caa a22 4500 386324182 CHVBK 20180307111640.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0041977X00023077 doi S0041977X00023077 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0041977X00023077 Falk Harry Soma I and II [Elektronische Daten] [Harry Falk] It was a common idea in the last century, and one which can be found even today,2 that Soma/Haoma was a drink which led to ecstasy, and drugs which produce such an extraordinary state of mind have always been objects of curiosity. Therefore, the search for the plant which was used by the Indo-Iranian peoples in their solemn rituals was never abandoned, although the variety of candidates brought forward made the question look unsolvable.Some of the strong drugs suggested for the original Soma had to meet with statements from the Rgveda or Avesta which ran contrary to their shapeor properties. The effects of others on the human mind are so unspectacular that it was difficult to accept them as the plant so highly praised in antiquity. Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1989 Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Cambridge University Press 52/1(1989-02), 77-90 0041-977X 52:1<77 1989 52 BSO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X00023077 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X00023077 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Falk Harry NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Cambridge University Press 52/1(1989-02), 77-90 0041-977X 52:1<77 1989 52 BSO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge