Here, you can learn about:
๐ธ How to prepare and drink Blue Lotus
๐ธ The medicine of Blue Lotus
๐ธ How to hold a Blue Lotus tea ceremony
๐ธ Blue Lotus and the journey of the soul
๐ธ Blue Lotus and the Egyptian Mysteries.
Every flower you buy has been blessed with love and prayers, in my shrine room.
May Blue Lotus help you unwind, deepen your soul’s journey, and bring you much joy and delight!
๐ธ How to prepare and drink Blue Lotus
You can simply prepare an infusion of Blue Lotus by adding the flowers to hot water.
๐ธ For a mild, everyday dose, use 1-2 flowers per small pot (about 1g).
๐ธ For a ceremonial dose, use 4-5 flowers per small pot (2-3g).
She works really well…
๐ธ as an iced tea
๐ธ as a base for ceremonial cacao
๐ธ as a pressรฉ, by diluting iced tea with soda water
Blue Lotus is a mild plant medicine, but we recommend a lower dose, when trying for the first time, and that you take responsibility to check you have no medical contraindications. We recommend you do not work, drive or operate machinery for several hours, when taking ceremonial doses.
๐ธ The medicine of Blue Lotus
There is so much to say about the medicinal benefits of Blue Lotus.
The entheogen apomorphine stimulates serotonin and dopamine production, balances the central nervous system and relieves anxiety and panic, and is even said to prevent Parkinson’s disease. Her sedative effects are a useful relaxant and sleep aid.
Thanks to alkaloids in the plant, blue Lotus increases our libido and stimulates our sensuality and fertility. I find myself feeling subtly aroused when I drink Blue Lotus, so she is a welcome guest for any romantic rendez-vous.
The entheogen nuciferine is also present and acts and is said to relieve symptoms of depression and PTSD and even to act as a mild antipsychotic. Many people, myself included, find her influence to be grounding, as well as widening the field of awareness and gifting a sense of perspective.
This entheogen is also an analgesic and an anti-inflammatory, so can relieve symptoms of pain and stiffness.
The antioxidants and flavonoids present in Blue Lotus help maintain our body’s balance by neutralising free-radicals, and also have an anti-mutagenic and anti-carcinogenic qualities.
Nymphanol present in the lily reduces cholesterol and regulates insulin production.
She is euphoric, and in higher doses can be psychoactive, with mild hallucinogens that produce vivid dreams.
Blue Lotus is often called โthe dream flower.” The Egyptian, Mayan, Syrian, Thai and African cultures worked with her plant medicine for her lucid dreaming properties.
The science behind this is that a higher serotonin level increases sleep quality and the likelihood of lucid dreaming.
Myself and many friends experience a lot of clarity after our dreamtime with Blue Lotus. She is a wonderful ceremonial journey companion, and soul friend… more about that below.
๐ธ How to hold a Blue Lotus tea ceremony
There is no right or wrong way to hold a tea ceremony.
If it is an act of mindfulness, care and honouring the plant, it is a ceremony.
Here are some ways I like to sit in ceremony with Blue Lotus…
๐ธ Gathering everything I need first.
๐ธ Taking time to sit and connect with her dried petals and her spirit. To feel gratitude for her, as a lover and teacher. To invite her guidance and love, for the benefit of myself and others. As I pray, I hold my hands in prayer… this has actually been called The Lotus Mudra for thousands of years.
๐ธ Singing any songs that honour the Lotus or Nature.
๐ธ Warming the cups and cleansing the tea tools with hot water.
๐ธ Placing a few petals in each cup. Steeping 1 flower per person in boiling water for 5 minutes. (Or boiling flowers for 5 minutes in a pan and then leaving to rest for 15 minutes.)
๐ธ Pouring the tea into each warm cup. Watching the petals expand and float.
๐ธ Taking time to enjoy the senses… the sound of the tea pouring, the colour of the tea, the warmth of the cup, to savour its smell, and finally to taste.
๐ธ Letting the drinking be unrushed, and gentle. Staying present, finding pleasure in the senses. Being open to any guidance that may drop in.
๐ธ A gentle and soulful question, such as, “What would you like me to know about my soul’s journey, Blue Lotus?” could be asked. Allowing the answer to emerge in its own mysterious way and time.
๐ธ Perhaps journalling, painting, writing poetry… letting her speak through us.
๐ธ Closing the ceremony with gratitude and a dedication that this may be of benefit to ourselves and the many.
๐ธ Blue Lotus and the journey of the soul
Because the lotus dies, decays, dissolves and is reborn, reaching once again up to the light, she symbolises the spiritual journey in many cultures. Yogic and Buddhist traditions have honoured the lotus like this, as well as other ancient civilisations.
“Let everything go that you no longer need,” she says, “Like petals falling. Feel the dense, darkness of the mud, the shadows. Let yourself rest here, and drink. Your roots are digging deep, into the fertile earth.”
“Nourish yourself and grow. Let your heart be bathed in the dreamlike waters of the soul. Trust your intuition, your pleasure, your love, your joy, beloved one.”
“Let your soul grow, in the direction of the light that is most nourishing. Reach for the sun, donโt be afraid to open and bloom. Express your beauty in all its glory!”
Blue Lotus knows all of the elements: Earth, Water, Fire and Air.
Blue Lotus honour the entire cycle of life, the entire journey of the human soul.
Her wish is for each of us to grow, as she does, in the most beautiful and exquisite ways.
Don’t let the flowering of your soul be unseen or unappreciated.
“Bloom like me!” she says.
๐ธ Blue Lotus and the Egyptian Mysteries
The lotus is significant in so many cultures and mythologies. The Egyptians, the Mayans, the Romans, the Greeks, in Buddhist countriesโฆ
In Ancient Egyptian mythology, there are two main legends of the Blue Lotus.
One is that the Lotus was the source of all creation, and gave birth to the sun god Ra, who emerged from the flower after it had arisen from the primeval waters of Nun.
Later in Egyptian mythology, the Lotus God Nefertem becomes the Son of Ptah and Sekhmet. He, or more accurately ‘they’, are said to be androgynous, and is the only Ancient Egyptian deity to be of both genders. They are usually portrayed as a beautiful, androgynous being with a Blue Lotus flower on their head or holding lotuses.
Nefertem is attributed with their beauty, their entheogenic qualities and their scent, and is invoked in the purification of sacred flowers offerings to the Neteru, the Gods.
Ancient Egyptian artwork has honoured Blue Lotus for over three thousand years. It is named as a necessary purification plant in the soul’s journey from The Book Of The Dead. It was used in ceremony and ritual, as well as for recreation, and mixed with red wine, was said to be the โparty drugโ of the Egyptians.
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