Blue lotus magical properties

A N I M A M U N D I Apothecary on Instagram: “🦋 Blue Lotus 🦋 (Nymphaea caerulea) is an ethnobotanical treasure that has been revered through the centuries and across the continents as…”

Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is a beautiful, water-dwelling flower with mild psychoactive properties. Sacred to the Ancient Egyptians, depictions of Blue Lotus flower are ubiquitous in Egyptian art. Though alluring to our modern imaginations and worth further investigation, Blue Lotus is rarely used in Western herbalism as it is not currently a well-understood plant, nor

Blue Lotus oil is actually an absolute like Rose and Jasmine oils so it is not really an essential oil. Its flowers are too delicate so it can't go through the regular distillation process other plants go through to extract essential oils. It is very difficult to obtain pure Blue Lotus absolute in the market. Most are synthetic.