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from http://eol.org/pages/486691/details
"As food
In some part of Africa the rhizomes and tubers are eaten for the starch they contain either boiled, roasted or ground to a flour after drying. The young fruits are sometimes consumed as a salad. The seeds are turned into a meal.
The tubers or the seeds are used as a
famine food in India.
The white lotus in Ancient Egypt
White lotus decorations. Frieze at a palace in
Amarna (1352-1336 BC).
This flower often appears in ancient Egyptian decorations. They believed that the lotus flower gave them strength and power; remains of the flower have been found in the burial tomb of
Ramesses II. Egyptian tomb paintings from around 1500 BC provide some of the earliest physical evidence of
ornamental horticulture and landscape design; they depict lotus ponds surrounded by symmetrical rows of acacias and palms. In Egyptian mythology
Horus was occasionally shown in art as a naked boy with a finger in his mouth sitting on a lotus with his mother. The lotus was one of the two earliest Egyptian
capitalsmotifs, the topmost members of a column. At that time, the motifs of importance are those based on the lotus and papyrus plants respectively, and these, with the palm tree capital, were the chief types employed by the Egyptians, until under the Ptolemies in the 3rd to 1st centuries BC, various other river plants were also employed, and the conventional lotus capital went through various modifications. Women often wore amulets during childbirth, which depicted
Heqet as a frog, sitting in a lotus.
The number 1,000 in ancient
Egyptian numerals is represented by the symbol of the white lotus. The related hieroglyph is :
The ancient Egyptians also extracted perfume from this flower. They also used the white lotus in funerary garlands, temple offerings and female adornment.
Health effects
Though the plant contains a quinolizidine alkaloid, nupharine, and related chemicals, either described according to sources as poisonous, intoxicating or without effects, it seems to be consumed since Antiquity. The effects of the alkaloids would be those of a psychedelic aphrodisiac, though these effects are more those encountered in Nymphaea caerulea, the blue Egyptian water lily." [Not Recommended experimenting with by unknowledgeable adrenaline]thrill seekers nor groupster gropers]
in considering the four panels with White Lotus foundational design consummated within the painting. also consider six for the total number of panels, and One (4 + 6 being 10 or 1);
from http://numerology-thenumbersandtheirmeanings.blogspot.com/2011/02/number-4.html
NUMBER 4
The world, completion, practice, repetition, realization of power, ability to use practical thinking, basic form of order, prepare for renewal, instinctual knowledge.
Relates to:
Mercury
The Emperor
Wednesday
Green
Character:
The Stabilizer, can undertake difficult or unpleasant tasks, faithful friend, capacity for focused will and self-sacrifice, aware and accepting.
Negative:
Clumsy, conventional, unadaptable, dull.
The 4 energy seeks security and 'home' is their haven. People under the influence of the 4 are usually very cerebral, and need to find ways to express their knowledge and wisdom.
The number 4 symbolizes the principle of putting ideas into form. It signifies work and productivity. The 4 energy is constructive, realistic, traditional and cautious.
4 is the number of system, order and management.
The number 4 is neutral and is extrovert. It is related to the planet Uranus and to the star sign Taurus. The Tarot card representative of the 4 energy is the Emperor.
4 is the number of fate, so it must be remembered that there will be many things that happen over which you have no control.
Hard work is the experience of the 4 vibration, as ideas are manifested into practical reality. The 4 energy needs to plan and from that place the 4 person works steadily towards the goal they have set for themselves. They achieve this with patience, perseverance and directness. The duty of the 4 vibration is to build a firm foundation for themselves on which others may stand, work and be protected.
The 4 vibration needs disciplined harmony, dependability and responsibility in their lives. 4 maintains order, system and routine to make their drams a reality. This vibration is to do with energy, harmony and co-operation and it is the 'door to illumination' or 'initiation'.
In the number 4 we may find the powers to create and attain, when used on the positive path. When the forms of 4 are centred on the material plane, they manifest as creative abilities. When focused on the spiritual plane, they have the ability to open new avenues for investigation into the psychic and spiritual realms.
A person under the influence of the 4 vibration would be extremely loyal, hardworking and security-conscious, with traditional values and high morals.
The 4 energy dislikes change and sometimes misses out on opportunities because of this.
The 4 energy is work oriented, with a plan and organisation for everything they do. The 4 individual needs to be disciplined and to have a high standard of honesty. They are dependable, serious-minded individuals who need to be practical about all that they do.
The person influenced by the 4 vibration is a steady and industrious worker who needs to be kept busy applying their attributes in the everyday world. The 4 energy works well by themselves, and works equally well with other people, groups and organisations. Success is there for the 4 energy as they have a strong capable mind and body.
4 is well organised and demands rules, regulations and discipline in all things. They see the bigger picture and the natural order of life, and how it can be applied in all that they do. They see the plan, then move forward with persistence to perform the necessary tasks.
Change is not easy for the 4 vibration to deal with. They have strong opinions and beliefs about what is right and necessary. They may appear stubborn to others at times, but this is because they need the time to review and think things through. 4 cannot be pushed as they need to see the orderly pattern of working through things. The 4 person does not like to be hurried, but needs to work methodically in order to accomplish what they need to.
The 4 energy does not want to be told what to do, and can quickly become argumentative and suddenly aggressive when pushed beyond their patience and endurance. The 4 vibration is cautious and does not jump into anything impulsively. They need to think things through, then make a judgement based on their own value system.
The 4 energy needs a home and family to give them support and to be able to share their talents and material possessions with. The simple pleasures of life are of most importance to the 4 person and they will always be loyal to family.
The 4 person feels that all that they do is best for everyone - and often doesn't realize that their plans and sternness can be too restrictive for most people. The 4 vibration needs to learn to let others live by their own values and standards.
The ultimate goal of the 4 vibration is to organise, establish order and to bring ideas and plans into material form. They maintain order, system and routine to makes dreams a reality.
