Encyclopedia of Taboos by Lynn Holden

Encyclopedia of Taboos by Lynn Holden

Author:Lynn Holden
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Social Science, Reference, Taboo, Psychology of Religion, Superstition, Religion, ENCYCLOPEDIA, Christian Theology, Encyclopedias, Linguistic, Ethics, Manners And Customs, Folklore & Mythology, Customs & Traditions
ISBN: 9781576070697
Publisher: ABC-Clio Inc
Published: 2000-02-15T05:00:00+00:00


Ibn al-Farid goes on to describe the potency of the wine:

had they sprinkled therewith the dust of a dead man’s tomb, the spirit would surely have returned unto him and his body been quickened …

And had they brought nigh to its tavern one paralysed, he would have walked … and the dumb would have spoken upon the mention of its flavour;

And had the breaths of its perfume been wafted through the East, and in the West were one whose nostrils were stopped, the sense of smell would have returned to him …



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