The Sacred Mountain of Haoma and Soma, (Paperback)

<p>Across the high ranges of the HinduKush, the ancient mountain known in Avestan scripture as <i>Har&amp;#257;B&amp;#601;r&amp;#601;zait&amp;#299;</i> has long been treated as myth. This book reveals that the sacred summit is real - <b>FalakSar</b>, the towering peak of the UshuValley - and that its rediscovery transforms our understanding of Indo-Iranian cosmology.</p><p>Drawing on comparative ethnobotany, linguistic analysis, and ritual pharmacology, JessicaScottDunn identifies <b>Cathaedulis(khat)</b> as the original <b>Haoma/Soma</b>, the plant of divine inspiration described in both Zoroastrian and Vedic texts. Through this lens, the book traces a living continuum of sacred medicine linking the fire temples of ancientPersia, the trade routes ofGujarat, and the highland healing traditions ofAsiaandAfrica.</p><p>This revised edition reframes the Indo-Iranian world as a unified system of geography, ritual, and plant science - a synthesis that reconnects mythic landscape with historical reality and restores the forgotten heart of the world's oldest pharmacological tradition.</p>

• The Sacred Mountain of Haoma and Soma, (Paperback)
• Author: Jessica Lorraine Scott (Dunn)
• ISBN: 9798182497718
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-21
• Page Count: 84