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Green Man Art: Merlin. Acrylic painting on 30cm x 40cm. box canvas ready to hang on your wall. The background uses irredescent blue which gives this image a slight glow and feature fly argaric mushrooms. Fly agaric has been put forward as the most likely candidate for the mysterious Soma, mentioned in around 150 hymns of the Hindu Rig-Veda, which was written between 1500 – 500 BC by Aryans in the Indus valley. Soma was a moon god, as well as a related plant and a holy brew which were also worshipped. Though there have been many suggestions as to the identity of the plant, fly agaric fits many of the Vedic references as a substance with which to contact the gods. Acrylic on box canvas measuring
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