Plants and Their Religious Uses
Plants and Their Religious Uses: A Sacred Connection From the time of the Old Testament to our modern age, plants have been utilized for a wide variety of uses. One such use is the usage of plants for religious purposes. Such applications include their use in Christian and Jewish tradition, medicine, superstition, Shamanism, and magic. From the Hebrews to the Egyptians, from Priests to modern Shaman, a wide variety of peoples have used an even wider assortment of plants, such as herbs, flowers, and trees, for tribal, spiritual, and supernatural purposes. The history of plants’ consideration as religious or spiritual beings is uncertain. Many of the ideas that have formed such a view appear to stem from superstition and the belief that there is something bigger controlling the universe. Whether God, divine spirit, or loa, man has tried for centuries to define the undefinable; the question to reign many religions has been, “Who- or what- is controlling our universe and our lives?” The attempt to bring the immeasurable down to a size we as humans can understand has resulted in the apparent deistic and/or theistic nature of plants. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the world of plan
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