I found a little bedouin story about syrian rue on the net.
http://www.acacialand.com/Harmla.html

Funny how many plants of power have stories of their origins as some human or part thereof!

"From the poison in her belly erupted snakes that pushed the flames away." - This line stood out to me somehow.

The whole story also resonates with the tradition that harmel/esfand is used for protection against they evil eye.

Interesting stuff, thanks!

This reminds me of one of my visions from the first few times I was attempting consuming 3g crushed syrian rue + a. confusa brew.

I was just meditating lying down, looking into myself and trying to see what syrian rue was. It approached as a weak vision, almost as if seen in the mirage of a hot desert: a stout, gnarled crone. With a voice and visions.
Lots of harmalas in my experience with smaller amounts of dmt can produce more dreamscape-type imagery.

I feel that each encounter with the plant is unique in its presentation, even so it has a noticeable signature. Each trip is very different.

btw... acacialand.com is an awesome domain name

hahaha.....a poison that causes restlessness? Sounds familiar

We also didn't know that they still have beduin shamans (fugara). So this is all very interesting.

However.....if we had to choose, we'd rather choose the fuqara over the fugara

that acacia land site is really awesome,

This guy is saying that they have indeed been combining rue and acacia for a long time now. Among other really cool things. Check it out!