Beer is an alcoholic beverage.
- origin
- history
- nutritional information
- magick correspondences and uses
- ritual uses
- Goddesses and deities
- Chinese herbology
- 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.
Beer is abundant with silicon (a trace mineral and an element) that helps prevent the body from absorbing aluminum. Aluminum is a neurotoxin and plays a rle in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Do not drink more than one beer a day, as drinking more is related to increased risk of breast cancer. The silicion in beer can also help prevent osteoporosis by strengthening bones (similar to the role of calcium) and preventing loss of calcium in bones.
See also Chinese herbalism below for Chinese gender and Chinese flavor.
magickal correspondences and uses:
Western element: fire
Magickal uses: purification
Beer was used for purification magick.
ritual uses:
Ritual uses: Lammas celebrations include offerings of bread and beer.
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)
Beer was used in offerings to several ancient deities. Beer was also used for purification.
Chinese herbalism:
Chinese gender: strongly yin (cool)
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.
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