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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Muhammad Ali Musa (mamcg)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 96 W: 4 N: 28]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-s.gif) (1885) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-05-08 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Camera: Canon Ixus 850 IS |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-05-09 6:15 |
| Viewed: 306 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
It has been used as an entheogen in the Middle East, and in modern Western culture, it is often used as an analogue of Banisteriopsis caapi to create Ayahuasca, a South American entheogen. Syrian Rue, however, has a distinctly different chemical makeup than caapi, and a unique character of its own.
In Turkey, dried capsules from this plant are strung and hung in homes and vehicles to protect against the evil eye.
In Iran, dried capsules - mixed with other ingredients - are burnt so as to produce a light, distinctly scented smoke. It is used as an air as well as mind purifier, to be linked to its believed entheogenic properties. This practice, which roots back in pre-Islamic - Zoroastrian - times, is still used by the Iranians.
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it looks like Peganum harmala. greetings Ori
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1423 W: 8 N: 1082]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif){kind=small}