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🪷 Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is an ethnobotanical treasure that has been revered through the centuries and across the continents as the “Flower of Enlightenment”, a sacred flower best known for its powers of intuition, rejuvenation, and aphrodisia. 👁️✨ A highly revered plant across the world, particularly in ancient Egypt and by the Maya; it has a long recorded history as a heal-all and is revered as our ancestral flower in mythological texts/ creation stories. Although often considered a