Talk:The Unicorn Tapestries

message: There may be symbolism for the ayahuasca ceremony and also the amanita muscaria ceremony in the tapestry. The initials that are bound by rope may be representative of ayahuasca (the capital A and the rope) and amanita muscaria (the reversed capital E). This is because the "negative" space of the Aleph (the open space between the two vertical bars of the A) is actually the rightside-up leaf of the Psychotria viridis plant, as seen on its wikipedia page, here. The rope is a depiction of Banisteriopsis caapi, which takes the form of rope when dried, as seen here. Banisteriopsis caapi acts as an MAOI for the N,N-Dimethyltryptamine naturally occurring in the Psychotria viridis. The reversed E is obviously a sideways cross-section of an amanita muscaria mushroom. I argue that the tapestries depict the psychedelic experience of doing ayahuasca and amanita muscaria at the same time. Thus, the tapestries may act as part of a shamanic ritual involving consumption of the two entheogens.There are also blatant inebriological symbols in the fountain found in The Unicorn is Found. First, the dual spring represents the recycling of body fluids that occurs during the amanita muscaria ceremony, particularly the imbibing of urine that occurs as a filtering and concentration of the psychoactive elements in consumed amanita muscaria. (Source: The Pharmacratic Inquisition 01:01:55) The fountain water streams out of the fountain from a puking lion's mouth. Puking is perhaps a reference to the ayahuasca ceremony in which puking is often unavoidable and an accepted ("Vomiting can follow ayahuasca ingestion; this purging is considered by many shamans and experienced users of ayahuasca to be an essential part of the experience, as it represents the release of negative energy and emotions built up over the course of one's life." source). The unicorn that purifies the stream is therefore symbolically the shaman. This research is public domain.
24.255.255.94 (talk) 23:08, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This "research" is just verbose scholarship vanishing up its own arsehole. Nuttyskin (talk) 00:22, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Shamanistic-Visionary Theory

message: I wouldn't say "thousands of years" about Christianity for the obvious reason, but can't think of a better way to phrase that. --Kizor 23:12, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: tried a simple fix --agr 23:50, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Thousands

message: I added some images, but I don't think I ordered or captioned them correctly.  Please fix.  Also, find an image for the seventh tapestry. - Peregrine Fisher 08:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I added images, but I don't think I ordered or captioned them correctly 

message: Where are these tapestries from? (are they Flemish?) Who made them? This should be stated in the very first sentence. Their modern history is by definition of secondary importance. Aviad2001 09:30, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The most important info is missing: 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Furthermore, the passage, "Has several intentional allusions to the Hindu goddess Kali Ma, ..." is based on nonsense: there is no evidence that anyone in Europe at this time had anything but the sketchiest and most distorted idea of Indian culture whatsoever. Nuttyskin (talk) 00:30, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, materials and pigments. But the first Europe had any cultural awareness of India was not until the time of the East India Company in the 16th Century. This, despite well-documented links between Ancient Greece and India (e.g., Hindu astrology). Yet only during the years of direct cultural exchange do we see any concrete evidence of Indian culture influencing Europe.Nuttyskin (talk) 04:12, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

text: Agreed. This is amateur OR. Johnbod (talk) 04:52, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this mean? 

message: The article presently lists the titles as:
# The Start of the Hunt
# The Unicorn at the Fountain
# The Unicorn Attacked
# The Unicorn Defending Himself
# The Unicorn Is Captured by the Virgin (two fragments)
# The Unicorn Killed and Brought to the Castle
# The Unicorn in Captivity
But the Met's website has different titles, namely:
# The Hunters Enter the Woods (37.80.1)
# The Unicorn Purifies Water (37.80.2)
# The Unicorn Crosses a Stream (37.80.3)
# The Unicorn Defends Himself (37.80.4)
# The Unicorn Surrenders to a Maiden (38.51.1)
# The Hunters Return to the Castle (37.80.5)
# The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (37.80.6)
The reference for the titles currently in the article is from 1941; should the titles be updated to reflect what is currently on the website? Umimmak (talk) 21:12, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Titles?