The cult of Bes may have believed that drinking from special vessels with hallucinogenic drugs, human bodily fluids, and fermented fruit had protective effects.
Researchers studying a vessel used by an ancient cult worshiping an Egyptian god have identified some of the elements of the concoction it contained, and it was quite a psychedelic brew., the roughly 2,200-year-old vessel — which is in the shape of the head of the god Bes — contained a number of psychoactive compounds, including fermented fruit, the plant Peganum harmala , and Nymphaea caerulea . Syrian rue, in particular, is known to be hallucinogenic in nature.
The vessel, currently part of the collection of the Tampa Museum of Art, also contained some other surprising elements, as noted by. Apparently, members of the cult would contribute their own fluids to the mix, likely as part of a ritual. . What role the vessel's contents played, or what its significance might have been isn't clear, of course., but it does appear that worship of Bes extended beyond Egypt's borders, reaching as far north as Syria, and his worship may have gone as far back as pre-dynasty Egypt. Bes figures have been found in Minoan Crete and in archeological sites much older than the Bes vessel the researchers studied.
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