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[aslant]

try as i may, i find no recipes online for making ink out of pomegranate juice.

pomegranates are emmenagogues: they speed along the menstrual cycle.

the ink used to write the torah scrolls contains pomegranate leaves.

some scholars believe that it is only due to vague translations that the fruit of knowledge in eden was an apple. most likely eve ate a pomegranate, as persephone did.

eden/hades. hm.

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[thistle.livejournal.com]

emmenagogues. that's a great word. when you say speed along, does that mean speed it to happen sooner, or speed it to end sooner? you know?

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[aslant.livejournal.com]

in general it has the effect of speeding up the contraction of the uterus. so i suppose it could potentially speed it to end sooner as well as start sooner.

cool stuff.

[booshtukka.livejournal.com]

Asiatic Black Ink.
Logwood shavings and powdered galls, of each 2 pounds; green vitriol, 1 pound; gum, 1/2 pound; pomegranate bark, 1/4 pound; water, 1 gallon; infuse 14 days with frequent agitation, or boil as directed in last receipt. This ink writes pale, but flows well from the pen, and soon turns black."
Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes, [no date] circa 1870

[aslant.livejournal.com]

yesbut;

this yields a black ink. i want an ink the color of the seeds. ruby-goodness.

...though the idea of a pale ink that turns dark is immensely appealing. i will begin hunting for gall and green vitriol (which sound like the ingredients for a long-simmered anger).

[decomposure.livejournal.com]

i read that the church chose to portray
the fruit eve ate as being an apple
because when an apple is sliced in half
along its equator (for lack of a better word)
the seed pod center part forms a
five-pointed-star.
useful, symbolically, for the church.
but not accurate.