The Blue Lotus in Ancient Egypt

The image of the Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is all over the place in ancient Egyptian art and mythology – and for good reasons. It is a plant with powerful healing and calming properties. This ain’t no mere chamomile herbal tea!

It is featured at the very beginning of the Egyptian myth of creation as being the womb of the sun God that arose from nothingness. The center of the Blue Lotus flower is incidentally of a bright yellow. The plant also opens and closes its petals in synchronicity with the coming and going of [ ... Read More ]