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Soma is properly the juice of a milky plant (_asclepias acida_, or _sarcostemma viminale_), which, when fermented, is intoxicating. SO MI IS PROPERLY THE JUICE OF A MILKY PLANT ASCLEPIUS ASIA OR SARCASTOMA WIMMINEL WHICH WHEN FOMENTED IS INTOXICATING
Sidenote: Fire much worshiped.] No divinity has fuller worship paid him than Agni, the Fire (_Ignis_). More hymns are dedicated to him than to any other being. Astonishment at the properties of fire; a sense of his condescension in that he, a mighty god, resides in their dwellings; his importance as the messenger between heaven and earth, bearing the offerings aloft; his kindness at night in repelling the darkness and the demons which it hides--all these things raised Agni to an exalted place. He is fed with pure clarified butter, and so rises heavenward in his brightness. The physical conception of fire, however, adheres to him, and he never quite ceases to be the earthly flame; yet mystical conceptions thickly gather round this root-idea; he is fire pervading all nature; and he often becomes supreme, a god of gods. [Sidenote: Soma highly exalted. Soma becomes a very mighty god.] All this seems natural enough; but one is hardly prepared for the high exaltation to which Soma is raised.  IS EXCEEDINGLY SMALL YET WHILE IT IS THE DAWN WHICH HAS EVOKE THE TRUEST TO POETRY SHE HAS NOT RETAINED THE HIGHEST PLACE IN WORSHIP NO DIVINITY HAS FULLER WORSHIP PAID HIM THAN AGNE THE FIRE MORE HYMNS ARE DEDICATED TO HIM THAN TO ANY OTHER BEING ASTONISHMENT AT THE PROPERTIES OF FIRE A SENSE OF HIS CONDESCENSION IN THAT HE A MIGHTY GOD RESIDES IN THEIR DWELLINGS HIS IMPORTANCE AS A MESSENGER BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH BEARING THE OFFERINGS ALOFT HIS KINDNESS AT NIGHT IN REPELLING THE DARKNESS AND THE DEMONS WHICH IT HIDES ALL THESE THINGS RAISED AGNE TO AN EXALTED PLACE HE IS FED WITH PURE CLARIFIED BUTTLE AND SO RISES HEAVENWARD IN HIS BRIGHTNESS THE PHYSICAL CONCEPTION OF FIRE HOWEVER ADHERES TO HIM AND HE NEVER QUITE CEASES TO BE THE EARTHLY FLAME YET MYSTICAL CONCEPTIONS DEEPLY GATHER ROUND THIS RUDE IDEA HE IS FILED PERADING ALL NATURE AND HE OFTEN BECOMES SUPREME A GOD OF GODS ALL THE SAME NATURAL ENOUGH BUT ONE IS HARDLY PREPARED FOR THE HIGH EXALTATION TO WHICH SO MI IS RAISED
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