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in ruling and this story spread in die Chaldean region and
they called this tree the love tree and they wrote poems
about it and they worshipped it till the king Kathoor came
and he forbid that worshipping and what they did with
the tree and that is how the people stopped from even
mentioning the name of the tree.
Then there is the Myrrh tree that keeps the bad,
diseased and contaminated air away and they use it to
incense the their temples and they also make a formula of
its wood and glue by adding bush-grass and licorice and
they call it Sokokomsa and it means in Arabic the pleasure
of the statues. The Chaldeans say that this smoke incense
pleases Venus and they approach it by using this incense
so that whom ever desired to approach it they would burn
this incense between the hands of the statue and play the
flute and drums for an hour while they ask Venus for what
they desire and Venus grants them their wish and does
what they ask her to do, even if what they asked for is
impossible, for no obstacle would stop her not even the
other planets including Mercury. Daghreeth said if we add
to this smoking incense some saffron and Kast plant it
would be more powerful and successful. The Chaldeans
do not add that to their formula and they use it till this
day, but they worship Jupiter more and ask him for their
requests more than they ask the other planets and the
experience have proven that both groups of Chaldeans and
Kasdanis are right and powerful in their ways and with
their own formulas mat thcv use for different planets,
Daghreeth also says that there are a lot of hidden
secrets and wonders that the ancient wise men have
reached in their searches about plant knowledge and their
functions related to the influence of the planets on them.
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