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| July 21, 2011 01:10PM |
Doug Weller Wrote:
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> He's adding it to the Wikipedia article. It was
> published in the Journal of ethnopharmacology.
Which Wikipedia article? the one on Osiris? or on the crowns of Egypt? In either case, there's only his word about the issue, except for an article on Osiris from Mabry (whom he references) or a passing reference from Abubakr (1937) about the crowns resembling a mushroom. Neither author is claiming that the deity or the crowns are actually personified mushrooms.
I've read Emboden and his theory about lotuses; they have more support, but in reality, the Nymphaeae caerulae (blue lotus/waterlily) embues a body with bioflavinoid effects rather than a psychotropic effect.
So, again, Berlant seems to have mushrooms on the brain: he sees them in everything, and IMO, it's only him who is seeing them.
Katherine Griffis-Greenberg
Doctoral Candidate
Oriental Institute
Doctoral Programme in Oriental Studies [Egyptology]
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom
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> He's adding it to the Wikipedia article. It was
> published in the Journal of ethnopharmacology.
Which Wikipedia article? the one on Osiris? or on the crowns of Egypt? In either case, there's only his word about the issue, except for an article on Osiris from Mabry (whom he references) or a passing reference from Abubakr (1937) about the crowns resembling a mushroom. Neither author is claiming that the deity or the crowns are actually personified mushrooms.
I've read Emboden and his theory about lotuses; they have more support, but in reality, the Nymphaeae caerulae (blue lotus/waterlily) embues a body with bioflavinoid effects rather than a psychotropic effect.
So, again, Berlant seems to have mushrooms on the brain: he sees them in everything, and IMO, it's only him who is seeing them.
Katherine Griffis-Greenberg
Doctoral Candidate
Oriental Institute
Doctoral Programme in Oriental Studies [Egyptology]
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom
| Subject | Author | Posted |
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Doug Weller | July 19, 2011 12:59PM |
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Hermione | July 19, 2011 03:47PM |
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Greg Reeder | July 20, 2011 12:15AM |
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Katherine Griffis-Greenberg | July 20, 2011 07:32AM |
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Doug Weller | July 20, 2011 08:29AM |
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Rich | July 20, 2011 01:57PM |
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Khazar-khum | July 20, 2011 03:22PM |
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Katherine Griffis-Greenberg | July 21, 2011 01:10PM |
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Rich | July 21, 2011 02:32PM |
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Katherine Griffis-Greenberg | July 21, 2011 03:22PM |
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