beer
Beer is an alcoholic beverage.
- origin
- history
- nutritional information
- Chinese herbology
- magick correspondences and uses
- Goddesses and deities
- cautions and contraindications
origin:
Origin: There is debate as to where the first beer was brewed, but Sumeria and ancient Egypt (Kemet) were certainly among the first civilizations to brew beer. Half of all the grain grown in Sumeria was used for beer and the ancient Egyptians referred to the beverage as “joy-beer”.
history:
History: The Little Ice Age (from the 14th to mid-19th centuries) is the reason that Americans today now drink eleven (11) times as much beer as wine. The lower temperature hurt wine production (grapes required warmer climate) and encouraged the production of beer.
Prior to the American Revolution, George Washington made beer from molasses.
nutritional information:
Alcohol is harmful to the liver and therefore should be reduced or eliminated from your diet.
Chinese herbalism:
Chinese gender: strongly yin (cool)
magickal correspondences and uses:
Western element: fire
Magickal uses: purification
Beer was used in offerings to several ancient deities. Beer was also used for purification.
deities associated with beer:
- Aset (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian Goddess)
- Hathor (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian Goddess)
- Het Heret (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian Goddess)
- Isis (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian Goddess)
- Kremana (Slavia)
- Shoney (Scotland)
- Tenemit (Kemetic/ancient Egyptian Goddess)
cautions and contraindications:
Cautions and contraindications: You want to reduce or eliminate alcohol from your diet. Alcohol is harmful to the liver.
See also: alcohol.
