In Search of Soma, god amongst plants - Cornus Sericea
---------------------------------------------------- NOTE: This blog post is an extract from a more formal note with some informal elaboration, from https://www.scribd.com/doc/266317668/On-the-Identification-of-Soma-of-Rig-Veda-with-Cornus-SericeaSoma-Article ------------------------------------------------------- Thou by thine insight art most wise, O Soma, strong by thine energies and all possessing, Mighty art thou by all thy powers and greatness, by glories art thou glorious, guide of mortals..., Rig Veda T he previous post described the god of plants, Soma that made humans who consumed its juice processed in a certain manner like immortal gods. Please do read that post to appreciate this one fully. The god of plants was lost to mankind ever since ancient times . It may be pointed out that even though Soma became extinct in ancient times in the Himalayas especially in areas where it was usually collected from, p...