egyptian healing flower

English translation: Calendula (Marigold).. Calendula officinalis

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English term or phrase:egyptian healing flower
Selected answer:Calendula (Marigold).. Calendula officinalis
Entered by: airmailrpl

09:10 Aug 27, 2003
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Archaeology
English term or phrase: egyptian healing flower
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Calendula (Marigold) Calendula officinalis
Explanation:
Calendula (Marigold) Calendula officinalis
... This beautiful, versatile healing flower has been used cosmetically, medicinally and for cooking, as well as for decoration since ancient Egyptian times. ...
rueskitchen.spiritualitea.net/toptwelve.htm


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airmailrpl
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5 +3Calendula (Marigold) Calendula officinalis
airmailrpl
3 +1Egyptian Lotus (flower)
jerrie
2Dear Asker,
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Egyptian Lotus (flower)


Explanation:
Here is a link
Not too sure if this is the information you want, but hope it helps.


    Reference: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/lotus.htm
jerrie
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not what i was looking for

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agree  J. Leo (X)
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Comment: not what i was looking for

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Calendula (Marigold) Calendula officinalis


Explanation:
Calendula (Marigold) Calendula officinalis
... This beautiful, versatile healing flower has been used cosmetically, medicinally and for cooking, as well as for decoration since ancient Egyptian times. ...
rueskitchen.spiritualitea.net/toptwelve.htm




airmailrpl
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neutral  Nancy Arrowsmith: if you want to start a guessing game, there are about a hundred other flowers...
18 mins
  -> that are identified as 'egyptian healing flower' - bring them on!!!

neutral  Catherine Norton: I agree with Nancy.
5 hrs
  -> give us your suggestions too!!

agree  Robert Donahue (X): Looks like you got 2 more. : )
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  -> thank you..boy that was a long time ago (Aug 27 2003) ..now just need one more agree!!

agree  gtreyger (X)
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  -> thank you

agree  jennifer newsome (X)
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Dear Asker,


Explanation:
As the colleagues before me pointed out, it is not possible to be of much help unless you provide us with *context* as we call it here :-)

When we hear the words "Egypt" and "flower" in combination, the first thing that comes to mind is "lotus", and Jerrie's answer above is very likely to be what you're looking for. However, as a short search on the net convinced me, asking about "an Egyptian healing flower" without any particulars is like trying to know what "a German beer" would be. It seems ancient Egyptians made use of many flowers for healing purposes - from poppy and lily, to daisy and mandrake. So, your context is essential here: is it ancient Egyptian religion, or latter-day witches, feng shui or homeopathy, tarot or astrology?

In case you are willing to do a little research yourself, the following are a few of the webpages I've come across:


www.floweressences.com/Articles/Psy_Prot.html - 20k

http://www.echoedvoices.org/Oct2002/Garden_Flower.html

http://www.tchiconsulting.com/fsoils.html

http://www.geocities.com/spethi_ks/Flowers.htm

http://www.ascendpress.org/articles/transmissions1/A1EgyptIn...

http://www.innuendocornecopria.com/FOL.htm


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Note added at 2003-08-28 22:58:36 (GMT)
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SORRY! \"tarot or astrology\" above should correct as \"tarot or archaeology\" (slip of key, must be because it followed tarot :-), as in one of the links i give above there is the \"flower of life\" which is an architectural floral pattern, found in some egyptian temples -like the one in abydos- among other places, and which symbolizes an all-healing, all-explaining, all-encompassing and all and everything universal power.

Özden Arıkan
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