4/08/2008

Horegusuri Love Potion

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Love potion (horegusuri)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity


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Explanation

horegusuri ほれぐすり(惚れ薬, 惚薬) love potion
hore kusuri, love medicine


Love (aijoo)
topic for haiku


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imori no kuroyaki いもりのくろやき(井守の黒焼(き))
"black grilled salamander, baked well-guardian"

Blackened Newt, lizard ash
a traditional love potion
A male and female newt are smoldered black and then made into a powder, which is put secretly into the glass of ricewine or other drink of your darling-to-be.
It is also a Chinese medicine used as an aphrodisiac.

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imori イモリ looks very similar to yamori, the "house guardian".

Asche von Echsen, eine Liebesmedizin

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TBA

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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way



Esoteric Rituals for Love

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Aizen Myo-O  愛染明王
敬愛法 (きょうあいほう)Kyooaihoo ritual

Aizen Myo-O represents the pure love.

In der Shingon-Sekte in der Zeremonie "Aizenoohoo" verehrt.
Aizen repräsentiert die Reinen Gefühle, die Reine Liebe.


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HAIKU




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Related words

***** WASHOKU : General Information


***** tokage 蜥蜴 (とかげ) lizard . KIGO for haiku, including salamander

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