Lotus Lowdown
Posted by Switters
Blue Lotus, or as it's known by its proper scientific name, Nymphaea Caerulea, is a flower with pale blue-white petals. Also called 'Sacred Lotus', this plant was revered by the ancient Egyptians as is obvious from the prolific depictions in their surviving artwork.Interpretations of Egyptian pictograms reveal that their culture made a practice of drinking wine infused with Lotus flowers during spiritual ceremonies for the purpose of connecting with the divine.
Appearing to support this theory is the recent discovery that Blue Lotus contains several psychoactive alkaloids found to have mind altering and mood enhancing properties when ingested. Users report effects such as heightened awareness, relaxation, euphoria, and lessening of inhibitions. Descriptive words such as 'giggly', 'silly', 'smiley', 'touchy' and the like are typically used to describe Blue Lotus effects. Altered perception of lights, colors, and sounds in particular are commonly reported.
The active alkaloids in Blue Lotus are thought to be aporphine and nuciferine. Although the effects are most certainly far less intense than with other famous psychoactive compounds such as MDMA ('Ecstacy'), LSD, or the like, it's probably for the best, because you might notice that those substances are now illegal, and Blue Lotus most likely never will be because of the far from incapacitating quality of the experience.
It appears that the Egyptians didn't just use wine in order to extract the Lotus alkaloids, as it's been documented that alcohol has amplifying properties with the effects of Blue Lotus.
As to the inevitable question of "Does it really do anything, and if so, what is it like?", yours truly can say from personal experience that yes, it definitely does something, and the effects are undeniably pleasant.
Anyone interested in finding out for themselves why the Egyptians were so 'ga-ga" over Lotus have a surprising variety of Blue Lotus products to choose from, ranging from powdered extracts, to Blue Lotus teas, and even Lotus enhanced hot cocoa.
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