael Thomas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOMARE, SIR MICHAEL THOMAS soma ra, 1936 , Papua New Guinea political leader. He was a teacher and radio journalist before his 1968 election to the territorial...


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