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  Lotus,flowers,Lotus,flower Pictures,Catalog,Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lotus is also the name of a genus in the pea family, Leguminosae, which contains such plants as the bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus.
Nymphaea lotus, the Egyptian white lotus, is believed to be the original sacred lotus of ancient Egypt.
The white lotus is a shallow-water, night-blooming plant with a creeping rootstock (rhizome) that sends up long-stalked, nearly circular, dark green leathery leaves, which float on the surface.
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 AllRefer.com - water lily, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
The lotus flower is traditional in Egyptian art and architecture, as in the lotus capital.
Many members of the water lily family have seeds or tubers that have been used for food; however, the fruit of the lotus-eaters of classical literature has been most often identified as that of the jujube of the buckthorn family or the nettle-tree of the elm family.
Lotus is also the botanical name for a genus of the pea family.
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 The Lotus flower.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The lotus is an Asian water lily known for the delicate beauty of its water flowers.
Lotus {loh'-tuhs} Lotuses are 5 species of water lilies, three in the genus Nymphaea and two in Nelumbo; both genera are members of the water-lily family, Nymphaeaceae.
According to Hindu legend she was born radiant and fully grown from the churning of the sea.
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 Entheogen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A famous entheogen of ancient Egypt is the blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea).
The Kykeon that preceded initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries is another entheogen, which was investigated (before the word was coined) by Carl KerenyĆ­, in Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter.
According to Ruck, Eyan, and Staples, the familiar shamanic entheogen that the Indo-Europeans brought with them was knowledge of the wild Amanita mushroom.
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 White lotus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Inside, the priceless"Lady of White Lotus" statue oversees a parade of decked-out...
Coven of the White Lotus is a place where witches and pagans can meet and shareideas and information.
But even on its own, Clan of the White Lotus is a satisfying revenge flick.In Clan of the White Lotus, that event is rewritten so that Wei-Ting and Ah.
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