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It is surely extraordinary that the Aryas could apply such hyperbolical laudations to the liquor which they had made to trickle into the vat, and which they knew to be the juice of a plant they had cut down on the mountains and pounded in a mortar; and that intoxication should be confounded with inspiration. IT IS SURELY EXTRAORDINARY THAT THE ARDIERS COULD APPLY SUCH HYPOBOLICAL LAUDATIONS TO THE LIQUOR WHICH THEY HAD MADE TO TRICKLE INTO THE WAT AND WHICH THEY KNEW TO BE THE JUICE OF A PLANT THEY HAD CUT DOWN ON THE MOUNTAINS AND POUNDED IN IMMORTAR AND THAT INTOXICATION SHOULD BE CONFOUNDED WITH INSPIRATION
r, 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. Soma is properly the juice of a milky plant (_asclepias acida_, or _sarcostemma viminale_), which, when fermented, is intoxicating. The simple-minded Aryas were both astonished and delighted at its effects; they liked it themselves; and they knew nothing more precious to present to their gods. Accordingly, all of these rejoice in it. Indra in particular quaffs it "like a thirsty stag;" and under its exhilarating effects he strides victoriously to battle. Soma itself becomes a god, and a very mighty one; he is even the creator and father of the gods;[3] the king of gods and men;[4] all creatures are in his hand. 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 SO MI IS PROPERLY THE JUICE OF A MILKY PLANT ASCLEPIUS ASIA OR SARCASTOMA WIMMINEL WHICH WHEN FOMENTED IS INTOXICATING THE SIMPLE MINDED ARIAS WERE BOTH ASTONISHED AND DELIGHTED AT ITS EFFECTS THEY LIKED IT THEMSELVES AND THEY KNEW NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS TO PRESENT TO THEIR GODS ACCORDINGLY ALL OF THESE REJOICE IN IT HINDRA IN PARTICULAR COUGHS IT LIKE A THIRSTY STAG AND UNDER ITS EXHILARATING EFFECTS HE STRIDES VICTORIOUSLY TO BATTLE SO MY ITSELF BECOMES A GOD AND A VERY MIGHTY ONE HE IS EVEN THE CREATOR AND FATHER OF THE GODS THE KING OF GODS AND MEN ALL CREATURES ARE IN HIS HAND
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