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Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Upanishads and other thanks for food

I love collections on obscure (and sometimes not so obscure) food themes.  This book collects prayers, incantations, and thanks for food from may cultures.

Adrian Butash.  Bless This Food: Ancient and Contemporary Graces from Around the World.  New World Library, 2013.

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In addition to the expected Christian prayers giving thanks for what is about to be consumed, the book has others, like this one from the Upanishads:
I am food, I am food, I am food.
I am the food-eater, I am the food-eater, I am the food eater.
I am the combining agent, I am the combining agent, I am the combining agent.
…I, who am food, eat the eater of food.  I have overcome the world.  I am brilliant like the sun.
A thought for the start of the weekend.  Enjoy!


via Food Politics http://www.foodpolitics.com/2013/08/the-upanishads-and-other-thanks-for-food/


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