Luke Caverns

It was a unique and enormous oasis protected by monuments and deserts on both sides, continually fertilized by the black soil carried in from the river itself. So it's seasonally inundated. So So the Nile River was seen by the Egyptians as the center of the world and life itself, while the flower was symbolic of life itself, while the Nile River itself is also in the shape of the lotus flower.

It's just a profoundly deep thing, right? Yeah. And so I just... It made me... And this all came from the Minoans depicting that flower on that mortar and pestle bowl. And it made me think, so maybe it's the Minoans that tip off to us what exactly this was being used for. It had some kind of psychedelic purpose. It had a profound psychological effect on the Egyptians. It was a sexual stimulant.

It's just a profoundly deep thing, right? Yeah. And so I just... It made me... And this all came from the Minoans depicting that flower on that mortar and pestle bowl. And it made me think, so maybe it's the Minoans that tip off to us what exactly this was being used for. It had some kind of psychedelic purpose. It had a profound psychological effect on the Egyptians. It was a sexual stimulant.

It's just a profoundly deep thing, right? Yeah. And so I just... It made me... And this all came from the Minoans depicting that flower on that mortar and pestle bowl. And it made me think, so maybe it's the Minoans that tip off to us what exactly this was being used for. It had some kind of psychedelic purpose. It had a profound psychological effect on the Egyptians. It was a sexual stimulant.

The chemical, the apomorphine that's used in that is what's used to treat Parkinson's disease today And it's also used in Viagra. So it's like this wonder drug for the Egyptians that I think, depending on how you brewed it or how you aged it and how you consumed it, had different effects on you.

The chemical, the apomorphine that's used in that is what's used to treat Parkinson's disease today And it's also used in Viagra. So it's like this wonder drug for the Egyptians that I think, depending on how you brewed it or how you aged it and how you consumed it, had different effects on you.

The chemical, the apomorphine that's used in that is what's used to treat Parkinson's disease today And it's also used in Viagra. So it's like this wonder drug for the Egyptians that I think, depending on how you brewed it or how you aged it and how you consumed it, had different effects on you.

And on top of all that, they start messing around with it because it's rising every day and going back into the water to worship the sun. So it's this core central aspect of ancient Egypt. Have you ever heard an Egyptologist talk about it though before? Never, no.

And on top of all that, they start messing around with it because it's rising every day and going back into the water to worship the sun. So it's this core central aspect of ancient Egypt. Have you ever heard an Egyptologist talk about it though before? Never, no.

And on top of all that, they start messing around with it because it's rising every day and going back into the water to worship the sun. So it's this core central aspect of ancient Egypt. Have you ever heard an Egyptologist talk about it though before? Never, no.

Right, right, yeah. And I have seriously dived deep on trying to find a deeper meaning to this flower. And it's like it's just brushed off, you know? Even when I'm in Egypt, so the Egyptologists I talk to, they don't really care too much about, you know, the... purpose of the flower or what the deeper meaning is or why it's on the temple columns. Here's an idea I had.

Right, right, yeah. And I have seriously dived deep on trying to find a deeper meaning to this flower. And it's like it's just brushed off, you know? Even when I'm in Egypt, so the Egyptologists I talk to, they don't really care too much about, you know, the... purpose of the flower or what the deeper meaning is or why it's on the temple columns. Here's an idea I had.

Right, right, yeah. And I have seriously dived deep on trying to find a deeper meaning to this flower. And it's like it's just brushed off, you know? Even when I'm in Egypt, so the Egyptologists I talk to, they don't really care too much about, you know, the... purpose of the flower or what the deeper meaning is or why it's on the temple columns. Here's an idea I had.

I don't know if the evidence stacks up. It's just hard to find the evidence researching this, especially on my own. One thing I had thought, the first thing that struck me was

I don't know if the evidence stacks up. It's just hard to find the evidence researching this, especially on my own. One thing I had thought, the first thing that struck me was

I don't know if the evidence stacks up. It's just hard to find the evidence researching this, especially on my own. One thing I had thought, the first thing that struck me was

During the Christian era of Egypt, when people were going to sleep in the temples, they're going, they're sleeping in the temples and they're hoping, these are pagans, not Christians, they're going to sleep in the temples and the priests that are there would take some kind of offering or whatever and they'd set out this little sack for the people to sleep on.

During the Christian era of Egypt, when people were going to sleep in the temples, they're going, they're sleeping in the temples and they're hoping, these are pagans, not Christians, they're going to sleep in the temples and the priests that are there would take some kind of offering or whatever and they'd set out this little sack for the people to sleep on.

During the Christian era of Egypt, when people were going to sleep in the temples, they're going, they're sleeping in the temples and they're hoping, these are pagans, not Christians, they're going to sleep in the temples and the priests that are there would take some kind of offering or whatever and they'd set out this little sack for the people to sleep on.

And I should say, this is maybe around 300 BC that this is happening. Supposedly it's based on ancient practices, but we don't really know. We don't even know what's going on in Egyptian temples, by the way. Like this is off limits. Normal people couldn't go, you know, your regular Egyptians couldn't really go inside of the temples.