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Blue Lotus Incense

The Blue Lily was traditionally used to relieve pain, increase memory, increase circulation, and create feelings of euphoria and ecstasy, without the use of narcotics. According to recent studies, Blue Lily was found to be loaded with health-giving phytosterols and bioflavonoids. It turned out to be one of the greatest daily health tonics ever found, consumed as an extract. May help relieve muscle spasms, for Egyptian Blue Lotus is a sedative, antispasmodic, and ethnogen.

During Chinese New Year festivities, sugared lotus seeds are available as sweets. Also, according to one tradition, the wife who finds such a seed inside a dumpling she is eating can be certain of bearing a son in the year to come. 

It is interesting that the number of round scars on the rhizome corresponds to the age of the plant in years. Available either fresh or canned, it may be sliced longitudinally and served as a refreshing vegetable. 

The lotus is a symbol in many ancient religions throughout the world. To the ancient Egyptians, a lotus bud or sesen was a symbol of rebirth. It closes in the evening and falls to the water; in the morning it opens and is lifted above the surface. Its behaviour emulates that of the sun. When the sun rises, the lotuses open their petals as if emitting radiation -- regaining consciousness, as it were.

The Egyptians believed that the world was originally covered by water and darkness. A Blue Lily sprang up from the water and opened its petals to reveal a young god, a Divine Child. Light streamed from the Divine Child to banish universal darkness. This child god was the Creator, the Sun God, the source of all life. When the Pharao known as King Tut was entombed, his body was covered in Nymphaea Caerulea (Blue Lily) flowers.